Uber
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/13/business/uber-lyft-deliveroo-valentines-strike/index.html
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 20:23 (two months ago) link
On the bad front, the union at the school where I adjunct has secured a tentative agreement that is _fucking wack_, and is not a win at all, particularly for more rank and file members. I am furious and will be voting NO on ratification and withdrawing my card after this is over— honestly, my experience with academic unions has been _so bad_ that I will never voluntarily join a union ever again.
― john shopkins (naus), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 07:26 (two months ago) link
No, it’s a corrupt union leadership working in concert with the school and accepting the first TA offered. I know because two friends who have worked for the AFT told me privately that they agree with me but can’t say so publicly, and told me why. Also, spare me the “you can do such and such.” You think I have time for that when I’m making next to nothing because the union is deferential to management’s needs to fuck over employees? Please . Get one clue.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 12:13 (two months ago) link
Big deal
https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2024/message-from-sara-starbucks-and-workers-united-agree-on-path-forward/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 23:01 (two months ago) link
It's interesting how many European & Korean companies have absolutely no issues with collective bargaining.. even VW was fine with their Tennessee plant going union, it's just part of the businessIt makes it easier to budget when you know what your labor expenses are going to be, years in advance
Corporate America just has this utter contempt for the worker, like they should be fucking grateful to get a fifteen minute break now and then
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 23:31 (two months ago) link
^^^^ Speak of the devil
Under previous leadership at the UAW, the union came close to winning elections in 2014 and 2019 at the plant but came up short after a surge of anti-union organizations and Republican elected officials aggressively opposed the efforts. Similar efforts have already begun during the current campaign at the plant.
US Volkswagen workers file for union election to join United Auto Workers
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/18/volkswagen-workers-file-union-election-to-join-uaw
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 18 March 2024 20:04 (one month ago) link
IATSE seems to be making deals
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/iatse-negotiations-cinematographers-reach-deal-craft-issues-1235857297/amp/
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 23 March 2024 11:38 (one month ago) link
Fuck these people
To be sure, southern politicians have spoken out against the UAW. Tennessee’s governor, Bill Lee, said, “It would be a big mistake for (the VW) workers to risk their future” by unionizing. Alabama’s governor, Kate Ivey, wrote, “Alabama has become a national leader in automotive manufacturing, and all this was achieved without a unionized workforce … Unfortunately, the Alabama model for economic success is under attack.”
(UAW President) Fain fired back, saying that Ivey “dared to say that the economic model of the south is under attack. She’s damn right it is! It’s under attack because workers are fed up with getting screwed.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/uaw-union-drive-south-volkswagen-tennessee
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:08 (one week ago) link
these governors were bought by special interests a long time ago
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:34 (one week ago) link
Well, it's not VW that's paying them off... most of their plants worldwide are already union. It's just this aggressive posture where they don't want to see labor make any gains at all, because pretty soon they'll be coming after the poultry plants that are employing 14 year old undocumented workers and we can't have that
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:47 (one week ago) link
well sure, those are also special interests, but don’t be under any illusions that vw wants unionized plants in the USbtw there has been a lot of organizing effort in TN poultry plants.. a great movie about that here (my mom worked on it) - https://annelewis.org/morristown-in-the-air-and-sun/
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 19:19 (one week ago) link
They did it!!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 20 April 2024 13:27 (one week ago) link
https://tabithaarnold.substack.com/p/these-hands
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 20 April 2024 13:35 (one week ago) link
Studio visit with the leader of the free world! pic.twitter.com/4J6loV6RZC— tabitha (@thetolerantweft) April 18, 2024
White conservative Southern governors don't need to be bought off by special interests — the preservation of cheap labor by any means has been an explicit part of their agenda since the country formed. (Including trying to secede to preserve it, obviously.)
But hell yeah UAW. Shawn Fain looking like one of the strongest, smartest major union leaders in years.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 April 2024 16:50 (one week ago) link
Alabam's next!
https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/inside-uaws-latest-alabama-mercedes-benz-plant-union-push-will-this-time-be-different.html
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 April 2024 18:12 (one week ago) link
Some more good news:
BREAKING: 4 million workers will now take home more money when they work more than 40 hours a week under a new Labor Dept. rule released today. The changes would make it so salaried workers earning less than about $59k annually would automatically be due overtime pay.— Rebecca Rainey (@RebeccaARainey) April 23, 2024
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:55 (six days ago) link
They've also just outlawed noncompete agreements.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:00 (six days ago) link
got this fucked-up spam on my work email today.. for some kind of webinar
What Managers Need to Know as The Union Knocks on the Door
Managers and Supervisors are taken to task every day in managing their Non represented employees. It is important for them to learn the Initial warning signs of Union Organizing long before a Union gets the appropriate number of signed Authorization Cards and the NLRB Conducts a secret Election. Learn here the best Election is the one that is never held.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:02 (six days ago) link
xp ok that's some real progress!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:16 (six days ago) link
I’m surprised the overtime rule only affects 4m people. Is it only federal workers or something?
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:20 (six days ago) link
overtime-exemption impacted workers will be the intersection of exceeded the previous salary threshold, below, the new threshold, and already passing the "primarily perform executive, administrative, or professional duties" exemption test
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:27 (six days ago) link
Starting the conversation about the nuts and bolts reality of how to pull off a 2028 general strike. (Which is truly possible.) https://t.co/5fyNBrO5oH— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) April 23, 2024
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 00:07 (five days ago) link
dare to dream (I am in favor)
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 00:10 (five days ago) link