IWW and syndicalism

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

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Argentina: "we will all be retirees" - retirees organize march against government over pensions, joined by football fans and unions. Government responds with tear gas and water jets (www.footboom1.com)
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Philippines: semiconductor employees defy government order to return to work, barricade entrance. Management increases wages, reinstates union officials dismissed during negotiations (globalvoices.org)
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California: transportation employees strike, picketers struck by truck in hit-and-run, one hospitalized (sfist.com)
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Tampa, Florida Starbucks unionizes. 23 more Starbucks announce unionization campaigns (bsky.app)
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Germany: employees at US bases to strike. Union had asked for and was refused a one-time payment of 320 euros and 3% raise (www.stripes.com)
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Pakistan: union members sit-in at railway headquarters, say IMF and World Bank pushing for privatization that would be disastrous for both workers and travel prices (peoplesdispatch.org)
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Uber for nurses: tech companies accused of accessing nurse financial situation to determine pay based on level of desperation (phpc.social)
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UK: union members fired for strike. Management threatened to discipline employees for not issuing enough parking tickets (www.unitetheunion.org)
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Canada: thousands of union members at Alberta Legislature rally for education support workers (sh.itjust.works)
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https://newsie.social/@apaulagetics/114082684880988673

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South Africa: employees wildcat strike over unsafe buses. Management dismisses strikers, later admits buses not roadworthy (sundayworld.co.za)
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Greece: “You count profits. We count lives.” Hundreds of thousands in streets for general strike on anniversary of rail disaster (sh.itjust.works)
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/anger-mounts-over-rail-disaster-063509158.html

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EU Commission cuts human rights requirements for businesses. Union says unscrupulous corporations will now make it more difficult for responsible businesses to survive (www.itfglobal.org)
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Fiji: town council employees strike, CEO removed, employees return to work (fijiglobalnews.com)
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Omni Air International: 99% of pilots voting authorize strike. 91% report schedules that cause fatigue; 40% say management pushes for unsafe practices and violations of aviation regulations (teamster.org)
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UK: Birmingham City Council plans to use scabs to break strike, despite it being unlawful (b31.org.uk)
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Finland: Professional and managerial staff to strike at major engineering and tech firms (yle.fi)
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Canada: Amazon management accused of hiring a flood of seasonal workers to dilute pro-union sentiment (thetyee.ca)
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Greece: general strike on anniversary of train crash, involving alleged coverup (pamehellas.gr)
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On the NLRB: Why go into enemy territory? It’s important to recognize that direct action is the only way to receive the benefits you’re looking for. You can’t depend on a government agency. (capitalandmain.com)
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Ghana: privatization supporters continue push despite failures to lower prices and improve services. A study led by OECD found that privatized electricity had 23% higher costs. (publicservices.international)
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Cyprus: "An Injury to One is an Injury to All!" Entire staff strikes after management terminates employee after forming union and asking for a raise. (www.iww.cy)
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Canada: custodial and maintenance staff approves strike, many without wage increase after a decade seeing 30% inflation. “Many of our members work two or three jobs. Many live on the edge of poverty.” (cupe.ca)
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Toronto: union of nearly 30,000 municipal employees approves strike due to “years of stagnating wages amid rising inflation.” (globalnews.ca)
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US: Unions say privatizing postal services in Europe have led to reduced services, increased prices, job losses, and cut off rural communities (uniglobalunion.org)
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South Korea: government sentences union activists to prison after threatening to break strike with commandos and special forces (www.industriall-union.org)
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