cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 9 hours agoGE Appliance plant, 90% union in "right-to-work" state, approve strike by 98%. 60% have to work second job, health care plan too expensive for 30%, most don't make enough for one-bedroom in cityplus-squarelabornotes.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkGE Appliance plant, 90% union in "right-to-work" state, approve strike by 98%. 60% have to work second job, health care plan too expensive for 30%, most don't make enough for one-bedroom in cityplus-squarelabornotes.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square2fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agoMaui: 98% of nurses union voters approve strike over workload, burn out, nurse-to-patient ratioplus-squarewww.hawaiinewsnow.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkMaui: 98% of nurses union voters approve strike over workload, burn out, nurse-to-patient ratioplus-squarewww.hawaiinewsnow.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
return2ozma@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours ago500 Starbucks locations have voted to unionize as labor talks continueplus-squarewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down14
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-link500 Starbucks locations have voted to unionize as labor talks continueplus-squarewww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agoSerbia: manager attacks three women with previous work-related injuries, throwing chair, one woman loses consciousness. Management claims surveillance cameras not operational.plus-squarewww.industriall-union.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkSerbia: manager attacks three women with previous work-related injuries, throwing chair, one woman loses consciousness. Management claims surveillance cameras not operational.plus-squarewww.industriall-union.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agoGuatemala: health workers union activist murderedplus-squarepublicservices.internationalexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkGuatemala: health workers union activist murderedplus-squarepublicservices.internationalcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 16 hours agoSamsung India strike: management refuses to recognize union, government arrests 900plus-squareeconomictimes.indiatimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkSamsung India strike: management refuses to recognize union, government arrests 900plus-squareeconomictimes.indiatimes.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agoSouth African unions denounce government's bow to the IMF, neoliberal policies, privatisation, and austerityplus-squaresaftu.org.zaexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkSouth African unions denounce government's bow to the IMF, neoliberal policies, privatisation, and austerityplus-squaresaftu.org.zacyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 1 day ago"Would U.S. tech workers join a union?" survey average: 67% likelyplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down16
arrow-up184arrow-down1image"Would U.S. tech workers join a union?" survey average: 67% likelyplus-squaresh.itjust.workscyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square3fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 1 day agoLongshoremen: It’s disgraceful foreign-owned companies make their billion-dollar profits off backs of workers, and take those earnings out of this country into pockets of foreign conglomeratesplus-squareilaunion.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkLongshoremen: It’s disgraceful foreign-owned companies make their billion-dollar profits off backs of workers, and take those earnings out of this country into pockets of foreign conglomeratesplus-squareilaunion.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square1fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 2 days agoAustralia: solidarity march against government takeover of unionplus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down11
arrow-up171arrow-down1imageAustralia: solidarity march against government takeover of unionplus-squaresh.itjust.workscyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square2fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agoHotel owner: “If you want to join this union that you used to be in I will let you go, just so that is very clear.”plus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down14
arrow-up1458arrow-down1imageHotel owner: “If you want to join this union that you used to be in I will let you go, just so that is very clear.”plus-squaresh.itjust.workscyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square48fedilink
BrikoX@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agoWorkers at 'progressive' Trader Joe's face rampant union busting two years after first store unionizedplus-squaretherealnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down12
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkWorkers at 'progressive' Trader Joe's face rampant union busting two years after first store unionizedplus-squaretherealnews.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agoCVS California: 7000 employees strike. "I work full-time yet can’t afford to get health insurance, which is ridiculous, because CVS owns Aetna"plus-squarewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down14
arrow-up1334arrow-down1external-linkCVS California: 7000 employees strike. "I work full-time yet can’t afford to get health insurance, which is ridiculous, because CVS owns Aetna"plus-squarewww.theguardian.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square9fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agoEngineering specialists at Seagate hard-drives vote overwhelmingly for union after manufacturing specialists unionized last yearplus-squarewww.unitetheunion.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkEngineering specialists at Seagate hard-drives vote overwhelmingly for union after manufacturing specialists unionized last yearplus-squarewww.unitetheunion.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days ago"My God, Roger! Only yesterday I told them we were one big, happy family!"plus-squaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down11
arrow-up1105arrow-down1image"My God, Roger! Only yesterday I told them we were one big, happy family!"plus-squaresh.itjust.workscyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square2fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agoNepal unions: "It’s not fair that billionaires can hide their wealth offshore while we are denied simple wages and security"plus-squarepublicservices.internationalexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down10
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkNepal unions: "It’s not fair that billionaires can hide their wealth offshore while we are denied simple wages and security"plus-squarepublicservices.internationalcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agoPhilippines: government red-tags youth activists, women’s groups, environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, journalists, and teachers. Union leader goes into hiding after layoffplus-squarewww.hrw.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkPhilippines: government red-tags youth activists, women’s groups, environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, journalists, and teachers. Union leader goes into hiding after layoffplus-squarewww.hrw.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agoSamsung India: management threatens striking employees with termination if they continued with protestplus-squareapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkSamsung India: management threatens striking employees with termination if they continued with protestplus-squareapnews.comcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square1fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agoUK: Labour Party cracks down on dissenters who voted to reduce child poverty; "trade unions must become the most effective opposition if Labour keeps attacking the poorest"plus-squarewww.morningstaronline.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkUK: Labour Party cracks down on dissenters who voted to reduce child poverty; "trade unions must become the most effective opposition if Labour keeps attacking the poorest"plus-squarewww.morningstaronline.co.ukcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
cyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · edit-27 days agoSamsung India strike: employees don't earn enough to cover basic needs and cost of living; union says management spends less than 0.3% of total production value on labor costsplus-squarepeoplesdispatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkSamsung India strike: employees don't earn enough to cover basic needs and cost of living; union says management spends less than 0.3% of total production value on labor costsplus-squarepeoplesdispatch.orgcyu@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square0fedilink