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South Korea: government sentences union activists to prison after threatening to break strike with commandos and special forces (www.industriall-union.org)
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The Business Lobby Wants To Take Paid Holidays From Toronto Workers (www.readthemaple.com)
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France: unions rally against far-right attack at film screening, beating audience members, stabbing one (peoplesdispatch.org)
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popular resistance will only come from concerted collective action, which is something few people in the U.S. have any experience with. The big exception are union members. (social.sanfranciscan.org)
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India: Samsung management plans on locking factory gates to prevent strikers from taking over factory (www.outlookbusiness.com)
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Canada: LifeLabs employees strike - "we are not going to allow their profit margins to increase on the backs of the patients and our members who work at LifeLabs" (www.cbc.ca)
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UK: bus drivers approve strike after management intimidates employees into driving despite safety concerns, suspend those who refuse (www.bbc.com)
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New Zealand: Minister won't meet with Council of Trade Unions, country’s largest democratic organisation. "she doesn’t want to hear our view, she has a different view – pro-employer and anti-worker" (newsroom.co.nz)
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Greece: nationwide strikes against outsourcing and use of contracts rather than making employees permanent (www.tovima.com)
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Pan-African Worker’s Association (PAWA) Affiliates to the IWW – 🏴 Anarchist Federation (www.anarchistfederation.net)
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Want to defeat Trump? Support unions | Eric Blanc (www.theguardian.com)
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Fri 14 Feb 2025 08.50 EST

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Peet’s Coffee Enacts Sweeping Heavy-Handed Discipline on Union Members (www.anarchistfederation.net)
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"All of us expected Peet’s to promptly bargain a contract with us."

Well that was an incredibly dumb thing to expect.

Peet’s Coffee Enacts Sweeping Heavy-Handed Discipline on Union Members – 🏴 Anarchist Federation -

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“But the police, who in the small town of Garner where Amazon is the biggest employer act as a kind of private security force, didn’t care and just took us off to jail.” (jacobin.com)
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Federal workers vs Elon Musk: I’ve never seen a billionaire carry the mail, put out a forest fire, make sure people get their Social Security checks, answer a phone call from a suicidal veteran (www.labornotes.org)
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South Africa: half of strikes in 2024 were wildcat strikes (groundup.org.za)
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Solidarity with Belgian unions: The hard-right scapegoats women, minorities, and the most vulnerable. They use anger against elites as a tool to divide, yet when in power, they serve those same elites (www.bwint.org)
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Oregon: hospitals threaten health care for nurses who do not agree to their conditions. "Providence executives - who earn millions in salaries - should focus on settling a fair contract." (archive.ph)
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Newsletter: New York Magazine Union Reaches Contract Deal, Averts Walkout | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA (newsguild.org)
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Starbucks Unions’ Christmas Eve Strikes Inspire Two More Minnesota Stores to Unionize (workdaymagazine.org)
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Illinois Teamsters Back United We Move Legislation to Fix State Transit Systems (teamster.org)
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Sysco Teamsters Overwhelmingly Ratify Strong New Contract (teamster.org)
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"Any attack against civil servants and working class people is an attack against the American people. We can't depend on the Democrats or the Republicans." (www.youtube.com)
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Minneapolis: First Avenue venue and 6 sister clubs unanimously ratify first contract covering 230 staff (www.msn.com)
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LIVE: Jeffries, Democrats hold 'Rally to Save the Civil Service' on Capitol Hill (youtu.be)
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NUHW reaffirms, amends Sanctuary Union resolution – NUHW (home.nuhw.org)
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