Addendum 1

[thread] Billionaires, existential risk from
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111002623984509563

To Fight the “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Organize a Union
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007385093642160

Excellent:

Canadian Workers, Social-Ecological Crisis & Alternatives
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007701577041244
1 post summary: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111013317276223683

Socialist Project Labour Movement Platform
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007720747994738

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism

Addendum 1 cont'd

Martin Luther King Jr’s 1962 Speech on Civil Rights Unionism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007827547365424

A Labor Day Like No Other
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007860873128677

Young Workers Can Provide Organizing Energy That Unions Desperately Need
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007772939441309

Relevant re: preceding item (i.e. young activists):

U.S. Youngest Party Chair Has Plan for Attracting Voters, Winning Battleground State Elections
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111014382376065699

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism

Addendum 1 cont'd 2/

How the labor movement is showing up for LGBTQ+ rights
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110628907322263172

Which Way Forward, Socialist?
Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of U.S.' largest socialist organization
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110827225077846895

Unionizing Made Me a Different Person
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110622793631399902

Unions, Native People Fight Mining “Reforms” & Police Repression in Argentina
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110648231751326239

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism #lgbt

Addendum 1 cont'd 3/

States are weakening child labor restrictions
New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110648292241537553

905 library strike block party in Bradford 👍️
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110928452784040950
* Striking library workers f. CUPE Local 905 visited their local councilor's block party to talk turkey with local residents

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism #CUPE #ChildLabor

Addendum 2

After month-long strike Canadian union grocery workers ratify contract that improves wages, enhances benefits, sets major precedent for sector
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/metro-grocery-store-unifor-strike-part-time-work-wages

* Unifor announced 3,700 members of Local 414 ratified new contract
* ending a month-long strike at 27 Metro grocery stores in Greater Toronto Area

#Canada #Unifor #MetroInc #TradeUnion #grocers #unions #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #inflation #FoodSecurity #profiteering #WorkersRights

Addendum 2 cont'd

Context

* ongoing cost-of-living crisis, persistent food price inflation, grocery sector profiteering
* political, economic flash point

Unifor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unifor
* Canadian general trade union, largest private sector union

Metro Inc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Inc.
* Canadian food retailer operating in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The

https://persagen.com >> search: Unifor

#Unifor #MetroInc #unions #inflation #profiteering #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations

Addendum 3

Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other
Film & television workers find support f. fellow workers: hotel employees to Teamsters
https://therealnews.com/summer-of-strikes-summer-of-solidarity-la-workers-lean-on-each-other

* Los Angeles a hotbed of labor activity 2023
* picket line creates gathering space wh. coworkers & fellow workers meet / congregate in person, outside of work
* atmosphere of fellowship, newly found common ground.

#HotelWorkers #TradeUnions #unions #Teamsters #LosAngeles #WGA #SAGAFTRA #SEIU #IATSE

Addendum 4

Strike at Chevron reinvigoratee union movement
https://www.economist.com/business/2023/09/07/a-strike-at-chevron-shows-a-reinvigorated-union-movement

* rising public support for unions: 67% approval rate, U.S.
* strikes proliferating: 16 big ones in U.S. 1st 7 months 2023; up f. 11 same period 2022, most since 2005
* Hollywood writers/actors in months-long standoff with studios ...
* workers at 2 Chevron plants producing LNG in Australia may halt work
* the 2 Australian plants together made $7 billion net profit 2022

#Chevron #TradeUnions #unions #unions