An #AntiApartheid #GeneralStrike for basic civil rights began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1988. The #Apartheid government of #SouthAfrica brutally suppressed the action by #Black #unions, opening fire on crowds of demonstrators in the #townships. The #strikers held out for two days.

Associated Press: Actors’ union approves 4-year contract with studios and streamers. “Television and movie actors on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services, a month after their union leaders negotiated a deal they say provides protections against synthetic actors created by artificial intelligence.”

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Associated Press: Actors’ union approves 4-year contract with studios and streamers

Associated Press: Actors’ union approves 4-year contract with studios and streamers. “Television and movie actors on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract with studios …

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‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart

Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country

The Guardian
Portugal national strike against attack on unions – government wants cheap labour, sackings and no strikes - Workers Revolutionary Party

A second general strike in six months which started on Tuesday evening disrupted services across Portugal on Wednesday and continued into Thursday. The nationwide action, which involved workers in both the public and private sectors, halted trains, cancelled hundreds of flights and closed almost all the country’s schools, as trade unions protested against the right-wing […]

Workers Revolutionary Party
@aSweetGentleman Unions work! (Not always as directly or quickly as you want, but…) https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/iww-wobblies-starbucks-union/ #labor #unions #iww
We Can Thank the Wobblies for the Biggest Labor Story of the Year

The radical tactics of the IWW are better suited to the bleak US jobs landscape than those of mainstream trade unions.

The Nation
The rights of workers deserve to be preserved by the people of #salisburymd. Join us as we work to secure their fair treatment as employees who serve you! #Maryland #delmarva #easternshore #Fairlabor #collectivebargaining #progressives #workersrights #Unions #marylandstrong

Months of demonstrations across Bolivia are morphing into a general strike and all-out rebellion. Here, Indigenous women shout slogans during an ...

For more than two months, Bolivian Indigenous and working people have been protesting the repressive measures imposed by the government of conservative President Rodrigo Paz, in office since Nov. 8, 2025.#world #bolivia #imperialism #indigenous #indigenouspeople #latinamerica #unions
Rebellion from below threatens overthrow of Bolivia’s new right-wing government

Rebellion from below threatens overthrow of Bolivia’s new right-wing government

For more than two months, Bolivian Indigenous and working people have been protesting the repressive measures imposed by the government of conservative President Rodrigo Paz, in office since Nov. 8, 2025.

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