#picketing

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Striking members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) picket on 7th Avenue between 36th and 37th Streets, March 6, 1958. The strike, then in its second day, involved 105,000 workers in seven eastern states, 65,000 of them in the New York City area. The strike was the first in 25 years and union officials said it was "100 percent effective."

Photo: Associated Press via U Calif Irvine School of Social Sciences

#vintage New York #1950s #ILGWU #strike #unions #pickets #picketing #March 6 #6 March #women's unions #labor action #organized labor #overtime #vintage NYC

[brettdoesdiscourse]

I just want to remind everyone (or inform if you haven't heard yet) that Universal trimmed trees that offered shade to picketers while experiencing a heatwave. I just don't want anyone to forget Universal purposefully removed a shaded area to discourage picketing.

#sag aftra #writers strike #wga #wga strike #picketing #picketers #wag strike #sag strike #universal #universal studios #social discourse #discourse #support writers #support wga #support sag #anti capitalism #anti capitalist #brett does discourse

[senoritafish]

Some picketing pics from Riverside in So Cal, where a work friend & I went last Thursday. Probably the majority of coverage was in Sacramento, because that's the capitol, but there was picketing all over the state.

I've worked for the state for nearly 30 years, and this is the 1st time it's come to this - although the pay gap has been an issue since I started.

#strikes #california assiation of professional scientists #CAPS #gavin newsome #riverside ca #picketing #flatgavin

[karihighman]

The Rookie & The Rookie Feds casts came together to support the WGA 👊🪧↕️

#the rookie #the rookie feds #writers strike #writers guild of america #writers guild strike #wga strike #wga solidarity #picketing #niecy nash #nathan fillion #eric winter #shawn ashmore #britt robertson #karaoke #I will always love (the writers) #original songs #they’re fun #alexi hawley #wga strong

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"12,500 STEEL WORKERS OUT AT THREE PLANTS; WAR OUTPUT SUFFERS," Toronto Star. January 14, 1943. Page 1. ---- Loss Set at 170,200 Tons Monthly, Two-Thirds of Nation's Production ---- ASK WAGE BOOST ---- Three of Canada's basic steel producing plants today are tied up by strikes. A total of 12,500 men have quit work at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Sydney and Trenton, N.S., to enforce demands for wage increases.

Five thousand workers at Sydney, N.S. - on strike for the third day - were joined early today by 4,000 at Sault Ste. Marie and 3,500 at Trenton.

Strikes at Sydney and Sault Ste. Marie tied up two of the dominion's three basic steel producing plants. It was estimated by government figures the loss in production at the two plants would amount to; 170,212 tons a month, or two-thirds of the country's basic steel output.

Workers at the Steel Company of Canada at Hamilton have decided to defer strike action until the company management has been approached regarding negotiations with the United Steelworkers of America (C.I.O.).

Picket Lines Set Up The strike at the Sault began officially at 7 a.m. when members of the day shift didn't report. Picket lines were set up.

The strikers were not joined by 500 transportation department employees and machinists, members of American Federation of Labor unions. These entered the plant to work today and were not interfered with by pickets. An additional 500 men engaged on construction work were not direly affected by the strike, it was reported.

It was announced that 300 men had been left in the plant to do maintenance work. No effort was made to stop those who wished to continue their regular work in the plant, but as buses neared the picket lines, a union representative boarded each and read the following statement: "This bus after its next stop will go through a picket line - any working man going through that line to work is undermining the fight of his fellow-workers for decent living standards. Let your conscience be your guide."

#sault ste. marie #sydney nova scotia #trenton #strike #picket line #picketing #steel workers #steel plant #steel industry #algoma steel #dominion steel #united steel workers of america #central industrial organization #hamilton #wage demands #wage increase #wage freeze #price controls #canada during world war 2 #working class struggle

[ethicallysaucedlibraryfaggot]

I have never found so many men actors this attractive than seeing them all at the picket lines

#picket #picketing #picket line #sag strike #wga strike #union strong #solidarity

[arctic-hands]

What's the etymology of "picketing"? Wikipedia doesn't say and I don't care enough to sort thru the AI generated web search results but I am mildly curious

#picketing #not a picket fence spongebob a picket sign!

[ginalover]

ginagershon Picketing in Los Angeles yesterday with @rlagravenese - bumped into one of the “Face Off” writers @mwcolleary - i loved working on that movie- as we were filming the script kept evolving - getting better - and if both writers @mwcolleary and @mlwerb were not on the set rewriting and reworking- the movie would not have been as great as it turned out to be. Hope to get writers back on the sets soon. I fully support the writers on getting whats deserved, whats fair. #wgastrong #wgastrike #faceoff

#gina gershon #picketing #always supporting #wga #LA #ginas IG

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 25, 2023 - Striking stuntman Mike Massa walks in the SAG-AFTRA picket line while on fire. [video]

#sag aftra #strike #actor's strike #writer's strike #industrial action #workers #workers struggle #picket line #gif #2023 #stuntman #unions #screen actors guild #usa

[gingerswagfreckles]

After 146 days, the Writer's Strike has ended with a resounding success. Throughout constant attempts by the studios to threaten, gaslight, and otherwise divide the WGA, union members stood strong and kept fast in their demands. The result is a historic win guaranteeing not only pay increases and residual guarantees, but some of the first serious restrictions on the use of AI in a major industry.

This win is going to have a ripple effect not only throughout Hollywood but in all industries threatened by AI and wage reduction. Studio executives tried to insist that job replacement through AI is inevitable and wage increases for staff members is not financially viable. By refusing to give in for almost five long months, the writer's showed all of the US and frankly the world that that isn't true.

Organizing works. Unions work. Collective bargaining how we bring about a better future for ourselves and the next generation, and the WGA proved that today. Congratulations, Writer's Guild of America. #WGAstrong!!!

#gingerswagfreckles #wga #writer's strike #wga strong #wga strike #do the write thing #sag #sag aftra #sag afta strike #unions #Hollywood #according to the news the strike isnt technically over until a vote can be ratified on Tuesday but in practice its over #pickets r called off immediately amd they got almlst everything theu wanted #so its gonna be ratified for sure #current events #news #AI #artificial intelligence

[acidgirl]

#if one more person tries to act like netflix sending a mediocre band to a picket line as a form of retaliation #is an actual thing that could happen i will kill you #also if you guys can’t handle a little jab at one of the most milquetoast pop bands of the current era #iiiiiiii don’t think you’re ready for this website or the internet in general #just because somsone does good stuff does not mean i have to like their stuff

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Employees of the Fleischer Studios picket the New Criterion Theater to protest the showing of Popeye and other cartoons drawn by striking Fleischer artists, 1937. The five-month strike led to the first union contracts in animation, a later strike at the Disney studios, and groundbreaking new works from frustrated employees who left these animation shops to set out on their own.

Photo: Getty Images/Business Insider

#vintage New York #1930s #labor action #strike #animators #picketing #unions #film industry #cartoons #classic cartoons

[bixels]

In the middle of a strike.

#not art #discourse #you won't be seeing corridor in a picket line if vfx ever strikes #if you support the sag-aftra and wga strike do not support corridor #they're playing into exactly what studios want

[senoritafish]

So, this was me and my co-workers last week. CAL-HR tried to stop us, but since we haven't had a contract for 3 years, and have formally been declared at an impasse, this was declared a legal work stoppage. I think if they were bargaining "in good faith" there would have been a contract long before this. As it is, they keep coming back with the same terms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/11/15/california-scientists-strike/ae3487fc-8424-11ee-924c-6e6807155e36_story.html

Thousands of California scientists strike over stalled contract talks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of scientists who work for California began a rolling three-day strike Wednesday — the first walkout by a state civil service union.

Members of the California Association of Professional Scientists marched under cloudy skies in Sacramento to protest lack of progress in contract talks. The walkout will spread to Los Angeles, Oakland and other cities on Thursday and Friday.

The union represents about 5,200 members who work in more than 50 state departments and deal with issues ranging from air pollution and toxic waste control to earthquake hazards and agricultural pests, according to its website.

Members have been without a contract since 2020 despite bargaining and mediation. The membership rejected a tentative agreement earlier this year. Another state mediation session is planned for Nov. 28.

It is the first time that state workers have struck since civil servants won collective bargaining rights in 1977, The Sacramento Bee reported.

“Nobody wants to be on strike, and nobody wants to be the first,” the union’s president, Jacqueline Tkac, told the Bee. “But it feels really inspiring to know that we have people that are so fired up about our situation that they’re willing to go out on strike for the first time and take that risk.”

Last week, the California Department of Human Resources filed a complaint of unfair labor practices against the union in an attempt to prevent the strike.

On Wednesday, the department said it was disappointed by the strike and that the state continues to bargain “in good faith.”

The state “will continue to work with CAPS to achieve a fair successor agreement as we have with other bargaining units,” department spokesperson Camille Travis said in an email.

The union’s main concern is higher wages. It says state scientists are paid 40% to 60% less than “comparable positions who have the same level of responsibility and do similar or identical work.”

#strikes #california assiation of professional scientists #CAPS #picketing

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

Some strong memage on the PSAC picket line today - on strike for a fair contract and fair wages

#psac strike #psac #strike #picketing #picket line #meme #picket #canadian politics

[alliterative-endlessknot]

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is PICKET/MAGPIE #wotd #picket #magpie

#picket #magpie #pike #picketing #sga #wha #etymology #wotd #connectedatbirth #words #language #linguistics #word nerd #wordnerd #history of the english language #history of english #historical linguistics #lingcomm #lingblr