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#workerrights

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Ned Yeung

A reminder that it was only 3 days before 4,000 education workers in Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public, and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts reached a tentative agreement "higher than the original wage mandates imposed by the Alberta government", that Medicine Hat workers rejected a deal for a measly 3% annual wage increase which doesn't keep up with inflation, which their employer called a "final offer" (which is a bullshit line unless you intend on violating legislated labour laws).

Now 3 days later, their bargaining position has completely changed. There is no way that the Medicine Hat school district can continue to hold out when 4,000 fellow Alberta education workers have won a fair contract and in the words of Alberta CUPE president Rory Gil, "finally won the respect they deserve".

This is such an important lesson in solidarity and the power of collective action. This win will snowball and start a domino effect, ending strikes across Alberta with fair contracts for workers. We only have power when we stay strong and stand together.

Understand that those 5 months (Fort Mac) and 2 months (Edmonton) that 4,000 education workers spent in abysmal deep freeze temperatures were a fight for all of our rights as workers to fair pay and respect, as the valuable force which keeps our society running. This was not just a win for those 4,000 deserving workers. It was a win for all of us.

This is how all the labour laws and legislation which makes our working lives bearable have been earned. Health benefits, weekends, maternity leave, wage increases, reasonable working hours, overtime pay, paid holidays, vacation time, workplace standards, the right to refuse unsafe work, protection against discrimination. We owe it all to our steadfast union workers.

Thank a union worker today. In Solidarity.

alberta.cupe.ca/2025/03/12/med

CUPE Alberta · Medicine Hat school support workers reject government offer - CUPE AlbertaMEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA – Members of CUPE 829 at the Medicine Hat Public Schools have rejected a so called “final offer” from their employer. The vote, conducted by the Alberta Labour Relations Board at the request of the School District, was completed over the last two days. Results (unofficial): Yes: 20.9% No: 79.1% Total votes: ... Read more...
#solidarity#unionstrong#union
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Ned Yeung

Wow, so it turns out that wrongful dismissal based on discrimination against diversity was not legal or constitutional after all? Who would have thought?

'Thousands of federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a U.S. district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because he said they were terminated unlawfully.

"It is a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that is a lie," Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, said before issuing his ruling from the bench.

The Thursday decision marks a significant stand against President Trump's sweeping efforts to remake the federal government. The White House pledged to appeal.'

npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-53259

Politics Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules Updated March 13, 20252:59 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered By Chris Arnold, Emily Feng 3-Minute Listen <Image: Protesters hold signs in solidarity at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on March 4. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images> Thousands of federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a U.S. district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because he said they were terminated unlawfully. "It is a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that is a lie," Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, said before issuing his ruling from the bench. The Thursday decision marks a significant stand against President Trump's sweeping efforts to remake the federal government. The White House pledged to appeal.
#uspol#WorkerRights
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Miss Gayle

Sub-living wage jobs should be illegal.

All jobs should come in fixed blocks of either 20 hours or 40 hours per week, chosen by the employee.

Cities, Counties, and States should send a bill each month to every corporation for ever dime of means-tested benefits and services provided to their employees (w/out naming them, of course).

Article: sherwood.news/personal-finance

Multiple jobholder rates are the highest they’ve been since the Great Recession 5.4% of American adults were juggling more than one job last month — the highest share in 15+ years. Hyunsoo Rim, 3/10/25 For more and more US adults in the current economy, it seems like just one job is no longer enough. According to Friday’s job report, the number of multiple jobholders in the US surged to a record 8.9 million in February, the highest figure since data tracking began in 1994. That’s 5.4% of all employed workers — a level last seen in April 2009.
#Employment#Economy#LivingWage
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kuchinster
“Real freedom exists only where exploitation has been destroyed, where there is no oppression of some people by others, where there is no unemployment and poverty, where man does not tremble for the fact that tomorrow he may lose his job, his home, his bread.”  

Joseph Vissarionovich #Stalin
#freedom #fear #oppression #unemployment #poverty #quotation #history #humanrights #workerrights

Yogthos schrieb den folgenden Beitrag Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:49:51 +0100 The most oppressive regimes are those where people are deprived of their basic needs, such as food to eat, housing to live in, or access to healthcare when they get sick.

People in capitalist societies live in daily terror that losing their job could leave them penniless on the streets or unable to retire with dignity. True freedom is not the bourgeois 'liberty' to starve, it's about ensuring that basic needs are protected as inherent human rights.

#capitalism #economics #BreadNotFear
hub.hubzilla.deHubzilla.de
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Ned Yeung

Please, please, please give Educational support workers a fair deal, Edmonton Public Schools, and lift the secret mandates, UCP!

We stand by each and every one of you at CUPE 3550, and reject the dismissive, hateful, and harmful words of UCP Minister of Finance Nate Horner, and others who seek to belittle what you do for our children, and suggest that you do not deserve a living wage!

CUPE Local 3550 Check your emails for the full update! Bargaining UPDATE We have been informed that the employer has invited us back to the bargaining table, with discussions set to resume the day after our scheduled day of action. Please check your emails for further details. We WILL still be having our Education Day of Action tomorrow at the Centre for Education.
#unionstrong#Union#abpoli
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Dragon Daddy

Excited about my new role and coursework over the coming year. I started a newsletter if you’re interested in any of the following topics.

If you’re interested in updates, here are the tooics generally covered:
Rethinking/reimagining #philanthropy
#nonprofits
#Funding
#Community #Care
#antiviolence work
#Labor #Exploitation
#HumanTrafficking
#workerrights

Link to Newsletter: wadearvizu.com/2025/01/06/janu

#hoosiermast
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Weizenbaum-Institut

Digital labor platforms in Africa offer both opportunities & challenges, with marginalized workers facing dispossession despite tech advancements. In this study, Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika (@unibremen, @DAIR) calls for policy reforms to protect worker autonomy & ensure equitable participation in economic shifts.

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.3

#Digital #WorkerRights #GigEconomy #PlatformEconomy #Africa #socialscience #research #wjds @WZB_Berlin @towardsfairwork @milamiceli @tuberlin @FOKUSpublic

WEIZENBAUM JOURNAL OF THE DIGITAL SOCIETY VOL. 05 ISSUE 1. Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika: Trapped in the Matrix Algorithmic Control and Worker Dispossession in the African Platform Economy
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Ms. Que Banh

Millions are expected to join the nationwide mobilization launched by a combination of central trade #unions and an united front of #farmers called the #SamyuktaKisanMorcha.

India’s major farmers and workers unions are coming together to launch a nationwide mobilization on Tuesday, November 26, to demand the government address the distress faced by the majority of the country’s population of farmers and workers.

A call for nationwide #protests was given by the united farmers front, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and a joint platform of the Central Trade Unions earlier this month. Left-affiliated farmer’s organizations All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), All India Agricultural Workers Union (ALAWU), and Center for Indian Trade Unions (CITU), one of India’s largest trade union federations, are part of the call to mobilize.

peoplesdispatch.org/2024/11/23

#TootSEA#India#WorkersStrike
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Koen Hufkens, PhD

"By tricking you into thinking of yourself as a "consumer" who benefits from low prices, they get you to stop thinking of yourself as a worker who suffers from low wages."

The last election was lost to consumers, not citizens. @pluralistic calls to unionize for a general (heck, global) strike in 2028. We desperately need one to break the backs of big tech/business robber barons. We probably needed it yesterday.

pluralistic.net/2024/11/11/rip

pluralistic.netPluralistic: General Strike 2028 (11 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
#UnionStrong#citizenship#unions
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Alex Ștefănescu

7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media released a report: "Tech Workers’ Testimonies: Stories of Suppression of Palestinian Advocacy in the Workplace".

7amleh.org/2024/11/11/tech-wor

The companies tracked in the report " have overwhelmingly responded
to workplace advocacy for Palestine with censorship, suppression, and silencing".

"The felt sense from workers that tech companies are in violation of their own
commitments to DEI"

7amleh.orgTech Workers’ Testimonies: Stories of Suppression of Palestinian Advocacy in the WorkplaceTech Workers’ Testimonies: Stories of Suppression of Palestinian Advocacy in the Workplace
#palestine#digitalrights#workerrights
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