What happened? ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@masterdon1312/111733144772189445
Every time you take a break, every time you get your paycheck, thank the labour movement ( mastodon.social )
Migrants aren't pushing down wages. It's your boss. ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/112436295100404451
Orlando unionization: "JetBlue is in the process of trying to intimidate the living daylights out of every single worker not to sign a card" ( www.orlandoweekly.com )
Vote your power into my hands, I'll do your fighting for you, vote and be saved ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@bhasic/112405466796434150
Ford employees get $10,400 profit sharing because of union, remember this next time boss says unions don't work ( mstdn.ca )
The owner - the man who invested his capital - he's important - in fact he's the whole cheese ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@bhasic/112430446839042811
Quebec: Airbus employees vote 99.6% against offer below inflation, 98.9% vote for strike ( www.thecanadianpressnews.ca )
Austerity Has Always Been a Project to Empower Capital at the Expense of Workers ( jacobin.com )
Bank of America employee dies after working 120 hour weeks, associates organizing strike ( mstdn.social )
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1203493.page
"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. ( sh.itjust.works )
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/111786893513746272
Massachusetts: teachers conduct illegal strike, win 60% raise for lowest paid assistants ( labornotes.org )
Three cheers for Democracy! ( slrpnk.net )
Washington state: union offered highest wage in history by management, but would have stripped them of right to strike. 90% of voters reject offer ( washingtonstatestandard.com )
Don’t Call Them Bums: The Unsung History of America’s Hard-Working Hoboes ( www.collectorsweekly.com )
Apple union-busting: confiscated union flyers, interrogated employees, mandatory meetings with coercive statements against employees, accused of excluding union members from benefits ( www.forbes.com )
Pouring $18 Superbowl beers for $14.25 an hour: "I work three jobs and I still qualify for Medicaid" ( www.motherjones.com )
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16976545...
Burned out pharmacists seek union representation as CVS merges with Aetna and Caremark - "you treat your employees a certain way for so long they stop wanting to work for you" ( actionnetwork.org )
Sportswear owner fired employees after they vote to join union, ordered to reinstate employees and pay back wages, instead shut down business and reopened same business under new name ( wisconsinexaminer.com )
Heat Waves Are Making Restaurant Kitchens Unsafe. Workers Are Fighting Back. ( www.eater.com )
App delivery companies exploit workers, customers to drive money into hands of executives and Wall Street, part of larger pattern of corporations buying control of workers and their communities. ( nyc.streetsblog.org )
India: police suspend internet, use tear gas, barbed wire, spikes, cement blocks to block farmer march on capital ( sh.itjust.works )
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/13/india-farmers-march-what-are-their-demands-why-is-govt-blocking-roads