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We now have a general Labor focused community. Please feel free to contribute. (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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Rank-and-file NewYork-Presbyterian nurses reject tentative agreement, 3099 to 867. Calls for investigation into top union officials who endorsed the deal. (www.thecity.nyc)
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Strikes shut down thousands of coal fields, refineries, factories, banks, transportation, warn of further action if Modi continues anti-worker and anti-farmer policies (www.facebook.com)
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https://mronline.org/2026/02/14/300-million-on-the-streets-in-a-historic-national-strike-in-india/

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Pepsi makers say management was depriving them of their right to organize. Management responds by threatening to fire 39 people. (cyprus-mail.com)
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Doctors union refuses to use Palantir products after management imposes Palantir contract (pluralistic.net)
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Union representing Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces pressured, intimidated, repressed, retaliated against for union activity (www.vojnisindikatgvozdenipuk.rs)
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300,000,000 on strike against anti-worker, anti-farmer, pro-corporate policies (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
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Argentines protesting as libertarian government pushes labor "reforms" to benefit investors (lemmy.ml)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRi7BiLQki0

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Hospital CEOs make $70,000 a day, more than most New Yorkers make in a year, can't afford raises for nurses (www.amny.com)
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"It is within our right to protest the employers" - union ready to picket homes of management (trinidadexpress.com)
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With conclusive evidence that night work shortens life expectancy, union pushes for better night work rates without corporate media support, while management tries to rollback previous gains (countercurrents.org)
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Farmers plan pan India Protests over India US trade deal on February 12 - BusinessToday (www.businesstoday.in)
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Union blockade forces Tesla to charge electric cars with diesel (www.arbetsvarlden.se)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Entire high school student body walks out reportedly in support of teachers union (mstdn.social)
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After law professors attempt to unionize, university management hires union-busting law firm, BLG, to stop it. A sign of corporatization of a public institution. (therover.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Doctors say health minister has blood on his hands, should resign. Budget being diverted to private sector; doctors forced to be constantly on call, working 60 hour weeks, subjected to "forced labor" (cyprus-mail.com)
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Working-class household food basket alone costs R5000 to R6000. Monthly income of R5913 condemns millions to poverty, institutionalising capitalism's system of cheap migrant labour (www.snl24.com)
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Executives pay themselves more, take advantage of nurse compassion to make them do more with less. Management hires union-busters, spends $6 million to describe Teamsters as dumb truck drivers (www.labornotes.org)
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Miners occupy desalination plant. Government forces them out. Management restarts mine. Strike continues. (www.mining.com)
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Management pushing rollback of leave and bonuses. Picket lines blocked company gates, hampering management’s ability to communicate. (www.visahq.com)
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Port authorities threaten administrative action against strikes and protests. Workers ignore them. (www.justnewsbd.com)
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Largest Federal Workers Union Demands Ouster of Noem, Miller Over Killing of VA Nurse Alex Pretti | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
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31,000 healthcare workers strike. Management wants employees to report each other for union activity, attempts to divide union coalition into smaller parts (www.newsbeep.com)
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Apple supplier manipulates union eligibility, threatens migrants with retaliation, holds captive audience meetings saying they'll only get benefits if union is rejected (www.business-humanrights.org)
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AFL-CIO Mourns Killing of Minneapolis Union Member Alex Pretti, Reiterates Calls for ICE to Leave Minnesota (aflcio.org)
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