Volkswagen employees vote 2628 in favor of UAW, 985 against, ignoring governors of Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama (www.npr.org)
A Great Labor Explosion: Will Auto Workers Unionize in Trump Country? (www.thebignewsletter.com)
After Ten-Year Battle, a Younger Generation Leads the Way at Volkswagen (prospect.org)
Costco Korea strike: management consistently refuses contract negotiations despite control of one of the most profitable Costco stores in the world (uniglobalunion.org)
Kenya: With IMF pressure, government trying to cut intern-doctor salary to a third, threatens to fire strikers, arrest union leaders, cut public sector. Health spending 1/3 of WHO recommendation (publicservices.international)
University of California attempts to exclude thousands of graduate student researchers from bargaining unit, losing rights to timely pay, protection from discrimination and abuse, worker's comp (docs.google.com)
Disneyland: Magic United to vote to unionize, performer wore black contact lenses that stained her eyes gray, paid less than someone in union (finance.yahoo.com)
Korea: Samsung barricades office after union planned to demonstrate in building’s lobby (sh.itjust.works)
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1137217
Management threatens to replace Canadian Air Navigation Specialists Association members with scabs after they vote 95% to strike (www.unifor.org)
Greeks strike to win back labor rights removed as temporary measure during bailout-era, “our rights are not utopia” (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Union worker not protected from suspension during strike, British law ruled in violation of European Convention on Human Rights after 5 years (www.reuters.com)
Sesame Street contract ending: parents and families around world might ask why bosses are ignoring their company’s own messages of kindness and fairness (variety.com)
Writers have unanimously authorized strike...
Sesame Street Workshop Writers Vote Unanimously - 100% - to Authorize Strike Action, if Necessary (www.wgaeast.org)
New Zealand: Union fights moves to cut WorkSafe, "We already have a poor health and safety record in this country with a fatality rate double that of Australia" (www.psa.org.nz)
Pearson: Airline catering employees vote 96% to strike, wages frozen during pandemic to help company, now management brags about profitability while offering raises as low as 89 cents an hour (teamsters.ca)
"Amazon and Walmart are excessively watching their warehouse workers. So much so that they’ve entered a dystopic era of extreme surveillance" (www.instagram.com)
Unionizing archaeologists fight blacklisting, union-busting law firms, firing of organizers, and reclassification of employees as ineligible (jacobin.com)
Sportswear owner fired employees after they vote to join union, ordered to reinstate employees and pay back wages, instead shut down business and reopened same business under new name (wisconsinexaminer.com)
Ford employees get $10,400 profit sharing because of union, remember this next time boss says unions don't work (mstdn.ca)
Western University: 2000 teaching assistants picketing, wages well below poverty, struggling with rent, management encouraging crossing of picket lines, filling roles with non-union members (london.ctvnews.ca)
Chileans strike against right wing that obstructs change and government that gives in, want it to return to original content its reforms (portside.org)
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