Minneapolis: brewing company unionizes, "I've always felt our management was pro-union in their personal lives, but ya know, maybe needed a push" (racketmn.com)
OPB reporters unionize (nwlaborpress.org)
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and KMHD Jazz Radio on March 22 voluntarily recognized SAG-AFTRA as the bargaining representative of about 65 on-air staff, hosts, reporters, and producers....
Vancouver firm fined in grisly accident is repeat child labor offender (nwlaborpress.org)
After a 16-year-old boy lost both legs last June in a preventable workplace accident in La Center, a follow-up investigation by Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) found that his employer Rotschy LLC has committed dozens of child labor law violations....
No, the New Minimum Wage Won’t Wreck the Fast Food Industry or the Economy (capitalandmain.com)
The past decade has seen some of the most astounding price hikes and profit taking in the rich history of the major U.S. fast food companies. The numbers don’t lie....
Anti-UAW Union Buster Secretly Behind Hit Labor News Site (paydayreport.com)
LaborUnionNews.com has quickly become the “Drudge Report of Labor News”; the largest aggregator of news about unions on the web, boasting that it links to over 50 news articles a day and has posted links to more than 34,000 labor news articles since it started in 2023....
because workers are fed up with getting screwed (sh.itjust.works)
New Zealand proposes cutting Suicide Prevention Office by 134 jobs, including director (www.newshub.co.nz)
Potbelly Sandwich spent $100k to fight union (nwlaborpress.org)
Potbelly Sandwich Shop in downtown Portland paid almost $100,000 for about a month of union-busting. That’s according to mandatory disclosures the anti-union consulting firm filed March 23 with the U.S. Department of Labor....
Major League Soccer referees end month-long labor lockout (prismreports.org)
Major League Soccer (MLS) and union referees have finalized a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), ending a month-long labor lockout that saw union referees on the sidelines....
Barnes & Noble Workers Plan Union Drive at Largest U.S. Bookstore Chain (portside.org)
Workers at America’s largest chain of bookstores are gearing up for a nationwide union drive after six Barnes & Noble outlets voted to organize over the past year....
Kenya pressured by unions around the world to investigate near-fatal teargas canister attack on union leader (publicservices.international)
Ireland: 67% of people between 16 and 24 years positively disposed to unions, significant and growing positive shift (www.thejournal.ie)
Bangladesh: Union leader and 20 supporters attacked and injured during demonstration (uniglobalunion.org)
Picketing over Australian mega fund's history of wage theft and union busting, including imprisonment for defrauding pension fund (www.superreview.com.au)
Sega Workers Secure Union Contract, Despite Layoffs - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Finland: Unions to continue strikes against right-wing policies (sh.itjust.works)
https://www.sak.fi/en/whats-new/news/sak-and-affiliates-continue-strikes-further-week
Morocco union says phosphates management implementing discrimination, gerrymandering, union-busting, reverting to fascist mentality of Hassan II (dzair-tube.dz)
India: care workers strike to be recognized as government employees and granted employee rights; government responds with fake news and threatens to break strike (www.aicctu.org)
Elon Musk made $95 billion; if he earned that, he shouldn’t have any trouble picking up the slack if his entire workforce goes on strike (mastodon.social)
"Just like the minimum wage, good employers have nothing to fear" - UK union on proposed standards for employers (www.morningstaronline.co.uk)
Organizers Call on Biden to Issue a Major Disaster Declaration for East Palestine (inthesetimes.com)
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Ontario: municipal workers on strike, vehicles charge at picket lines, town refuses to respond (ofl.ca)
Union leaders missing after attack and abduction in Philippines (www.bwint.org)
IT unions in India are so useless...
I tried contacting KITU, FITE and AIITEU, with the intention of understanding how unions work, the process of registering for one, how they help with collective bargaining, helping other members with finding jobs openings, and what where their previous cases of victories, from an Indian perspective....