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You don't NEED a weekend. The concept is barely 100 years old. (sh.itjust.works)

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Ford CEO denounces living wage increase on CNBC (www.youtube.com)

The ten poorest states are all right to work states (sh.itjust.works)

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What happened? (sh.itjust.works)

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Who's really important (reddthat.com)

Your enemy is not the people struggling to survive (sh.itjust.works)

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Choosing to lose $300M to $500M to break unions (sh.itjust.works)

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Walmart to lower wages by $1, possibly setting industry standard (www.thestreet.com)

"Unskilled labour" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages. (sh.itjust.works)

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Starbucks Is Suing Its Union After “Solidarity With Palestine!” Tweet (theintercept.com)

The coffee company says the union, Starbucks Workers United, is making people think it stands in solidarity with Palestine after the Hamas attack....

And they certainly don't deserve unlimited luxury at the expense of you not being able to afford groceries (sh.itjust.works)

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Gender pay gap means women work first two months of the year unpaid - so today is Women's Pay Day (www.thecanary.co)

New Trades Union Congress (TUC) analysis reveals Women’s Pay Day – the day when the average woman stops working for free compared to the average man – is today, Wednesday 21 February. In some industries and in some parts of the country where the gender pay gap is wider, women effectively work for free for even longer...

I Build Cars For a Living. I Can’t Afford to Buy One. (youtu.be)

American Airlines Flight Attendants Authorize Strike With 99.5 Percent Support (truthout.org)

UAW Chief Says Billionaires—Not Migrants—Are Real Threat to Working Class (www.commondreams.org)

“In reality, we’re all on the same side of the war against the working class,” Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday....

"it’s hard not to see stuff like this and think there’s just been a fundamental shift in how the general populace views unions and strikes" (sh.itjust.works)

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Newsboy union (reddthat.com)

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)

Costco Says It’s Not Anti-Union. Unionized Workers Are Putting That to the Test. (truthout.org)

Costco bosses basked in praise for making union-friendly statements but have yet to commit to bargain in good faith....

Trader Joe's hires union-busting law firm, fires union supporters (sign.moveon.org)

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UK: bus engineer pay drops 10% adjusted for inflation over 5 years, while company profit £4.3m last year (www.unitetheunion.org)

The Unionization Wave Is Hitting Costco (portside.org)

Costco workers in Norfolk, Virginia, recently unionized, defying the company’s reputation as one that cares about workers. In an interview, a Costco worker says he and his coworkers are tired of being treated with disrespect on the job....