unions

I always hear good things about how organized the Indian working class is, and then I read articles like this

“I started about 10 years ago at 500 rupees (0.5$) per month. Now I get 2,000 rupees ($23) monthly. It’s difficult to manage with such high inflation, but whenever we ask about increasing our payment, we’re just told it will happen someday. Nobody tells us when,”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37740044

Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT

Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.

https://union.place/@unionsmanawatu/115393525487664398

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37598783

Sai Englert 15 October 2025 12:09 BST Last update: ~ 07:00 EDT

Israel’s genocide in Gaza - supported directly by the ruling classes in the West, and indirectly by their counterparts in the Arab world - has shone a spotlight on many pre-existing political realities: the crumbling global liberal order, the crisis of #US hegemony, the extent of Israel's integration into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-centred Middle East, and the brittleness of civil liberties around the globe.

It has also clarified much for previously less-informed people around the world: the genocidal character of Zionism, the cravenness of our own rulers, and the hypocrisy of international law - to name but a few.