Kenya: Healthcare workers' pay regularly delayed, give government a week to address issues before strike ( www.standardmedia.co.ke )
India: care workers gather as government prohibits striking ( sh.itjust.works )
https://archive.is/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/govt-invokes-esma-on-agitating-anganwadi-workers-prohibits-strike-for-6-months/article67713450.ece
Solar employees join UAW, management hires anti-union consultants with "96% success rate" and lays off 40% of workforce - claims not union-busting ( www.theguardian.com )
From musicians to waste collection - list of sympathy strikes against Tesla Sweden ( www.streetinsider.com )
Pete’s Frootique employee: I used to feel embarrassed that I’m in my thirties with two jobs and can’t afford to move out from my parents’ house, but that is not my shame to bear — it’s my employer’s. ( atlantic.ctvnews.ca )
SpaceX: Hundreds of employees sign letter calling Musk an embarrassment, management fires 8 activists, sues to declare NLRB unconstitutional ( www.forbes.com )
Lay the Boss Off - It Makes More Sense ( slrpnk.net )
Nordic workers took on Elon Musk in 2023. Here’s what could happen next | CNN Business ( edition.cnn.com )
Costco gets a nasty Christmas present and ends the year terribly (workers victory) ( lemmy.ml )
Costco workers in Norfolk have unionised and Costco are seething.
Shawn Fain: “We Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peace.” ( inthesetimes.com )
NYC Anti-War Labor Rally for Ceasefire and Justice in Palestine ( yt.artemislena.eu )
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35 UPS employees let go after voting union, Teamsters threaten strike, UPS reinstates employees ( www.wave3.com )
United Auto Workers union calls for "immediate, permanent cease-fire" in Israel-Hamas war, becoming largest labor union to do so ( www.cbsnews.com )
Spotted in Devonshire, UK ( todon.eu )
via @RadicalGraffiti
"My Workplace Is Uniquely Bad" - A kind of disordered thinking that every organiser will encounter. ( libcom.org )
Before we judge Gen Z harshly for their take on the grind of work, as a Boomer I’m here to remind you that Dolly wrote the same message over 40 years ago ( mastodon.social )
Your enemy is not the people struggling to survive ( sh.itjust.works )
Source: https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/111265689858916785
Sir, our workers formed a union... ( sh.itjust.works )
UAW, 1937: Instead of you paying him, he pays you ( sh.itjust.works )
Source: https://mastodon.social/@znetwork/111116170765088040
"I'm sure the op-ed applauding teachings unions for keeping kids in school is right around the corner." ( sh.itjust.works )
Source: https://urbanists.social/@miyelsh/111076735282637826
1919: "Safety-appliances cost money. If you're afraid of your job quit it." ( sh.itjust.works )
Source: https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/111074838733498809
The ten poorest states are all right to work states ( sh.itjust.works )
Source: https://mstdn.ca/@ned/111064882466835001
Choosing to lose $300M to $500M to break unions ( sh.itjust.works )
https://ohai.social/@tangledwing/111026205822188254
If you put the company's interest before your own ( sh.itjust.works )
Source: https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/111008766906191922