Rolling Labor Action Thread

Breaking: Dodger Stadium Workers Vote 99% to Authorize Strike Ahead of MLB All-Star Game pic.twitter.com/nQ70evlQj4

— UNITE HERE Local 11 (@UNITEHERE11) July 11, 2022

yessssss

fuck em up

They walking out at Amazon in Atlanta 😭 y’all not getting them prime day packages pic.twitter.com/rECUcRB1Lg

— Maybe: Papi Women Neglecter vol 5 (@JuicegawdinPriv) July 13, 2022

New strike dates dropped

RMT (Uk rail workers' union):

27 July
18 Aug
20 Aug

and drivers for 8 franchises walk on 30 July

It appears to be on, as they say, like Donkey Kong

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62166276
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62173334

hmm

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34248463/dodger-stadium-concession-workers-pleased-progress-negotiations-strike-all-star-game

We are the actors, stunt performers, and stable hands of Medieval Times in Lyndhurst, New Jersey joining together in union to create a fairer, safer, and more enjoyable workplace. With a supermajority of support, we are excited to be forming our union with the AGVA.

— Medieval Times Performers United (@MTUnitedNJ) June 28, 2022

haha nice

so much for the tolerant SPCA

I posted this elsewhere today but it's a good 'un

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNmWPuw5/?k=1

400 Planned Parenthood workers at @ppnorthcentral—who work at 28 locations across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska—have just won the hell out of their union, with 90% voting YES to join @SEIUHCMNIA in a 238-26 landslide! https://t.co/trnQBOWrn3

— Kim “FIGHT LIKE HELL📕Out Now!” Kelly (@GrimKim) July 21, 2022

sharing this one again because it’s a black-led independent union of Amazon workers in the South using tried-and-tested tactics to build support and shop-floor power. CAUSE estimates it now has 700 workers interested—far more people should know about them https://t.co/6a7x2GNkBO

— Alex Press (@alexnpress) July 21, 2022

UNANIMOUS WIN!

DALLAS IS A UNION TOWN!!!!

— SBWU Mockingbird Station (@sbwumbs) July 29, 2022

The Major League Baseball Players Association has launched a campaign to unionize Minor League Players across the country #1u #FairBall pic.twitter.com/DDq4Q8NOXI

— MLBPA Communications (@MLBPA_News) August 29, 2022

71% of Americans support labor unions

https://news.gallup.com/poll/398303/approval-labor-unions-highest-point-1965.aspx

fuck this

If unions like CWU and RMT melt over something like this, it doesn't give you much confidence that they'll actually fight as hard as they're gonna need to against the shit that's coming https://t.co/coC4NDFNGC

— Tony Collins (@tontytrains) September 8, 2022

who gives a shit tbrr

I do

why?

shouldn't need fucking spelling out

well at least now we know what the M in RMT really stands for.

idk sort of exasperating but i kind of get it. rare time what seems like of mass public support (or at least understanding) for widespread industrial action, probs no harm in waiting a few weeks for the next ones so as not to alienate the 'she was a nice old dearie' or 'its sad when anyone dies' lot

these fucking people shouldn't have any influence on unions and their strike planning and they aren't the majority imo

i trust mick lynch to read the room, the point is to win, and if delaying helps them win then delay. no one’s feelings about royalty have anything to do with the deal they’re fighting for

when Lynch isn't flavour of the month anymore or public opinion is turning against the strikes, is he supposed to read the room then as well?

yeah times like these are exactly when you SHOULD be striking cf the LA Dodgers' Stadium staff threatening to strike before the all star game

lol owned

You literally stormed out of the room in the middle of us reading the “Respect and Dignity” contract proposal to yall, so now we’re playing Mario Party & eating lunch waiting for you to come back to our table.

Slay I guess https://t.co/ttHdIc9N9w pic.twitter.com/BJXgC5Yjsr

— Tyler - Starbucks Workers United (@UnionTyler) October 25, 2022

apparently Starbucks has been doing this a lot i.e. showing up for 5 minutes then leaving so that they can technically claim that they’ve “negotiated” with x many branches

Plans by @BirkbeckUoL to sack 140 staff are a disaster for the university, its students and its staff

UCU will not stand by and let this happen and we urge the university to work with us and rethink these cutshttps://t.co/uv8ETG3AAz

— UCU (@ucu) October 31, 2022

Large number of redundancies planned in University of London, among both academic and administrative and support staff.

UCU and Unison will be involved in negotiations but we will see if this goes to a formal dispute and potentially a very large strike which could have long-term effects all round.

This is at a time when national UCU is already in dispute and has just secured a huge mandate for strike action, though on nationwide issues separate from local cuts like these.

mysteriously, the first Starbucks in Starbucks' home town to unionise is closing down due to "safety and security incidents"

coincidentally, the Starbucks five blocks away closed down due to "crime rates" earlier this year, four weeks after the staff voted unanimously to unionise

yeah they're doing it everywhere afaict

The Starbucks Union-Busting Playbook

Workers Say Starbucks Uses Long-Ignored Problems as an Excuse to Close Stores

pics like this warm my cold dead heart

https://twitter.com/labornotes/status/1617937086354706435?s=20&t=n4GoR5-UwOVFncICSp3Q7w

New: Latino immigrant kitchen workers and a group of racially diverse women servers walked out at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Brentwood, Tennessee, on Saturday, January 14. They say their employer is serving up of a toxic brew of racism and sexism.https://t.co/adHmDEFDTA pic.twitter.com/zD8MozN7wl

— Labor Notes (@labornotes) January 24, 2023

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-and-msnbc-staffers-walk-off-the-job-in-contract-dispute

On a happier note

🔥💯🤝 pic.twitter.com/xwSTduMt2F

— HarperCollins Union on strike since 11/10/22 (@hcpunion) February 10, 2023

After four days of voting, membership has RATIFIED the March 9th Tentative Agreement 344-8. This ratification landslide and the gains of our new Collective Bargaining Agreement are a historic achievement for our union.

(1/11)

— TUGSA (@TUGSA_6290) March 13, 2023

That is very inspiring.

Support some awesomeness

https://www.bandcampunited.org/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bandcamp-union-1234695308/

If you’re not following what a joke-authoritarian-parody UCU has become, they combined “two questions” as one question in an e-ballot to ensure HQ achieved what they wanted — pausing the strikes /and/ giving members a vote on the “deal” (which isn’t a deal, it’s an insult). https://t.co/2gnDdZCJH0

— Philip Proudfoot (@PhilipProudfoot) March 17, 2023

Much controversy at present around UCU (UK university union).

A better summary:

To whoever is running @ucu twitter comms

Please, read the room. And stop with the happy-shiny.

Members are confused.
We are angry and feel let down.
The e-ballot question is shockingly bad.
This dispute has yet to deliver anything in writing.

Promises don't pay bills.

— Hannah Wilkinson (@DrHWilkinson) March 16, 2023

Somehow I missed this. The British passport office is going on strike for…. 5 weeks!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64981979

There are enough union Starbucks shops now to have a nationwide strike. Going to go out to a local one here and try to get some photos.

BREAKING: Workers at over 100+
Starbucks stores across the country are striking to demand an end to Starbucks' illegal union-busting campaign. While the company keeps a metaphorical 'empty chair' for us in the boardroom, we're demanding a real seat at the table! #StarbucksStrike

— Starbucks Workers United (@SBWorkersUnited) March 22, 2023

new minor league baseball deal

Details on pay increases in the minor leagues:

Complex league: From $4,800 per year to $19,800
Low-A: $11,000 to $26,200
High-A: $11,000 to $27,300
AA: $13,800 to $30,250
AAA: $17,500 to $35,800

Players will be paid almost year-round, aside from a six-week break in the winter.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 30, 2023

great day for Bernie

that is a hell of a deal!

glad they got an increase but that's still not really livable wages, even with the teams providing housing and some slop

Bandcamp United have delivered their initial petition; you may sign up for a Public Campaign Call on Monday here:

bit.ly/bcu-update

Bah: https://bit.ly/bcu-update

In 2019, two major gold-industry giants in Nevada merged ops. Over the past year+, current & former workers have shared disturbing workplace issues, harassment & more w/ our reporters. This week, union workers secured a contract ✊https://t.co/0Wfuj0dkbg

— Paige Blankenbuehler (@PaigeBlank) March 31, 2023