#support the strikers

[violetthekiller]

Footage of the teachers, junior doctors and tube workers on strike yesterday in London (15/03/23) Source

Today it was announced that NHS unions have negotiated a new 5% pay rise for all staff which will now be proposed to union members. STRIKES WORK! UNIONS WORK! Source

#uk politics #support the strikers

[iww-gnv]

Major films in production including the Avatar and Gladiator sequels are looking likely to be affected by Hollywood actors taking strike action. Promotional events such as red-carpet premieres will also be affected, such as Disney film Haunted Mansion, released later this month. Events including the Emmys and Comic-Con may be rescheduled or scaled back. In the industry's biggest shutdown for over 60 years, some 160,000 performers stopped work at midnight in LA. The announcement followed similar strike action from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), and brought most US film and TV productions to a halt.

#sag aftra #sag aftra strike #hollywood #news #labor unions #union strong #support the strikers

[leftmusing]

a brief summary of the state of the uk from the last week. who wants to resurrect guy fawkes?

source: ukfactcheckpolitics on instragram

#monad.txt #politics #leftism #uk politics #ukpol #uk fact check politics #liz truss #boris johnson #liz truss resigns #conservatives #tories #anti tory #tories out #anti government #uk pol #poverty #support the strikers #uk strikes #general election now

[sporkberries]

Seeing people say dumb shit like “ i dont know how you expect me to support some hollywood strike when teachers are paid so little” first of all both writers and teachers should have livable wages and second of all YOU PEOPLE ARE SO DAMN CLOSE.

The problem is the system. The problem is capitalism

#spork says stuff #anyways #support the strikers #writers are having the profits they generate stolen from them #and chances are #you are too! #support the strikes #and also help unionize your work place

[earhartsease]

I like seeing an outsider's perspective on what's going on here in the UK

#uk politics #strikes #support the strikers

[fayrobertsuk]

It’s Striking

Here’s the thing: the mail strikes are going to inconvenience me this year (have already done so - I get my meds via post), but I can mitigate against that. The nursing strikes, thank goodness, did not affect me directly, but I can see how they might if the future ones are necessary. Rail strikes are less of a thing for me currently as I’m not risking exposing my knackered immune system to public transport. That’s not the point.

All these events are inconveniencing people, making some parts of their lives harder, but if you’re not thinking about how workers choosing to protest in the only way left available to them - by withdrawing their labour, and crucially, not getting paid - and how vital these services are just by how they impact you, I don’t know what to tell you.

Everyone. EVERYONE needs to have the means at their disposal to live well, cover their basic needs of food and water, shelter, warmth, stability, security, family. EVERYONE. I’m not talking about deserving, I’m talking about needing. Every person on this planet needs the access to sustainable, secure living. And yes, I include in that criminals and drug users and people who don’t want to work. Everyone has the right to survival. The people on strike don’t have that. Their pay and conditions are so bad that people are leaving their organisations in droves, and those left are not being supported (not least because it’s proving difficult to replace the colleagues they’ve lost). They’re struggling to feed and safely house themselves and their families. This CANNOT be happening in the 21st Century, where we have more obscenely wealthy people than ever.

Union members think long and very hard before striking; it’s a huge matter for debate and negotiation, and is voted on by everyone in the union before the action is taken. Striking is a last resort, which should tell you a LOT.

So if you’re feeling angry or inconvenienced about it, do not blame the strikers - they are making an incredibly courageous move, and it’s the fault of the people failing to give them the means for survival (crucially - people who are incredibly wealthy and secure) that your post and your non-urgent medical appointments are being delayed, and you’re having to find other ways to get to work and school, etc. It’s on those failing to negotiate meaningfully, the greedy people putting profit above the safety and security of people like you. Don’t be fooled by media manipulation - those on strike have far more in common with you than you have with those telling you that the strikers are wrong. Never forget that. And never forget the importance of collective bargaining and the fact that rich people need you, and that you have more power than you realise.

#industrial action #support the strikers #strike #rail strike #postal worker strike #royal mail strike #nurses strike #collective bargaining #join a union #I'm BEGGING you #strength in numbers #capitalism #late stage capitalism #fay speaks #striking

[dogin8]

Every time I see people calling strikers selfish or complaining about how much it impacts them or how much it inconveniences them that other people are protesting for worker's rights

Like do they not realise that any happiness or comfort they have experienced in life is built on a foundation of worker's rights and former successful strikes and protests?

#support the strikers #of course i understand that you are being negatively affected because you rely on certain services and can't use them now because of this #but you have to understand that it is the managements fault for giving their worker's these unliveable conditions in the first place

[down-therabbithole]

Support the strikers!!

#uk politics #support the strikers #respect the picket lines #fuck the tories #Youtube

[avianvowel]

#support the strikers #labor unions #workers rights

[violetthekiller]

What we like to see!!!

Now give a similar deal to the NHS workers rather then the measly 5% that was proposed!

#uk politics #support the strikers

[definitely-not-a-real-phd-diary]

I had a bad week and didn't get everything done that I was meant to and one of my supervisors just replied with "Do not worry we all have good and bad weeks" on Friday evening

Compassionate academics are the best and we must cherish them.

#grad student #Academics #i would not have made it through a single degree without the encouragement & compassion & joy in their research that lecturers showed me #phd struggles #phd life #Phdchat #Studyblr #I s2g find an academic and make them be your friend #Supportthestrikes #support the strikers #ucu

[visionsofthefu]

Westminster is full of crooks. I can't believe this useless buffoon is worth so much.

Yet, they demonise health workers for asking to be better valued...

#politics #uk #support the strikers

[tuttle-did-it]

Yay the WGA strike has reached a peaceful agreement. Please continue to support the SAG-AFTRA strikes, especially now that the Video Game Actors have just voted to strike.

Good luck to all who are striking in any profession, anywhere.

(And a fuck you to Thatcher who made striking in the UK so difficult.)

#strikes work #support strikes #wga strike #sag aftra #sag strike #sag afra strike #support strikers #actors #fuck thatcher the milk snatcher

[earhartsease]

this blog supports all striking workers in the UK (and wherever they fight for their rights)

yes it causes temporary inconvenience, but yes these people are being expected to work in unsustainable conditions for too little money to live on, in a time of government-caused wild inflation, and the more strikes there are the sooner we can be rid of the Tories please

#support the strikers #uk politics #fuck the tories

[thatmightyheart]

pre-orders are open for some new designs!

including p5 little devils + sophia & zenkichi scramble sillies + shukita sleebies also trying out some fun new original enamel pin designs so please feel free to check them out :Dc

💗 shop link here! 💗

pre-orders end 07 AUG 2023! please take care to double check your address when ordering, there's no rush ^^

thank you so much as always for your interest and support!! 💛

#persona 5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #shukita #p5 #persona 5 strikers #persona 5 scramble #p5s #shopdates #snakes // #long post // #it's been a minute since i did pre-orders.. #ty in advance for your support! :')

[aquitainequeen]

Sera Gamble talking about the absolutely crucial roles that writers have on set!

#long post #wga strike #wga strong #writer's guild of america strike #writer's guild of america #do the write thing #support the strikers! #support the writers!