Sêwreg’de okula silahlı saldırı: Eğitim sendikaları iş bırakıyor Riha'nın Sêwreg ilçesinde bir lisenin eski öğrencisinin okula girerek açtığı ateş sonucu 16 kişi yaralandı. Okulların güvenliksiz bırakıldığını ve şiddet

Eğitim Sen, Şanlıurfa’nın Siverek ilçesinde bir okulda yaşanan saldırıyı protesto etmek için bir günlük iş bırakıyor.
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Elizabeth Warren is introducing a wealth tax.

The bill would impose an annual 2% tax on the net worth of households over $50 million, with billionaires paying 3%.

And, to deter the ultra-rich from leaving the country to avoid the tax, the bill would also levy a 40% "exit tax" ...

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I wish people would get as upset about innocent civilians suffering from Iran to Israel as they do about gas prices.

"Tipping in the United States is a racist relic of the post–Civil War era, when employers used tips to avoid paying wages to Black service workers. Over time, tipping replaced employer-paid wages, and the restaurant industry has long worked to preserve this unequal system."

Workers’ resolve drives increase in unionization in 2025 In 2025, 16.5 million workers in the United States were represented by a union—an increase of 463,000 from 2024 and the highest number of unionized workers in the U.S. in 16 years. These 16.5 million ...

Nearly *half a million more U.S. workers* were represented by a union in 2025 than 2024.

In a time of fear, and uncertainty, working people want greater agency in the workplace and in making policy that shapes their lives.

@hshierholz.bsky.social, @cmcnich.bsky.social & Margaret Poydock's latest

Starbucks has scrapped a $250,000 limit on its CEO's use of the company jet for personal travel.

CEO Brian Niccol uses the jet to commute from his house California to corporate HQ in Seattle.

The company is lifting the cap while refusing thousands of baristas a union contract.

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And it is regressive. Lower income households pay more in tariffs relative to their income than higher-income ones because they spend more on consumption, among other factors.

I know it’s not a good time for this, but I’m wondering who’s eating oliebollen (a Dutch dessert). It really smells like a heart attack.

Kobani'den İstanbul'a uzanan bir hikaye: Kürt müziğinin yeni sesi Lawin şarkılarıyla İlke TV'deydi YouTube video by İlke TV

More people around the world should hear Lawîn’s voice. Such an amazing talent. & Happy New Year! youtu.be/gdc24jBTdiI?...

Also, I wonder what made them stop before hitting 700?

Received an email today about a public policy conference and the registration fee is $689.. I'm speechless after this point.

In short, it’s really bad and pretty disgusting.

I had previously been to the Netherlands as a tourist, but to grasp the extent of the systemic racism here, it seems you really need to spend time in everyday life, spend time with people, and, most importantly, look for a job.

The labor market slowdown is real, showing up in declining manufacturing hiring, struggling older workers, among others.

Coercion and Monopsony in Modern American Manufacturing: Evidence from Alabama Prison Labor Susan Helper Suresh Naidu Akseli Palomaki Adam Reich Aaron Sojourner We study coercion and monopsony in contemporary U.S. manufacturing labor markets. We combine administrative data from the Alabama Department of Corrections work release program with a unique survey of workers in the Alabama auto supply chain where workers report their work-release status. We first present descriptive patterns of work-release labor, finding that the use of incarcerated (i.e., work-release) labor is concentrated in the auto supply industry, especially in the Montgomery area, where Hyundai’s assembly plant is located. In the survey, the share of plant-level workers who are incarcerated is negatively correlated with non-incarcerated wages. The survey also enables estimation of hypothetical quit elasticities separately among incarcerated and non-incarcerated workers. Incarcerated workers are estimated to have quit elasticities less than half that of non-incarcerated workers. Because Alabama law requires employers to pay the same wage to incarcerated and non-incarcerated workers in the same jobs, the additional monopsony power introduced by employer access to incarcerated workers creates an incentive and ability for employers to reduce plant-level wages to, and employment of, non-incarcerated workers. We build a quantitative model of firm-specific labor supply that, for incarcerated workers, distinguishes the roles of coercion (the risk of physical harm in prison from not working), wage garnishment that blunts the consumption effect of higher wages, and monopsony (limited mobility across employers). Using it, we estimate effects on free and incarcerated workers’ welfare from i) reforming prison conditions to eliminate violence, ii) eliminating prison labor wage garnishment, iii) imposing a $15 minimum wage, &iv) abolishing prison labor. Free worker welfare goes up in all scenarios...

How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?

New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
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Bu düzeyde bir kötülüğü hâlâ zihnim kabul etmiyor; ne zihnim ne de kalbim gördüklerini unutmuyor, affetmiyor.

Yarın 10 Ekim’in 10. yıldönümü. 10 yıldır, o gün orada yaşadıklarımı düşündüğümde, kendimi sanki bu dünyada bir portal açılmış, zaman ve mekân kaymış ve başka bir dünyaya, bir çeşit tahayyül edilemez kötülük dünyasına geçmiş gibi hissediyorum.

+ "But Doctorow doesn’t seem ..... Instead, he focusses on structural change, offering legal and technical cures ranging from better enforcement of antitrust laws to breaking down tech conglomerates to regulating the harvesting of personal data so that users have more robust rights online. "

"One underrated exit strategy for those weary of enshittification is opting out: we users can bail on platforms that commodify our passive participation and give us little in return." +

I don’t usually recommend books here, but Perfection might be one of the best books I’ve ever read. Strongly recommended.

I hope everyone at UMass Boston stays safe.

++ whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots. X-ism, as we might call it, involves the race for engagement at all costs and trolling as praxis, and it is currently winning out.”

“The politics of social platforms is determined not just by the opinions of its users but by the underlying structure of the network. Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, ++

“I suspect that left-leaning journalists and editors are migrating back to X not because of the ideological tenor of Bluesky but because they miss the attention arms race. If X-ism is preferable to Blueskyism, it’s because X users don’t have to work as hard to reach people.”

Thrilled that Fashioning Prosperous, Sustainable, and Humane Societies Beyond Precarity—featuring my chapter on precarious work & U.S. wealth inequality—was reviewed by David Jacobs in the ILR Review. Again, thanks to editor Charles Whalen and fellow contributors!

This article opened up my mind. A must-read!

It is a wonderful opportunity!

Work Schedules Fail Millions of U.S. Employees A new study finds that low-quality work schedules are widespread across the U.S., undermining employee wellbeing and creating challenges for employers.

62% of US workers lack predictable, stable schedules with some control. That’s linked to less financial security, work-life balance, satisfaction: American Job Quality Survey project from the Upjohn Institute, Jobs for the Future, Families & Workers Fund and Gallup.

If I remember correctly, Ezra Furman once said in an interview that she wanted to make the best album in the world. Her new album came out today. I don’t know if it’s the best, but it’s definitely one of the best! You have to listen to Goodbye Small Head.