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Why you should unionize your workplace ( www.youtube.com )

Unionizing—it’s so hot right now. Whether you’re a barista, a warehouse worker, or a package car driver, whether you work in Hollywood or higher education, the voracious corporate greed and exploitation workers across sectors are experiencing, and the wave of militant labor action shaking the US in response, shows why...

Dominican Republic: Doctors Go On Strike Against Insurance ( www.telesurenglish.net )

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Many people feel they work in pointless, meaningless jobs, research confirms

The theory that many people feel the work they do is pointless because their jobs are “bullshit” has been confirmed by a new study....

When M.D.s Go Union ( prospect.org )

Strikes spiked in July, as workers seek higher wages to keep up with inflation ( www.washingtonpost.com )

Inside Love is Blind’s Brutal Conditions on Set ( www.youtube.com )

By More Perfect Union | With actors and writers on strike, reality TV stars are the next group to challenge Hollywood’s status quo. Love is Blind castmembers told us they were psychologically manipulated, funneled alcohol and paid $7.14/hr. They’re suing Netflix and fighting to change the industry....

The chicken industry’s worker safety problem ( youtu.be )

Indian state’s new tax on digital platforms sets gig workers against firms ( www.aljazeera.com )

Gig workers have welcomed a new law in India’s largest state Rajasthan to impose a tax on revenue earned by digital platforms that operate in the state, including global giants Uber and Amazon, even as industry groups have warned it will eventually hurt customers and derail business in the state....

Steps on Starting a Union in the Workplace with Zoya Shore | The Labor Organizing Summit [Revolutionary Blackout Network on YT - 8 hours ago] ( www.youtube.com )

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I think minors need a union, may help with the safety issues at the work place ( web.archive.org )

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We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought ( finance.yahoo.com )

Wabtec workers: Still on strike over a month later! ( lemmy.world )

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As Writers Strike Nears Day 100, WGA & AMPTP Seek Path Back Toward Negotiating Table ( deadline.com )

The Labor Organizing Summit | Part 2 - Featuring Chris Smalls and Kshama Sawant ( web.archive.org )

Chris Smalls - “Christian Smalls is an American labor organizer known for his role in leading Amazon worker organization in Staten Island, a borough in New York City. He is the president and founder of the Amazon Labor Union since 2021.”...

Metro workers vow to stay off job 'as long as it takes' as strike enters 3rd day ( www.cbc.ca )

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3-5% required for social change ( piped.video )

Do we really need just 3-5% to change the country for the better?

4 careers where workers will have to change jobs by 2030 due to AI and shifts in how we shop, according to a McKinsey study ( www.businessinsider.in )

Max Alvarez of Breaking Points interviews whistleblower Michael Lindesy II on the greed and corruption of the rail industry ( www.youtube.com )

Whistleblower SPEAKS OUT On Corrupt Rail Industry | The Art Of Class War Max Alvarez interviews Michael Paul Lindsey to discuss the greed and corruption of the rail industry in the US.

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