1400 Wabtec workers in Erie, Pa. on strike against a company that threatened to cut 275 jobs! (See post body) ( lemmy.world )
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Unionizing every workplace possible grows the labor movement with each win. Every fight is important. There is a case to be made that the current union drive at Amazon’s KCVG airhub in Kentucky is one that will have the biggest impact to the success of future unionization efforts....
The typical U.S. family earns about $71,000 per year, according to the Census. Yet, the average American believes a family needs at least $85,000 in annual household income to get by, according to a recent Gallup poll....
A new manifesto by the nonprofit American Compass capably identifies the problems facing the working class but stumbles on the solutions—especially labor unions.
Thousands of striking WGA members along with other union workers marched in past the Academy Museum before a rally at the La Brea Tar Pits.
Pretty ironic that the wealthiest men in Pakistan are stuck in a submarine a week after hundreds of Pakistani refugees drowned trying to get to Greece because these guys are pilfering all the country’s money for themselves.
I am so sick of employee engagement surveys and the resulting exercise in futility around soliciting changes that never get made. It’s honestly one of the more evil and deceitful processes that capitalism and academia have ever teamed up to create.
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Thanks for subscribing to /c/[email protected] ! Now that we’ve grown (and are growing) so quickly, I’ve had some calls to discuss what this community is for!...
The top comment nails the true cause of the problem - "The upper classes are just pitting us against each other. Broke delivery driver and broke customer who ordered the food will fight each other over tips, whilst the food delivery app makes good money and laughs at us fighting."
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Originally from Paul Fairie on Twitter (thanks @iamlyth for pointing that out)
I’m wanting to connect with folks on the ground trying to do the work to unionize their workplace...
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cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/206070...
In the past, corporate profit growth accounted for maybe a third of inflation. But a report from the Kansas City Fed found that nearly 60% of inflation in 2021 was because of corporate profits.
I’m all for reforming our current work system, but we need organized action. Can we make that happen here? Or is there a different community for that?