#unionize

[iww-gnv]

Join the IWW and learn how to organize your workplace today!

#originals #iww #the iww #industrial workers of the world #iww memes #union memes #union strong #unionize

[politijohn]

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#capitalism #news #current events #the left #end capitalism #working class #unionize #workers rights

[anarchywoofwoof]

vice news

ironically i am working right now so i can’t do a full post on this like i would really prefer to do… but these are the most cartoonishly evil people that you could possibly imagine, even in a society as flawed as the one we’ve built for ourselves. these are bedrock groups devoted to protecting the american worker and consumer. massive huge giant waving red flags 🚩

#fuck capitalism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #antiwork #workers rights #organize #unionize

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #food #waffle house #fema #fema scale #worker exploitation #workers rights #union #unionize #ussw #5k #10k #15k #20k

[danu2203]

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL UNION

#UNIONIZE

[destielmemenews]

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#destiel meme #destiel meme news #united states #us news #news #walt disney #walt disney pictures #disney #vfx #vfx animation #visual effects #labor unions #union #unionize #unionization #workers #you have nothing to lose but your chains

[presidentalpaca]

From: Adam Conover ("Adam Ruins Everything")

"Instead of negotiating with us, Netflix decided to open an overpriced restaurant. Here's what we did in front of it. Starring the incomparable Adam Lustick, with concept and props by WGA writer Shawn Wines."

#netflix is nuts for this lmao. what is wrong w them??? 🤦‍♀️ #wga strike #wga #wga strong #union #writers strike #unionize #adam ruins everything #adam conover #adam lustick #shawn wines #netflix #babbles

[reasonsforhope]

"For the first time in almost 60 years, a state has formally overturned a so-called “right to work” law, clearing the way for workers to organize new union locals, collectively bargain, and make their voices heard at election time.

This week, Michigan finalized the process of eliminating a decade-old “right to work” law, which began with the shift in control of the state legislature from anti-union Republicans to pro-union Democrats following the 2022 election. “This moment has been decades in the making,” declared Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber. “By standing up and taking their power back, at the ballot box and in the workplace, workers have made it clear Michigan is and always will be the beating heart of the modern American labor movement.”

[Note: The article doesn't actually explain it, so anyway, "right to work" laws are powerful and deceptively named pieces of anti-union legislation. What right to work laws do is ban "union shops," or companies where every worker that benefits from a union is required to pay dues to the union. Right-to-work laws really undermine the leverage and especially the funding of unions, by letting non-union members receive most of the benefits of a union without helping sustain them. Sources: x, x, x, x]

In addition to formally scrapping the anti-labor law on Tuesday [February 13, 2024], Michigan also restored prevailing-wage protections for construction workers, expanded collective bargaining rights for public school employees, and restored organizing rights for graduate student research assistants at the state’s public colleges and universities. But even amid all of these wins for labor, it was the overturning of the “right to work” law that caught the attention of unions nationwide...

Now, the tide has begun to turn—beginning in a state with a rich labor history. And that’s got the attention of union activists and working-class people nationwide...

At a time when the labor movement is showing renewed vigor—and notching a string of high-profile victories, including last year’s successful strike by the United Auto Workers union against the Big Three carmakers, the historic UPS contract victory by the Teamsters, the SAG-AFTRA strike win in a struggle over abuses of AI technology in particular and the future of work in general, and the explosion of grassroots union organizing at workplaces across the country—the overturning of Michigan’s “right to work” law and the implementation of a sweeping pro-union agenda provides tangible evidence of how much has changed in recent years for workers and their unions...

By the mid-2010s, 27 states had “right to work” laws on the books.

But then, as a new generation of workers embraced “Fight for 15” organizing to raise wages, and campaigns to sign up workers at Starbucks and Amazon began to take off, the corporate-sponsored crusade to enact “right to work” measures stalled. New Hampshire’s legislature blocked a proposed “right to work” law in 2017 (and again in 2021), despite the fact that the measure was promoted by Republican Governor Chris Sununu. And in 2018, Missouri voters rejected a “right to work” referendum by a 67-33 margin.

Preventing anti-union legislation from being enacted and implemented is one thing, however. Actually overturning an existing law is something else altogether.

But that’s what happened in Michigan after 2022 voting saw the reelection of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a labor ally, and—thanks to the overturning of gerrymandered legislative district maps that had favored the GOP—the election of Democratic majorities in the state House and state Senate. For the first time in four decades, the Democrats controlled all the major levers of power in Michigan, and they used them to implement a sweeping pro-labor agenda. That was a significant shift for Michigan, to be sure. But it was also an indication of what could be done in other states across the Great Lakes region, and nationwide.

“Michigan Democrats took full control of the state government for the first time in 40 years. They used that power to repeal the state’s ‘right to work’ law,” explained a delighted former US secretary of labor Robert Reich, who added, “This is why we have to show up for our state and local elections.”"

-via The Nation, February 16, 2024

#michigan #united states #us politics #labor #labor rights #labor unions #capitalism #unions #unionize #gretchen whitmer #democrats #voting matters #right to work #pro union #workers #workers rights #good news #hope

[iww-gnv]

Production workers at Walt Disney Animation Studios have voted to unionize under the Animation Guild, the union announced Wednesday on X. Production coordinators, managers and supervisors at Disney Animation are poised to be represented by Local 839 IATSE, a branch of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Sixty-three of the 68 workers who participated in the election voted in favor of union representation, according to the National Labor Relations Board. “Congratulations to the production workers at Disney Feature Animation!” the Animation Guild posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “With 96% voter turnout, 93% voted yes!!! Let’s celebrate!”

#news #us news #unionize #union strong #iatse #walt disney animation studios #disney #disney animation #hot labor fall

[politijohn]

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#politics #us politics #government #the left #workers #workers rights #unions #unionize #working class #solidarity

[amtrak-official]

So one argument I have heard when talking about unions is the idea that unions are only needed by people who do manual labor, there are 2 things wrong with this statement

A large amount of blue collar workers in the US like Coal Miners, Factory Workers, and Lumber workers are not unionized, this is because of corporate greed destroying the strong unions in these sectors in the 60s and that makes the lives of these people so much worse because they often work in some of the lowest paying fields in the us.

Any workers can be mistreated by management. People like Baristas work in poor conditions for their mental health and are frequently paid low wages for their work. Unions are there to insure workers get compensation for their work in all fields not just ones that are dangerous.

#unions #unionize

[referencees]

It makes me so mad that studios are now trying to go the ‘well what about our OTHER workers🥺🥺🥺. What happens when they can’t feed themselves or lose everything because of these mean mean unions🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺’ route.

Like……shut up lmao. YOU’RE the reason no one is making money. YOU’RE the reason both striking and non-striking workers in the entertainment industry struggle to survive.

And it makes me even more angry that all it took was 2 weeks of work from the Levinson group for people to start to turn on SAG and the WGA. I see people all over the place saying that all the talk show hosts that are continuing their shows have a point, and maybe the unions ARE selfish.

You know what’s really behind all these people struggling so much???? Surprise! It’s still the studios. Everyone could get paid if they met the unions demands. But they won’t, because they are greedy assholes who would rather let their industry collapse then treat their workers like human beings.

Don’t forget that.

#ref rants #wga #wga strike #sag aftra #sag afra strike #pro union #unionize #drew berrymore #Disney #warner bros

[cyarsk52-20]

Fran Drescher out there spitting fire. We are officially on strike. Raise your hand if you stand in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.

#sag aftra #screen actors guild #wga #writers guild of america #writers strike #wga strike #sag strike #Strike #labor organizing #labor unions #unionize #labor rights #union #pay your writers #fran drescher

[quhere]

….idk sometimes I wanna travel back in time to 2013 and grab myself and shake her like: in just ten years, after the plague has wreacked havoc, the Bad Guys ™ will try to use developments in artificial intelligence to threaten the world’s creatives into economic submission

#text post #rambles #tania shut up #labor unions #unionize #writers strike #sag aftra #strike #actors strike #pandemic #ai #artificial intelligence #2023 #2013 #2013 core #support the wga #wga solidarity #wga strike #screen actors guild #1k

[stankrhodes]

my partner today messaging me about starting a union at his job just... really reinforced in me that we are truly witnessing the rise of a very important moment in history for the future of labor in the world. we shouldn't be living the way we do and my full support is with every single person, union, and entity that is fighting for workers' rights and the security of a livable life.

#strikes #labor movements #ups strike #sag strike #wga strike #writers strike #actors guild strike #writers guild strike #actors strike #wga #ups #sag-aftra #wga strong #sag strong #teamsters #unions #unionize #labor rights #labor unions #organizing #capitalism #teachers strike #nurses strike

[i-fucked-your-milkshake]

I love you writer’s strike, I love you pending UPS strike, I love you worker solidarity, I love you collective bargaining, I love you fair compensation, I love you disruption of capitalistic ideal, I love you labor laws, I love you fights for higher minimum wage, I love you unionization, I love you the growing awareness of class solidarity, I love you lower profit margins for better pay

#labor unions #unionize #collective bargaining #writers strike #ups strike #class solidarity