so much for the tolerant SPCA
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 16 July 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
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
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 21 July 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
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
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 21 July 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
UNANIMOUS WIN!DALLAS IS A UNION TOWN!!!!— SBWU Mockingbird Station (@sbwumbs) July 29, 2022
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 30 July 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
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
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 29 August 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
71% of Americans support labor unions
https://news.gallup.com/poll/398303/approval-labor-unions-highest-point-1965.aspx
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
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
― Left, Thursday, 8 September 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
who gives a shit tbrr
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 September 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
I do
― Left, Thursday, 8 September 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
why?
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 8 September 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link
shouldn't need fucking spelling out
― Left, Friday, 9 September 2022 05:46 (one year ago) link
well at least now we know what the M in RMT really stands for.
― calzino, Friday, 9 September 2022 05:49 (one year ago) link
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
― devvvine, Friday, 9 September 2022 06:23 (one year ago) link
these fucking people shouldn't have any influence on unions and their strike planning and they aren't the majority imo
― calzino, Friday, 9 September 2022 06:30 (one year ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 9 September 2022 06:48 (one year ago) link
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?
― calzino, Friday, 9 September 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
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
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 September 2022 12:21 (one year ago) link
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
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:54 (one year ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:39 (one year ago) link
Plans by @BirkbeckUoL to sack 140 staff are a disaster for the university, its students and its staffUCU 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.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 12:10 (one year ago) link
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
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
yeah they're doing it everywhere afaict
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
The Starbucks Union-Busting Playbook Workers Say Starbucks Uses Long-Ignored Problems as an Excuse to Close Stores
Workers Say Starbucks Uses Long-Ignored Problems as an Excuse to Close Stores
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Saturday, 26 November 2022 04:03 (one year ago) link
pics like this warm my cold dead heart
https://twitter.com/labornotes/status/1617937086354706435?s=20&t=n4GoR5-UwOVFncICSp3Q7w
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 10 February 2023 01:04 (one year ago) link
On a happier note
🔥💯🤝 pic.twitter.com/xwSTduMt2F— HarperCollins Union on strike since 11/10/22 (@hcpunion) February 10, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 February 2023 02:17 (one year ago) link
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
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:04 (one year ago) link
That is very inspiring.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 06:11 (one year ago) link
Support some awesomeness
https://www.bandcampunited.org/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bandcamp-union-1234695308/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 17 March 2023 00:52 (one year ago) link
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).
― the pinefox, Friday, 17 March 2023 14:47 (one year ago) link
A better summary:
To whoever is running @ucu twitter commsPlease, 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
― the pinefox, Friday, 17 March 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Somehow I missed this. The British passport office is going on strike for…. 5 weeks! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64981979
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 13:52 (one year ago) link
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
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
new minor league baseball deal
Details on pay increases in the minor leagues:Complex league: From $4,800 per year to $19,800Low-A: $11,000 to $26,200High-A: $11,000 to $27,300AA: $13,800 to $30,250AAA: $17,500 to $35,800Players will be paid almost year-round, aside from a six-week break in the winter.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 30, 2023
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 30 March 2023 04:17 (one year ago) link
great day for Bernie
― symsymsym, Thursday, 30 March 2023 04:17 (one year ago) link
that is a hell of a deal!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 30 March 2023 09:02 (one year ago) link
glad they got an increase but that's still not really livable wages, even with the teams providing housing and some slop
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 March 2023 12:23 (one year ago) link
Bandcamp United have delivered their initial petition; you may sign up for a Public Campaign Call on Monday here:
bit.ly/bcu-update
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 March 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
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
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 31 March 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
Whaddup WGA
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 17:01 (eleven months ago) link
"AI can't write Tariq's raps!" Abbott Elementary writer/creator/actor @quintabrunson holds the line, alongside #AFM47 musicians outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank 5/5#WGAstrike #WGAstrong #dothewritething pic.twitter.com/gbcKQkAL6H— AFM Local 47 (@AFMLocal47) May 8, 2023
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 May 2023 20:06 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-coral-reef-of-humanity-encircling
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 8 May 2023 20:28 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/business/media/netflix-writers-strike.html
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 11 May 2023 21:06 (eleven months ago) link
The Nolan piece was enlightening and changed my mind in some ways, but I still think that people whining that they’re not getting paid enough when the average WGA member salary is 100k is a bit ridiculous. I know that’s probably a minority opinion, but oh well
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 May 2023 21:51 (eleven months ago) link
what percentage of WGA members are on a salary
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Thursday, 11 May 2023 22:09 (eleven months ago) link
You should put that opinion back in your pants table
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 11 May 2023 22:12 (eleven months ago) link
That “average pay” statistic reminds me of how cities try to bust teachers unions with propaganda bullshit like, “THE AVERAGE TEACHER MAKES $75K/YEAR AND THEY GET SUMMERS OFF!” Right, and new teachers make shit, teachers work 12 hour days, pay out of pocket for classroom supplies, and are paying off six-figure student loan debt. And that’s not coming close to scratching the surface. I suspect the majority of writers don’t make $100k/year, but good for those who do. And those who do make that much, it’s from the residuals that studios are fighting against, which is one of the key reasons for the strike. Those making that much aren’t striking because they’re not getting paid enough (though relative to studio execs, they absolutely are not getting paid enough), but because younger writers and those just entering the field will never get paid that much, or anything close to it, if the execs get their way.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 May 2023 22:12 (eleven months ago) link