The #IGDA released the results of its yearly #GamesIndustrySurvey and it contains that interesting chart down below...
Let it be an encouragement to everyone who wants to #unionize their workplace: You are not alone! The majority of your colleagues is ready to support you!
Today, the new minimum wage of $17.28 in my city of Bellingham, WA goes into effect.
Compared to some other cities in the US, this may sound high. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 (since 2009).
Unfortunately, experts have calculated Bellingham's "living wage" closer to $23.52 for an individual and $29.97 for a family of four with two working parents.
According to Redfin, "In March 2024, Bellingham home prices were up 12.2% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $685K."
Average rent for an apartment is $1,863, and average rent for a house is $2,891.
Whatcom County, where Bellingham is located, recorded a 27% jump in unhoused people in 2023 (the most recent data), the highest increase since the point in time survey began in 2008.
"People recognize for the first time in a long time, on a mass scale, there's gotta be some changes and some of the power and stuff that's gone to the corporate world needs to come back to us little guys."
#REI continues in their #UnionBusting efforts, working swiftly to continue alienating customers and firing low-level managers for essentially no reason. They are doing a great job demonstrating why being a #CoOp doesn't guarantee good #labor policy. I hope they will wake up to the fact that they need to treat their employees better and stop interfering with their attempts to #unionize, and penalizing managers put into a difficult position.
Jeg støtter et forslag for at min fagforening (#ForskerForbundet) tar #klima på alvor i arbeidsprorammet sitt, og vedtar en resolusjon mot videre oljeleting i #Norge.
«The workers in question were salaried, nonunion employees in technology and engineering in the U.S.
One mechanical engineer let go on Friday..., “It was a mass firing of everybody that was on the call.” He suspected the real reason behind the layoffs involved a push to move jobs to “low-cost countries,” noting that Stellantis is outsourcing many jobs to India, Mexico, and Brazil.»
@_maleficentgirl What troll option?
Clearly our society has decided all three are legitimate positions to hold in public discourse, the first one however being deemed too extreme.