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Rock Paper Shotgun<p>Union workers at Fallout and Elder Scrolls company ready to strike against Microsoft after two years of haggling - <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/union-workers-at-fallout-and-elder-scrolls-company-ready-to-strike-against-microsoft-after-two-years-of-haggling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rockpapershotgun.com/union-wor</span><span class="invisible">kers-at-fallout-and-elder-scrolls-company-ready-to-strike-against-microsoft-after-two-years-of-haggling</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/unionisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionisation</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/ZeniMaxMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeniMaxMedia</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>🚨🚨🚨 Trump put out an executive order (EO) to take away the collective bargaining (union) rights of federal employees today, claiming such rights counter “national security requirements and considerations.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FederalEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalEmployees</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a></p>
poritzj<p>The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: The Theory and Practice of Resistance, Episode 9: Music and Mobilization <a href="https://therevolutionwillnotbetelevised.net/#episode9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therevolutionwillnotbetelevise</span><span class="invisible">d.net/#episode9</span></a> is now live on our site, Peertube, &amp; YT.</p><p>What role does music play in mobilizing resistance? Do protest songs actually matter? Looking at the example of the role that radio played in facilitating the textile worker strikes of the 1930s, we can learn lessons for today.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtestMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TextileMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextileMills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radio</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Stripped of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a></p><p>How the iconic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/maledancers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maledancers</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chippendales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chippendales</span></a> won <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a>—and then lost everything.</p><p><a href="https://progressive.org/magazine/stripped-of-labor-rights-lieberman-20250304/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">progressive.org/magazine/strip</span><span class="invisible">ped-of-labor-rights-lieberman-20250304/</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>Per the article, Trump’s recent firing of National Labor Relations Board (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>) members may not have been conducted legally as specified in The National Labor Relations Act. At least one fired board member is fighting back in court.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a></p><p>/1 of 2</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/business/nlrb-trump-musk-workers/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/15/business/nl</span><span class="invisible">rb-trump-musk-workers/index.html</span></a></p>
Karen Alexander<p>Former Whole Foods cashier in Hadley, MA and St. Paul, MN here. I'm rooting for Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia today as they vote on <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a>. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/solidarityforever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarityforever</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p>Visiting the Monterey Bay aquarium was the highlight of my vacation to California several years ago. I support the unionization efforts of its employees to ensure that many more visitors have the chance to say the same.</p><p>Offer your own words of support here:</p><p><a href="https://mbaworkersunited.org/community-letter-support?utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mbaworkersunited.org/community</span><span class="invisible">-letter-support?utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TradeUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnion</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TradeUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TradeUnionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnionism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LaborUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborUnion</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LaborUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborUnions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LabourUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourUnion</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LabourUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourUnions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MontereyBayAquarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyBayAquarium</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MontereyBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyBay</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> closing all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quebec</span></a> warehouses, cutting jobs"</p><p>"Barbara Agrait, a spokesperson with Amazon, denies that the decision was made following the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> of 200 employees last spring at Amazon’s DXT4 warehouse in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Laval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laval</span></a>, Que."</p><p>Yeah right!</p><p>You have to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a></p><p>Amazon's stunt here is a threat to other places thinking of forming a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a>. But if enough unionize, the plutocracy has to give in and accept it</p><p>That is the only way forward</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/amazon-is-ceasing-operations-in-quebec/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/am</span><span class="invisible">azon-is-ceasing-operations-in-quebec/</span></a></p>
LeeRayl<p>Due to circumstances out of my control, Craig was missed for the holidays but he is back.</p><p>I am back too! Back at making noise about workers rights in Technology. So a quote from James Connelly:</p><p>We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times. These are exceptional times.<br>Workers Republic (socialist newspaper) 4 December, 1915 in “Trust Your Leaders!”</p><p>During my absence I have been working on compiling resources for the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> of Tech Workers. Maybe if I drop the info I get more voices.</p><p>Get Outta Here, It’s the weekend!</p><p>- Your Shop Steward<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@CraigWeekend/113846413866806228" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.ca/@CraigWeekend/1138464</span><span class="invisible">13866806228</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> groups sue over <a href="https://c.im/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>'s new statewide <a href="https://c.im/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> on businesses forcing <a href="https://c.im/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> to attend "captive audience" workplace meetings, generally to propagandize and defeat any <a href="https://c.im/tags/organizedlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizedlabor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> efforts</p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/business-groups-sue-over-californias-015238268.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/business-groups</span><span class="invisible">-sue-over-californias-015238268.html</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“'No Contract, No Coffee': Starbucks Workers Launch Five Days of Strikes”</p><p>by Jake Johnson in Common Dreams <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.community/@commondreams" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>commondreams</span></a></span> </p><p>“Starbucks Workers United accused the company of ‘backtracking on our promised path forward’ and failing to present a ‘serious economic proposal’ to unionized baristas.”</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/starbucks-workers-strike?utm_source=Common+Dreams&amp;utm_campaign=0f14b570c7-News+Alert%3A+Starbucks+Strike&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4da0978648-600211431" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/starbuck</span><span class="invisible">s-workers-strike?utm_source=Common+Dreams&amp;utm_campaign=0f14b570c7-News+Alert%3A+Starbucks+Strike&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4da0978648-600211431</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starbucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starbucks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Strikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strikes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Baristas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baristas</span></a></p>
Carolannie<p>Nurses being squeezed by gig apps<br>"One group of workers whose rights are being devoured by gig-work apps is nurses, which is bad news, because without nurses, I would be dead by now."<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WhatNext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatNext</span></a> <br><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/loose-flapping-ends/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2024/12/18/loo</span><span class="invisible">se-flapping-ends/</span></a></p>
Paria sans portefeuille<p>"Kate Wolf speaks with filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing about their new <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a>, which is out in theaters now. It follows, in real time, the forming of the first ever <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> union in the country, the <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ALU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALU</span></a>, at the JKF8 plant in Staten Island. Later in the conversation <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ChrisSmalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisSmalls</span></a>, the president of ALU, joins as well." </p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-fight-to-unionize-amazon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-fig</span><span class="invisible">ht-to-unionize-amazon/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/AmazonLaborUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonLaborUnion</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/USLaborMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USLaborMovement</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/USlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USlabor</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/TradeUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnions</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Cin%C3%A9maEngag%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CinémaEngagé</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/film" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>film</span></a></span></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> American grocery store staples like <a href="https://c.im/tags/LuckyCharms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuckyCharms</span></a> cereal, Triscuits to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cheetos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheetos</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chewy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chewy</span></a> brand <a href="https://c.im/tags/granola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>granola</span></a> bars were revealed as being made by migrant children working in allegedly unsafe conditions at secretive processing plants in <a href="https://c.im/tags/GrandRapids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandRapids</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>? </p><p>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> owned mfgr now seeking <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chapter11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chapter11</span></a> bankruptcy protections has been hit with numerous govt probes, ranging from blocking <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> efforts to <a href="https://c.im/tags/ADA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADA</span></a> issues to exploiting <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> across 28 facilities in multiple states with over 12,000 employees. </p><p>A 2023 <a href="https://c.im/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> investigation found factory floors staffed with low wage undocumented staff, including kids and that has led to recent <a href="https://c.im/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> filing of Hearthside <a href="https://c.im/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> Solutions, a mass market production &amp; packaging firm </p><p>"It would be hard to find a cookie or cracker aisle in any leading grocer that does not contain multiple products from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hearthside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hearthside</span></a> production facilities,” said Richard Roscoe, manager of just one of the corp's four plants in the Grand Rapids, Mich area.</p><p>Hearthside , whose plants are largely reliant on non union <a href="https://c.im/tags/TempWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TempWorkers</span></a> , has been publicly mentioned as a partner to <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeneralMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralMills</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/PepsiCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PepsiCo</span></a>. In 2014 Hearthside Food Solutions was sold to <a href="https://c.im/tags/GoldmanSachs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldmanSachs</span></a> and 2018, it was announced <a href="https://c.im/tags/HearthsideFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HearthsideFood</span></a> purchased a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kellogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kellogg</span></a> cereal production plant in Indiana. Mgmt s proud of flaunt titles such as being named to lists of "Fastest Growing Private Companies" and is recipient of multiple innovation awards, and rarely touts or mentions its many labor law violations or legal troubles.</p><p><a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-11-25-maker-of-beloved-snacks-files-for-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iheart.com/content/2024-11-25-</span><span class="invisible">maker-of-beloved-snacks-files-for-bankruptcy/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/25/downers-grove-based-hearthside-alleged-child-labor-files-for-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chicagotribune.com/2024/11/25/</span><span class="invisible">downers-grove-based-hearthside-alleged-child-labor-files-for-bankruptcy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2020/05/21/memphis-food-packagers-vote-join-ufcw-first-election-since-covid/5205436002/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commercialappeal.com/story/new</span><span class="invisible">s/2020/05/21/memphis-food-packagers-vote-join-ufcw-first-election-since-covid/5205436002/</span></a></p>
Perspective<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@jm101" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jm101</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rbreich</span></a></span> </p><p>It's a kick back from way back - the medieval hierarchy is alive and well with Lords, Ladies, Nobles - peasants and serfs.</p><p>CEO answers to your question:<br>'Because that's the way it is.'<br>'He who has the gold makes the rules.'<br>'We take care of our own.'<br>' "We" make those decisions.'</p><p>Watch Sly's movie F I.S.T. ... low pay, unfair treatment and abuse lead to <a href="https://c.im/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> .</p><p>Sadly, membership in unions has been falling:<br><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/12/majorities-of-adults-see-decline-of-union-membership-as-bad-for-the-us-and-working-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pewresearch.org/short-reads/20</span><span class="invisible">24/03/12/majorities-of-adults-see-decline-of-union-membership-as-bad-for-the-us-and-working-people/</span></a><br>With associated repercussions.</p>
Flipboard<p>It’s legal for prisoners to unionize — and it can be invaluable for incarcerated people who are often laboring in difficult conditions without pay. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span>’s Michelle Pitcher talked to Texans in and out of prisons who are helping empower prisoners to seek better conditions — including the right to be paid and to refuse work.</p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.org/solidarity-prison-labor-union/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/solidarity-p</span><span class="invisible">rison-labor-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PrisonersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonersRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> that's a lie and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dell</span></a> knows it.</p><ul><li>They only want to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OfficeMandates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeMandates</span></a> as a way to shed off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/talent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>talent</span></a> without paying <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/severance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>severance</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Everyone knows it, but due to lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> get away with it.</p>
Advanced Persistent Treat<p>You've heard of “If you aren't paying for the product, you are the product.”</p><p>Now get ready for, “Seize the means of production, because you are the means of production.”</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/laborrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laborrights</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Employers</span></a> can stifle <a href="https://c.im/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> efforts by filing their own organizing <a href="https://c.im/tags/petitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petitions</span></a> with <a href="https://c.im/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>, hoping to gain tactical advantages by clouding regulatory waters &amp; redefining the scope of a <a href="https://c.im/tags/BargainingUnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BargainingUnit</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.law.com/2024/08/01/employers-race-to-file-nlrb-petitions-to-gain-upper-hand-in-union-organizing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">law.com/2024/08/01/employers-r</span><span class="invisible">ace-to-file-nlrb-petitions-to-gain-upper-hand-in-union-organizing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a></p>
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheMetalDogArticleList</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalInjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalInjection</span></a><br>DOROTHY Calls For Unionization Among Artists Against Streaming Services<br>"I think artists need to unionize and I think the streaming services need to pay us a lot more for the songs."</p><p><a href="https://metalinjection.net/news/dorothy-calls-for-unionization-among-artists-against-streaming-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">metalinjection.net/news/doroth</span><span class="invisible">y-calls-for-unionization-among-artists-against-streaming-services</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOROTHY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOROTHY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StreamingServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreamingServices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FairPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairPay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicStreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicStreaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a></p>