0 Persons are tagged with #unions

#unions

escheche@diasp.org
Sylvia J

The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Kshama Sawant

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-podcast-with-23b

The Democrats and Republicans both answer to the billionaires, that’s why #working #people keep getting screwed, she says. Even so-called #progressives in #Congress, she notes, have completely failed to fight against the #establishment, and offer no #solutions. #Sawant in her decade as a member of the #Seattle-city-council has an impressive track record. She helped win a $ #15-minimum-wage for #Seattle #workers, pushed the council to #tax #Amazon, and championed #renter #protection as the #Chair-of-the-Renters-and-Sustainability-Committee. She joined the #Socialist-Alternative-party in 2006.

#chrishedges #kshamasawant #podcast #interview #workers-strike-back #labor #unions #organization #movement #strikes

The Chris Hedges Report Podcast with Kshama Sawant

Listen now |

3 Likes
1 Comments
faab64@diasp.org
Farhad 🆓🇵🇸 ☮️Now

France’s eight major trade unions united for the first time in 12 years to combat government proposals to raise the retirement age to 64.

Schools closed and transport systems were thrown into chaos on Jan. 19 after France’s eight major unions joined forces to call a multisector strike against President Emanuel Macron’s proposed pension reforms. The unions and left-wing political parties are calling for the immediate withdrawal of the reforms, which would raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64. This video is part of a special Workers of the World series on the cost of living crisis in Europe.
#France #GeneralStrike #Unions #Politics #Macron #Retirement #Activism #Europe

https://therealnews.com/france-strikes-against-macrons-neoliberal-pension-reform-plans

France strikes against Macron's neoliberal pension reform plans

France's eight major trade unions united for the first time in 12 years to combat government proposals to raise the retirement age to 64.

3 Likes
1 Shares
escheche@diasp.org
Sylvia J

US Railroad Workers ‘Under the Thumb’

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

US Railroad Workers ‘Under the Thumb’

Probably the most important US labor event of 2022 has been the 115,000 US railroad workers and their unions attempt to bargain a new contract with the super profitable Railroad companies. As of December 2, 2022, however, that negotiations has not...

3 Likes
1 Comments
escheche@diasp.org
Sylvia J

Rail Workers Betrayed By Biden & The “Squad”

by #KshamaSawant

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

Rail Workers Betrayed By Biden & The “Squad"

When AOC and other members of the “Squad” were first elected, most of them did so as self-identified “democratic socialists.” They ran on working-class platforms that included Medicare for All and a federal $15 minimum wage, vowing they would be...

4 Likes
4 Comments
webwidget@diaspora.glasswings.com
Drew McCarthy

Scabs, Rats, Stabs, and Cats

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

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com
olladij

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

Growing Union Strength, Declining Political Power: Understanding the Paradox of General Strikes in India

General strike in India has become almost an annual affair, and shows the astonishing mobilising power of trade unions, yet their political power to win progressive labour reforms are in decline.

One person like that
3 Likes
anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#Google Had Secret #Project to ‘Convince’ #Employees ‘That #Unions Suck’

source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7d7j9/google-had-secret-project-to-convince-employees-that-unions-suck

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

Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’

New court documents reveal how Google ran its anti-union campaign, 'Project Vivian,' between late 2018 and early 2020.

One person like that
1 Shares
dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com
Doc Morbius (moved to Glasswings)

Activists Are Spamming Businesses’ Receipt Printers With ‘Antiwork’ Manifestos

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.” ...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjbb9d/hackers-are-spamming-businesses-receipt-printers-with-antiwork-manifestos

#Antiwork #Unions #LivingWage #WorkersRights #HackTheSystem

Hackers Are Spamming Businesses’ Receipt Printers With ‘Antiwork’ Manifestos

Dozens of printers across the internet are printing out a manifesto that encourages workers to discuss their pay with coworkers, and pressure their employers.

9 Likes
4 Comments