Canadian summer of discontent: border management claims employees not allowed to work to rule. "People would be doing their work... How can you discipline people for following procedure?" (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
Germany: hospital management hires union-busting law firm, dismisses union supporters without notice (mastodon.social)
Birmingham: drivers outside Uber UK premises protest falling pay (sh.itjust.works) www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw993749e75o
Union-busting firms like Littler Mendelson and Morgan Lewis advise corporate management to break labor laws because of low violation costs (inthesetimes.com)
First ever Samsung strike, employees asking for raise and bonus pegged to company earnings (au.finance.yahoo.com)
Australia, hospital worker strike: "Nurses and support workers don’t expect to get rich working in public hospitals, but they certainly shouldn’t expect to be worse off every year" (unitedworkers.org.au)
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union (www.just-food.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)
Niagara strike against forced overtime: scabs can't keep up, management asks for custody agreements if employee wants time with kids (archive.ph)
Canadian summer of discontent: border management claims employees not allowed to work to rule. "People would be doing their work... How can you discipline people for following procedure?" (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
Germany: hospital management hires union-busting law firm, dismisses union supporters without notice (mastodon.social)
Birmingham: drivers outside Uber UK premises protest falling pay (sh.itjust.works)
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw993749e75o
Union-busting firms like Littler Mendelson and Morgan Lewis advise corporate management to break labor laws because of low violation costs (inthesetimes.com)
Finland: right-wing government restricts political and sympathy strikes (www.industriall-union.org)
First ever Samsung strike, employees asking for raise and bonus pegged to company earnings (au.finance.yahoo.com)
Grad students signing up 1000 supporters in one day, voting yes within weeks (labornotes.org)
Australia, hospital worker strike: "Nurses and support workers don’t expect to get rich working in public hospitals, but they certainly shouldn’t expect to be worse off every year" (unitedworkers.org.au)
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union (www.just-food.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)
Niagara strike against forced overtime: scabs can't keep up, management asks for custody agreements if employee wants time with kids (archive.ph)