Germany: hospital management hires union-busting law firm, dismisses union supporters without notice (mastodon.social)
Union-busting firms like Littler Mendelson and Morgan Lewis advise corporate management to break labor laws because of low violation costs (inthesetimes.com)
Grad students signing up 1000 supporters in one day, voting yes within weeks (labornotes.org)
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)
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)
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)
Nestle Canada: employees strike after rejecting offer given by management and recommended by union (www.just-food.com)
Kenya: air traffic workers denied union by misclassifying them as managers (www.itfglobal.org)
Indonesia props up for-profit water by intimidating protestors at their homes; forcing them to cancel event; blocking venues, food, and lodging; hacking organisation websites; attack conference (publicservices.international)
Australia: social workers are leaving the sector, one in three frontline workers rely on financial support from friends and family (womensagenda.com.au)
Oregon: Preschools close after teachers launch unionization, no attempt to reassign union supporters (www.portlandtribune.com)
To Win Big, Labor Has to Lose More (www.laborpolitics.com)
Niagara strike against forced overtime: scabs can't keep up, management asks for custody agreements if employee wants time with kids (archive.ph)
Google introduced mandatory training for full-timers on interacting with contractors to ensure it can avoid claims of “co-employment”, make clear that it’s not a “joint employer” (fortune.com)
Three weeks into strike, Del Monte management closes factory without notice or severance. By using temp agency, they avoid having to provide benefits, pensions, vacations, sick pay, etc (rabble.ca)
Mercedes official “principles” say executives remain neutral in organizing campaigns. German government investigating Mercedes for illegal union-busting. (www.labornotes.org)
UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican officials led a vigorous campaign opposing the organizing effort. In the run-up to Friday's vote, six Southern governors, all Republicans, led by Alabama's Kay Ivey, warned about “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”...