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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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Canadian rail strike: CN and CPKC compromise rail safety, don’t care about farmers, small businesses, supply chains, or their own employees. Their sole focus is boosting their bottom line (www.teamstersrail.ca)
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Canada sends rail workers to binding arbitration - "Justin Trudeau's actions are cowardly, anti-worker, & proof that he will always cave to corporate greed." (sh.itjust.works)
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https://newsie.social/@LALegault/113008779212164048

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California: Amazon ruled joint employer of drivers, threatened employees, engaged in intimidation and other retaliation (finance.yahoo.com)
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https://x.com/amazonteamsters/status/1826653831645515787

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Boeing: “The best in the industry used to crawl over shattered glass just to get an interview to work here. And now the company is begging high school students to apply.” (labornotes.org)
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Air Canada pilots vote 98% to strike after a year of negotiations without agreement (www.alpa.org)
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Employees on strike at Swedish-owned gambling company. Management threatens to suspend health insurance, fire a thousand employees. (uniglobalunion.org)
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Australia: Labor government attempting to drive out militants and kill union, amounts to saying “the law does not apply, we can do whatever we want” (www.redblacknotes.com)
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Cornell employees on strike: We have members who are on Section 8. The majority of our members can’t afford to live here in Ithaca, close to their job. (www.thenation.com)
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17,000 AT&T employees on strike, say management sending representatives who do not have authority to make decisions and management reneging on agreements (apnews.com)
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Germany: union representing video game employees pushes to build worker power on the job. "Organizing for justice is not a sidequest here, it is the main story line." (uniglobalunion.org)
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UK: Ambulances called to Amazon warehouses more than 10 times as often as those called to Tesco warehouse (www.theguardian.com)
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Government invades offices of Nigeria Labour Congress, accusing it of sedition, seizes hundreds of books and other publications (publicservices.international)
submitted 5 days ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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New Zealand: MRI and nuclear medicine techs strike against outsourcing (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Argentina: unions fight IMF and Basic Law that favors management and limits union action (www.plenglish.com)
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Wisconsin: Amazon management fails to classify employees as contractors, deny rights like overtime pay and unemployment insurance (www.milwaukeeindependent.com)
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"You Are Not A Loan!" Introducing the Nation's First Debtors' Union (inthesetimes.com)
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Trump praises billionaire Elon Musk for firing workers who were striking for better pay and working conditions (i.imgur.com)
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UAW president blasts Trump as ‘all talk,’ draws sharp contrast with Harris (thehill.com)
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Tenants’ Unions Across the US Now Have a National Federation (jacobin.com)
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Unions Demanding an End to Israel Military Aid Is a Welcome Escalation (inthesetimes.com)
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Boston hotel workers authorize strike, total compensation for 15 Executive Officers enough to pay every union hotel worker $40 an hour (www.universalhub.com)
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UNITE HERE hotel workers march (sh.itjust.works)
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India: preparations to escalate protest if central government insists on privatization or refuses to recognize Anganwadi workers as regular employees (www.himachalheadlines.com)
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Bangladesh: police go on strike, apologize for being "forced to open fire" (tribune.com.pk)
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