Aaron Wortham

Elon Musk’s ultimatum to Tesla: Make me a trillionaire or I may leave A proposed pay package could make Tesla CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but it faces resistance from shareholders and critics who say it’s unearned.

Elon Musk spent much of this year upending the lives of federal workers across the country. He’s already the richest man on earth - now he wants to be even richer? We have enough corporate billionaires. We don’t need trillionaires. https://wapo.st/47O88M4

Union Contracts and Upward Mobility: A Tribute to Bill Pastreich ✦ OnLabor My friend and mentor, Bill Pastreich, died recently (I say “died” because Bill hated euphemisms).  Bill had a long career as a community and union organizer, but he made his biggest impact leading a s...

In every workplace I have been a part of, there has been mostly insincere approaches to career advancement, leading to high employee turnover.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects National Labor Relations Board’s Thryv Reme On October 31, 2025, the Fifth Circuit held that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) impermissibly awarded compensatory damages to striking employees who were fired. As we reported ...

Two Circuit Courts have now ruled that employers found to have implemented unfair labor practices (ULPs) are not financially liable for costs that the employee have incurred directly from the ULPs.

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This is insane.

The Trump Administration is trying to get in the way of businesses having compassion for their own customers.

The cruelty IS THE POINT.

YouTube video by LegalEagle The DOJ Indicted a YouTuber (Kat Abu), and It's Crap

Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social is being selectively prosecuted by Trump's DOJ:

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This doesn't make sense. How does killing people in war equate to "forgive those who trespass against us"?

A Department of War is, by definition, prescribed by The Lord's Prayer.

Abughazaleh. Best last name ever.

...but it's the Twilight fanfic we definitely deserve.

@katmabu.bsky.social has the best last name. Abughazaleh. I'm totally going to steal that for a character in one of my role-playing games.

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois

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Seriously

No Contract, No Coffee Pledge  Baristas are the most important part of the Starbucks experience. Baristas open the stores every morning and close them every night. They greet customers, make the coffee, clean up the spills, a...

starbucksworkersunited.controlshift.app/petitions/no...

Sign the letter to Kaiser CEO Greg Adams: Protect our care. Patients’ health and safety are on the line as Kaiser executives advance proposals that would weaken care, shortchange staffing, and drive skilled healthcare workers away. Please stand with us. Send ...

I will always support strikes and the right of a workforce to fight for better lives:

actionnetwork.org/letters/an-o...

Former Syrian president Assad is video gaming in a luxury Moscow apartment: Report Exiled after years of civil war, Bashar al-Assad now spends hours playing online games, according to German newsweekly Die Zeit.

That's a sweet retirement deal:
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This.

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

All the while, the Trump Administration is closing the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social, Holy shit, Jane Goodall actually did body slam chimps. How else would you "wrangle an alpha male?"

Working people don’t need “budgeting tips.” They need a fair share of the wealth they create.

Best hot take ever.

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

As of today, never again will Jane Goodall body slam a chimp. 😭

I say that quote at least once month.

My eyes don't have the circumference for me to roll them hard enough.

I mean, duh.

Loyola Marymount abruptly rescinds recognition of faculty union, claiming religious exemption Loyola Marymount University said it could end its engagement with the union by invoking its “constitutionally protected religious exemption” from the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board...

Empowered by the Trump administration, organizations are now refusing to recognize unions:
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Hundreds of stars sign letter defending free speech after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars are urging Americans to defend free speech following Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

Was it a strongly worded letter?

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I’ll die on this hill.

Power to the worker.

Given the distributed nervous system an octopus has, a more correct heading might be "Octopus arms differ in their task preferences, scientists find."