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 )
Amazon India: employees made to pledge not to take water or bathroom breaks in 50°C temperatures ( www.independent.co.uk )
Danish queen and king cancel tour of Faroe Islands due to strike of five major unions ( www.msn.com )
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 )
Wildcat #46 – IWW Newsletter, June 2024 ( iww.org.uk )
Starbucks management no longer urging anti-union vote, leads to wave of stores filing for union elections ( portside.org )
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Annual Conference 2024 ( www.onebigunion.ie )
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 )
Tom Barker New Zealand Wobbly 1911-1914 ( thepolarblast.wordpress.com )
Germany: hospital management hires union-busting law firm, dismisses union supporters without notice ( mastodon.social )
Birmingham: drivers outside Uber UK premises protest falling pay ( sh.itjust.works )
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