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This community supports labor, with an aspiration for it to cease to be required to live our lives. Members of this community want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and/or want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48217272

Archive link: https://archive.ph/jCEl2 Link to report: https://www.justice4workers.org/new_report_on_wage_theft

In the past decade, nearly $200 million in unpaid wages have been formally assessed as owed to workers, according to a new report from the Workers’ Action Centre, an organization advocating for workers’ rights, based on freedom-of-information data.

When employers fail to comply with a Ministry of Labour order to pay within 30 days, the case is referred to Ontario’s Ministry of Finance, which was only able to recover less than a quarter of the $102.4 million sent for collections between 2013 and 2023, leaving workers still owed $79.9 million in stolen wages, according to the government data. ... Ontario’s wage recovery flaws Ojeda’s case highlights the limits of Ontario’s wage recovery system, which advocates say has struggled to keep pace with modern employment practices as fines, workplace inspections and enforcement have declined over the past decade. “When there is a low likelihood of detection and the penalties for noncompliance are minimal, the incentive to commit wage theft is high,” the Wokers’ Action Centre report says. Employer prosecutions have plummeted in recent years, according to government data.

In 2024, the Ministry of Labour initiated only 12 Part III Prosecutions — a type of penalty with the most potential to deter employers from violating employment standards because it can result in a hefty fine or even jail time — down 85 per cent from 2017 despite widespread non-compliance with orders to pay.

Meanwhile, proactive enforcement has also declined.

When Premier Doug Ford took office in 2018, the Labour Ministry instructed staff not to initiate any new proactive inspections aimed at preventing wage theft and other employment standards violations.

Employment standards inspections deal with basic workplace issues such as unpaid wages and overtime. Proactive inspections, which are initiated at the behest of the ministry, are far more effective at recovering unpaid wages, including public holiday pay and overtime, than when individual workers file complaints, according to the ministry’s own data. Workplace inspections started to plummet before the pandemic and are 77 per cent lower than they were around seven years ago, government data shows.

At the same time, the number of permanent employment standards officers has decreased. In 2023, only 115 officers were working across the province, down from 209 in 2018, even as Ontario’s workforce grew by 16 per cent since 2014.

The Ministry of Labour declined to respond to inquiries on why enforcement has eroded in recent years and what is being done to hold employers accountable and prevent increasing incidents of wage theft. Questions instead were referred to the Ministry of Finance, which did not get back to the Star before publication.

There is also a deeper structural problem contributing to rampant wage theft in the province, according to Bedard: Ontario’s labour laws have not kept pace with changing business practices and the rise of multi-party employment relationships. Rather than the traditional direct employer-to-employee relationship, today’s companies are increasingly adopting business structures that limit their liability for the employees who make their products or provide their services, relying on strategies such as subcontracting, franchising, third-party management or misclassification of employees.

These structures can obscure who is legally liable for unpaid wages.

“Employers try to hide behind the corporate veil to avoid responsibility,” Bedard said.

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/322890

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In this episode, we sit down with Professor Ruth Milkman, a leading American labor sociologist, to discuss the new wave of labor activism, unionization trends, and the political awakening of younger generations in the U.S. From Occupy Wall Street to the Amazon and Starbucks labor movements, we explore how millennials and Gen Z are reshaping the labor landscape and what it means for the future of work.

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Hey you! We got your war We're at the gates We're at your door Hey you! We got your war We're at the gates We're at your door

We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run

We want to thank you for flying with us We know you coulda stayed home, just cried and cussed May all your guns go off if it's time to bust May all they tanks have time to rust They got the armies turning bullets into gold They got the hookers turning tricks in the cold And every time the police kicks in the door An angel gas brake dips in the O And even if a d-boy flips him a O It ain't enough to buy shit anymore Sleep in the doorway, piss on the floor Look in the sky, wait for missiles to show It's finna blow cause They got the TV, we got the truth They own the judges and we got the proof We got hella people, they got helicopters They got the bombs and we got the, we got the

We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run

Don't talk about it It’s not a show Be about it It's 'bout to blow Don't talk about it It’s not a show Be about it It's 'bout to blow

I just spit the dope lines, I don't snort 'em Tell the boss to call police to escort him You don't write all them lies, you just quote 'em Get offline, plug in to this modem No, you can't out-vote 'em The rules is still golden Only jewels we holding is if we guarding our scrotum If you press your ear to the turf that is stolen You can hear the sound of limitations exploding Please sir, may we have another portion? We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the Florsheim We'll shut your shit down, don't call it extortion Caution -- we're coming for your head So call the Feds and get files to shred Every textbook read said bring you the bread But guess what we got you instead?

We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run We got the guillotine We got the guillotine, you better run

Let's keep it banging like a shotgun We in a war before we fought one Now if you're tired of working so they can play A common enemy, we got one Now keep it banging like a shotgun We in a war before we fought one Now if you're tired of working from day to day A common enemy, we got one

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cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/24534988

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Prpl@slrpnk.net to c/antiwork@lemmy.world
 
 

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Training repayment agreement provisions (TRAPs),are a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts employees to their bosses. Often inserted into contracts without workers’ knowledge, these restrictive labor covenants turn employer-sponsored job training and education programs into conditional loans that must be paid back — sometimes at a premium — if employees leave before a set date.

Employers argue that these clauses are a way to recoup their investment in employees who decide to leave the company prematurely. But these contracts have come under fire from labor groups and regulators. Oftentimes, the amount of debt demanded under TRAP contracts — which can be upward of $50,000 — is far higher than the employer’s training costs.

SLAVERY, WITH EXTRA STEPS.

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Imagine an Organization that united every union in America and actively worked to unionize every job in America.

Imagine if union dues went to a single national pot, accruing billions a year to pay for whole industry wide strikes.

Imagine if the Organization had a Political Party Officiate that to fight for leftwing economic/socialist policies and with members being signed up for both at the same time.

This is the fear that capitalists worry about, they know that if we united not only would we be able to demand better pay and benefits, but that we'd take over Local, State and Federal legislatures.

The constitution is a capitalist constitution, our ultimate goal should be to get control of 38 states, and hold a constitutional convention and change this country into a socialist nation.

A nation where private ownership of business is abolished in favor of worker owned co-ops.

A nation where private property is abolished and the government owns and rents at the bare minimum for upkeep.

A nation where there is a maximum difference in how much the lowest and highest paid person can be in the same company.

A nation with free and universal healthcare, childcare, higher education, public transportation.

A nation where the car centric infrastructure is torn down and replaced by trains, Trollies, busses, bikes and sidewalks.

A nation that taxes the rich at 95% forces them to sell their stocks, and exiles those who refuse to comply with the wealth redistribution.

Lastly a nation where democracy is proportional thus skewed towards the working class and not FPTP!

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TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/144027

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The union representing workers across Northern California said they overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike last week, with a 95% approval.

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An excellent in-depth article. This is quality journalism. 👏

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It may have been the case before that people thought hard work brought a better life, but now things have changed

Professor Bobby Duffy worked on the study, and said that millennials have 'become much more sceptical about prioritising work as they’ve made their way through their career'.

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If we created workers guilds for every industry we'd be a workers and middle class paradise that the boomers could only have dreamed of during the 40 years between FDR and Ronald Rump.

  1. Monopolization of labor- The guild would control the supply of workers for the specific industry that means they could determine how many are needed and train/certify accordingly to keep wages high.

  2. Standardized Training- If guilds controlled industries they would be able to require a training academy that prospects must pass before becoming a member of the guild this makes sure that everyone is at a high standard and that the standard is equal. Keeping pay high.

  3. Guaranteed Decent Wages- It goes without saying if Bob wants to start a business but needs to get employees from the guild they will pay what the guild demands they pay since they won't have a business otherwise.

  4. Guaranteed Pension Plan- With 100s of thousands or millions of people in the same guild they could simply require the employer put 5% of the pay into a savings account that gets interest and after 20 or 25 years working in the industry you will be paid by the guild for the rest of your life, and the interest will be more than the payments, this would also open up the job market for young adults who would be seeing people leave the work force in their 40s.

  5. Defacto End to At Will Firing This one is simple, the business would be required to sign a contract where they would be required to prove the employee broke a rule in arbitration which the guilds would pay for that would give us defacto employment court just like eviction court.

Guilds are the key to Utopia

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