UAW bump: Tesla joins other nonunion companies in increasing pay. “As great as these raises are, they still fall far short of what the companies can afford and what autoworkers are worth.” ( nationalpost.com )
When Railroad Workers Get Hurt on the Job, Some Supervisors Go to Extremes to Keep It Quiet ( www.propublica.org )
AFSCME: Denver Art Museum employees seek union recognition for living wage, more democratic workplace ( www.damworkersunited.org )
Argentina: "Biggest blow to employment rights since dictatorship of 1970s" - Milei seeking to delegate legislative powers to executive (himself) for at least two years ( theconversation.com )
UAW at Mercedes: profits up 200% past 3 years, $1.9 billion spent on shareholders while employee wages stagnate. "I’m full-time now, but I’m still living paycheck to paycheck." ( www.theguardian.com )
Ontario hospital union: 62% exhausted, 41% dread going to work. Unions and public oppose Conservatives’ attack on health care. ( www.readthemaple.com )
Austerity Has Always Been a Project to Empower Capital at the Expense of Workers ( jacobin.com )
Québec strikes: phrase “exploiting the women” banned from parliament, “Too bad it’s not forbidden to exploit them instead” ( labornotes.org )
Malta unions increase membership: pilot union up 67%, tour guide union up 87%, among others ( www.maltatoday.com.mt )
Kenya: Healthcare workers' pay regularly delayed, give government a week to address issues before strike ( www.standardmedia.co.ke )
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 )
Nordic workers took on Elon Musk in 2023. Here’s what could happen next | CNN Business ( edition.cnn.com )
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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