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Cory Doctorow<p>What changed was the *vibe*. The <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/HotLaborSummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HotLaborSummer</span></a> was a *rager*, and it&#39;s not showing any signs of slowing. Obviously that&#39;s true in California, where nurses and hotel workers are also striking, and where strikebreaking companies like <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Instawork" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Instawork</span></a> (&quot;Uber for <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/scabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scabs</span></a>&quot;) attract swift regulatory sanction, rather than demoralized capitulation:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/30/computer-says-scab/#instawork" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2023/07/30/com</span><span class="invisible">puter-says-scab/#instawork</span></a></p><p>The hot labor summer wasn&#39;t a season - it was a turning point. <br />18/</p>
Cory Doctorow<p>She&#39;s also waging war on <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/RoboScabbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoboScabbing</span></a>: app employment &quot;platforms&quot; like <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Instawork" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Instawork</span></a> that recruit workers to cross <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/PicketLines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PicketLines</span></a>, under threat of being blocked from the app and blackballed by hundreds of local employers:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/30/computer-says-scab/#instawork" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2023/07/30/com</span><span class="invisible">puter-says-scab/#instawork</span></a></p><p>With <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Cemex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cemex</span></a>, Abruzzo is restoring a century-old labor principle that has been gathering dust for generations: the idea that workers have the right to organize <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WorkplaceDemocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorkplaceDemocracies</span></a> without fear of retaliation, harassment, or reprisals. </p><p>11/</p>
Cory Doctorow<p>These aren&#39;t just any scabs, either. They&#39;re predominantly Black workers who rely on the $700m <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Instawork" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Instawork</span></a> app for gigs. These workers are being dispatched to cross the picket line without any warning that they&#39;re being contracted as <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/strikebreakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strikebreakers</span></a>. When workers refuse the cross the picket and join the strike, Instawork cancels all their shifts and permanently blocks them from new jobs.</p><p>This is a new, technologically supercharged form of illegal strikebreaking. </p><p>11/</p>
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