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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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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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Tesla employees without benefits and protection of collective agreement; strikes continue as other unions blockade Teslas at ports in Denmark, Norway, and Finland (www.etuc.org)

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'Strikes Work!' Boeing Union Workers Win Tentative Contract with 35% Wage Increase (therealnews.com)

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South Korea: government cracks down on undocumented immigrants, woman falls off cliff evading immigration officials, major union calls for end to crackdown amid efforts to broaden its coalition (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

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How to get involved with unionization efforts? (lemmy.world)

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but does anyone have any advice on how to get involved in union organizing efforts? I actually went to school for labor relations, so I've got some familiarity with the concepts, but for all sorts of reasons, the main one being mental health, I haven't really been working or doing much of anything for a few years now. I want to try to get out and do my part and I view the labor movement as a really important avenue for political change.

But I don't really know where to look/start. I'm also pretty shy/socially anxious, so I kind of need some way to ease into this since it involves talking to people a lot. I've also been thinking of trying to learn a language that would help me interact with more workers who might be recent immigrants like maybe Spanish or something. (Although I'm not really sure which would be most useful for this and I'm not exactly a fast language learner, so if I was going to do that I should really prioritize one.)

I'm in the US close to the New York City. (Long Island) Does anyone have any suggestions for resources, organizations, advice on how to talk to people in this context, or other ways to help in a less direct way, etc. that could help me get started?

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Believe It Or Not, Unions Have Even Bigger Problems than the 2024 Election (inthesetimes.com)

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Edmonton Public Schools to strike: members haven’t seen meaningful wage increase in 12 years. Twelve years ago, you could live off this income as a single person, but you can’t now. (edmontonjournal.com)

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A National Movement to Organize Amazon Takes Off (world-outlook.com)

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Canada: Amazon attempts to rewrite labor law to decertify union (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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CVS strike: management accused of surveillance of workers, retaliation for union activities and prohibiting workers from engaging in union activities (www.yahoo.com)

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UK: HelloFresh warehouse employees raise concerns about working conditions, management fires 79 (www.bbc.com)

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