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We now have a general Labor focused community. Please feel free to contribute. (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14381867

The /c/unions community kept getting non union general labor interest posts and shockingly there are not really many general labor focused communities on Lemmy. So I've made one here.

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Philippines contractualization terminates employment before employee status granted. Country scores 0 out of 100 in Freedom of Association indicator due to violence against union activists (www.bworldonline.com)
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Former Disco Elysium devs attempt worker/player-owned company: "We realized we weren’t going to get anywhere by trying to bargain with the rich" (aftermath.site)
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Montreal dockworkers strike for work-life balance (www.cbc.ca)
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India's first women-led gig worker union strikes for recognition as formal employees (www.punekarnews.in)
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Argentina: transport unions strike against government attempts to outlaw union activism, protest, and industrial action (www.itfglobal.org)
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Germany: warning strikes begin against pay raise well below inflation (www.industriall-union.org)
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Saudi Arabia: Without safety protections, 21000 workers have died since 2016 working on urban project (www.svenssonstiftelsen.com)
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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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The Right Believes It Has the Supreme Court Votes to Overturn Labor Law (inthesetimes.com)
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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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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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