lemdeggity

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For example this article from the BBC today that initially had no mention of climate change until it was updated a couple of hours ago. Comments rightly have people pointing out the lack of climate change commentary but are also riddled with deniers.

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

I've noticed this sort if thing becoming more common and I think it is very much related to bots scraping the web. I'm sure they'll be happy to sell access to that data though.

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

This source is a bit questionable. Wikipedia says it is very pro-Israel and has in the past published articles from a fabricated reporter. Their own "about us" page also says their executive editor was formerly with Fox News. This is enough for me to be sceptical. I couldn't find a local article but this article says the victims did not file a police report.

I'm not saying this didn't happen and I do believe there are some antisemites using legitimate criticisms of Israel as a screen but there's a lot of propaganda out there and we should be mindful of spreading unverified information.

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed this film. The whole thing was so tense! Instant classic in the horror genre. It feels like there's been a bit of a renaissance over the last decade or so.

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Interesting that you use company infrastructure for meetings. I guess it's assumed that somebody will feed info back to the company regardless of platform anyway.

Do you know how the initial bargaining unit was formed and recognised?

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do you think would be a good way to get people to join?

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I think getting people on to a neutral platform is definitely the goal. In my experience though many remote workers just do their jobs and keep to themselves so enticing them to these spaces is difficult. The ones I've had best luck building solidarity with are those that have attended at least one in-person event and built rapport.

What tactics do you think would work to win the others over in this environment?

[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

I think one option is to seize on a galvanizing moment like a round of redundancies, contract change or merger and use this to get people in to a private group where they can express their opinions with less fear of reprisals.

Of course you would still have to initially communicate via some company owned channel. For this I've found people are more willing to talk one on one via voice/webcam than text. Make sure any transcription feature is disabled.

Obviously a big problem here is that you are already on the backfoot since you are relying on the the company's actions to create the right conditions. You can try instead be proactive with these chats but the momentum is much weaker.

 

The increased flexibility to work remotely has been liberating in many ways for workers however it also poses challenges when it comes to organizing.

I've found that the primary means of communication between remote workers is owned by the company, for example slack and teams. This leads to a reluctance to discuss unionization due to the perceived threat of the company eavesdropping and taking action against them.

There are also less opportunities for the kinds of informal conversations that lead to solidarity and organizing that would usually happen over lunch or after work at the bar or pub.

What challenges have you faced in organising remote workers and what solutions have you found?