unions

There’s a lot of ways to lose their house. You wish that on people, you wish that families starve while you’re making 27 fucking million dollars a year. Be careful motherfucker, be really careful.

230 employees join over 8,500 unionizing across the United States

“You would never imagine they have the same struggles as us — they’re from the movies. But it turns out we’re in the same boat. We need to make sure we don’t sink.” Nichols worked as a bellman for nine years, which paid bills as he pursues acting career. Seeing his two unions fighting side by side “is overwhelming...

AWU confirms rates were highest in country, recognise dangerous nature of the work

Hybrid work arrangements surge from 37% of job candidates to 89% in just two years. Workers relocating to different communities, generally experiencing improved wellbeing.

According to reports, producers expect writers will run out of money, possibly lose their homes and be forced to come to bargaining table. Producers denied these reports.

Another bill being rushed to force workers back to work or be fired

Warner Bros Discovery, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Paramount, others determined to “break the WGA.” Studios and producers believe by October writers will be running out of money after five months and no work, “a cruel but necessary evil.”

80% of nurses under age of 30 considered career change due to work intensity and low income. One-third of nurses worked overtime, 22% skipping meals four times a week.

“We really want to be able to work a reasonable amount of time and afford to pay our bills without having to work 60 to 70 hours a week.” members voted 79 percent to rebuff the deal their union leaders had negotiated, and 85 percent to strike. “The union is very much in bed with the company”

As expected, unionized workplaces have higher, more equal pay, less turnover, and greater employee well-being. The true measure of inclusion is not whether an organization is willing to give a voice, but whether it is willing to give power.

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Union cites lack of meaningful engagement with management and clinical staff, burnout, concerns about patient care. Union organizer fired. Employees speak as collective union, fearing individual identification could put job at risk.

“All my money goes straight to rent and bills … I can’t even afford to buy myself groceries”

Keir Starmer has made clear that a Labour government will uphold NATO spending targets and protect the wealth of the financial oligarchy. This has not stopped the NEU and the entire trade union bureaucracy from throwing their support behind the Labour leader, as they work to suppress the current wave of strikes.