IWW and syndicalism

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

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Samsung 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 costs (peoplesdispatch.org)
submitted 8 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/iwwunion@lemmy.ml
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Hotel 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.” (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/iwwunion@lemmy.ml
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https://grapevine.is/news/2024/09/24/foreign-worker-threatened-for-joining-union/

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CVS California: 7000 employees strike. "I work full-time yet can’t afford to get health insurance, which is ridiculous, because CVS owns Aetna" (www.theguardian.com)
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UK: union questions £1bn in public contracts with Amazon despite union-busting (www.bbc.com)
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Philippines: 95% of healthcare voters overwhelmingly approve formation of hospital union (publicservices.international)
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India: government destroys hundreds of port workers' and fishers' homes, leaving thousands homeless (www.itfglobal.org)
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Asia Pacific unions, across 20 countries, unanimously condemn Australian government's take over of CFMEU and firing 270 elected officials (www.bwint.org)
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Argentina: Milei government files extortion charge after pilot union demands wage recovery and expresses concern about privatisation (www.itfglobal.org)
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Employees at longest operating hotel in US, founded in 1850s, on strike for first time in history. "We are asking for an ability to provide for our families." (www.nbcboston.com)
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Waffle House pays less than $3/hour for non-tipped work. Employees not allowed to file class action because of contract (www.axios.com)
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Las Vegas: 100% of the Strip's casinos are now union (lasvegassun.com)
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Hospitality sector in South Africa: "I went home with a debt to the restaurant... after working from 1pm to 2am, I ended up owing them." (www.ewn.co.za)
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Canada: Auto parts business makes $179,000 per employee while many too broke to go on strike (tricitiesdispatch.com)
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Samsung India: management denies allegations that they pressured employees to leave union and threatened families (www.bbc.com)
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Samsung India: government arrests employees for planning to march without permission (www.theadvocate.com.au)
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Kenya airport strike against takeover by second-richest man in India, "We are just a step away from selling our country." (www.dw.com)
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Boeing strike: entry-level workers cannot live on their wage. “At Panda Express, they’re making as much as a grade-three mechanic” (archive.ph)
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Boeing strike: management attempts to find replacement work. During 2008 strike, FAA ordered replacement work to stop because it was subpar. (labornotes.org)
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New South Wales nurses and midwives strike: "I'm doing this for all the junior nurses I work with who cannot afford to take a day off to strike because they have to pay rent and the cost of living" (mastodon.sdf.org)
submitted 9 months ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/iwwunion@lemmy.ml
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Découvrez nos activités dans cet article (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by cntstp67tds@lemmy.world to c/iwwunion@lemmy.ml
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La Section Travail Du Sexe de la CNT STP 67 présente ses activités

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Amazon: hiring anti-union consultants who advise companies on ways to skirt or violate federal laws in order to crush labor organizing (truthout.org)
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Ireland: travel time pay, cut due to 2008 financial crash austerity, still not restored (www.bwint.org)
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A Report from the UK IWW's TEFL Workers' Union (www.angryeducationworkers.com)
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The IWW's TEFL branch is without a doubt the most active branch in all of the UK, possibly all the IWW across the world.

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Brussels: Audi employees on strike, seize keys to completed and unfinished vehicles (www.brusselstimes.com)
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Tennessee EV battery company recognizes union after majority signs union cards. Unionization did not face management threats or intimidation. (portside.org)
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