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Finland to introduce a four-day working week and SIX-HOUR days--

01-06-2020 • https://www.dailymail.co.uk By AMELIA WYNNE

--under plans drawn up by 34-year-old prime minister Sanna Marin Sanna Marin, 34, said it would allow workers to spend more time with family In Finland currently it is normal to work eight hours per day, five days per week Sweden trialled six-hour

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Why The Minimum Wage Is So Bad For Young Workers

01-05-2020 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Mitch Nemeth

In today's political discourse, the minimum wage is frequently mentioned by the more progressive members of Congress.

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Sorry Dems, US Employees Are The World's Happiest

12-23-2019 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Despite the likes of Elizabeth Warren and AOC constantly complaining about the desperate state of American workers, and how miserable they are under the 'monarchic' rule of President Trump, Statista's Maria Vultaggio points out that, according to a n

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Audi trials two exoskeletons for overhead work

12-15-2019 • https://newatlas.com, By Paul Ridden

Exoskeletons on the automotive production line can help make strenuous or repetitive tasks less physically demanding for employees. Audi is now equipping some of its workforce with such support tools.

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Company Stock Prices Fall When Women Are Added To Boards Of Directors

11-27-2019 • https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

Turns out that many companies who seek to embrace equality by any means could actually be doing their shareholders a disservice. But hey, we thought equality of outcome was a guaranteed fast track to utopia! What happened?

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Google fires four workers, including software engineer at center of San Francisco worker rally

11-26-2019 • https://www.sfgate.com, Greg Bensinger

Google announced Monday it had fired four employees for what it said were violations of its policies around accessing and sharing internal documents and calendars, amid rising tensions over what some workers say is a newly concerted effort by managem

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This Solar Energy Company Fired Its Construction Crew After They Unionized

11-22-2019 • https://www.vice.com By Lauren Kaori Gurley

Inspired by AOC's Green New Deal, workers at Bright Power voted to form the first union at a solar power company in New York. On Monday, the company fired them.

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The Minimum Wage Is The Enemy Of The Poor

11-22-2019 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Jacob Hornberger

Suppose they made the minimum wage $1,000 an hour. Just think: Every worker in America would be taking home at least $8,000 a day. That would be an annual salary of over $2 million.

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Corruption-Ridden UAW President Gary Jones Resigns After Union Moves...

11-22-2019 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Corruption-Ridden UAW President Gary Jones Resigns After Union Moves To Expel Him From Office

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'No one needs to be a billionaire', Britain's Labour Party says

11-20-2019 • http://news.trust.org, by Reuters

Britain's opposition Labour Party will on Tuesday take aim at "obscene" billionaires, pledging a radical redistribution of wealth to cut the power of the super rich who it says bankroll Prime Minister Boris Johnson in return for tax breaks.