https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/victoria-uber-contract-rideshare-9.7205751

WOO congratulations! It can be done. I'm so glad that the false "independent contractor" mode of exploitation is breaking down. Labour organizers and workers have been working so hard for this.

#Unions #UFCW #UnionStrong #Uber #BCPoli #VictoriaBC

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I do not understand why they are not "employees".
They are not independent contractors....
UFCW agreed that they "are somewhere in the middle", and I agree that it is better they have some rep.. .but I am concerned about the model.
#uber #regulate #BCpoli #labour #ufcw

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-after-organizing-victorias-uber-drivers-union-officials-hope-to-do-the/

Striking "contractors" seek #union protection: They are just using a middleman to just deny us our rights. Whenever we raise our voice, they just say, ‘You don’t work for us.'

https://globalnews.ca/news/11848540/saskatoon-dragonfly-drivers-look-to-unionize-strike/

#Saskatoon #Dragonfly #strike #strikes #unions #contracting #Amazon #UFCW #GigEconomy #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Here's some good news for a Monday morning. The Uber drivers in Victoria, BC who unionized last year have signed their first collective agreement.

I guess it was ratified on April 28, but I only read about it today. Hopefully this will lead to improved conditions for Uber drivers all across Canada.

I don't use or support Uber generally, but if I'm ever out in Victoria, I'll make an exception.

https://www.readthemaple.com/uber-drivers-have-won-a-contract-for-the-first-time-in-canada/

#Uber #UFCW #Union #Driver

Colorado #Slaughterhouse Workers Ratify New Contract
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/18/colorado-meatpackers-ratify-new-contract/

from #WorldOutlook
April 17, 2026

On April 12, 2026, members of United Food and Commercial #Workers (#UFCW) Local 7 ratified a new agreement with the JBS Swift beef processing plant in Greeley, #Colorado. A #union press release announcing the vote — with 93% in favor — said the contract contained "all gains, countless improvements, and not a single concession."

"This ... is a testament to the incredible resolve of our members," said Local 7 president Kim Cordova. "These workers stood together on the picket line for three weeks, through extreme weather, because they knew their worth and refused to be disrespected."

#news #politics #USpol #labor #LaborMovement
#immigrants #WorkersRights
@unions

#Colorado #Meatpackers End #Strike, Will Return to Work
https://world-outlook.com/2026/04/06/colorado-meatpackers-end-strike-will-return-to-work/

from #WorldOutlook
April 6, 2026

“The company walked away,” Cordova told the crowd of more than 800 #workers from the day shift picket lines. “They believed that you would not walk out on strike.”

But of the 3,800 workers in the plant represented by the #union, 94% did walk on March 16, marking the first major packinghouse strike in 40 years.[1]

The workers’ action had an impact, according to the union. About 60% of the cattle earmarked for JBS went to competitors as the company tried to operate with the remaining hourly workforce and supervisors.

“The problem is the way we are being treated,” Hector Vargas told World-Outlook before the April 3 union meeting at the parking lot. “To keep up with work means taking a beating. And you cannot go to the bathroom. They make you wait a long time — if they let you go.”

#news #politics #USpol #labor #LaborMovement
#immigrants #WorkersRights #UFCW

Her union has been going from workplace to workplace to talk with workers about the need for “a general strike pledge to protect workplaces and ...

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.#labor #afl-cio #essentialworkers #internationalsolidarity #internationalworkersday #internationalism #laborhistory #labormovement #mayday #maydaystrong #peoplesworld #ufcw
Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

Colorado JBS meatpacking strike enters second week

Greeley, CO – JBS Greeley workers are starting the first weekend of their strike strong, with over 1000 picketing outside the meatpacking plant on March 20.

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 union members and JBS workers alike wrapped around the block outside the JBS factory on Friday. People crowded along the barrier on 8th Avenue and danced to music in Spanish and English, forming conga lines with supporters and strike marshals.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/colorado-jbs-meatpacking-strike-enters-second-week