India: unions call for end to outsourcing, withdrawal from WTO, policies favoring farmers and labourers, return of former pensions, release of union activists (indianexpress.com)
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union (www.just-food.com)
Indonesia props up for-profit water by intimidating protestors at their homes; forcing them to cancel event; blocking venues, food, and lodging; hacking organisation websites; attack conference (publicservices.international)
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)
After successful animal trials, human trials to begin for tooth regrowth drug (www.theregister.com)
India: unions call for end to outsourcing, withdrawal from WTO, policies favoring farmers and labourers, return of former pensions, release of union activists (indianexpress.com)
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union (www.just-food.com)
Indonesia props up for-profit water by intimidating protestors at their homes; forcing them to cancel event; blocking venues, food, and lodging; hacking organisation websites; attack conference (publicservices.international)
Kenya: air traffic workers denied union by misclassifying them as managers (www.itfglobal.org)
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)
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)