What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers (themarkup.org)
“You basically just hope that nothing goes wrong,” a nurse said about a shift with the app Clipboard
‘Where There Are Scabs, There Is Violence’—That’s Why Scabs Are Illegal in Two Canadian Provinces (labornotes.org)
Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has vigorously condemned violence on the picket lines in Michigan, Massachusetts, and California—laying the blame on management for using replacement workers, or as we usually call them in the labor movement, scabs....
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.
They quit their jobs. Their ex-employers sued them for training costs (www.straitstimes.com)
Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike (apnews.com)
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The impact of the wave of strike activity goes far beyond the 2024 election: A revitalized labor movement could lead to a fairer economy for decades to come (www.epi.org)
Last week, both President Joe Biden and Donald Trump traveled to Michigan. Many in the media cast these visits as similar efforts to woo union voters for the 2024 election. But that is mostly wrong or misleading. The visits were clearly not symmetric…
Former BioWare employees sue for better severance after layoffs (www.gamesindustry.biz)
A group of former BioWare employees are suing the studio for better severance pay after they were laid off in August.
Changes in Work pattern by Capitalism (www.youtube.com)
Nonunion autoworkers are watching the UAW — and deciding whether they want in (www.nbcnews.com)
Unions work. (lemmy.world)
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Disney and Marvel VFX Unionization Likely to Spur More: This Is About ‘Respect for the Work We Do’ (variety.com)
Marvel and Disney VFX artists have voted to unionize with IATSE - could the push lead to unionization for artists across the industry?
Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers Vote to Unionize With IATSE (variety.com)
Unions work. That's why the corporations don't like them. (lemmy.world)
Actors' Equity Files With NLRB After Broadway League Fails to Recognize Unionized Production Assistants (playbill.com)
The group of Broadway producers and theatre owners say the move puts the unionization push in the "proper forum."
A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday (edition.cnn.com)
A coalition of eight unions representing 75,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente said late Saturday that is has not reached an agreement with the company, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history on Wednesday....
Gavin Newsom Veto Strikers' Unemployment Bill (SB-799) (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
33 Amazon Japan workers halt deliveries over nonpayment of 'Prime Day' incentives: union - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
NAGASAKI -- Thirty-three Amazon Japan delivery workers in the Nagasaki area boycotted their jobs on the afternoon of Sept. 15, claiming that they were not paid incentives as promised when they received more packages during the shopping website's "Prime Day" sale in July, a labor union has revealed.
Judge: Starbucks violated federal labor law by withholding pay hikes from unionized workers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it increased wages and offered new perks and benefits only to non-union employees, a National Labor Relations Board judge found Thursday.
Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash must pay NYC delivery workers an $18 minimum wage (www.engadget.com)
New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne rejected a bid by Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub to block a bill requiring a minimum wage for app-based delivery workers.
UAW STRIKE UPDATE and Teachers on Strike in Britain! (youtu.be)
First half of the video reports on the teacher’s Strike in Britain and why an international approach to workers rights is important....
The small pro-labor news site that has the Biden White House’s ear (www.washingtonpost.com)
How the Government Can Help Build Industrial Unions (inthesetimes.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour (abc7.com)
Biden’s UAW Rally Exposes the Bankruptcy of Trump’s Populism (nymag.com)
Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie (www.levernews.com)
