🌎 Discussion: Labor, Unions, and Workers' Rights

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

That's messed up....

 

[blueharvest]

The typical U.S. worker out-earned inflation by $1,400 a year, data shows

Even as price growth has surged in the pandemic era, earnings of middle-class and even lower-class jobholders have risen too.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Lily Adler]

Gee, it's almost like all those years of anti-union propaganda and people complaining about their jobs finally sunk in.

 

[squeekness]

Gee, it's almost like all those years of anti-union propaganda and people complaining about their jobs finally sunk in.

I think CEOs getting big bonuses at the expense of workers didn't help much either.

 

[InCali]

Man, I picked the WORST time to be a union activist.....dark days, but we still got a lot of wins.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Sithborg]

Oh, it looks like it started to tick back up in 2008. Sure that is just a coincidence.

 

[blueharvest]

Union members aren't just voting on labor this year

Trump and Harris are vying for members of a resurgent labor movement. But with over 14 million people and other big issues on the ballot, a single winning message may be elusive.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Help out the poor and they won't have a reason to hurt you.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

This is why we need unions.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Canadian rail union files lawsuits challenging back-to-work orders

The Teamsters union that represents workers at both of Canada's largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it promised challenging the orders that forced employees back to work and got the trains moving again.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump calls federal workforce 'crooked,' vows to hold them 'accountable'

In an interview with a right-wing Youtuber, the former president seemingly alluded to reviving Schedule F and other Trump-era policies aimed at making it easier to fire federal employees.

www.govexec.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

No golden parachute, champ?

 

[InCali]

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No golden parachute, champ?

 

[Teelie]

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No golden parachute, champ?

If I would have made a fraction of that money, it would still be (probably tens of) millions of dollars in the bank and not splurged on whatever stupid **** he wasted it on.

 

[blueharvest]