Greeks strike to win back labor rights removed as temporary measure during bailout-era, “our rights are not utopia” (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Union worker not protected from suspension during strike, British law ruled in violation of European Convention on Human Rights after 5 years (www.reuters.com)
Sesame Street contract ending: parents and families around world might ask why bosses are ignoring their company’s own messages of kindness and fairness (variety.com)
Writers have unanimously authorized strike...
Sesame Street Workshop Writers Vote Unanimously - 100% - to Authorize Strike Action, if Necessary (www.wgaeast.org)
Pearson: Airline catering employees vote 96% to strike, wages frozen during pandemic to help company, now management brags about profitability while offering raises as low as 89 cents an hour (teamsters.ca)
New Zealand: Union fights moves to cut WorkSafe, "We already have a poor health and safety record in this country with a fatality rate double that of Australia" (www.psa.org.nz)
"Amazon and Walmart are excessively watching their warehouse workers. So much so that they’ve entered a dystopic era of extreme surveillance" (www.instagram.com)
Unionizing archaeologists fight blacklisting, union-busting law firms, firing of organizers, and reclassification of employees as ineligible (jacobin.com)
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)
Ford employees get $10,400 profit sharing because of union, remember this next time boss says unions don't work (mstdn.ca)
Western University: 2000 teaching assistants picketing, wages well below poverty, struggling with rent, management encouraging crossing of picket lines, filling roles with non-union members (london.ctvnews.ca)
Amazon Canada: we are seeing Amazon roll out its despicable union busting tactics just like it has around the world. But we know the solution is global worker solidarity (uniglobalunion.org)
Chileans strike against right wing that obstructs change and government that gives in, want it to return to original content its reforms (portside.org)
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2020 study: If distribution of income of three decades after World War II continued through 2018, median yearly income of bottom 90 percent of Americans would have doubled from $50,000 to $100,000 (prospect.org)
Tesla Sweden: plans to build and open Supercharger stations on hold after unions refuse to connect them to power grid (www.teslarati.com)
Punjab: first Home-Based Workers (HBW) Union registered, significant moment towards gender equality in Pakistan (www.thenews.com.pk)
Airbus Canada union votes 99.9% to reject latest offer, 99.6% voters rejected first offer (montreal.ctvnews.ca)
India: unions campaign against anti-worker policies, industrial safety in shambles. Since 2021, every year, there have been at least 1,029 accidents, resulting in the death of over 1,000 (www.industriall-union.org)
Argyle Airport workers will no longer take the word of board chairman, "We were given word that ‘we would find a solution’. There was none. So, we called off the action and got nothing in return" (caribbean.loopnews.com)
Autoworkers at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz Plant File for a Union Election (prospect.org)
Malaysian and Philippine unions discuss living wage and decoupling of productivity and wages, "It is evident that the global economic system is a failure that only favours few owners of capital" (www.industriall-union.org)
Just voted in my first union election
Started my first union job right before Thanksgiving and elections are this week. Results will be in this weekend since contract negotiations start on Tuesday. Everyone is gearing up for a big fight and i am nervous, but excited....