rockSlayer
@rockSlayer@lemmy.world
- Comment on Home Depot 1 day ago:
The guy with a truck had a concept of a plan
- Comment on In order to pay import duties, these crazy fuckers are expecting me to enter my bank logon details into their website. What. The. Fuck. 4 days ago:
Whatever it is, it isn’t worth it
- Comment on Be more specific 1 week ago:
I thought the new big thing in astronomy is watching the anniversary of a black hole eat a star 3 billion years ago
- Comment on can you ELI5 the physics of bleeding radiators on an apartment building? 1 week ago:
Having lived in a house with radiators, bleeding registers is like a once a every 5 years type of task. There’s a much larger leak in the system, you should talk to your apartment manager.
- Comment on Bread 2 weeks ago:
Cut the top off of a 2 liter bottle and put the bread bag through the neck, spread it around the neck, then put on the bottle cap.
- Comment on Candy Darter 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know if this was true when they posted it, but conservation efforts are working! They’re considered near threatened for their small habitat and endangered to give it protected status
- Comment on Anon plays elden ring 4 weeks ago:
I’d prefer to let the nonbinary and gender non-conforming folks speak for themselves, and a majority of them do not consider themselves trans. I understand your concerns about potential transmed arguments that could be derived from this, but it’s a part of nb erasure that must be combated
- Comment on Gen Z is actually taking sick days, unlike their older coworkers. It’s redefining the workplace 4 weeks ago:
Yes. American work culture is bonkers. Most places have a limited number of sick days, if they have health PTO at all. In my experience, if they offer it it’s 2 weeks, as if people are capable of controlling how often and how long they’re sick for.
- Comment on Anon plays elden ring 4 weeks ago:
I literally said the term. They are gender non-conforming. Don’t impose your beliefs on people that don’t want to be identified the way you think they should.
- Comment on Anon plays elden ring 4 weeks ago:
What the fuck kind of logic is that? Do you think that people are only capable of being cis or trans? There are several gender non-conforming identities, that does not make them trans.
- Comment on Anon plays elden ring 4 weeks ago:
No it’s not. Transgender and genderfluid identities are different.
- Comment on gottem 4 weeks ago:
During the occupation, Kiara told dad jokes as a survival mechanism
- Comment on My job offers "free" online consultations for mental health reasons. Every single "available" slot is during working hours. 4 weeks ago:
My workplace offers a mental health benefit similar to this, we inform HR that we’ve scheduled a mental health appointment during work, tell our manager that we’re stepping away for an hour, and then return to work after the appointment. It would be a good idea to ask someone in your company how to use your benefit.
I’ll be the first person to remind you that HR is not your friend, but this is exactly what they exist for
- Comment on More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade 5 weeks ago:
Yes, sharing wages is always a good thing at work! My company has a tradition of an anonymous salary survey, so folks can properly grasp that it’s the company’s fault you aren’t getting enough.
Your work sounds very unique, but thankfully I’ve been there a few times trying to figure out an appropriate bargaining unit. There aren’t any hard and fast rules or laws on this topic, but it gives us flexibility to decide how big we go. Traveling and working at a national company has some good precedence with the Teamsters and NALC, as long as you have a “home” office that you work at when you aren’t traveling, that should be enough to claim an appropriate unit.
It’s ok to be first, someone has to be! What you’re referring to, where unions bargain for an industry minimum for all the workers in a particular industry, is known as sectoral bargaining. It exists, but it will take time. You’re taking the first step towards that point, but start just with your workplace. I also understand your concerns about the work being unique and small. Protected concerted activity only takes 2, so there’s always enough people! When it comes to bargaining, you and your coworkers know the work best, which is why you elect a bargaining committee from your coworkers. For the time being before you get too concerned about how bargaining will go, you must win your union first. Even industries with sectoral bargaining still need to organize workplaces to bargain the stuff that isn’t covered by the standardized working conditions.
I’m open for DMs to continue this if I didn’t cover everything
- Comment on More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade 5 weeks ago:
It’s understandable that people are afraid of union busting. Having been there myself, it feels like you’re David going up against Goliath when you start out, and that’s ok! You have to remember that they want you afraid, because if you’re afraid then you can be manipulated by the company. The type of union busting people are most afraid of: namely workplace closure and firing organizers, is rare and illegal. Illegal union busting is also not very successful once challenged with the NLRB, they see through most of the lies.
Companies are good at union busting because every single thing the company will do in opposing your union is going to be framed as being “neutral” while every single sentence is going to be about why unions are “scary”. You have to prepare yourself and your coworkers for the boss’ campaign with inoculation, and that’s where CWA’s union busting playbook will be helpful.
I live in Minnesota so I never had the chance to shut down a captive audience meeting (they’re illegal here), but the best way to shut it down is to get confrontational. Here’s some of my favorite questions for union busters
- Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr once said that union organizers are doing the Lord’s work. Are you saying that he’s wrong?
- So what you’re saying is that you, a contracted management consultant, were hired as an outsider to tell us that unions are a 3rd party?
- How much is the company paying you for reading this script to us?
- Wouldn’t the company be better served raising our wages and benefits rather than wasting money to tell us their opinions?
- Comment on More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade 5 weeks ago:
Sure thing! The NLRB is a fantastic source, but only covers national labor rights. You’ll want to look up your state’s department of labor for local labor laws. CODE-CWA is the group I organized with, they specialize in the tech industry and offer free training each weekend; I know several of the top organizers in CODE, you’ll be in good hands. Dr Richard Wolff’s program Democracy@Work is a great general news source with a heavy emphasis on worker power and the broader economy. If there’s anything more specific you’d like, I can definitely provide those too!
- Comment on More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade 5 weeks ago:
If you’re one of these folks, consider unionizing. The best time to become an organizer is when you have one foot out the door. If you win, you get a union job. If you’re illegally fired, you get a nice payout and a new job. I’m an experienced union organizer with lots of connections, I’m willing to help folks find resources.
- Comment on UAW Threatens Strike, Accusing Stellantis of Contract Breach 5 weeks ago:
For folks that aren’t sure what’s happening, this likely means that their grievance process broke down, and the mass filing of grievances is a collective action before a strike vote. I don’t know the terms of their contract, but it’s very likely that their no strike clause (note, these are extremely common including how I describe it here) has an exception for going on strike if the issue isn’t resolved through the grievance.
The other possibility is that the contract breach is an unfair labor practice, which cannot be negotiated away by a no strike clause, so the grievances are telling the company that this is the last chance to abide by the contract.
- Comment on Instagram app no longer lets you post stories without allowing camera and mic access on ios 5 weeks ago:
Consider pixelfed, the fediverse alternative to Instagram
- Comment on Donald Trump has fully embraced sharing AI generated images of Kamala Harris. 5 weeks ago:
Cool, now the state of Minnesota can sue him for the use of AI election disinformation starting next month
- Comment on Can't beat the classics 1 month ago:
Oh cool, thanks for sharing! I knew the movie held some kind of record for destroying cars, but couldn’t think of exactly what it was. All I can say is that none of those other movies will ever have nearly the same amount of satisfaction with scenes like this
- Comment on Can't beat the classics 1 month ago:
Doesn’t this scene still hold the record for the most number of cars in a car crash scene?
- Comment on Anon goes to the gym 1 month ago:
That’s fine and you’re entitled to that experience. If someone misunderstands your body language, all you have to do is politely decline the offer to talk.
- Comment on Anon goes to the gym 1 month ago:
True, but it’s also inevitable that you’re going to meet people by going to a gym. Don’t interrupt people, but if they appear like they’re open to conversation it’s ok to ask if they want to talk.
- Comment on ‘We know who built this country’: Walz courts union workers in first solo event 1 month ago:
First it was the Native Americans, then it was slaves and indentured immigrants, and finally it was organized labor. The nice part is that history education in MN is fairly decent about illustrating this
- Comment on Anon works in a restaurant 1 month ago:
I’m a pretty avid coffee enjoyer, and I can’t tell the difference. The stuff that you can buy chemically decaffeinated are made by brands that generally sell lower quality coffee beans in the first place
- Comment on Is the Federation "Communist" or Socialist? 1 month ago:
Well the show and the universe also have to be looked at separately in that context. The show was made for an American audience, which has a strong cultural belief in “great man” theory. The American audience wouldn’t accept a show that doesn’t follow high ranking officers being the paragon of bravery. It also had to keep an arm’s length away from a specific socialist ideology to avoid being swept into the red scare.
Workplaces will still require management, even in communist and anarchist societies. It’s all about who’s doing the managing. The show doesn’t get very detailed in this aspect of their society afaik, but by all means it seems that the rank and file are valued appropriately with their knowledge and input. Believe it or not, but this aligns quite nicely with most types of American brands of socialism. The show keeps it vague for a few good reasons
- Comment on Is the Federation "Communist" or Socialist? 1 month ago:
Classless societies and justified hierarchy aren’t mutually exclusive, however. That’s the entire point of anarchist strains of political ideology, the only hierarchies that should exist are ones that can be justified for the good of everyone. The hierarchy of Starfleet is justified because it’s still syndicalist in nature while requiring a person to ensure the survival of everyone on board.
- Comment on Look you've just to got read the prologue that was a limited edition IHOP giveaway in 2015 and the story is awesome 2 months ago:
Once comics start going public domain, I hope the first thing people do is release them as chapters
- Comment on At least 500 people will trounce you in Space Marine 2’s multiplayer at launch, because they’re already playing a torrent of the entire game 2 months ago:
I assume that they mean in addition to QA. I worked on COD, those QA testers were some of the best FPS players I’ve ever seen. I can’t explain when or how due to my NDA, but I’ve seen professional players/streamers get stomped by QA. You could even tell which ones have spent the most time working on live multiplayer by how well they play.