Forty years of struggle by Brazil's landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted. by Mark Engler and Paul Engler SOURCE: Waging Nonviolence

Movement dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, or MST

A demonstration that accompanied the registration of Lula’s candidacy in Brasília. (Flickr/Ricardo Cifuentes)

Wales Latest “Experiment” in UBI will Prove Nothing and Here’s Why SOURCE: Cobden Center AUTHOR: Antony Sammeroff is Spokesman for Economics and Environment for The Scottish Libertarian Party and author Universal Basic Income – For and Against.

The whole point of a UBI is that there is no “outside” to bring money in from – its universal. In other words, while you were getting richer, your neighbours were getting poor.

"It is impossible for these useless “trials” to measure the cost to everyone who was taxed to fund the experiment and what the benefits would have been to other sectors of the economy if they received a tax cut. They can never provide legitimate evidence on the overall benefits and costs of a UBI."

Will You Quit Your Job? A Surprising Factor May Help Decide by R. Douglas Fields Ph.D. SOURCE Psychology Today

"But those who tended to think in the PAST were much more inclined to carry out their intention to quit."

The Five-Day Workweek Is Dying By Derek Thompson FROM The Atlantic

 

What We Really Want in a Leader We Need Paid Sick Leave. The Reasons Why Might Surprise You. by Scott Dust, Ph.D. FROM Psychology Today

Moreover, unfortunately, there is no such thing as a federal paid sick leave law. As a result, as Olga Khazan wrote in The Atlantic, “Americans are some of the only workers in the Western world who risk getting fired  if they don’t drag their sick selves into work.”

Contending With the Pandemic, Wealthy Nations Wage Global Battle for Migrants by By Damien Cave and Christopher F. Schuetze from The New York Times

"Covid’s disruptions have pushed many people to retire, resign or just not return to work. But its effects run deeper. By keeping so many people in place, the pandemic has made humanity’s demographic imbalance more obvious — rapidly aging rich nations produce too few new workers, while countries with a surplus of young people often lack work for all."

Trump Sold Out Workers Like Me by Robert Morrison FROM CounterPunch.org

Unemployment benefits, more: 5 programs that may go up in smoke without stimulus money BY Oscar Gonzalez FROM C-Net

I suppose only of interest to those relying on the checks, but it does show how many programs there are and how unstable the lives of many Americans has become.

On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant by David Graeber [Printed in Strike: Issue 3 The Summer Of... August 2013]

This is the original article in an obscure magazine which got him to look into the matter of Bullshit Jobs in greater detail and led to a book.

5 Types of Bullsh*t Jobs with David Graeber AUTHOR of Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years FROM The Real News Network

Duration: under 7 mins.

A kinder, gentler philosophy of success BY Alain de Botton FROM TED Talk

 

German minister backs creating legal right to work from home FROM TechXplore

"Hi, I'm Rob, and I'm a Recovering Doctor." | Rob Lamberts | TEDxAugusta

Microsoft Japan Recently Gave Their Employees a 4-Day Work Week—and Productivity Skyrocketed by 40% BY McKinley Corbley FROM Good News Network

TED Talk: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick Hanauer argues for a $15 minimum wage

Malcolm Gladwell on the Challenge of Hiring in the Modern World | The New Yorker - YouTube

Google, Apple and 12 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree by Courtney Connley FROM CNBC

Why German Corporate Boards Include Workers BY Justin Fox FROM Bloomberg

The Problem of Cubicles and the "Open Office" by Mark Thornton FROM Mises Wire

Why Kids Who Break the Rules Are More Likely to Become Rich BY Amy Morin FROM Psychology Today