IWW and syndicalism

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Community for union related stuff, with focus on the IWW.

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founded 2 years ago

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Peru: World's least popular president increasingly criminalising protests while relaxing restrictions on organised crime (www.greenleft.org.au)

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Mining industry fighting worker rights while being able to give $9,000 to every Australian worker and still remain most profitable industry in the country (www.actu.org.au)

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NYT Tech Guild: "Management’s stalling pushes us closer to a strike. A reminder: Here’s a look at our execs’ compensation as they twiddle their thumbs on a counter." (sh.itjust.works)

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https://union.place/@NYTGuildTech/113385580029878103

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Republicans BLOCK Saving Coal Regulation in New Appropriations Bill | LAST WEEK IN SOUTHERN LABOR (www.youtube.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6081318

Aye, and more shenanigans and hand-wringing from the Democrats too.

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Netherlands: pharmacy workers plan strike for 6% raise and raising minimum wage (nltimes.nl)

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South African defense equipment manufacturer: union says government intentionally mismanaging public companies as excuse to privatize them (peoplesdispatch.org)

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Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza (apnews.com)

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Amazon Says It Has a First Amendment Right to Union Bust (www.404media.co)

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EC teachers win paid CPD & observation prep! (teflworkersunion.org)

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Microsoft CEO's pay rises 63% to $79m, despite devastating year for layoffs: 2550 jobs lost in 2024 (www.eurogamer.net)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21259576

2024 has seen two mass layoffs at Microsoft, with 1900 staff laid off in January, before a further 650 Xbox employees were shown the door in September.

Regardless, Microsoft's shares are up and the company's market value is now higher than $3tn, as it works to capitalise on the rise of AI.

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Greece: unions go on strike calling for rollback of austerity measures (sh.itjust.works)

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https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/strikes-greek-teachers-island-ferry-155529927.html

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Highland farms: Largest group of farmworkers to unionize in Canadian history (ufcw1518.com)

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Alberta: thousands of health care workers, school staff, and public employees rally outside legislature (sh.itjust.works)

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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/angry-public-sector-unions-rally-at-alberta-legislature-for-more-pay-better-conditions/ar-AA1sS1ZU

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Consumer-owned co-op unionizes; new general manager describes previous conflict between management and employees as a terrible episode in co-op history (ithacavoice.org)

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New York Times: CEO gets 36% raise, employees get 3% (union.place)

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Australia: Qantas employees prepare to gatecrash annual shareholders meeting (www.aap.com.au)

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Amazon claims First Amendment rights when threatening to terminate employees involved in union activity (www.404media.co)

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South Africa: 61% wish they could afford to quit jobs, 52% diagnosed with mental illness; "You’re lucky to be employed and, if you don’t like the conditions, there’s the door" (mg.co.za)

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New Zealand: 10,000 attend gathering against government; "this coalition government is in the pockets of the rich and corporate interests and doesn’t care about working people" (union.org.nz)

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Tbilisi, Georgia: Swedish-owned company forcibly deletes journalist's photos after he attempted to photograph guards; strikers describe filthy, vermin-infested work environment (www.ericlee.info)

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Tesla employees without benefits and protection of collective agreement; strikes continue as other unions blockade Teslas at ports in Denmark, Norway, and Finland (www.etuc.org)

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South Korea: government cracks down on undocumented immigrants, woman falls off cliff evading immigration officials, major union calls for end to crackdown amid efforts to broaden its coalition (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

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Edmonton Public Schools to strike: members haven’t seen meaningful wage increase in 12 years. Twelve years ago, you could live off this income as a single person, but you can’t now. (edmontonjournal.com)

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Canada: Amazon attempts to rewrite labor law to decertify union (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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CVS strike: management accused of surveillance of workers, retaliation for union activities and prohibiting workers from engaging in union activities (www.yahoo.com)

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