Every censorship campaign starts with a justification. Today it's "return on investment." Tomorrow it's sociology, political science, history, or any field that teaches students to critically examine society. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

newrepublic.com

Junge Absolvent:innen berichten immer wieder von Schwierigkeiten beim Berufseinstieg. Im Gespräch mit @kurier.at (Roxanna Schmit) ordne ich ein, was wir dazu wissen und wo die blinden Flecken liegen 👇1/2

Is your current/recent PhD research related to #anthropology of work and #labor? Still time to apply for the @saw-anthroofwork.bsky.social early career/grad student Community of Writing fellows! Deadline August 1st.

Letizia Letha Bonanno@letha-b.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you are into the anthropology of work and labour, please consider joining the Society of Anthropology of Work- @anthropologyofwork.bsky.social Community of Writing Fellows, our 8-month mentoring programme for PhDs and ECRs! Application deadline 1 August 2026

300,000 Haitians legally living in the U.S. have officially lost their Temporary Protected Status this week. ICE is reportedly planning to target Haitian communities and fast-track deportations to Haiti, which is controlled by violent gangs and deep in crisis. Trump’s cruelty knows no bounds.

V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions

V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions

Union calls for museum to become accredited London living wage employer and let staff carry water during shifts Workers at one of the world’s leading art and design museums are balloting for “heatwave” strike action. The ballot at V&A is taking place because of concerns about soaring temperatures and access to drinking water, along with pay and conditions. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

@lizshuler.bsky.social: “For all of those candidates who are already out there starting to run for president in 2028, if you want to hold the highest office in the land, hear these words: Working people should come before algorithms”

Analysis: A powerful new coalition of AI skeptics is coalescing right in Trump's blind spot

Evangelicals, labor unions and anti-AI-data-center activists are part of a groundswell worrying about how fast technology is changing.

cnbc.com

NEW: A leaked document shows the reach ICE officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from smartphones, to facial recognition apps that can reveal someone’s identity, to tools that let the agency stay anonymous online and approach people undercover.

Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips

From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.

404media.co

When I ran BLS, I was asked constantly about the impact of AI on jobs. It's still one of the most common questions I get. So we put together a policy brief - for policymakers, journalists, and anyone trying to sort through what is happening with AI and jobs: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

ITALY: Union Announces Labour Dispute Over Severe Heat in Venice Museums www.artforum.com/news/italian...

Italian Trade Union Announces Labor Dispute Over Severe Heat in Venice Museums

The USB has taken the first step towards a strike after weeks of unchanged work in high temperatures in Venice museums.

artforum.com

📣 New publication! We've just released our anticipated report on #HeatExposure at work 🥵 'Climate change and workers’ health: Protecting workers against heat and other climate-related hazards' by Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni (ETUI) and Andreas Flouris (University of Thessaly)

Until we have dedicated and effective workplace surveillance laws, I argue we might challenge workplace surveillance as a form of discrimination. Just published open access in the Alternative Law Journal: doi.org/10.1177/1037...

Alysia Blackham@alysiablackham.bsky.social · 2w ago

These laws cannot come soon enough in my view. www.premier.vic.gov.au/big-tech-mus...

When Maga’s power fades, we cannot abandon those ICE killed | Moira Donegan

When Maga’s power fades, we cannot abandon those ICE killed | Moira Donegan

When this is all over, people will tell us to move on. But those who perpetrated this reign of terror must be held accountable

theguardian.com

“…over claims that it used artificial intelligence tools to tag workers for mass layoffs. The workers allege that those AI tools targeted them after they asked for protected or maternity leave or disability accommodation.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs

theguardian.com

“The researchers struggled to confirm the full scale of the injuries, because ‘visual investigative techniques cannot adequately assess invisible injuries, such as chemical injury or chronic pain or hearing loss’. “‘The true number of injuries is likely far greater,’ the report adds.”

‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds

Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’

theguardian.com

Read our latest blog New Rhythms, New Rules: Time and Work in the Digital Newsroom by CERIC’s Xanthe Whittaker. This blog is based on her recent publication business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/r... #digitalization #newtemporalities #digitalworkplace #labourprocess

Excited about this new article with @hodderandy.bsky.social documenting the role of different types of protests, including labor strikes, by workers in the Twin Cities organizing against ICE militarization earlier this year. It’s the rare timely academic read!

Andy Hodder@hodderandy.bsky.social · 3w ago

A new article with @johnniekallas.bsky.social has been published open access in @gpejournal.bsky.social We create an 'event catalogue' of the extensive protest activities that took place earlier this year in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE's Operation Metro Surge. tinyurl.com/4bx45873

Documenting the repertoire of contentious performances in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Big thanks to and solidarity with the fire fighters who have dealt with the fire on Conwy mountain. Essential labour saves lives ✊

Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 3w ago

Record heat. Bone-dry landscapes. Strong winds. Then the wildfires arrive. None of this should be surprising anymore. As heatwaves become more intense, the impacts cascade through ecosystems, infrastructure, public health, and emergency services. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I'm in @jacobinmag.bsky.social today, defending Bernie's AI-nationalization proposal w/some basic points about the real-world effects of the industry, a little historical materialism, and an look at libertarian philosophy to see if the property-rights objections even make sense on their own terms.

Everybody Should Welcome Nationalizing AI

Bernie Sanders wants to nationalize half the stock of major AI companies and create a sovereign wealth fund for the American people. The case for going even further is stronger than most people realiz...

jacobin.com

A new article with @johnniekallas.bsky.social has been published open access in @gpejournal.bsky.social We create an 'event catalogue' of the extensive protest activities that took place earlier this year in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE's Operation Metro Surge. tinyurl.com/4bx45873

Documenting the repertoire of contentious performances in Minnesota and the wider US in response to ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’

This article outlines and critically analyses the repertoires of contentious performance used by activists in Minnesota and beyond following a surge in federal immigration enforcement in the United St...

tinyurl.com

They are trying to force some universities into bankruptcy. Total madness. Remember - they have pledged more money to a privately owned theme park than they‘re going to spend on the teaching grant.

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · last mo.

The Department for Education has confirmed that universities will receive £50.9 million less in teaching grants next academic year. Bridget Phillipson, the education minister has defended the reduction in light of tuition fee rises. https://ow.ly/6UWJ50ZkLlf

Workers At The Guggenheim In New York Vote To Authorize A Strike Of the UAW Local 2110 members affected, 93% voted to authorize a strike. Find out more: tinyurl.com/5fnvjytc #MuseumWorkers #MuseumLife #NYC

Workers At The Guggenheim In New York Vote To Authorize A Strike - Labor Heritage Foundation

Unionized workers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike should current negotiations with museum administrators drag on. Of the affected workers represented by Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers (UAW), 93% voted to authorize a str

tinyurl.com

Some thoughts on the planned closure of @resprofnews.bsky.social . And what the lack of media coverage on the planned closure of Research Professional News tells us about what life might look like without a functioning trade media.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last mo.

A message from our publisher. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

Top CEOs make 285x what workers (who actually create the profit) do. The rich get richer while workers struggle to pay their bills. Corporate and billionaire greed is out of control. A union contract is how we can start to balance the scales and get our fair share.

This number helps explain why many Americans are down on the economy

American workers' share of the nation's income is at its lowest point in almost 80 years, as more of the economy's gains flow to corporations and investors.

cbsnews.com

The Trump admin limited OSHA’s ability to hold bosses accountable when they don’t protect workers from heat. 530 workers died from heat illness on the job in 2024. Now, much of the country is bracing for a dangerous heat wave this week. Workers deserve to be safe on the job.

Heat dome to scorch major U.S. cities this week. Maps show the forecast and warnings.

A heat wave will blast much of the eastern U.S. this week, and forecasters say temperatures will feel even hotter because of the high humidity that's arriving with it.

cbsnews.com

ICYMI: @kimkelly.bsky.social on labor reporting, solidarity, AI, and the gig economy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Necessity of Labor Reporting ft. Kim Kelly

Podcast Episode · The Study Hall Podcast · June 22 · 45m

podcasts.apple.com

Zuckerberg doesn't get to demand unprecedented levels of worker surveillance to train AI and then act surprised when sensitive employee data is exposed. Workers shouldn't be paying the price for Big Tech's recklessness.

Meta pauses an AI training program that tracks employees' keystrokes after an internal leak

Meta pauses an AI training program after sensitive employee data leaks, sparking internal backlash and highlighting security concerns.

businessinsider.com

University of Exeter plans to cut 150 jobs. The Russell Group institution said it is consulting its staff over “limited and specific potential changes” across some academic faculties. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

University of Exeter plans to cut 150 jobs - Research Professional News

Staff consultation underway, with UCU claiming 14 per cent of academic workforce is at risk

researchprofessionalnews.com

🔥 With a severe #heatwave hitting large parts of Europe, the question comes up again, more urgently than ever: How do we adapt #work to rising temperatures and other #ClimateChange-related hazards ❓

Please read this important investigation into how AI is being used to monitor bus drivers in Rochester, MN. ATU Local 1005 has been complaining of invasive surveillance. A city official acknowledged that the monitoring is "intrusive" in a message obtained via FOIA docs. Reporting by Isabela Escalona

FOIA Documents Show "Intrusive" AI System is Monitoring Rochester Bus Drivers - Workday Magazine

Workers say the surveillance is invasive and leads to unfair disciplining of drivers.

workdaymagazine.org