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McGill University in Montréal, Canada, employees on strike to demand better pay and cost of living increases! They claim to be one of Canada’s top employers but the sentiment today would suggest otherwise!

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Chevron resists workers’ wage demands as California refinery strike enters fifth week

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Amazon CEO says unions are ‘slower and more bureaucratic’ in employee all-hands

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They learn this in HR school.

I worked at a home improvement store (rhymes with Blowes) and they stopped giving commissions on special order materials. I sold kitchen cabinets and Granite countertops and my commissions were an important part of my pay. I could make hundreds and a set of countertops alone. I complained to HR about it and he listened for a minute and then said the same type of thing happened to his father. He told a sob story and I foolishly shut up and left, because he obviously didn't care. First HR guy leaves and a new one is hired. I came to him with another significant complaint. He said that the same thing happened to him and that's why he left his last position with the company and took this one. I shut up and left, disappointed with myself for not learning lesson with the last guy. If you bring a valid…

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Ever notice that lifelong “strong work ethic” people suddenly become “antiwork” when it becomes socially acceptable around retirement time?

I don’t have a news link article for this, but i have noticed some ex coworkers and friends of aunts/uncles who are in their 60’s nearing or already in retirement who iirc, we’re always touting the ethics of hard work and how much they were on the grind…. But now that they’re around retirement age, it’s as-if the truth has come out because it’s now socially acceptable for them to slam work. Anyone else notice this? Is it a known thing?

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I decided to give a company the same canned response they send out to applicants

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Found on Twitter. Thought it belonged here. Don’t have an artist credit to provide.

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Hospital where my sister works is cutting health insurance for striking nurses. So gross. Can we show some solidarity for our healthcare workers?

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The same restaurant who put these signs up in it’s diners just got busted stealing over $4.5m from the state.

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I thought this fit here