Australia: social workers are leaving the sector, one in three frontline workers rely on financial support from friends and family (womensagenda.com.au)
Oregon: Preschools close after teachers launch unionization, no attempt to reassign union supporters (www.portlandtribune.com)
Billionaire attempting to roll back farmworker protection laws to pre-César Chavez unionizations (www.latimes.com)
Boeing: union plans whistleblower training after alleged threats of termination and violence against employee (gizmodo.com.au)
Niagara strike against forced overtime: scabs can't keep up, management asks for custody agreements if employee wants time with kids (archive.ph)
Google introduced mandatory training for full-timers on interacting with contractors to ensure it can avoid claims of “co-employment”, make clear that it’s not a “joint employer” (fortune.com)
Three weeks into strike, Del Monte management closes factory without notice or severance. By using temp agency, they avoid having to provide benefits, pensions, vacations, sick pay, etc (rabble.ca)
Kenya: air traffic workers denied union by misclassifying them as managers (www.itfglobal.org)
Australia: social workers are leaving the sector, one in three frontline workers rely on financial support from friends and family (womensagenda.com.au)
Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)
Officials from 68 countries attend Iranian president’s funeral in Tehran (www.aa.com.tr)
Oregon: Preschools close after teachers launch unionization, no attempt to reassign union supporters (www.portlandtribune.com)
Billionaire attempting to roll back farmworker protection laws to pre-César Chavez unionizations (www.latimes.com)
Boeing: union plans whistleblower training after alleged threats of termination and violence against employee (gizmodo.com.au)
Niagara strike against forced overtime: scabs can't keep up, management asks for custody agreements if employee wants time with kids (archive.ph)
I lost my job to AI this week... (www.youtube.com)
Google introduced mandatory training for full-timers on interacting with contractors to ensure it can avoid claims of “co-employment”, make clear that it’s not a “joint employer” (fortune.com)
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Three weeks into strike, Del Monte management closes factory without notice or severance. By using temp agency, they avoid having to provide benefits, pensions, vacations, sick pay, etc (rabble.ca)