Gloucester πΊ NEW: Teachers and doctors are threatening to walk out alongside rail workers if the government fails to meet their demands for a pay rise, as Britainβs most militant union leader raised the prospect of a general strike https://t.co/REVpSjmJX7
β The Times (@thetimes) June 20, 2022
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If you want to understand how powerful we really are, railroad workers in England are striking and shutting down rail lines, airline workers in Belgium are striking and shutting down airports, and in Ecuador a national strike is shutting down the whole nation.
β Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 22, 2022
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The first union at Apple in the country. This is the type of news I want to see on every front page https://t.co/B6SCwqDJon
β Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 19, 2022
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βNo viral outbreakβ at Umbrella, says Umbrella. https://t.co/tHNWRVxed7
β Commander Stephanie Sterling (@JimSterling) June 16, 2022
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SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter criticizing Elon Musk’s public behavior and tweeting, said three employees with knowledge of the situation. https://t.co/IPVl2XIuBr
β The New York Times (@nytimes) June 17, 2022
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This is crazy. Amazon burns through workers so fast there might be none left soon pic.twitter.com/feVI1uQtiR
β Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 17, 2022
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Lol pls stop praising corporations bc they did quick math and figured out this was cheaper than maternity leave https://t.co/PpzJa4kuIr
β apple bottom brains (@CrappyFumes) June 25, 2022
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im glad that some companies are offering to pay for abortion + travel for their employees… but this is an omen of a future where your healthcare is somehow even more controlled by your employer… Suboptimal
β πππππππππππππ (@crulge) June 25, 2022
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That Starbucks is offering reproductive healthcare for its employees but warning it will not do so for unionized employees shows employer-provided healthcare for what it is, which is a labor disciplining device.
β Sam Haselby (@samhaselby) June 26, 2022
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“Being in a #union, I feel like for the first time I have job security. I can make this a sustainable career.” https://t.co/gMNYTMw677
β Steve Smith (@ssmith_calabor) June 30, 2022
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BREAKING: The main union for Atlantic City casino workers have reached an agreement on new contracts with four casinos. The deal provides what one worker called βbig raisesβ and labor peace that will avoid a strike on Fourth of July weekend. https://t.co/g0aKbWXg6k
β The Associated Press (@AP) July 1, 2022
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Every single time workers have to pay the price.
β Dave Ward (@DaveWardGS) June 29, 2022
Financial crisis. Climate crisis, pandemic, Brexit.
Well no more. The line is drawn.
There needs to be a serious rebalancing of wealth and power in the UK.
Join a union. pic.twitter.com/Q9u0oywXvK