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We now have a general Labor focused community. Please feel free to contribute. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jackalope@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14381867

The /c/unions community kept getting non union general labor interest posts and shockingly there are not really many general labor focused communities on Lemmy. So I've made one here.

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Palm oil workers and children massacred in church. Government blames drug traffickers, rural unions blame multinational corporations (palmoildetectives.com)
submitted 14 hours ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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LA-area stadium workers to vote on strike a week before World Cup begins (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 days ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Workers say they deserve a greater share of the windfall and want protection from ICE and invasive data collection

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Teachers assume control of toll booths and allow drivers to pass for free (aristeguinoticias.com)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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"That's roughly $32,000 per worker out of your paycheck... The money to pay you a living wage is there" (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Government seizes protester during student and union protests in Chile (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/1/aje-onl-nf_clip_violent-protests-erupt-in-chile-010626

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Chris Smalls Is Still Fighting the Bosses (www.currentaffairs.org)
submitted 1 week ago by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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United States put on global rights watchlist for the first time. AFL-CIO issues warning about state of American democracy (aflcio.org)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Reportback by #labor delegates from #Atlanta, #Georgia, #USA about their recent solidarity visit to #Cuba (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by pete_link@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116672634085694765

Reportback by #labor delegates from #Atlanta, #Georgia, #USA about their recent solidarity visit to #Cuba

#NoWarOnCuba
#USHandsOffCuba
#news #politics #USpol
@cuba

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General strike against neoliberal government: This is what Bolivia's highways look like at the moment, union members in each community take turns at the barricades. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/116660102389947737

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Samsung strike "opens Pandora's box": Kakao employees demanding 13%-15% of operating profit for bonuses. LG Uplus and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries employees want 30% of operating profit (ca.news.yahoo.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Thousands of university IT employees join union to make it the largest tech worker union in the US (www.bloodinthemachine.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Meta begins monitoring employee mouse and keyboard input to train AI. Over a thousand employees sign petition against it. (www.entrepreneur.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Local school district accused of corruption amid contract negotiations (youtu.be)
submitted 2 weeks ago by the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Cross posted from https://lemmy.ca/post/65195363

A local teachers union is accusing its school district of corruption amid ongoing contract negotiations. And now, the Cahokia Federation of Teachers says it has the documentation to back up those allegations.

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Hasbro management hires union-busting law firm Fisher Phillips while Wizards of the Coast employees unionize (bsky.app)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Railroad strike: US media never mention names and local numbers of unions so people can look directly at union pages for news. Even "left" news leans towards management. (mas.to)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Dairy employees increase revenue by 10%, management refuses 5% raise, will not keep up with inflation (www.greenleft.org.au)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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General strike in Bolivia calls for resignation of neoliberal Trump ally, "this government that only wants to turn us into another US colony… We are sovereign. Here, we govern ourselves." (www.thecanary.co)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Thousands of Penn State faculty vote union, one of Pennsylvania's largest union elections (www.wgal.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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25 cleaners go on strike for cost of living increases; strike spreads to 650 workers: workers society depends on, but who are only noticed when they stop working. (uniglobalunion.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Striking "contractors" seek union protection: They are just using a middleman to just deny us our rights. Whenever we raise our voice, they just say, ‘You don’t work for us.' (globalnews.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Upcoming event in #Detroit, #Michigan, #USA -Lessons from #Minneapolis! (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 weeks ago by pete_link@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116563548266089576

Upcoming event in #Detroit, #Michigan, #USA -Lessons from #Minneapolis!

#AbolishICE
#politics #news #unions #workers #Wisconsin #Minnesota #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica #ICE
#Teamsters #strike #Labor #WorkersRights
@unions

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Demonstrating against inequality between those who own and those who work, against funneling money from workers to shareholders (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://uniglobalunion.org/news/belgium-demonstration-no-to-pension-cuts-yes-to-taxing-wealth/

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Teachers shut down 22 school districts in state with second-lowest rate of unionization (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://paydayreport.com/how-did-north-carolina-teachers-shut-down-states-largest-school-districts-for-may-day/

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Google DeepMind votes to unionize to prevent military use: "the push for unionization is about holding Google to its own ethical standards" (www.wired.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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