They fought and died for rights we take for granted!
Over 100 years later, we still fight the same fights we thought we had won!
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Over 100 years later, we still fight the same fights we thought we had won!
#StandByYourPost #PostStrike #Unions #England #LabourRights #politics
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/05/us-railroad-workers-under-the-thumb/
'This past week both the administration and Congress have made a #railroad #strike #illegal by passing legislation to that effect. Railroad workers in the US have always been a target of government #strike-prevention. The RailwayLaborAct in 1926 set the pattern that was taken up for the rest of the US labor-force with Taft-Hartley in 1947 and all #anti-strike measures that followed.
The current 2022 railroad negotiations and government intervention is but the latest example of joint corporate-government intervention in labor negotiations designed to #prevent-workers-from-striking.' We are in a period when the US ruling elites are willing to attack any challenge to their hegemony and power #domestically, as well as internationally. The government’s recent intervention to #deny #railroad #workers #the-right-to-strike is but the latest and most visible expression of the elites’ #class-war-policy-at-home.'#under-the-thumb #unions #biden #govt #capitalism #us #administration #congress #railroad #strike #illegal #workers #strike-prevention #labor-force #taft-hartley #railroadlaboract #corporate-government #intervention #negotiations #ruling-elites #class-war
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2022/12/02/rail-workers-betrayed-biden-the-squad/
'A win for #rail-workers would have been a win for #workers all over the #US who are increasingly ground down by #overwork, and by the knowledge that they are #living-to-work, not #working-to-live. A #socialist cannot be a #strike-breaker. This needs to be the end of any pretense by #DSA that the “ #Squad” is socialist, and should result in their #expulsion from the #organization. Failing that, the Squad’s #betrayal of the #working-class becomes DSA’s betrayal.'
#rail #betrayed #biden #strike #unions #democratic #socialists #sick-leave-bill #socialist-alternative #berniesanders
#capitalism and #militarism goes hand in hand.
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The fake support for working class ends when they question the power of the elites and disrupt their system.
In a true democracy anti Union acts like those by Biden would be punished by massive loss in election and wild strikes.
But Reganite mentality in US destroyed the unions with blessing of the binary minded public.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=-Uj5wJpprOk
#berniesanders #labor #unions #songs #music #history #global #society
In this Crazy Town podcast, Noam #Chomsky joins Asher Miller to discuss the #failures and #dominance of #neoliberalism — which Chomsky describes as “class war” — since delivery of the Powell Memo 50 years ago. He also discusses #community, #unions and more. #capitalism #socialism
A modern story of deflation. It. Has. It. All.
https://twitter.com/reallyrisu/status/1553504967713062918
https://nitter.net/reallyrisu/status/1553504967713062918
#unions #picket #scabs #rats #stabs #cats
Hey @JortsTheCat, this happened in my hometown; can we help this group of local union roofers get a new 15-foot-tall inflatable monster rat (valued at $5k) after theirs was brutally stabbed in the back 8 times by a screaming funeral home employee? https://t.co/czqfePpFx6 pic.twitter.com/Mr3N7vDAPS
— Vaccinated Risu has a Fanhouse (@ReallyRisu) July 30, 2022
On 28 and 29 March 2022, dozens of trade unions and hundreds of thousands of workers in #India marched and blocked roads and train tracks in a two-day general #strike. Workers were protesting against the government’s economic policies, such as privatisation, and demanded social #security for informal sector workers.
A #generalstrike is notoriously difficult to organise, especially on such a large scale as in India. Yet, it has become almost an annual affair in India over recent years.
What makes a general strike so significant is that it is generally considered a higher form of political #protest by the working class. The capability to organise a general strike is in itself generally a reflection of the strong position of a #labour force and the act of a general strike is expected to strengthen its position further.
How have these general strikes in India been organised? To what extent does the understanding of general strikes apply to the general strikes in India? Are these general strikes able to achieve the objectives of uniting and strengthening the working-class movement and compelling #capital and state to fulfil their demands?
Most importantly, what do the general strikes tell us about the strengths and weaknesses of the labour movement in India?
https://labourreview.org/growing-union-strength-declining-political-power-understanding-the-paradox-of-general-strikes-in-india/ #ctuos #unions #work #migration
Kudos to Mick Lynch! Badass of the week
#unions #strike #uk
https://uebermedien.de/73381/wie-der-britische-weselsky-zum-social-media-star-wurde/
https://redfireonline.com/2022/02/17/the-straw-man-fascism-in-the-freedom-movement/
#straw-man #fascism #freedom #movement #worldwide #workers #unions #civilrights #coronavirus
Google’s director of #employment #law, Michael Pfyl, described Project #Vivian as an initiative “to engage employees more positively and convince them that unions suck.”
I think with too much #power and #wealth, the words: "Don't be #evil!" lose their meaning and are interpreted in the opposite way.
#Technology #SiliconValley #Ethics #Moral #economy #Union #employee #fail #problem #politics #news #USA
Someone or multiple people are blasting “antiwork” manifestos to receipt printers at businesses around the world, according to people who claim to have seen the printed manifesto, dozens of posts on Reddit, and a cybersecurity company that is analyzing network traffic to insecure printers.
“ARE YOU BEING UNDERPAID?” one of the manifestos read, according to several screenshots posted on Reddit and Twitter. “You have a protected LEGAL RIGHT to discuss your pay with your coworkers. [...] POVERTY WAGES only exist because people are ‘willing’ to work for them.” ...
John Oliver discusses the mechanics of #unionbusting, why the companies who do it face so few consequences, and what it really means when your manager wants to talk to you about “your attendance.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8dUXRpoy8 #work #unions #capitalism #amazon #usa #humour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjHch15JHVg
'Prof. #Wolff refutes the 2 main arguments made to absolve #capitalism from the #injustices and #inequalities it creates; the first, that capitalism has increased our #standard-of-living, and the second, that unlike #socialism, capitalism is not responsible for #mass #deaths, #colonialism.
#richardwolff #false #defenses #democracy-at-work #working-class #labor #movement #struggle #unions #history
Amazon wins again
Amazon workers in New York withdraw petition to unionize
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/12/1055444780/amazon-workers-in-new-york-withdraw-petition-to-unionize