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- Swedish Labor Unions Are Undaunted By Tesla Intrasigencecleantechnica.com Swedish Labor Unions Are Undaunted By Tesla Intrasigence - CleanTechnica
The strike against Tesla in Sweden is important to the union movement in most of Europe, where collective bargaining is the norm.
- New York Times tech strike: "the ones to blame are not the striking workers, but management, who would not meet the union's terms in time for this most critical moment in history"romancelandia.club azteclady (@herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club)
Don't be a scab: lay off Wordle and other #NewYorkTimes puzzles while the #TechGuild #Strike is on. And remember: the ones to blame are not the striking workers, but management, who would not meet the union's terms in time for this most critical moment in history. https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/...
- New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike on Eve of 2024 Election, Alleging Unfair Labor Practicesvariety.com New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike on Eve of 2024 Election, Alleging Unfair Labor Practices
New York Times workers represented The Times Tech Guild have gone on strike one day before the 2024 U.S. elections.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32313404
- Australia: government installed union administrator getting $600k a year from union funds, union members "not going to accept bureaucrats bleeding the union dry and living the high life"www.greenleft.org.au Revealed: Administrators draw massive wages from CFMEU account
Federal Labor’s decision to place the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union into administration may become a significant headache for the so-called party of the working class. Sue Bull reports.
- France: professional class overworked, underpaid and discriminated against, face severe sanctions for calling out employerswww.eurocadres.eu Worrying state of play for French professionals - Eurocadres
Concerning results from a survey conducted by Ugict-CGT
- Former Disco Elysium devs attempt worker/player-owned company: "We realized we weren’t going to get anywhere by trying to bargain with the rich"aftermath.site Former Disco Elysium Devs Embrace Worker/Player-Owned Structure To Bring ‘True Democracy’ To Game Development - Aftermath
And because letting “random people steer a company Twitch Plays Pokémon-style” instead of venture capitalists is “fucking funny”
- Philippines contractualization terminates employment before employee status granted. Country scores 0 out of 100 in Freedom of Association indicator due to violence against union activists
- India's first women-led gig worker union strikes for recognition as formal employeeswww.punekarnews.in Nationwide Gig Workers' Strike Disrupts Online Services in Pune and Mumbai - Punekar News
- Nationwide Gig Workers' Strike Disrupts Online Services in Pune and Mumbai
- Saudi Arabia: Without safety protections, 21000 workers have died since 2016 working on urban projectwww.svenssonstiftelsen.com Shocking Worker Deaths at Saudi Arabia's Neom Project
Saudi Arabia is embarking on the "Neom City project", which aims to create an innovative urban area in the country. Workers are forced to work gruelling hours far beyond legal limits to construct the flagship project, many have not been paid for months and are being mistreated. 21000 migrant workers...
- Argentina: transport unions strike against government attempts to outlaw union activism, protest, and industrial actionwww.itfglobal.org Transport unions strike against Milei's anti-union laws | ITF Global
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) sends unwavering solidarity to transport workers striking in Argentina today.
- Germany: warning strikes begin against pay raise well below inflationwww.industriall-union.org IG Metall members commence warning strikes
On 29 October, IG Metall, IndustriALL's biggest affiliate, launched nationwide warning strikes across Germany’s metal and electrical industries, demanding urgent action in the 2024 collective bargaining negotiations.
- Peru: World's least popular president increasingly criminalising protests while relaxing restrictions on organised crimewww.greenleft.org.au Peru: National strike rejects coup regime, demands action against organised crime
Thousands of workers went on strike across Peru on October 23, followed by nationwide protests on October 24, to demand that Congress repeal laws that favour organised crime and criminalise the right to protest, and calling on the government to take action against worsening extortion and violence, r...
- Mining industry fighting worker rights while being able to give $9,000 to every Australian worker and still remain most profitable industry in the countrywww.actu.org.au Mining giants are riding high and can afford fair wages - Australian Council of Trade Unions
Australian Unions are taking aim at the country’s most powerful mining interests for lobbying the Coalition to undo the Albanese Government’s new Same Job Same Pay rights which come into effect on the first of November.
- NYT Tech Guild: "Management’s stalling pushes us closer to a strike. A reminder: Here’s a look at our execs’ compensation as they twiddle their thumbs on a counter."
https://union.place/@NYTGuildTech/113385580029878103
- Republicans BLOCK Saving Coal Regulation in New Appropriations Bill | LAST WEEK IN SOUTHERN LABOR
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> Aye, and more shenanigans and hand-wringing from the Democrats too.
- Netherlands: pharmacy workers plan strike for 6% raise and raising minimum wagenltimes.nl Pharmacy workers planning national strike on Nov. 12 over wage increase
Pharmacy workers in the Netherlands plan to walk off the job in a nationwide strike set for November 12. Between now and then, they will also plan a series of regional strikes as part of their ongoing fight for higher wages, said labor unions FNV and CNV, as well as the national pharmacists' organiz...
- Greece: unions go on strike calling for rollback of austerity measures
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/strikes-greek-teachers-island-ferry-155529927.html
- Highland farms: Largest group of farmworkers to unionize in Canadian historyufcw1518.com Highline Workers Become Largest Group of Farmworkers to Unionize in Canadian History - UFCW 1518
On July 8th, 210 workers at a fifth mushroom farm in Langley officially organized and joined their counterparts at other Highline farms, becoming the newest members of UFCW 1518. With a total of 390 workers now certified, this union drive marks the largest group of farmworkers to unionize in Canadia...
- Alberta: thousands of health care workers, school staff, and public employees rally outside legislature
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/angry-public-sector-unions-rally-at-alberta-legislature-for-more-pay-better-conditions/ar-AA1sS1ZU
- Consumer-owned co-op unionizes; new general manager describes previous conflict between management and employees as a terrible episode in co-op historyithacavoice.org GreenStar workers voted to unionize Collegetown and Dewitt Mall locations - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at GreenStar Food Co+op’s Collegetown and Dewitt Mall locations voted on Monday to unionize with Workers United. Of the 26 eligible voters, 12 votes were cast […]
- New York Times: CEO gets 36% raise, employees get 3%union.place NYT Tech Guild (@NYTGuildTech@union.place)
Attached: 4 images The New York Times Company made $2.4 billion in revenue in 2023, and our CEO gave herself a 36% raise, while members of our unit were given around 3% with persistent wage gaps for women and people of color. #ReadyToStrike #Union #Unions #Tech #Election #Election2024 #Labor #Stri...
- Australia: Qantas employees prepare to gatecrash annual shareholders meetingwww.aap.com.au No relief for Qantas board as union feud flares up
Shareholders are expected to give new Qantas chair John Mullen a smooth ride in his first AGM at the helm after angrily voting down executive pay last year.
- Amazon claims First Amendment rights when threatening to terminate employees involved in union activitywww.404media.co Amazon Says It Has a First Amendment Right to Union Bust
In response to an NLRB complaint, Amazon argues that preventing it from holding captive-audience meetings violates the U.S. Constitution.
- South Africa: 61% wish they could afford to quit jobs, 52% diagnosed with mental illness; "You’re lucky to be employed and, if you don’t like the conditions, there’s the door"mg.co.za Work, cost of living are causing an ‘avalanche of stress’ in South Africa – The Mail & Guardian
Mental health in the country ranks among the worst in the world
- New Zealand: 10,000 attend gathering against government; "this coalition government is in the pockets of the rich and corporate interests and doesn’t care about working people"union.org.nz Workers demonstrate strength of union power - NZCTU
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is celebrating a strong turnout of workers across the country who stood together in opposition to the Government’s anti-worker agenda, with more than 10,000 working people attending hui from Whangārei to Invercargill.
- Tesla employees without benefits and protection of collective agreement; strikes continue as other unions blockade Teslas at ports in Denmark, Norway, and Finlandwww.etuc.org Tesla: the fight for collective bargaining continues
A year on, the fight for a collective agreement with car manufacturer Tesla continues for Swedish union IF Metall. To demonstrate the ongoing solidarity with the striking workers and their union, industriAll Europe’s General Secretary Judith Kirton-Darling, together with ETUC General secretary Esthe...
- 'Strikes Work!' Boeing Union Workers Win Tentative Contract with 35% Wage Increasetherealnews.com 'Strikes work!' Boeing union workers win tentative contract with 35% wage increase
"The fact the company has put forward an improved proposal is a testament to the resolve and dedication of the frontline workers who've been on strike—and to the strong support they have received from so many," said the machinists and aerospace workers.
- How to get involved with unionization efforts?
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but does anyone have any advice on how to get involved in union organizing efforts? I actually went to school for labor relations, so I've got some familiarity with the concepts, but for all sorts of reasons, the main one being mental health, I haven't really been working or doing much of anything for a few years now. I want to try to get out and do my part and I view the labor movement as a really important avenue for political change.
But I don't really know where to look/start. I'm also pretty shy/socially anxious, so I kind of need some way to ease into this since it involves talking to people a lot. I've also been thinking of trying to learn a language that would help me interact with more workers who might be recent immigrants like maybe Spanish or something. (Although I'm not really sure which would be most useful for this and I'm not exactly a fast language learner, so if I was going to do that I should really prioritize one.)
I'm in the US close to the New York City. (Long Island) Does anyone have any suggestions for resources, organizations, advice on how to talk to people in this context, or other ways to help in a less direct way, etc. that could help me get started?
- Believe It Or Not, Unions Have Even Bigger Problems than the 2024 Electioninthesetimes.com Believe It Or Not, Unions Have Even Bigger Problems than the 2024 Election
With just weeks until Election Day, the current political trends are a warning siren to the labor movement.
- Edmonton Public Schools to strike: members haven’t seen meaningful wage increase in 12 years. Twelve years ago, you could live off this income as a single person, but you can’t now.edmontonjournal.com Edmonton Public Schools unionized support staff prepare for first-ever strike
The first-ever strike of Edmonton Public School support workers is set for Thursday as teaching assistants and other members of CUPE Local 3550 take on the UCP government’s wage cap.
- A National Movement to Organize Amazon Takes Offworld-outlook.com A National Movement to Organize Amazon Takes Off
This article by Luis Feliz Leon, first published by Labor Notes, describes how the Teamsters and other unions are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s logistics chain.
- Canada: Amazon attempts to rewrite labor law to decertify unionwww.theglobeandmail.com Opinion: Amazon is going beyond the pale in challenging unionization in Quebec
With its challenge to a union certification in Quebec, Amazon is trying to export its American union-busting model to Canada
- CVS strike: management accused of surveillance of workers, retaliation for union activities and prohibiting workers from engaging in union activitieswww.yahoo.com Thousands of CVS workers go on strike; allege unlawful labor practices
CVS pharmacy clerks and technicians walked off the job and onto picket lines at select locations Friday as their union pushes for a new contract and alleges unlawful labor practices.
- UK: HelloFresh warehouse employees raise concerns about working conditions, management fires 79www.bbc.com Staff hold protest over 'unfair HelloFresh sackings'
Community Trade Union says 79 workers who spoke out against "dire working conditions" were fired.