The new bill primarily clarifies rules that were a bit vague, but it also has new changes that will substantially improve life-work balance.

• ESST can be used in at least 15 minute increments and cannot be required to use more than four-hour increments
• Qualifying workers were expanded to people hired with an expectation of working 80 hours in a year, rather than actual hours worked. Some jobs still exempted
• ESST usage has expanded to bereavement
• ESST rules for use are expanded to all paid time off
• Employers that do not provide ESST must pay the worker for twice the amount they were supposed to get in ESST

Hello everyone! RockSlayer here with another mod update. Recently we had a metapost (found here!) seeking to amend the rules in light of a public disagreement between myself and another mod. Based on feedback from that metapost, we will be implementing a rule banning support for authoritarians. This is one more chance to provide feedback before we codify this rule as written:

> Unconditional support of authoritarians will not be tolerated.

Just to be clear ideologically, we are not becoming an anarchist community or using an overly broad definition of authoritarianism. As an anarcho-syndicalist myself, balancing this rule to prevent the exclusion of statist ideologies is of the utmost importance to me; that is why the rule has the requirement of "unconditional support". If you feel like there is a better way to phrase this new rule, please give us your suggestions!

Have you been wanting to unionize at work? Are you concerned about union busting disrupting your organizing efforts? Well then this website will be invaluable to you. CWA is a bottom-up, worker led union. Ever since the PATCO strike made unions afraid of striking, CWA alone has basically kept the idea of striking alive in the US. As an effort to modernize their definition of communication, CWA has created this playbook to prepare you and your coworkers against the insidious and misleading language union busters use to destroy your campaign.

It wasn't until 2020 came around and we regained our voice before things changed in favor of organized labor. Even with companies violently affecting workers with layoffs, now's the time to organize. As the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now. As a tech worker myself, the knowledge that there wasn't a single union member laid off at Activision Blizzard should be sign enough that unions provide job security.

Edit: After several days of allowing for people to discuss these rules, there has been no major feedback. In light of this, these rules are now considered the new rules of the community.

Hey all! rockSlayer here with a mod update. Recently, I reached out to the other mods and we came to a consensus to operate our community by our values and democratically select community rules. We also want to use some ideas intended to lead discussion. As long as there are no major objections, these are the things being considered. If there's anything you'd like to see, add it in the comments!

Rules regarding behavior:

• Absolutely no fascism, right wing extremism, genocide denial, etc.
• Good faith discussion about ideologies is encouraged, but no sectarianism
• No brocialism/sexism
• No ableism
• No TERFs/ anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric
• No racism
• No trolling
• No insults, dunking, or personal attacks
• No posting of misinformation, disinformation, or fake news
• Remember that there is no "right way" to implement leftist theory. Do not accuse historically classified socialist countries of "doing it wrong". This rule does not prevent academic criticism.
• Try to avoid extremely sensitive topics unless approaching them with appropriate care for intersectionality. Use your best judgement, and be prepared to provide respectable sources when having these discussions. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source in these cases.
• Mods have final say

Posting Expectations:

• Comics/memes/shitposts/propaganda are only allowed on weekends
• Try to avoid liberalism unless discussing electoral politics. Even then, try to focus on tactical agreement towards leftist goals
• Only one meta post seeking consensus per person per day
• Posts about a particular ideology are ok, but remember the rules above
• Post titles must be meaningful and relevant, except on weekends

Ideas for discussion: (admittedly, this section is a lot more loosely structured, and will probably result in meta posts. That's ok)

• Topic/ideology of the week. This could be done a few ways, like a megathread. It could also affect what ideological posts are allowed for the week. The next week's topic could be voted on in a mod-pinned meta post.
• Theory Thursdays. On Thursday, post articles/questions/videos/infographics discussing leftist theory. This could be as simple or complex as you want. Alternatively, this could work in conjunction with the topic of the week
• Create a discord/matrix server

Her statement:

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The liberal tries to become an arbitrator, but he is incapable of solving the problems.

I asked them to clarify what Dems were conserving.

Wikipedia: Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable…

They didn't confirm that Dems are conserving 'certain social orders and hierarchies'. Did they not confirm that because they'd immediately show themselves to be wrong? Or am I just so clueless about what right wing politics is that I am not worth educating?

The tyranny of the cloud: how we became serfs to big tech

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/10/the-tyranny-of-the-cloud-how-we-became-serfs-to-big-tech/

@leftism

Long but so many great points!

alt-text for thumbnail embed: text saying “law is harm” and then a smaller “fuck cops & judges”, next to a trans flag with half of it covered by the black anarchist triangle. This is all over a 2d digital art wooden background.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619

> [Excerpt on #Gaza: "If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it."] > > Mark Hertsgaard > Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT

Looking to compile a list of good leftist news sites and sources. Thank you.

Just a warning: if you're not used to TMR, you will have to deal with Sam interrupting the video multiple times to give commentary.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20362954

> Cody Bloomfield > > September 13 2024, 6:00 a.m. > > "Treating the Stop Camp Grayling protesters as terrorists is the latest episode in a worldwide trend of governments smearing climate and environmental activists as terrorists — an ongoing Green Scare. Misapplication of the terrorism label frequently serves as pretext for invasive surveillance and sustained scrutiny."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20358918

> By Ayah El-Khaldi > > Published date: 13 September 2024 16:05 BST

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20334119

> Nikhil Singh > > Fri 17 May 2024 07.00 EDT

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20325317

> Prem Thakker > > Sep 13, 2024 >

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20324880

> As Israeli demolitions and settler attacks escalate, Palestinians in the village of Umm al-Khair stare down the possibility of expulsion. > > Maya Rosen > > July 11, 2024

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20310478

> By Dania Akkad > > Published date: 13 September 2024 19:12 BST

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20298716

> UCLA students arguing that Zionism is a First Amendment-protected religious belief have joined a powerful right-wing legal project. > > Raphael Magarik > > September 13, 2024 >

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20297056

> Patrick Wintour > > Diplomatic editor > > Fri 13 Sep 2024 11.38 EDT