Kickstarter employees went on strike this week because they want a 4-day, 32-hour work week and something like $80,000 a year.
Their bosses said no. Or something.
So let’s talk about this, and whether or not it’s justified given how important Kickstarter is to comics and games. This is especially so now that the Diamond comic distribution network went bankrupt. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Amid allegations of mistreatment of Starbucks employees, the baristas have taken matters into their own hands to demand fair treatment and a living wage. Here are their demands. Here’s more from The Babylon Bee.
Hollywood writers walked out on strike for the full summer of 2023. Now — surprise surprise — there are far fewer jobs remaining for writers in Hollywood.
The studios are making more sequels, and giving more writers, especially woke writers, the boot. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
. Streaming couldn’t save the industry, and attacking the audience didn’t help, either. Now, few of the studios can even make movies any longer, and certainly not great movies. Here’s more from Nerdrotic.
Could ChatGPT and other chatbots be used on the “darknet”? Hackers say so. How are artificial intelligence-programmed robots being used to talk, act, and think like humans?
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) saw the writing on the wall about where this tech could be headed, and they tried to safeguard their jobs with a strike that lasted nearly 150 days. Finally, their Hollywood strike appears to be ending after a stalemate between the writers and their production studios, which are focused on bottom lines. Will the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike also end, with performers’ likenesses and earnings protected?
In other tech news, why is Microsoft Cloud looking to use more modular reactors to power its AI and data centers? Join Ben Chasteen and Rob Counts from Edge of Wonder to hear all about it.
How deeply is the Communist Party involved in organizing mass strikes and protests by unemployed workers in cities across the United States? At least in New York City, the Communists appear to be at the forefront. More from Jamie Dlux.
As the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, what happens next? Glenn Beck says it won’t be pretty. Expect an increase in strikes among the working class, credit card limits, a rent crisis and food shortages, and possible famine, not to mention the potential debt bomb. Beck discusses the consequences in this episode of Blaze TV.
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No wonder they are moving to Mexico. GM workers have gone on strike, angered over their wages averaging some $60+ per hour, including retirement fees. Mark Dice examines their treacherous plight!
