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Read Article This Starbucks Worker Is Right—8 Hours Working Public Service Is Ridiculous
Starbucks workers rally in favor of unionization.
This Starbucks Worker Is Right—8 Hours Working Public Service Is Ridiculous
No worker should have to deal with abusive customers and understaffing for 8 hours a day.
Julia Glassman Julia Glassman Nov 3, 2022
Read Article Marvel’s Packed SDCC 2022 Reminds Me of Reports of Poorly Treated Artists and Absurd Deadlines
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Marvel’s Packed SDCC 2022 Reminds Me of Reports of Poorly Treated Artists and Absurd Deadlines
At SDCC 2022, Marvel completely bombarded fans with their exciting future plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) Phase 5 and Phase 6. Their slate of upcoming projects includes 9 films and 6 TV series over the next three years. However, how will this uptick in production impact Marvel's poorly treated VFX artists and underpaid comic creators?
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Read Article A Viral Tweet About Working Weekends Incurs the Wrath of Twitter
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A+ work, everyone. Enjoy your weekends!
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Read Article Unpaid Garment Workers Let Zara Customers Know Where Their Clothes Come From
image: Mike Mozart/Flickr Zara Clothing Store, Los Angeles California, 6/2015, by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube
Unpaid Garment Workers Let Zara Customers Know Where Their Clothes Come From
Are the clothes on your back made by breaking the backs of others? This is something we all need to think about in light of a story coming out of Istanbul, Turkey, where unpaid garment workers are fighting back against a major fashion chain.
Teresa Jusino Teresa Jusino Nov 7, 2017
Read Article <em>Westworld</em> Creator and <em>Memoirs of a Geisha</em> Screenwriter Support Potential Writers Guild Strike
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With the Writers Guild of America on the cusp of another strike, many industry insiders are stepping up to show their support.
Keisha Hatchett Keisha Hatchett Mar 30, 2017
Read Article Your PS4 is Probably Being Built by College Interns at Foxconn
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Foxconn has enlisted the help of engineering students at the Xi'an Institute of Technology in China to keep up with PS4 production demand. In this instance, enlisted means they're basically being blackmailed with their college degrees. It's OK, greatness awaits!
Dan Van Winkle Dan Van Winkle Oct 10, 2013
Read Article New Report Confirms Cheap iPhone, Also 86 Factory Labor Violations
New Report Confirms Cheap iPhone, Also 86 Factory Labor Violations
A report by labor rights group China Labor Watch outlines a new investigation into the working conditions at Apple supplier factory Pegatron in China. Besides making claims of dozens of labor violations at the factories, the report also makes references to a cheap plastic iPhone. A cheaper version of the iPhone has been the subject of much speculation, but could it be labor violations that keep the cost down?
Glen Tickle Glen Tickle Jul 29, 2013

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