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Engineering specialists at Seagate hard-drives vote overwhelmingly for union after manufacturing specialists unionized last year (www.unitetheunion.org)

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Workers at 'progressive' Trader Joe's face rampant union busting two years after first store unionized (therealnews.com)

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Workers have voted to unionize in Chicago, Louisville, Oakland, and beyond—but management is resorting to dirty tricks in an effort to union bust.

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"My God, Roger! Only yesterday I told them we were one big, happy family!" (sh.itjust.works)

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https://mastodon.social/@Radical_EgoCom/113199263667805102

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Philippines: government red-tags youth activists, women’s groups, environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, journalists, and teachers. Union leader goes into hiding after layoff (www.hrw.org)

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Nepal unions: "It’s not fair that billionaires can hide their wealth offshore while we are denied simple wages and security" (publicservices.international)

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Samsung India: management threatens striking employees with termination if they continued with protest (apnews.com)

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Hotel owner: “If you want to join this union that you used to be in I will let you go, just so that is very clear.” (sh.itjust.works)

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https://grapevine.is/news/2024/09/24/foreign-worker-threatened-for-joining-union/

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CVS California: 7000 employees strike. "I work full-time yet can’t afford to get health insurance, which is ridiculous, because CVS owns Aetna" (www.theguardian.com)

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UK: Labour Party cracks down on dissenters who voted to reduce child poverty; "trade unions must become the most effective opposition if Labour keeps attacking the poorest" (www.morningstaronline.co.uk)

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Samsung India strike: employees don't earn enough to cover basic needs and cost of living; union says management spends less than 0.3% of total production value on labor costs (peoplesdispatch.org)

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Martinique: union blocks roads with tractor-trailers, suspends bus service; another to strike over cost of living and low minimum wage. France sends anti-riot police, imposes curfew, bans protests (www.mymotherlode.com)

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Philippines: 95% of healthcare voters overwhelmingly approve formation of hospital union (publicservices.international)

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UK: union questions £1bn in public contracts with Amazon despite union-busting (www.bbc.com)

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Asia Pacific unions, across 20 countries, unanimously condemn Australian government's take over of CFMEU and firing 270 elected officials (www.bwint.org)

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Employees at longest operating hotel in US, founded in 1850s, on strike for first time in history. "We are asking for an ability to provide for our families." (www.nbcboston.com)

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India: government destroys hundreds of port workers' and fishers' homes, leaving thousands homeless (www.itfglobal.org)

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Argentina: Milei government files extortion charge after pilot union demands wage recovery and expresses concern about privatisation (www.itfglobal.org)

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Waffle House pays less than $3/hour for non-tipped work. Employees not allowed to file class action because of contract (www.axios.com)

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Las Vegas: 100% of the Strip's casinos are now union (lasvegassun.com)

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Hospitality sector in South Africa: "I went home with a debt to the restaurant... after working from 1pm to 2am, I ended up owing them." (www.ewn.co.za)

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Canada: Auto parts business makes $179,000 per employee while many too broke to go on strike (tricitiesdispatch.com)

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Samsung India: management denies allegations that they pressured employees to leave union and threatened families (www.bbc.com)

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Air Canada strike averted, but reliance on binding arbitration still alarms some. (rabble.ca)

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Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week (www.cnbc.com)

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Samsung India: government arrests employees for planning to march without permission (www.theadvocate.com.au)

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