"Today’s strike at the University of California challenges us to think big about what a labor movement is, and what it should do. [...] Graduate student employees at the University of California, in striking against UC-led police brutality and against their employers’ support for the war in Gaza, are [...] reminding us of the labor’s movement’s best self, when it links workplace issues at home, with civil liberties, with police repression, and with foreign policy and the fates of other working people abroad. That’s what solidarity looks like."
#TradeUnion stats are out this week, and there’s some new detail on membership density by age group, so I’ve been able to do some rough estimates of the time-varying age profile of the UK #union movement…
This isn’t quite the story we’re in the habit of telling ourselves!
We all know we have a problem bringing young workers into unions, right? Well… yes: density is indeed lowest among the youngest brackets of the workforce - that’s true (and for reasons not simply to do with age)…
Wie das ZDF Magazin Royale berichtet, schließt das KI-Gesetz der EU (#AI-Act) den Einsatz von „Videolügendetektoren“ bei Einreisenden nicht aus – obwohl das Verfahren völlig unwissenschaftlich ist. Unsere Abstimmungsgrafik zeigt: #FDP, #FreieWähler, #Union und #AfD sind dafür verantwortlich.
"Starbucks has resumed bargaining with union leaders amid a fresh wave of organized stores after the world’s largest coffee chain agreed to open talks over labor agreements.
Starbucks has consistently denied violating labor laws. But the sheer volume of charges, rulings against them by administrative law judges and the labor board, and accounts from workers themselves detailing their experiences, has bolstered its reputation as an aggressive union buster.
“It was also a lesson that you can’t rely on the law alone,” said Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Labor Education Research at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. “All the unfair labor practices that were filed … the fact is that Starbucks came to the table because the union did a comprehensive campaign, talked to investors, held red-cup days and did much more than just file unfair labor practices.”"
A #union representing thousands of workers at #SamsungElectronics has called the first strike at the South Korean technology giant since it was founded five and a half decades ago.
Kaum haben sich die Parteien einen gemeinsamen Kodex für einen respektvollen, sachlichen und fairen Umgang miteinander gegeben, da poltert die CSU bereits wieder in bekannter, jegliche Argumente durch Stammtischgepöbel ersetzende Art und Weise gegen die Grünen. Groß ihre Angst wohl ist.