cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 hours agoOn the NLRB: Why go into enemy territory? It’s important to recognize that direct action is the only way to receive the benefits you’re looking for. You can’t depend on a government agency.plus-squarecapitalandmain.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkOn the NLRB: Why go into enemy territory? It’s important to recognize that direct action is the only way to receive the benefits you’re looking for. You can’t depend on a government agency.plus-squarecapitalandmain.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoCanada: custodial and maintenance staff approves strike, many without wage increase after a decade seeing 30% inflation. “Many of our members work two or three jobs. Many live on the edge of poverty.”plus-squarecupe.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkCanada: custodial and maintenance staff approves strike, many without wage increase after a decade seeing 30% inflation. “Many of our members work two or three jobs. Many live on the edge of poverty.”plus-squarecupe.cacyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoGhana: privatization supporters continue push despite failures to lower prices and improve services. A study led by OECD found that privatized electricity had 23% higher costs.plus-squarepublicservices.internationalexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkGhana: privatization supporters continue push despite failures to lower prices and improve services. A study led by OECD found that privatized electricity had 23% higher costs.plus-squarepublicservices.internationalcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoCyprus: "An Injury to One is an Injury to All!" Entire staff strikes after management terminates employee after forming union and asking for a raise.plus-squarewww.iww.cyexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkCyprus: "An Injury to One is an Injury to All!" Entire staff strikes after management terminates employee after forming union and asking for a raise.plus-squarewww.iww.cycyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoToronto: union of nearly 30,000 municipal employees approves strike due to “years of stagnating wages amid rising inflation.”plus-squareglobalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkToronto: union of nearly 30,000 municipal employees approves strike due to “years of stagnating wages amid rising inflation.”plus-squareglobalnews.cacyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoUS: Unions say privatizing postal services in Europe have led to reduced services, increased prices, job losses, and cut off rural communitiesplus-squareuniglobalunion.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkUS: Unions say privatizing postal services in Europe have led to reduced services, increased prices, job losses, and cut off rural communitiesplus-squareuniglobalunion.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoSouth Korea: government sentences union activists to prison after threatening to break strike with commandos and special forcesplus-squarewww.industriall-union.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkSouth Korea: government sentences union activists to prison after threatening to break strike with commandos and special forcesplus-squarewww.industriall-union.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agoFrance: unions rally against far-right attack at film screening, beating audience members, stabbing oneplus-squarepeoplesdispatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkFrance: unions rally against far-right attack at film screening, beating audience members, stabbing oneplus-squarepeoplesdispatch.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agopopular resistance will only come from concerted collective action, which is something few people in the U.S. have any experience with. The big exception are union members.plus-squaresocial.sanfranciscan.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkpopular resistance will only come from concerted collective action, which is something few people in the U.S. have any experience with. The big exception are union members.plus-squaresocial.sanfranciscan.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoIndia: Samsung management plans on locking factory gates to prevent strikers from taking over factoryplus-squarewww.outlookbusiness.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkIndia: Samsung management plans on locking factory gates to prevent strikers from taking over factoryplus-squarewww.outlookbusiness.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoUK: bus drivers approve strike after management intimidates employees into driving despite safety concerns, suspend those who refuseplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkUK: bus drivers approve strike after management intimidates employees into driving despite safety concerns, suspend those who refuseplus-squarewww.bbc.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoNew Zealand: Minister won't meet with Council of Trade Unions, country’s largest democratic organisation. "she doesn’t want to hear our view, she has a different view – pro-employer and anti-worker"plus-squarenewsroom.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand: Minister won't meet with Council of Trade Unions, country’s largest democratic organisation. "she doesn’t want to hear our view, she has a different view – pro-employer and anti-worker"plus-squarenewsroom.co.nzcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoGreece: nationwide strikes against outsourcing and use of contracts rather than making employees permanentplus-squarewww.tovima.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkGreece: nationwide strikes against outsourcing and use of contracts rather than making employees permanentplus-squarewww.tovima.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoCanada: LifeLabs employees strike - "we are not going to allow their profit margins to increase on the backs of the patients and our members who work at LifeLabs"www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkCanada: LifeLabs employees strike - "we are not going to allow their profit margins to increase on the backs of the patients and our members who work at LifeLabs"www.cbc.cacyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoFederal workers vs Elon Musk: I’ve never seen a billionaire carry the mail, put out a forest fire, make sure people get their Social Security checks, answer a phone call from a suicidal veteranplus-squarewww.labornotes.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkFederal workers vs Elon Musk: I’ve never seen a billionaire carry the mail, put out a forest fire, make sure people get their Social Security checks, answer a phone call from a suicidal veteranplus-squarewww.labornotes.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square1fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoSouth Africa: half of strikes in 2024 were wildcat strikesplus-squaregroundup.org.zaexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkSouth Africa: half of strikes in 2024 were wildcat strikesplus-squaregroundup.org.zacyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoSolidarity with Belgian unions: The hard-right scapegoats women, minorities, and the most vulnerable. They use anger against elites as a tool to divide, yet when in power, they serve those same eliteswww.bwint.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkSolidarity with Belgian unions: The hard-right scapegoats women, minorities, and the most vulnerable. They use anger against elites as a tool to divide, yet when in power, they serve those same eliteswww.bwint.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoOregon: hospitals threaten health care for nurses who do not agree to their conditions. "Providence executives - who earn millions in salaries - should focus on settling a fair contract."plus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkOregon: hospitals threaten health care for nurses who do not agree to their conditions. "Providence executives - who earn millions in salaries - should focus on settling a fair contract."plus-squarearchive.phcyu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Garibaldee@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 days agoPeet’s Enacts Sweeping Heavy-handed Discipline on Union Membersplus-squareindustrialworker.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkPeet’s Enacts Sweeping Heavy-handed Discipline on Union Membersplus-squareindustrialworker.orgGaribaldee@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Garibaldee@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 days agoThat Glorious Land Above the Sky: Heaven and Hell in the Songs of Joe Hillplus-squareindustrialworker.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkThat Glorious Land Above the Sky: Heaven and Hell in the Songs of Joe Hillplus-squareindustrialworker.orgGaribaldee@lemm.eeEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
