"One recent analysis estimates that 79% of working women (nearly 59 million) are in occupations susceptible to disruption and automation. That’s compared to 58% of working men, according to research from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School."
"Bild, the German tabloid owned and operated by major European publishing house Axel Springer, is expected to replace over a hundred human editorial jobs with artificial intelligence, a leaked email first obtained by the German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ) has revealed."
@Free_Press I hope the #USPS at least gave him hazard pay and a lifetime pension and #benefits for his family. And paid a death benefit for his funeral equal to one year's pay.
As opposed to this being the sad death of another #worker who is underpaid and undervalued, working in an organization that regularly understaffs its locations to cut costs. Average #salary for a postal worker is ~$65,000. And junk mail isn't worth dying over.
A study (not yet peer-reviewed) done by a team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology concludes that between 33% and 46% of workers on platforms like Amazon's Mechanical Turk had used AI models to automate work typically done by humans needed to train AI systems.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who chairs the HELP committee, wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Tuesday regarding the company's warehouse safety record.
Oh dear. I seem to have perturbed a few centrist/conservative assholes on here for speaking out against tyrants who want to turn late-stage capitalism into a new form of slavery. That's a deal breaker for me, you dickheads. And YOU'RE part of the problem for cosigning onto this with your complicit passive-aggressive silence. If you think workers rights are something to not speak out about, then get the fuck off my feed, you scumbag neoliberal weasels. YOU are the enemy. And as far as I'm concerned, your moral compass is no different from a selfish and opportunistic scab.
If you are Canadian and heard about the Bell Media cuts to radio and news stations but especially sports radio across the country, take five minutes and watch this clip from Donnie and Dahli today. They and their colleagues at Team1040 felt Bell’s axe personally two years ago. #CanPoli#BellMedia#Cuts#Radio#WorkersRights#Media#Sports https://youtu.be/5TsgpE3tZjU
@stux If a business makes $40 bn a year that has 7000 employees, an equal division would be $5.71 mn per employee per year. Obviously, there’s overhead & expenses to be added into that equation but when you consider many huge corporations in #usa pay no tax, pay less than $20 an hour to most employees, no benefits & huge CEO bonuses …… #capitalism#inequity#socialism#workersrights
Seeing AI art slowly crop up on the covers of small novels, and in advertisements, and seeing blocks of AI text appear on web pages is making me so depressed.
It feels like the whole world is getting... degraded. It's all lower quality... not enough to matter, but it's a down grade.
Will anyone ever wonder "who drew this amazing cover art for this obscure sci fi book?" or will you ever chuckle at a little joke inserted in an online "how to" article?
@futurebird
We were told computers & robots would liberate us from dreary, time-consuming, repetitive tasks, so we could devote ourselves to art, literature, music, science, innovation, and other creative pursuits... Happy #MayDay... #WorkersRights
RT @EconomicPolicy
Despite approval of labor unions at the highest point since 1965, corporations and the wealthy continue to break the law to stop workers from bargaining collectively. A strong, independent @NLRB holds employers accountable. #FairLaborPracticesNow#WorkersRights
Red Hat's decision to lay off 800 employees, despite being a profitable company, is disheartening. With executives not taking pay cuts, the burden of this decision is not shared equally. I stand in solidarity with the affected workers and encourage us to challenge the capitalist logic that prioritizes profits over people. Let's support each other and build a more equitable future. #RedHat#Layoffs#Solidarity#WorkersRights
Half a million people used warm banks this winter, while energy companies sit on £7bn of OUR money
UK Government is funding an anti LGBTQ organisation in uganda
Amazon workers in Coventry carrying signs saying "I am not a robot"
Families of Brtish nationals in Sudan not allowed to board planes.
Today's headlines from the Guardian. 🤬🤬🤬
I fucking hate this country. #CostOfLivingCrisis#Sudan#WorkersRights#UKPolitics#Pride#JoinAUnion#SupportTheStrikes#FuckTheFuckingTories
Updated the list of Labour Unions in Science Fiction.
We're always interested in more. If you see a reference to a strike or a labour union in a science fiction or fantasy work, please let us know so I can add it to this list.
Amazon faces Senate probe over warehouse safety (www.cnbc.com)
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who chairs the HELP committee, wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Tuesday regarding the company's warehouse safety record.