On #MayDay Trump admin fired a mine safety commissioner & closed the #Pittsburgh office of the agency that handles mine safety disputes.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-coal-miners-doge-fmshrc
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) - 1977 Act.
https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2026/05/07/friday-night-massacre-at-mine-safety-review-commission/
#Muji Workers United #organize with the #IWW Industrial Workers of the World
https://nwlaborpress.org/2026/05/workers-go-wobbly-at-muji-store-in-portland/
#COB - Bolivia Workers Centre - #GeneralStrike https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/7/protests-in-bolivia-escalate-amid-economic-turmoil-and-policy-demands
Bolivian Workers’ Centre (COB) reached an agreement with farmers and Indigenous groups to continue their general strike.
https://paydayreport.com/bolivian-general-strike-intensifies-20-000-seafarers-stranded-at-sea-by-war-on-iran-belmont-stakes-wont-recognize-union/
#Hormuz / Persian Gulf = nautical prison for 20,000+ low-wage seafarers; Not classified as prisoners of war, they’re stuck inside a two months + emergency & running low on basic provisions.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-hormuz-sailors-ships-stranded-07f792a7
Industrial Disputes 13th May 2026
(Thanks Sarah Missen)
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/workers-ai-power-plants-south
#Ai management power grab, disguised as “inevitable technical upgrade”
Workers used four strategies proven in the past: name the real problem; unionize it; ransom it; and block it.
https://labornotes.org/2026/03/four-union-strategies-fight-ai
Rank & File Southern Workers
https://southernworker.org/rankandfile/
#Ai #labourmovement #organize #rankandfile #solidarity #unions
The AI build-out depends on gas turbines and power transformers made by a handful of workers at a handful of plants in the US South. That bottleneck is a vulnerability — and a rare opportunity for labor to exercise real power over the tech giants.
Há uma semana, celebrávamos o #PrimeiroDeMaio. Mas quando é que começaram essas celebrações?
Portugal, e #Lisboa, estiveram lá e Ana Alcântara, convidada do podcast "Histórias de Lisboa", faz uma viagem à história do movimento e da Lisboa operária.
🎧 É a nossa sugestão de serão / fim-de-semana para ouvir aqui:
https://expresso.pt/podcasts/historias-de-lisboa/2026-05-01-o-primeiro-1-de-maio-da-historia-lisboa-esta-entre-as-cidades-do-mundo-em-que-se-comecou-a-assinalar-a-data-em-1890-86022f4b
#Histodons #SciComm #LabourMovement #MayDay #DiaDoTrabalhador #MovimentoOperário
#3CR #ASU #communityradio #councilworkers #Iran #labourmovement
#maritimeworkers #MUA #organize #Solidarity #strikes #unions
In this episode of Stick Together we chat with Tash Wark, Secretary of the ASU Vic/Tas Branch about the multi-council campaign they are running in metropolitan Melbourne. We also hear a statement given by Dave Ball in regional town Geelong on the war in Iran. Geelong is quickly becoming one of Australia's biggest defence industry towns with the Geelong Defence Alliance and Geelong on the Rise projects.
Asia Floor Wage Alliance
https://asia.floorwage.org/
Global Labor Justice
https://globallaborjustice.org/
Portland Association of Teachers
https://www.pdxteachers.org/
Portland Jobs With Justice
https://jwjpdx.org/portlandjobswithjustice/blogs-with-justice/calendar/
Labour Behind The Label
https://labourbehindthelabel.org/
#educationworkers #garmentworkers #labourmovement #Nike #organize #solidarity #unions #workingpoor
Peter Riley
IHC