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Mat-Su Borough School District will suspend bus routes on a
rolling basis due to driver shortage
DIR By: RE
Date: August 15, 2022, 3:06 am
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Bus Driver shortage not a problem. No Teachers at the school
anyhow.
HTML https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2022/08/12/mat-su-borough-school-district-will-suspend-bus-routes-on-a-rolling-basis-due-to-driver-shortage/
Mat-Su Borough School District will suspend bus routes on a
rolling basis due to driver shortage
RE
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The Labor Shortage Will Get Worse and May Last for Decades
DIR By: RE
Date: September 3, 2022, 3:04 pm
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Decades? How is the economy supposed to last through that?
HTML https://www.barrons.com/articles/labor-market-jobs-shortage-economy-51662147179
The Labor Shortage Will Get Worse and May Last for Decades
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A Deep Dive into the labor shortage
DIR By: RE
Date: September 5, 2022, 8:00 am
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Those workers are gone boys, and they ain't never comin' back.
HTML https://www.axios.com/2022/09/03/a-deep-dive-into-the-labor-shortage
A Deep Dive into the labor shortage
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QebkOKosx0&t=74s
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A doom tune
DIR By: K-Dog
Date: September 5, 2022, 8:36 am
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A doom tune.
I added it to my new jukebox.
HTML https://chasingthesquirrel.com/
is my website. It has some changes.
Look in the right sidebar and select ' B 1 '.
At the end of that Axios programmed propaganda thing you posted
it said 14 and 15 year olds are in high demand.
Bingo. They will work for $12 - $15 an hour. A wage that lets
owners take home the same bucks they could before things got
expensive. More take home pay for owners if they raise prices.
I got a raise. I make more than $20 an hour now. Good bucks
for what corporations call an 'Associate'. I can heft a sixty
pound box onto a seven foot shelf without too much pain now.
Not bad for an old fart.
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Introducing Trader Joe’s United
DIR By: K-Dog
Date: September 5, 2022, 9:04 am
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Introducing Trader Joe’s United
Reprinted from :
HTML https://www.tempestmag.org/2022/09/introducing-trader-joes-united/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=introducing-trader-joes-united
by Sarah Beth Ryther
Sarah Beth Ryther introduces the independent union Trader Joe's
United, during an August 6, 2022 community rally in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The downtown Minneapolis store recently became the
second unionized Trader Joe's in the country.
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> We need to begin by acknowledging the land we’re on, which
belongs first, last and always to the Dakota, Anishinaabe and
other indiginous peoples who lived and continue to live here
since time immemorial.
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Socialist meetings start this way. It gets on my nerves but not
wanting to be accused of having a 'Settler' mentality I go with
the flow. - KDog
We are here today to introduce our brand new union, Trader Joe’s
United to all of you. We’ve decided to take this enormous step
together as employees because we deserve better pay, benefits,
and working conditions. We believe a union will help us achieve
all those things, and we also know our voices matter. We know
because we’re really good at talking. All day long at our store,
which is just a block away on Washington Ave., we talk to each
other, and the customers who shop there. We learn from each
other and offer small kindnesses, and ultimately, we build
community. We all know that our coworker Iman, who is currently
in the air on her way to Somaliland to visit her family, will
give us a hug every time she sees us. We know that our coworker
Michelle’s daughter is really into Animal Crossing right now,
and that in addition to being in the middle of getting his PhD
in Public Health, our coworker Ronnie is also a really dutiful
grandson. We also know which residents of the apartments
upstairs will wander down in pajamas and Crocs to tell us about
what’s going on in their lives.
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Since we started organizing, early this spring, we’ve had a
million and one conversations with each other and you, our
community, about what we need to do in order to improve our
workplace. We’ve talked to Jonny from the National Association
of Letter Carriers and Jess from the United Food and Commercial
Workers, Dan from the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, and
Kathy from the Minnesota Nurses Association, among countless
others. We’ve had conversations in coffee shops, backyards, and
living rooms, outside of the store on nights after a long shift,
and on walks by the Mississippi river. We’ve asked really basic
questions, like, what is a union? And harder questions, like
what, in granular and concrete terms, is our five-year vision
for Trader Joe’s workers?
But this story and the circumstances that brought us here
together in the rain today are so much larger than any of us.
Before the land we’re standing on was stolen, the waterfall that
was where the Stone Arch Bridge is now was as big as Niagara
falls. There were so many grazing buffalo that you couldn’t see
the ground. It’s humbling to imagine the way the landscape
looked pre-manifest destiny, and a lesson in contrast to think
about Downtown East during the height of the mill industry boom
in the mid 1800’s. In 1903, flour workers at the Washburn Crosby
Mill right over there, went on strike. They asked for eight hour
work days and gender equitable pay. Ultimately, they didn’t get
what they deserved, but their efforts remain an important part
of Minneapolis labor history. A few decades later, workers
sacrificed their lives during the Teamsters Strike of 1934, a
sacrifice we just commemorated last month. The Teamsters stood
on the shoulders of the pro-labor millworkers who came before
them, just as all of us here stand indebted to their legacy.
The play in production at the Guthrie (Theater in Minneapolis)
right now is called Sweat, written by the two-time Pulitzer
Prize winning playwright, Lynn Nottage. It takes place in the
early 2000’s, and it’s about a group of factory workers who
struggle against the invisible and crushing economic forces that
guide their lives.
“I remember the fire in your voice and how it made me feel.”
Chris, one of the characters, says to his father, Brucie, as he
remembers watching a strike at the plant as a child. “After
school, me and my friends rode our bikes to the mill and watched
you guys picketing. You looked like warriors, arms linked,
standing together.”
The story unfolding on the stage next door is the same story
we’re living in Minneapolis today, and indeed across the whole
country. Practically speaking, it’s waiting in vain for the bus
that never comes, and having to pay for an Uber that costs more
than you make in an hour. It’s eating ramen three times a day
even though you work at a grocery store. It’s donating blood
plasma in order to make rent. And it’s the Starbucks workers
over on 47th and Cedar striking because their company refuses to
negotiate. This story, where everyday folks stand together on
picket lines and at rallies and form brand new unions and
struggle together — despite the fact that it is always difficult
— this story will continue to be told, because we will continue
to hold corporations accountable.
There is another story here. Trader Joe’s Corporate has
convinced the public that a multibillion dollar company will put
the interests of its workers before profit of its own accord.
This week, we vote to dismantle this narrative. Behind the
smokescreen of viral TikToks featuring Trader Joes’ latest
novelty product, there are workers struggling to plan for the
future because of cuts to their benefits, workers who have been
kicked off their healthcare plans when they’re diagnosed with
cancer, and workers who feel unsafe because Trader Joe’s
Corporate has refused to enact simple safety measures. We need
to trade this manufactured magic for reality. Because we know
that no matter how hard a company tries to blame large
structural problems on individuals, low-level management or
single stores, no matter how much they dismiss safety issues
because they claim a neighborhood is a “difficult” place, or how
many times they say they treat their workers well, we know the
true story. We reject their narrative. And we choose to write
our own story. We’re proud to be standing here together with you
in the neighborhood we love, advocating for our future and the
future of millions of other workers across America.
Unionizing low page grunt work seriously upsets the apple cart.
They had medical bennies to lose? That is surprising. - KDog
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#Post#: 4122--------------------------------------------------
Supply chain problems are getting worse, not better, for US food
retailers
DIR By: RE
Date: September 8, 2022, 4:34 pm
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More stuff missing here all the time.
HTML https://qz.com/supply-chain-problems-are-getting-worse-not-better-fo-1849506510
Supply chain problems are getting worse, not better, for US food
retailers
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Re: Supply chain problems are getting worse, not better, for US
food retailers
DIR By: K-Dog
Date: September 9, 2022, 2:25 am
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> More stuff missing here all the time.
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HTML https://qz.com/supply-chain-problems-are-getting-worse-not-better-fo-1849506510
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> Supply chain problems are getting worse, not better, for US
food retailers
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> RE
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I read the article and a link to another Quartz article. Quartz
pushes some seriously heavy capitalist bullshit.
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The Energy Market’s Next Crisis: Oil Tanker Shortages
DIR By: RE
Date: September 16, 2022, 4:16 am
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Where have all the Tankers gone, long time passing?
HTML https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Energy-Markets-Next-Crisis-Oil-Tanker-Shortages.html
The Energy Market’s Next Crisis: Oil Tanker Shortages
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Shortage of the Day: Bus Drivers
DIR By: RE
Date: October 2, 2022, 4:30 am
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Kids can walk, right?
HTML https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2022/09/30/anchorage-school-district-bus-driver-shortage-festers-with-staggered-bus-service-set-to-continue-longer-than-expected/
Anchorage School District bus driver shortage festers, with
staggered service set to continue in October
RE
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Shartage of the Day: PCAs
DIR By: RE
Date: October 3, 2022, 5:07 am
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I actually am fully staffed this week.
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/03/perilous-shortage-of-homecare-workers-leaves-patients-trapped-in-hospitals
‘Perilous’ shortage of homecare workers leaves patients trapped
in hospitals
RE
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