Blue Bird employees vote union in South. Management responds by curtailing lunch breaks and cracking down on worker discipline. ( grist.org )
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 )
Amazon’s AI Warehouses Isolate Workers and Hinder Union Organizing, New Report Finds ( www.404media.co )
Starbucks management no longer urging anti-union vote, leads to wave of stores filing for union elections ( portside.org )
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 )
Germany: hospital management hires union-busting law firm, dismisses union supporters without notice ( mastodon.social )
Union-busting firms like Littler Mendelson and Morgan Lewis advise corporate management to break labor laws because of low violation costs ( inthesetimes.com )
Finland: right-wing government restricts political and sympathy strikes ( www.industriall-union.org )
First ever Samsung strike, employees asking for raise and bonus pegged to company earnings ( au.finance.yahoo.com )
Australia, hospital worker strike: "Nurses and support workers don’t expect to get rich working in public hospitals, but they certainly shouldn’t expect to be worse off every year" ( unitedworkers.org.au )
India: unions call for end to outsourcing, withdrawal from WTO, policies favoring farmers and labourers, return of former pensions, release of union activists ( indianexpress.com )
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union ( www.just-food.com )
Indonesia props up for-profit water by intimidating protestors at their homes; forcing them to cancel event; blocking venues, food, and lodging; hacking organisation websites; attack conference ( publicservices.international )
Australia: social workers are leaving the sector, one in three frontline workers rely on financial support from friends and family ( womensagenda.com.au )
Oregon: Preschools close after teachers launch unionization, no attempt to reassign union supporters ( www.portlandtribune.com )
IWW Cyprus: Only recourse is collective action – workers must be organised ( in-cyprus.philenews.com )