🌎 Discussion: Labor, Unions, and Workers' Rights

[blueharvest]

This a government for the rich by the rich.

Which is what Republicans want, of course.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Amazon Shuts Down Québec Operations After Unionization, Swears It's Unrelated

More than 1,700 employees will lose their jobs.

gizmodo.com

 

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[blueharvest]

Fast-food chains claim raising the minimum wage ‘hurts everyone’. California workers disagree

After the state hourly minimum wage increased to $20 in April, CEOs warned of price rises and job cuts – yet staff say ‘that’s a lie’

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Fast-food chains claim raising the minimum wage ‘hurts everyone’. California workers disagree

After the state hourly minimum wage increased to $20 in April, CEOs warned of price rises and job cuts – yet staff say ‘that’s a lie’

www.theguardian.com

Can't make money when you actually have to pay the slaves.....

 

[blueharvest]

Apple must face suit over alleged policy of underpaying female workers

Apple fails to argue sexual harassment claim was just about a seating preference.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

UAW Touts Stellantis Vow to Reopen Belvidere Plant as Win for Workers | Common Dreams

"The future of Illinois manufacturing depends on the power of our workforce," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)

www.commondreams.org

 

[blueharvest]

Government workers dismayed by Trump's return-to-office mandate

Many federal employees engage in telework and say there has been no sign that it has affected performance.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Trump fires senior labor board official in ‘unprecedented and illegal’ move

Gwynne Wilcox pledges to challenge decision after dismissal in effect paralyzes National Labor Relations Board

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Trump fires senior labor board official in ‘unprecedented and illegal’ move

Gwynne Wilcox pledges to challenge decision after dismissal in effect paralyzes National Labor Relations Board

www.theguardian.com

I swear Trump is trying to see how many laws he can break before someone actually does anything about it.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Let's make our shopping experience even worse!

 

[squeekness]

Let's make our shopping experience even worse!

Hard pass. 8m not giving them my personal information that they will sell off just to open a cabinet. I can buy that stuff at Walmart.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump's Firing of Labor Officials Shows He 'Could Not Care Less About Rights of Workers' | Common Dreams

"Trump and Republicans are hell-bent on launching an all-out assault on working people and their rights—they're just hoping we don't notice," said Democratic Sen. Patty Murray.

www.commondreams.org

 

[squeekness]

Trump's Firing of Labor Officials Shows He 'Could Not Care Less About Rights of Workers' | Common Dreams

"Trump and Republicans are hell-bent on launching an all-out assault on working people and their rights—they're just hoping we don't notice," said Democratic Sen. Patty Murray.

www.commondreams.org

No big surprise there!

 

[blueharvest]

Whole Foods in Philadelphia is the first in the country to unionize

Whole Foods said it was "disappointed" by the vote but "committed to maintaining a positive working environment"

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

Union leaders warn federal workers not to fall for so-called ‘buyout’

WASHINGTON—Leaders of millions of federal employees are warning that they should not accept the so-called buyout offers that they received this week in mass mailings from Trump’s Office of Budget Management.

peoplesworld.org

 

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[blueharvest]

Thousands of Costco workers prepare to strike with midnight contract deadline looming

Thousands of Costco workers are preparing to strike as the company and the Teamsters union approached a deadline to reach a new contract agreement.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/bernie-sanders-probe-trump-labor-nlrb-eeoc

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Giving Musk's 'DOGE' Access To Payment System

Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.

www.huffpost.com

 

[squeekness]

Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Giving Musk's 'DOGE' Access To Payment System

Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.

www.huffpost.com

D9es it matter? Elon probably has made a copy of it already.