In the past, Tesla’s owner, Elon Musk, has publicly threatened workers with retaliation if they were to form a union. “Elon Musk’s business model is to avoid respecting human rights. Now he is taken on by one of our strongest unions. We must defeat the Tesla business model, and Sweden is the best place to start.”
Judges found Starbucks committed more than 230 federal labor law violations, including 30 firings. More than 1,350 additional alleged violations are awaiting disposition.
Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
Struggling to figure out why the strikes are getting negative coverage (toot.lgbt)
Canada: union rejects 2% raise when inflation at 8% (globalnews.ca)
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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The 8-hour day was won by going on strike, facing the National Guard and the army (todon.eu)
Walmart to *lower* wages by $1, possibly setting industry standard (www.thestreet.com)
Pharmageddon: Pharmacy staff at CVS, Walgreens strike without union (finance.yahoo.com)
If workers staying at home for a few weeks causes the entire global economy to shut down, then that should be a stark reminder that labor creates all wealth. (mastodon.social)
Ron Perlman on writer strike: We know who said that (twitter.com)
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Trader Joe's hires union-busting law firm, fires union supporters (sign.moveon.org)
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Beijing Superconductor Levitation Video Author Admits Fraud, Takes it Down (www.tomshardware.com)
Greece: protest against bill increasing maximum working hours to 13 hours per day, 78 hours per week, restricting strikes with 6 months in prison and €5,000 fine in event of blockage at workplace (kolektiva.social)
Choosing to lose $300M to $500M to break unions (sh.itjust.works)
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Sweden: Tesla employees prepare strike as management says negotiations not in their business model (www.industriall-union.org)
In the past, Tesla’s owner, Elon Musk, has publicly threatened workers with retaliation if they were to form a union. “Elon Musk’s business model is to avoid respecting human rights. Now he is taken on by one of our strongest unions. We must defeat the Tesla business model, and Sweden is the best place to start.”
Starbucks: "worst union buster in history" (capitalandmain.com)
Judges found Starbucks committed more than 230 federal labor law violations, including 30 firings. More than 1,350 additional alleged violations are awaiting disposition.
By imposing policies unilaterally and threatening workers with punishment if they don’t comply, New York Times management is behaving as though the employees never unionized (fortune.com)
"Hormel’s record profits are just wages not shared fairly with the rest of us." "People working there and having to get food stamps, because they don’t make enough money." (kstp.com)
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Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
"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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Sweden: 7/10 retail employees work while sick due to inadequate pay and covering for understaffing (uniglobalunion.org)
UAW, 1937: Instead of you paying him, he pays you (sh.itjust.works)
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Your enemy is not the people struggling to survive (sh.itjust.works)
Source: mastodon.social/…/111265689858916785
Macy's Black Friday strike: employees use food banks, can't afford doctors while profits over $1 billion, management spent $600 million in buybacks, paid out $173 million in dividends (www.theguardian.com)
Teachers earn 25% more in states where they have collective bargaining. Still, average teacher salary is 6.4% less today than it was a decade ago adjusted for inflation (www.wweek.com)
Grindr unionization: management mutes employees during all-hands (www.vice.com)
When employee turned on mic to ask question, management ended meeting. During next all-hands, management muted attendees....