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Amazon management uses loophole to retaliate against union by terminating workers. "But Amazon drivers in Skokie refuse to be intimidated by the white-collar criminals running this company"
patch.com Amazon Drivers Strike Over Labor Violations At Skokie StationMembers of Congress asked Amazon for answers about allegations of anti-union "bullying and lawbreaking" against delivery drivers in Skokie.
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Samsung union to strike, company founder once said he would not allow unions "until I have dirt over my eyes"
www.taipeitimes.com Samsung union set to strike after talks break down - Taipei TimesBringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Mushroom farm employees join handful of migrant farmworker unions in Canada, despite 1% rate of migrant unionization in North America due to fear of losing immigration status
www.thestar.com ‘Monumental’: Migrant workers at mushroom farms join unionRepresentatives of United Food and Commercial Workers hope it will be an inspiration for other vulnerable workers toiling in the agri-food industry.
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Sierra Club fires union leaders, including elected officials, bargaining team members, and stewards
pwunion.org Sierra Club Union Authorizes First-Ever Strike to Counter Union-Busting - Progressive Workers UnionContact: [email protected] Sierra Club Union Authorizes First-Ever Strike to Counter Union-Busting Ben Jealous’ executive team refuses to meaningfully respond to strike platform Washington D.C. – The tumultuous tenure of executive leadership under Ben Jealous at the Sierra C...
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First ever strike at Italian stock exchange
uniglobalunion.org Bank workers launch first-ever strike at Italian stock exchangeAround 800 workers will go on the first-ever strike in the history of the Borsa Italiana Group – a leading European stock market – on 27 June 2024. They are protesting potential relocations, inadequate salary increases, overtime and the loss of autonomy of the Italian companies in the Group. The tr...
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Argentina: oil seed union launches "illegal" strike after government had previously pressured workers to call off strike
www.xm.com Argentine oilseed union strikes as labor reform up for voteThe XM Research Desk, manned by market expert professionals, provides live daily updates on all the major events of the global markets in the form of market reviews, forex news, technical analysis, investment topics, daily outlook and daily videos.
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New Zealand: Nearly three-quarters of supermarket employees said wages not enough to cover living expenses, "I am one of the team that doesn't even shop at my own store because I can't afford to."
www.rnz.co.nz What do supermarket workers really get paid?The union says it is 'poverty wages'. Supermarkets say they pay fairly.
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Amazon UK management rejects union leaflets on warehouse tables, arguing “it could pose a hazard,” despite the fact that Amazon has been posting leaflets on each table in the warehouse
novaramedia.com Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations | Novara MediaThe retail giant has taken unprecedented measures to deter its workers from unionising, as its Coventry workers gear up for a historic vote.
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ExxonMobil France: striking employees blockade delivery trucks
au.finance.yahoo.com Striking French workers block delivery trucks at ExxonMobil refineryStriking workers blocked delivery trucks carrying oil products, including petrol, from leaving the ExxonMobil Chemical France's Port-Jerome-Gravenchon refinery in northern France on Friday. Some 200 workers are on strike, an FNME-CGT union member said, and the action will continue until management ...
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Oregon: Providence management locks out nurses following strike
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/112657397018831893
https://www.oregonrn.org/page/131
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Starbucks Workers Union sabocat
https://classautonomy.info/what-worked-and-what-didnt-a-history-of-organizing-at-starbucks/
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"Aramark makes billions and billions of profit every year, and they don’t want to treat us right" - employee works three jobs at three venues, can barely afford diabetes medication
www.inquirer.com In the battle over Philly stadium wages, Fat Cat speaks loudly while offering nary a ‘meow’Unite Here union employed a whiskered inflatable to taunt Aramark, the giant, Philadelphia-based food-and-services company.
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Employees vote unanimously to form Mississippi's first unionized Starbucks
www.wjtv.com Workers form Mississippi’s first unionized StarbucksJACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Starbucks workers at the Interstate 55 and Northside location voted unanimously to unionize their store Monday night. Starbucks Workers United announced tha…
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New Zealand: government cuts program ensuring disabled workers get at least minimum wage
union.org.nz NZCTU slams Government cutting disabled workers wages as disgraceful - NZCTUThe NZCTU is slamming a decision by the Government in Budget 2024 to cut a programme which ensured that disabled workers are paid the minimum wage.
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Tulane staff forms Louisiana's first higher education union
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- www.cnbc.com Amazon hit with $5.9 million fine for violating California labor law
Officials investigated two Amazon warehouses in Southern California and found they "failed to provide written notice of quotas."
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Over 10,000 truck drivers demonstrate at Korean National Assembly, "Road transport workers shouldn't have to choose between safety and making a living"
www.itfglobal.org Outraged at rising deaths on roads, 10,000 Korean truck drivers rally for new Safe Rates legislation | ITF GlobalWith working conditions deteriorating and road traffic deaths surging in South Korea, truck drivers’ outrage is leading to mass protest.<
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NLRB orders Station Casinos to bargain with union after election interference including serving workers steaks branded 'VOTE NO!'
www.huffpost.com This Company Served Workers Steaks Branded 'VOTE NO!' Ahead Of A Union ElectionLabor officials found that Station Casinos broke the law on numerous occasions. Now, even though the union lost its election, the casinos may have to bargain with it anyway.
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Spain: thousands demonstrate, "trade unionism is not a crime"
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/112635331236924274
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Corporate takeover of Supreme Court: all but one justice vote in favor of Starbucks
www.dailykos.com The Supreme Court is proving to be a clear and present danger to workers, unions, and life itselfThe Supreme Court’s pro-corporate rulings highlight their detrimental impact on workers, unions, and environmental sustainability while advocating for reforms to reclaim democratic principles. The Supreme Court is now a clear and present danger. Watch...
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Mexico: steelworkers blockade steel plants for fair share
https://www.industriall-union.org/strike-for-fair-working-conditions-at-arcelormittal-in-mexico
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How the most pro-business SCOTUS in history could hobble the labor movement
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.myserv.one/post/9823448
> Driving the news: The high court voted 8-1 in favor of Starbucks in a case the company filed against the National Labor Relations Board involving the so-called Memphis 7, a group of unionizing workers who said they were unlawfully fired after they appeared in a TV news segment. > > - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who's effectively become the court's lone labor supporter, wrote the dissent. > > - The decision will make it harder for the NLRB, the agency that administers the national labor law, to go after employers for violating its rules.
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Australia: cleaners for private contractors show signs of deceptive recruiting, debt bondage, even forced labour
unitedworkers.org.au NSW SCHOOL CLEANING ‘A SLAVERY RISK’: COMMISSIONERAfter 30 years of outsourced cleaning in NSW schools and government buildings a significant warning has been issued by the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner that these arrangements pose a serious modern slavery risk, with the Commissioner suggesting the NSW Government considers returning cleaners to dir
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Spain: Thousands of CNT members to demonstrate for Suiza 6 (labor activists protesting far right owners of La Suiza) who were sentenced to 3.5 years by judge with history of imprisoning union members
daytonaslimwrites.wordpress.com Unionism is not a crime!: The case of the Suiza 6Six members of the CNT in northern Spain have been sentenced to three and a half years each for charges of “coercion and obstruction of justice”. Apparently in Spain union activity can still land o…
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Washington state: union offered highest wage in history by management, but would have stripped them of right to strike. 90% of voters reject offer
washingtonstatestandard.com Puget Sound electricians on strike vote down contractor proposal • Washington State StandardThe limited energy electricians' strike in the Puget Sound area has been going on for nearly ten weeks.
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Singapore: ‘Industrial peace’ is what governments use to justify higher investments in police to break strikes, to bust unions. It’s very nice sounding, but it has very violent connotations.
labourreview.org The Case for an Independent Singaporean Labor MovementEditor's Note: Behind the image of Singapore as a wealthy city-state with an affluent population is the reality of a labor movement dominated by the state-controlled National Trades Union Congress and a tripartite system that disadvantages workers. In recent years, a new radical collective, Workers ...
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Amazon India: employees made to pledge not to take water or bathroom breaks in 50°C temperatures
www.independent.co.uk Amazon workers ‘made to pledge not to take breaks’ during 50C heatwaveAs India’s heatwave intensifies, warehouse employees demand corporate accountability for hazardous working conditions
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Washington state: farm workers excluded from union and collective bargaining rights, face retaliation for standing up against mushroom company. In solidarity, ILWU refuses to load company shipments
www.thestand.org 'We want a labor law that protects all farm workers'Windmill Farms mushroom workers and UFW President Teresa Romero come to Seattle to share their struggle to fight exploitation and unionize. By SARAH TUCKER SEATTLE (May 30, 2024) — Farm workers at Windmill Mushroom traveled to Seattle on Wednesday to shed light on their years-long struggle for dig...
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Blue Bird employees vote union in South. Management responds by curtailing lunch breaks and cracking down on worker discipline.
grist.org A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possibleFor nearly a century, a substantial portion of America’s iconic yellow school buses have been manufactured at a factory in Fort Valley, a town of 9,000 people surrounded by peach and pecan orchards in central Georgia. Carolyn Allen has worked at Blue Bird for 13 years, and she talks about this fact ...
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Saudi Arabia, where unions banned, set to host FIFA 2034, faces human rights challenge for forced labor, debt bondage, denying migrants access to their own documents
www.theguardian.com Saudi Arabia accused of using forced labour ahead of Fifa World Cup decisionUnion’s claim of ‘epidemic of migrant worker abuses’ could force Fifa to reject state as 2034 host if it fails to meet rights obligations
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Starbucks management no longer urging anti-union vote, leads to wave of stores filing for union elections
portside.org Starbucks Resumes Bargaining Amid Fresh Wave of Unionized StoresStarbucks has resumed bargaining with union leaders amid a fresh wave of organized stores after the world’s largest coffee chain agreed to open talks over labor agreements. After a long, embittered campaign, the Seattle-based coffee giant jointly announced a new framework with Workers United in Febr...
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Sex Workers Unite !
The brand new Sex Workers Section of the CNT union of workers and precarious of Strasbourg (CNT - STP 67) call to mobilization for the International day of the Sex Workers Struggles. This day was chosen since the church occupation of Lyon in 1975; if french laws have changed, discriminations remain.
In some city, outside any legal frame, cops are chasing sex workers in the street. The french juridiction is supposed to "protect sex workers from pimp. In fact, it sanctions people helping sex workers, including roommates or relatives, where GAFAM and platforms that actually exploit them are not threaten in any way.
The french situation is one of many incarnation of the discrimination against sex workers internationally. On the contrary of the historical sex workers organization (the STRASS), this section is organized in an inter-professional confederation (CNT) and internationally (CIT)
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Canadian summer of discontent: border management claims employees not allowed to work to rule. "People would be doing their work... How can you discipline people for following procedure?"
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca A CBSA strike could soon snarl border traffic. Here’s what you need to knowOTTAWA - Just as the summer travel season gets into gear, Canadians and visitors could find themselves waiting in long lines at the border — delays that could also deal
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Germany: hospital management hires union-busting law firm, dismisses union supporters without notice
mastodon.social linksgruen_nbg (@[email protected])June 4th 4pm #erlangen #solidarity demonstration with striking workers of the university clinic. https://www.instagram.com/p/C7mZLQ7twyQ/ #erl0604 The workers have been fighting for better wages for several months now. Instead of negotiating with #verdi, the clinic has fired several workers. Mor...