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"Uberfication" encroaching on teaching profession, including at Oxford, leaves teachers scrambling for precarious work (www.theguardian.com)
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Amazon management fires employees for social media posts, pays "ambassadors" to counter all posts and comments from customers, influencers, and policymakers regarding working conditions (prospect.org)
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Argentina: general strike called against repression of protests, economic policies like wage suppression, and increased IMF debt (en.mercopress.com)
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Netherlands: 160 professors lead strike against privatization of research and academia (sh.itjust.works)
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https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kkteoxwif4ia4ltayria4ops/post/3lkbbfz43dk2o

https://www.voxweb.nl/en/professors-in-open-letter-join-the-strike-for-the-future-of-democracy

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Starbucks: Employees stage sit-in in Chicago, 11 arrested for criminal trespass (www.irishstar.com)
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India: "We are not your slaves" - IT employees clash with police, burn posters of founders of Infosys and L&T over unpaid labor, 90 hour weeks, and 14 hour days (trak.in)
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Germany: Ubisoft game devs seek to hold management accountable for layoffs. "The bosses take the profits, but don’t care for the workers." (uniglobalunion.org)
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Argentina: "we will all be retirees" - retirees organize march against government over pensions, joined by football fans and unions. Government responds with tear gas and water jets (www.footboom1.com)
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Philippines: semiconductor employees defy government order to return to work, barricade entrance. Management increases wages, reinstates union officials dismissed during negotiations (globalvoices.org)
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California: transportation employees strike, picketers struck by truck in hit-and-run, one hospitalized (sfist.com)
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Tampa, Florida Starbucks unionizes. 23 more Starbucks announce unionization campaigns (bsky.app)
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Germany: employees at US bases to strike. Union had asked for and was refused a one-time payment of 320 euros and 3% raise (www.stripes.com)
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AFA-CWA president Sara Nelson is calling for a general strike (www.work-bites.com)
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Pakistan: union members sit-in at railway headquarters, say IMF and World Bank pushing for privatization that would be disastrous for both workers and travel prices (peoplesdispatch.org)
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Anti-Amazon protesters in Montreal rally once again for boycott demonstration (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
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Uber for nurses: tech companies accused of accessing nurse financial situation to determine pay based on level of desperation (phpc.social)
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UK: union members fired for strike. Management threatened to discipline employees for not issuing enough parking tickets (www.unitetheunion.org)
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The U.S. Saw Just Half Of The Number Of Strikes In 2024 As Canada (www.readthemaple.com)
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Canada: thousands of union members at Alberta Legislature rally for education support workers (sh.itjust.works)
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https://newsie.social/@apaulagetics/114082684880988673

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South Africa: employees wildcat strike over unsafe buses. Management dismisses strikers, later admits buses not roadworthy (sundayworld.co.za)
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Greece: “You count profits. We count lives.” Hundreds of thousands in streets for general strike on anniversary of rail disaster (sh.itjust.works)
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/anger-mounts-over-rail-disaster-063509158.html

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EU Commission cuts human rights requirements for businesses. Union says unscrupulous corporations will now make it more difficult for responsible businesses to survive (www.itfglobal.org)
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Fiji: town council employees strike, CEO removed, employees return to work (fijiglobalnews.com)
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Omni Air International: 99% of pilots voting authorize strike. 91% report schedules that cause fatigue; 40% say management pushes for unsafe practices and violations of aviation regulations (teamster.org)
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UK: Birmingham City Council plans to use scabs to break strike, despite it being unlawful (b31.org.uk)
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