Baltimore hospitality workers march: "As a cook, I make more than a lot of my co-workers, and I still have to choose between paying my car payment and buying food." ( www.cbsnews.com )
Allison Transmission: even if it tried bringing in scabs, truck drivers wouldn’t cross picket line. Some were Teamsters; others were fellow UAW Local 933 members. ( labornotes.org )
Portugal, Spain finance workers demonstrating - “[The banks…] are stalling, presenting proposals that are light years away from their profits, from the pay increases given to senior management" ( uniglobalunion.org )
Ubisoft France on strike: "This strike is not just about Ubisoft; it’s a call for justice for video game workers everywhere." ( uniglobalunion.org )
Why We Need a Democratic and Militant Union ( industrialworker.org )
Sweden: 7/10 retail employees work while sick due to inadequate pay and covering for understaffing ( uniglobalunion.org )
Australia: Opal locks out employees, other unions join picket ( latrobevalleyexpress.com.au )
Finland: mass protests against government's right-wing policies ( sh.itjust.works )
https://www.bwint.org/fr_FR/cms/nationwide-strikes-rock-finland-3078
I've never read Marx's Capital... ( sh.itjust.works )
https://kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuthor/111873809446021036
San Francisco: the IWW and City Lights Bookstore and Publishing ( www.counterpunch.org )
Low wages and poor labor rights force Georgians to live on predatory loans and into homelessness ( shroma.ge )
Helsinki Senate Square: demonstration against right-wing government's anti-equality and anti-labor policies ( sh.itjust.works )
https://www.sak.fi/en/whats-new/news/sak-and-sttk-labour-confederations-thousands-finland-say-stop-cuts-working-conditions-and-welfare
Trader Joe’s Wine Shop begins union drive, closed by management with "insidious" attempt to bust NLRB, taking labor rights "back to 1920" ( www.otdowntown.com )
UK: Radiographers join protest against anti-strike legislation, ignored by major media ( www.sor.org )
Bahamas hotel union to escalate industrial action: "If one of my members, just one, is impeded from exercising their rights it's no holds barred and the gloves are off." ( www.tribune242.com )
Labor so big and powerful it doesn't matter who is in government ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/111857854534704987
Hyundai profit up 75% last three years - no sick days, 3 personal days, hauled into HR for talking about unions ( labornotes.org )
Royt On The New Aberdeen IWW And Organizing The Unhoused ( kolektiva.media )
SEIU: Java Blend Coffee retaliates against labor activists under guise of layoffs ( finance.yahoo.com )
Nickelodeon exploits desires to work on "dream jobs": Getting in and realizing it paid the same as or less than most retail jobs was horrifying. ( labornotes.org )
Finland: hundreds of thousands on strike against right-wing attacks on labor and social security ( www.theguardian.com )
“What are you going to do, then? Sit back and take it?” a cross-generational interview ( upstatenyiww.wpcomstaging.com )
Jetstar Japan: pilots and cabin crew on strike for unpaid overtime ( timesng.com )
Australia: why injured workers are not taking time off ( sh.itjust.works )
https://www.australianunions.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Work-Shouldnt-Hurt-2023-Insecure-work-data.pdf