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#OtD 22 Jan 1826 Indigenous members of the Acjachemen Nation, who were field hands at the Mission San Juan Capistrano (then Mexico), refused to work, engaging in what has been called the first farm worker strike in California stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9470...

The NUHW (National Union of Healthcare Workers) seeks a Political and Community Organizer for covering Los Angeles County, CA (position works out of the Glendale office). Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @nuhw.org

Distracted while meditating? Focus on the distraction, be it sight, sound or smell, explore it, don't fight it. Return to the breath. #ArtOfBreathing

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

She is gorgeous ❤️

No species is safe from this administration

We failed Gen Z on social media – we cannot fail them on AI, too Earlier this year I ran three focus groups with university students to answer what sounds like a simple question: how are Generation Z really using artificial intelligence (AI)?

“Gen Z at least remembers a world - however dimly – in which one didn’t default to ChatGPT for everything. For Gen Alpha, the children now in primary and early secondary school, this is simply the world they have been born into.”

#CriticalThinking

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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy

I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right. My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence

“Twenty-five years of software engineering experience, and I’d managed to degrade my skills to the point where I felt helpless looking at code I’d directed an AI to write.”

Great perspective on the limits of this technology.

#human #futureofwork

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With Grokipedia, Top-Down Control of Knowledge Is New Again | TechPolicy.Press Ryan McGrady asks, who is Grokipedia for, other than its owner?

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia is one of many experiments designed to replace human-generated writing with LLMs. But Ryan McGrady says its defining feature is its use of technological power to re-exert top-down authority over information and knowledge. Who is Grokipedia for, he asks, other than its owner?

Susannah Scaroni smiling in her racing wheelchair with an American flag draped across her back. A headline reads: "Susannah Scaroni Repeats As Champion in Women’s Wheelchair Race.” Photo by Charly Triballeau/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.

Susannah Scaroni repeated as champion in the women’s wheelchair race, winning her third New York City Marathon title. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4hBsblg

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

Half a million jobs being automated by #amazon

#automation #automationprone #futureproof #robotproof #futureofwork #medianhuman

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An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education

Key takeaway,

“GenAI adoption in industry is overwhelmingly aimed at automating and replacing human effort, often with the expectation that future “AGI” will render human intellectual and creative labor obsolete.”

#automation #jobs #work #futureofwork

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How Amazon Is Laying Off Some Workers While Spying on Others As the company lays off thousands workers, a new DAIR report reveals how Amazon surveills and punishes its delivery drivers

Double trouble at Amazon with layoffs and spying.

Corporate greed or the new norm 🤷‍♂️

#toxicworkplace
#automation
#AiLayoffs

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Microsoft researchers have revealed the 40 jobs most exposed to AI—and even teachers make the list | Fortune Sorry, Gen Z: AI is coming for safe and secure teaching jobs, as well as grad roles.

#automation #algorithmication
#aiproof #robotproof

Insights on the least and most impacted jobs from automation from robotics and AI

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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The Guardian view on AI and jobs: the tech revolution should be for the many not the few | Editorial Editorial: Britain risks devolving its digital destiny to Silicon Valley. As a TUC manifesto argues, those affected must have a greater say in shaping the workplace of the future

“Last month, the Trades Union Congress published a “worker-first” strategy for AI, noting that “unmanaged disruption is not inevitable or acceptable”.”

#jobs #AI #automation #workers

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is AI Killing Entry-Level Jobs? Here’s What We Know Job postings have plunged and unemployment is up for young people, yet new research suggests an emerging paradox in which AI may expand access in some fields.

Youth unemployment is up and much of it is due to tech.

Some fields may be worth exploring - if you can get past the paywall 💸

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Killed My Job: Translators Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.

“AI output, according to interviewees, often being homogeneous, blind to local details, or flat-out wrong. Nuances about places and cultures, recognizable to a knowledgeable human interpreter risk disappearing, sanded down by blunt-force automation.”

#jobs

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This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children.

Pay all workers a living wage.

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

This report identifies a 13% drop in “AI exposed occupations” (we prefer the term automation prone)

The impact on “early career workers” is concerning

#careers #jobs #medianhuman

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Manpower discloses data breach affecting nearly 145,000 people Manpower, one of the world's largest staffing companies, is notifying nearly 145,000 individuals that their information was stolen by attackers who breached the company's systems in December 2024.

Manpower #staffing company is notifying nearly 145,000 individuals that their information was stolen by attackers who breached the company's systems in December 2024

#manpower #experis #TalentSolutions #hiring #jobs #work #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

I'm working pruning citrus trees

"Eloy" is pruning citrus trees in CAs SJ Valley. He works 6-7 hrs/day. He shares: When it's hot, it feels very humid in the rows. When we pull dry branches from the tree we get scratches on our arms & hands. It's tough work, but it feeds my family. #WeFeedYou

AI is not just a theoretical disruptor. It's already here—subtly augmenting some roles, quietly automating others, and rapidly altering the calculus of employment, wages and urban economic resilience. One path leverages AI to build a fairer, smarter workforce, while the other allows silent displacement to undercut economic inclusion and dignity of work.

“Healthcare Support, Management, and Healthcare Practitioners—occupations with minimal AI uptake—are the only sectors experiencing headcount growth in NYC since 2019.”

#careers #jobs

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Thoughtful analysis on the impact of #AI on the #workforce

#jobs #unemployment #skills

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This post is a reminder of how much language matter. | Maria Luciana A. This post is a reminder of how much language matter. In one of his posts Brendan McCord highlights the problematic the language of one part of the AI community (check his post in the comments). Bre...

Language does matter. Popular post on LinkedIn covering this phenomenom.

#medianhuman #careers #ai

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‘I’ve £90k in student debt – for what?’ Graduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI fallout AI isn’t just taking away entry-levels jobs, it’s helping thousands apply for the same job with almost the same CV

“Coupled with what AI can offer now, there are few reasons left to hire graduates for many positions, which is reflected in recent [labour market] reports”

#jobs #careers

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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI From a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot?

"Even the Indonesian government is using AI art: they recently released a video promoting a scheme that provides free lunches for students. It’s a great initiative, but it breaks my heart that they used AI instead of commissioning a talented Indonesian artist."

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