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Volkswagen Tennessee: 70% of 4,000 employees sign union cards at world's only non-union VW plant (archive.ph)
UK: "Magnox seems to have money to burn for directors and shareholders but thinks it is acceptable to deny its workers a decent pay increase," 95% reject offer below inflation in consultative ballot (www.unitetheunion.org)
Egypt: thousands of textile employees strike, thirteen arrested by National Security, two still detained (www.labourstartcampaigns.net)
Quebec: Airbus employees vote 99.6% against offer below inflation, 98.9% vote for strike (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
UK: debt advice charity fires two thirds of staff after they announce strike, “I am shocked that the charity I joined with such hope had been contorted by management into something so despicable” (www.morningstaronline.co.uk)
Finland: There is a worrying trend among some governments to try to silence the rights of working people. The right to strike is the last resort of workers to exercise their democratic rights. (www.itfglobal.org)
Uber and Lyft, Minneapolis' only licensed rideshare companies, to pull out as new minimum pay comes into effect. Local startups, existing companies set to fill void. (m.startribune.com)
Coles employees offered gift cards while they can't afford to shop at own workplace, skip meals, rely on food assistance (www.pedestrian.tv)
Nova Scotia faculty and staff pay 14% behind inflation, while college hands out large increases to managers, positions given to friends of managers (globalnews.ca)
Amazon Kentucky: management interrogates union activists, demotes them, threatens to call police and terminate them (archive.ph)
University of the South Pacific: staff votes 96% to strike after raise "way below" rise in cost of living (www.rnz.co.nz)
Trader Joe's union-busting: threaten to take away raise for forming union. First store unionized in 2022. (www.huffpost.com)
How to pick a watermelon (sh.itjust.works)
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/112081060357737584
Union victim of arson attack after Panama persecutes leaders, closed union bank accounts (www.bwint.org)
Cabin crew employees join ground staff in strike against Lufthansa which announced record profits for 2023 (www.bbc.com)
Finland: thousands of port workers to join strikes against government's attacks on labor and social security (maritime-executive.com)
Swaziland: Plantation management evicts union activist from company house for leading strike (www.swazilandnews.co.za)
Activision QA workers form the largest US video game union yet (www.theverge.com)
Fire Your Boss (sh.itjust.works)
https://mastodon.social/@Radical_EgoCom/112060170943887051
Kenya: union of doctors, pharmacists, and dentists to strike if bargaining agreement not implemented (www.standardmedia.co.ke)
Canada: Ontario Northland employees vote 96.3% for strike, “It’s disheartening to see the disparity between the treatment of our hardworking members and the executive level’s payout.” (www.unifor.org)
Bangladesh shipbreaking: unions ensure accident compensation, severance pay, safety conventions, and reversals of unjust dismissal (www.industriall-union.org)
France: public workers may strike during Olympics, "our warnings must be heard. We have been saying the same thing over for months and nobody cares." (www.reuters.com)
Minnesota: 10,000 employees across unions plan joint strikes, one wins raises of 30% over three years, will still support other unions (www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
UAW at Toyota: after 9% raise, wage still $4 less than union wages - "I don’t see why we should be paid differently. Toyota makes more money than all the Big 3." (labornotes.org)
Slovakia: care home fires union reps after they expose abusive conditions, malpractice and cover-ups (uniglobalunion.org)
Canada: electricians, millwrights, instrumentation technicians, operators, lab technicians, warehouse technicians vote to join Unifor (www.unifor.org)
Amazon may be forced to recognize union for first time in UK (uniglobalunion.org)
UAW in Mexico: "Corporations use the threat of offshoring jobs as a cudgel to beat back worker discontent and organizing efforts in the U.S." (www.wardsauto.com)
Nepal: government persecutes poor, chase and confiscate wares of street vendors, destroy homes of the landless (www.hrw.org)
Lufthansa strike: Record annual results, substantial bonuses for board members, while ground employees can't make ends meet (www.thelocal.de)
Canada: Town banned every member of union from public buildings - “This is not about what the issues are on the table anymore – or maybe it never was. This is a power struggle” (pressprogress.ca)
Quebec: strike against precariousness part-time labor without adequate job security, insurance, or benefits (bnnbreaking.com)
Coca-Cola Philippines attempts to convince employees to disaffiliate from independent and democratic unions and join “non-radical” company unions, harass union elections and meetings (iufap.org)
Argentina: national teacher strike, "this is exactly how neoliberal shock doctrine is supposed to work. Destroy the country so that oligarchs can have a feast." (www.telesurenglish.net)
Austin: Google hides behind contractor to cut employees who went on strike (www.msn.com)
it is a safe working assumption that the core purpose of that metro's newspaper is as a way for the paper's owners to diminish worker power. Everything else is secondary (social.seattle.wa.us)
Starbucks relents after record 21 stores filed for union authorization elections last week, union-aligned fund put three pro-union directors up for election to Starbucks board (labornotes.org)
Privatized Boston rail: “We don’t want to strike, but we will when we are legally able to” - new cleaners pay so low, eligible for food stamps and Section 8 (www.twu.org)
Guinea: Government uses lethal force against general strike demanding release of demonstrators, ceasing censorship and internet interference (ituc-africa.org)
Starbucks Customer for a Starbucks Union (i0.wp.com)
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/02/29/massive-step-forward-starbucks-historic-shift-towards-union-collaboration/
Vietnam prepares to ratify pro-union convention, risks investment from foreign corporations (vietnam-aujourdhui.info)
Greece: tens of thousands on strike, "suffering from the consequences of the capitalist crisis, of social inequalities and impoverishment, while their trade union and social rights are under attack" (pamehellas.gr)
Panama: government accuses union activists of terrorism, sued, shuts down union bank accounts (www.labourstartcampaigns.net)
Finland: unions fight neoliberal Thatcher-like attacks on workers and welfare (www.greenleft.org.au)
With Starbucks' billions, Starbucks workers should not be poor (sh.itjust.works)
https://mastodon.social/@peterjriley2024/112007115984149478
Every time you take a break, every time you get your paycheck, thank the labour movement (mastodon.social)
India: 8000 resident doctors go on indefinite strike, "Despite the assurance that our demands will be met within two days, no progress has been seen even after two weeks" (www.indiatoday.in)