He isn't wrong.
Also, I wouldn't say battle royales are safe bets like they used to be.
Helldivers 2 boss says industry doomed to "unnecessarily brutal" layoffs while "chasing after the battle royales"
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#Labor #LaborRights #WorkersRights #TakeAction: Stop This National Anti-Union Law!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/take-action-stop-this-national-anti-union-law
actionnetwork.orgTake Action: Stop This National Anti-Union Law! When Republicans control the House, Senate, and Executive branches at the state level, they tend to pass Orwellian anti-union legislation they call ‘Right to Work’ laws. Now that Donald Trump is in the White House and Republicans control both chambers of Congress, they are making their move to gut unions nationwide. The “National Right to Work Act” was recently reintroduced in both the House and Senate by Congressman Joe Wilson and Senator Rand Paul. If enacted, this legislation will have serious negative repercussions for not just unionized workers, but for all workers. Can you take a moment today to demand your representatives reject this anti-worker bill? The phrase “right to work” sounds nice, but the reality is that right-to-work laws are designed to weaken unions by allowing unionized workers to opt out of paying union dues while still benefiting from a contract. This damages unions' collective bargaining strength over time, resulting in worse deals for workers and in turn, leaving unions vulnerable to dissolution which ultimately leads to workers at the mercy of their bosses. Study after study illustrates the damage done by right-to-work (RTW) legislation in this country. States with RTW laws have lower union density. Just 5.2% of workers in RTW states are covered by a union contract, in comparison to approximately 10% of workers in non-RTW states. Workers in RTW states have lower wages, less benefits, and higher workplace fatality rates across the board. RTW weakens unions but hurts everyone, unionized or not, as unions historically have raised wages for all workers as employers compete in the labor market. Right now, twenty-five states have right-to-work laws and workers in those states face less collective bargaining power, lower wages, and worse working conditions as a result. We need to fight to repeal existing RTW legislation, not expand it! Use our simple tool to send a message to your representatives demanding they reject the National Right to Work Act.
A group of cross-discipline #VideoGame workers in the #UnitedStates and #Canada announced the first-ever direct-join industry-wide #union called the United Videogame Workers, organized with the Communications Workers of America (UVW-CWA)
IGN · Video Game Workers Form First North American Industry-Wide Union With Communications Workers of America - IGN
The man behind #DOGE's "#AI-first" strategy, the 28 year-old ex-#Tesla engineer #ThomasShedd, has quietly—& possibly illegally—become the head of technology for the Department of #Labor.
- Brian Merchant
@brianmerchant
#law #Trump #Musk #technocracy #USpol #government #regulation #broligarchy #plutocracy #NeoReactionary #NRx #Technofeudalism
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/doges-ai-first-strategist-is-now
Blood in the Machine · DOGE's 'AI-first' strategist is now the head of technology at the Department of Labor
CWA has officially started a video game industry union open to all workers in the industry regardless of role or company. It's also not limited to full time employees, unemployed workers and freelancers can join, as well as community supporters who just want to support the effort. Join the union today!
https://uvw-cwa.org/membership
More info: https://uvw-cwa.org/news/read-uvw-cwa-gdc-2025-zine
UVW-CWAJOIN OUR UNIONDuesDues are calculated on a sliding scale based on 1% of your income, starting at a minimum of $15USD/17.30CAD.We welcome community supporters as non-voting members at the minimum dues rate. The full scale is available in the membership form for anyone who is able to and desires to contribute more.If you have questions about membership eligibility, please reach out via our contact form and a member or staff person will be in touch with you.
Let's fucking go!
#UnionStrong, baby!
Video game workers in North America now have an industry-wide union
I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/
ethanmarcotte.comRefresh. — ethanmarcotte.com
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“Alarmingly, #water consumption in resource production surpassed #sustainable levels with 24% of global demand exceeding the carrying capacities of resources. This threatens to restrict the availability of #minerals necessary for advancing green technologies”
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-planetary-boundary-geological-resources-exploring.amp
Phys.org · A planetary boundary for geological resources: Exploring the limits of regional water availability
What a world. #Capitalism "externalizes" costs to the point where the costs are "externalized" into our own bodies.
At the Tesla “gigafactory” in Grünheide outside Berlin, a number of workers who have gotten sick and provided doctors’ notes explaining their absence from work have received letters telling they have to name exactly what is ailing them and waive doctor-patient confidentiality or they won’t get paid at all. Some of them have been paid “by accident” and told they have to give the money back.
The union IG-Metall says Tesla workers require legal representation 21x more often than average throughout the union nationwide.
heise online · Tesla will kranken Beschäftigten in Grünheide das Geld streichen
In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.
2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57724779
2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/iceland-shorter-working-week-economy/index.html
2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."
www.bbc.comFour-day week 'an overwhelming success' in IcelandThe majority of workers in Iceland now look set to move to shorter hours for the same pay.
done. voted "withhold" for all three nominees.
To all REI members, please use your opportunity to vote for REI's board of directors.
The union for REI workers is asking that we vote "Withhold" against all of the corporate-picked nominees.
REI UnionVote NO in REI’s Board Election | REI UnionLearn how REI Co-op members are standing up and fighting back against their corporate Board of Directors during this year's election.
Keep on fighting!
SAG-AFTRA actors' strike set to continue, as union warns of "alarming loopholes" for "AI abuse" in latest proposal
This will only become more and more common with unchecked capitalism!
Two Zenless Zone Zero actors lose jobs over AI dispute without notice, finding out alongside players
Pandemie-Ursprung: Hielt das Kanzleramt BND-Einschätzung zu Corona zurück?
Laut Medienberichten ging der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND in der Pandemie mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit davon aus, dass das Coronavirus seinen Ursprung in einem Labor in China hatte. Doch das Kanzleramt soll die Einschätzung zurückgehalten haben.
tagesschau.de · Pandemie-Ursprung: Hielt das Kanzleramt BND-Einschätzung zu Corona zurück?Laut Medienberichten ging der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND in der Pandemie mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit davon aus, dass das Coronavirus seinen Ursprung in einem Labor in China hatte. Doch das Kanzleramt soll die Einschätzung zurückgehalten haben.
.. And while we're at it, we should re-negotiate the rent well and truly, for this place . . . if the 'Tangerine Palpatine' doesn't like that, give 'em two weeks notice, maybe the French or British might like a slightly used Global Signals Listening Post.
You are a telecom company!
How come your employees can't use your service to do their jobs wherever they are?!
Telecom tells employees they won’t get bonuses if they don’t follow RTO policy
On this week's #GreenSocialist podcast, Howie Hawkins will be joined by Aurthur Pye for a discussion on #Rojava.
Saturday March 15
