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#workersrights

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Adam Beer

The Air Canada strike situation is an unmitigated disgrace.

First of all, getting no pay for mandatory work while the plane is on the ground is fucking insane, and it apparently being industry standard practice (which I had no idea of before today) makes it so much worse. Unions explicitly agreeing to it in the past doesn't make that any less true; I dearly hope those unions had damn good reasons at the time, because any union worth its salt would know that this is textbook wage theft, and sends the message that this type of labour is not valuable. A message that is, of course, a lie, because if it wasn't valuable it wouldn't be mandatory!

The other prong of this hellscape is that forcing people back to work should never be allowed, in any industry, in any context. Causing economic damage is precisely the purpose of strikes; that's what motivates the company to give the workers what they want. If the company is so big and central to the economy that a strike will significantly damage the entire economy, then that's not a reason to force people back to work; it's a reason to break up the company!

#airCanada#airCanadaStrike#airlines
David Mitchell :CApride:

Unpaid labour you are required to give your employer to keep your position is straight up exploitation. It’s very simple and should not be allowed under any circumstances. If a business or industry claims it just can’t make ends meet without exploiting its workers, then our answer should be the same as when southern plantation owners made the same ‘economic’ argument.

#WorkersRights#AirCanada#Strike
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧

Rail Workers Warn Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Would 'Simply Line the Pockets of Wall Street'

#RailroadWorkersUnited expressed opposition to any further consolidation of the U.S. rail system—unless it was brought under public ownership.

from #CommonDreams
Jake Johnson
Aug 11, 2025

RWU "opposes this UP-NS merger as well as any and all takeovers, mergers, or other combinations of the remaining Class One railroads under the current system of private ownership," the resolution states.

"The only further consolidation of the continent's rail system that #RWU would support is one that is publicly owned—how most nations' #rail infrastructure is owned and operated today—and where the railroad #workers are included in all aspects of managing #railroad operations," the document concludes.

commondreams.org/news/railroad

#WorkersRights #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #USA #US #USPolitics #sindicatos
#politics

Common Dreams · Rail Workers Warn Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Would 'Simply Line the Pockets of Wall Street' | Common DreamsRailroad Workers United expressed opposition to any further consolidation of the U.S. rail system—unless it was brought under public ownership.
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Ms. Que Banh

This #documentary from Min Sook Lee follows a #poverty stricken father from Central #Mexico along with several of his countrymen, as they make their annual migration to southern #Ontario to pick tomatoes. For 8 months a year, the town's population absorbs 4,000 #MigrantWorkers who toil under conditions, and for wages, that no local would accept. Yet despite a fear of repercussions, the workers voice their desire for dignity and respect.

nfb.ca/film/el_contrato/

National Film Board of CanadaEl ContratoBy Min Sook Lee
#ForeignWorkers#Labourers#FarmWorkers
Ms. Que Banh

On April 6, 1980, the #Canadian #Farmworkers #Union came into existence. This film documents the conditions among #Chinese and #EastIndian #ImmigrantWorkers in #BritishColumbia that provoked the formation of the union, and the response of growers and #labour contractors to the threat of #unionization. Made over a period of two years, the #documentary film is eloquent testimony to the progress of the #WorkersMovement from the first stirrings of militancy to the energetic canvassing of union members.

nfb.ca/film/time-to-rise/

National Film Board of CanadaA Time to RiseBy Anand Patwardhan, Jim Monro
#CanadianImmigrants#BCHistory#CanadianHistory
Mojo ♻️

Amazon has launched Amazon Haul in Australia, a low cost shopping section within its app aimed at competing with ultra cheap online retailers like Temu, Shein and AliExpress. From Thursday, Australians can buy hundreds of thousands of items under $25 in categories such as fashion, beauty, homewares, cookware and pet supplies. Amazon is marketing Haul as a more trusted”l and convenient alternative, with all products required to meet its policies and comply with local laws.

But while Amazon frames this as choice for consumers, the real winners are global mega corporations, not local communities. Flooding the market with ultra cheap imports undercuts Australian small businesses, drives down wages in manufacturing and retail, and accelerates the throwaway culture fuelling our waste crisis. Once again, corporate giants are exploiting global supply chains to squeeze every last cent from workers and customers alike. We’ll need more bike couriers to deliver the junk.

#amazon#ecommerce#onlineshopping
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

First Union Contract for the Alberni Golf Club groundskeepers. They had a 10 day strike.

"“I’ve been working here for 38 years,” said Ak Manhas, a groundskeeper. “I was only getting 17.5 days of vacation pay a year and no benefits. Now thanks to the union I get six weeks’ vacation pay and benefits, which will finally give me more time to spend with my wife and kids and pay for medical bills.””

#Unionize #Union #PortAlberni #Organize #Labour #WorkersRights
albernivalleynews.com/sports/a

Alberni Valley News · Alberni Golf Club groundskeepers end strike, ratify first contractBy Susie Quinn
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Nonilex

One employee at #USCIS said morale was already low at his workplace, but the #union decision drove it lower. He said he complained to his family, many of whom are former #government union members. The advice he got back, he said, was to move on and find a job outside of government.

“I feel like the rug just got pulled from under us,” the employee said. “I joined USCIS & the union for #WorkersRights, but this administration wants to erode all that.”

#Trump#law#LaborLaw
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