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5,000 autoworkers walk out at Texas GM's largest plant, as UAW expands strike for second day in a row (thehill.com)

Demands on Waffle House - Union of Southern Service Workers (ussw.org)

Waffle House workers are rising up across the South to demand 24/7 security, an end to unfair paycheck deductions, and a fair wage from the iconic Southern restaurant.

Changes in Work pattern by Capitalism (www.youtube.com)

Nonunion autoworkers are watching the UAW — and deciding whether they want in (www.nbcnews.com)

UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.

Is this significant? (www.npr.org)

I have questions about this event....

Marvel VFX Workers Unanimously Vote to Unionize In Industry First (www.vice.com)

Visual effects workers at the studio voted 32-0 to unionize, marking a historic milestone in their field....

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, with 86% of votes cast in favor (apnews.com)

Under the tentative agreement, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more in total by the end of the five-year contract. Starting hourly pay for part-time employees also got bumped up to $21, but some workers said that fell short of their expectations....

400% turnover rate (i.imgur.com)

Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)

This machine was a stroke of genius (i.imgur.com)

If only we could tie minimum wage to average local rent. (i.imgur.com)

This is just insulting. (i.imgur.com)

Vance promised a new dawn for workers — one Trump didn’t bring to pass (www.washingtonpost.com)

Teamsters social media attacks leader over Republican convention speech (www.theguardian.com)

Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? -- spoilers: better employment laws (www.gamesindustry.biz)

Layoffs and studio closures have been an unfortunately-common occurrence across the industry since last year, with layoffs in 2024 already matching 2023’s total of over 10,000 developers being put out of work. Yet if there is one bright spot to find in this bleak reality, it is, ironically, in the same city as the departed...

'There Has to Be a Fight': How Workers Can Start Winning the Class War in 2024 and Beyond (www.commondreams.org)

Do memes from 1911 count if they're still true? (lemmy.world)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16249582...

Samsung Electronics union in South Korea stages first ever walkout (finance.yahoo.com)

It’s a summer of playing hooky: feeling pressured not to take their earned vacation, Americans are finding a loophole (fortune.com)

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UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South (www.nbcnews.com)

Republican officials led a vigorous campaign opposing the organizing effort. In the run-up to Friday’s vote, six Southern governors, all Republicans, led by Alabama’s Kay Ivey, warned about “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”...

Irish dock workers striking to prevent the export of food to Britain during a period of food insecurity in Ireland, 1920 (media.kbin.social)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/990482

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