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Japan continues to see pay hike momentum among major companies in this year’s spring wage negotiations, with a number of such employers saying they have agreed to the demands of their respective labor unions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/12/companies/large-japanese-companies-shunto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shunto #unions #rengo #wages #jobs #japaneseeconomy #toyota #mitsubishiheavyindustries #hitachi #fujitsu #nec
The Japan Times · Major Japanese companies agree to solid pay and bonus hikes
Workers in Japan have seen their base pay rise at the fastest clip in 32 years, a result that sends a positive signal to the Bank of Japan as it weighs the prospects for demand-driven economic growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/10/economy/base-pay-gains-fast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #wages #unions #mhlw
The Japan Times · Japan records fastest gains in base pay since 1992, supporting BOJ moves
Hey #union and #labor supporters in #washingtonstate please email your state reps and ask them to support HB1622 and give public sector workers in WA the right to bargain over the use of #AI which we can't right now. https://act.aflcio.org/letters/support-public-employees-fight-to-bargain-over-ai-in-the-workplace?source=email&
#unionstrong #unions
act.aflcio.orgSupport public employees’ fight to bargain over AI in the workplace! Email your State Representative and urge them to stand with the workers who provide services we all rely on. Right now, private sector workers can bargain over AI, but state employees are prohibited from bargaining over any implementation of technology in the workplace under the management rights statute in RCW 41.80. But AI is a new frontier of technology, and workers must have a voice as the impacts of this new and emerging tech continue to evolve. AI can benefit working people – but only if workers have a voice in how this new tech is used. HB 1622 empowers workers to collectively bargain over the implementation of AI in government workplaces as it comes up and with all the information possible, without hindering development with restrictive laws. Urge your State Rep to stand with public workers and vote YES on HB 1622!
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Ich liebe den #Spin der #Unions-politiker*innen, dass man ja jetzt an der #Schuldenbremse vorbei für Fantastrilliarden #Waffen kaufe, und weil Merz vorher versprochen hatte keine #Schulden zu machen, deshalb müsse man jetzt die Grenzen schließen, um der #SPD eins reinzuwürgen. Was wollen sie damit sagen: das sie ja gar keine #Aufrüstung wollen und die SPD sie erpresse? Das sie lieber Reichtum besteuern wollten? Oder, dass, wenn es nach ihnen ginge, sie gleich #Armut besteuern würden, statt die Frage der Refinanzierung per Schulden in die 2030er zu verlagern? Was wollen sie damit sagen?
Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid a ‘volatile’ global economy.
The unions calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmer’s reset talks with Brussels.
The UK should forge much closer ties with Europe amid an increasingly “volatile and unpredictable” global economy, Britain’s biggest trade unions argue as they push for new workers’ rights across the continent.
The Guardian · Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid a ‘volatile’ global economy.
Sesame Workers need our help! Send a letter on their behalf: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/solidarity-with-sesame-workers #UnionStrong #union #unions #SesameStreet #Solidarity #OPEIU
actionnetwork.orgSolidarity with Sesame Workers The recent unjust layoffs of dedicated Sesame Workshop workers following their announcement to form a union with OPEIU Local 153 contradicts the core principles of the community that Sesame Street claims to represent. These workers have spent years ensuring that the magic of the show continues, helping millions of children grow stronger, smarter, and kinder. These workers deserve job security, fair treatment, and respect.
The weighted average of wage hikes demanded by 2,939 member unions of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in this year's labor-management negotiations came to 6.09%, a Rengo survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/06/shunto-pay-hike-demand-top-6/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #shunto #unions #rengo
The Japan Times · Japan pay hike demands top 6% for first time in 32 years
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National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) 20 weeks Strike at Kaiser
https://therealnews.com/20-weeks-in-kaisers-mental-healthcare-workers-strike-prompts-gov-newsom-to-intervene
The Real News Network · 20 weeks in, Kaiser’s mental healthcare workers’ strike prompts Gov. Newsom to intervene
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Get to know your labor laws, such as Taft-Hartley, as this one will certaintly be invoked by the #OrangeCarrotDemon to shut down #Unions.
#Union #Unionstrong
en.wikipedia.orgTaft–Hartley Act - Wikipedia
"REI board blocks labor-backed candidates from ballot"
Members, go vote by May 1! Vote against every candidate. That's the only option they're giving us. Totally undemocratic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rei-board-blocks-labor-backed-120057870.html
Yahoo News · REI board blocks labor-backed candidates from ballot
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Letter Carriers (NALC) and Postal Workers (APWU) #unions held a joint rally & declared that the attack “outrageous, unlawful” and “part of the billionaire oligarch coup.”
https://www.labornotes.org/2025/03/postal-workers-brace-trumps-wrecking-ball
Labor Notes · Postal Workers Brace for Trump’s Wrecking BallIs the nation’s biggest union workforce, at the Postal Service, President Trump’s next target? The Washington Post broke the news February 20 that Trump was on the verge of issuing an executive order to dissolve the independent leadership of USPS and move it into the executive branch under the Department of Commerce, now led by enthusiastic privatizer Howard Lutnick, a Wall Street banker. Trump confirmed the next day that he was “looking at” this option. The other shoe hasn’t dropped yet.
After 46 days on the picket line, nurses walked back into eight #Providence hospitals across #Oregon in good spirits after ratifying a new contract with their employer February 26. Their effort was bolstered by striking doctors, nurse practitioners at Providence St. Vincent’s, and doctors, nurses, and midwives at the Providence Women’s Clinics.
https://www.labornotes.org/2025/03/oregon-nurses-end-46-day-strike-pay-and-staffing-agreements
Labor Notes · Oregon Nurses End 46-Day Strike with Pay and Staffing AgreementsAfter 46 days on the picket line, nurses walked back into eight Providence hospitals across Oregon in good spirits after ratifying a new contract with their employer February 26. Their effort was bolstered by striking doctors, nurse practitioners, and other hospitalists at Providence St. Vincent’s, and doctors, nurses, and midwives at the Providence Women’s Clinics. The agreements for the 5,000 nurses, who are represented by Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), include improvements in staffing language, pay raises, and pay for missed meals or breaks during a shift.
"Initiatives like the Workplace Justice Fund are examples of co-enforcement programs: Labor standards enforcement agencies partner with community-based organizations that have existing ties with low-wage workers. This allows agencies to build on the progress that community partners have already made, ultimately expanding their reach and allowing them to more effectively recover unpaid wages." https://prospect.org/labor/2025-03-03-wage-theft-workers-unions/
#politics #USPol #wageTheft #unions
The American Prospect · Fighting Wage Theft From the Ground UpLocalities and worker centers are joining forces to drive back employers who siphon off their employees’ hard-earned dollars.
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Interesting story in the local paper from reporter Susan Du.
A sidebar of sorts, I suppose, to the "Anora" Academy Award story? Or vice versa?
Anyway, UNION.
'The Stripper Guild was created by the Sex Workers Organizing Project (SWOP) of Minneapolis, which received a $258,000 Bush Foundation grant in 2022 to start building a labor organization for strippers.' …
'Workers Confluence organizing director Casey Hudek said sex workers face great barriers to collective advocacy in a deeply exploited sector without the protections that come with being formal employees. But “there’s dignity in all work and all workers deserve a seat at the table,” he said.'
https://www.startribune.com/new-minneapolis-stripper-guild-is-building-labor-solidarity-among-downtown-dancers/601230290
www.startribune.com · New Minneapolis Stripper Guild is building solidarity among downtown dancersThe workers of downtown Minneapolis' strip clubs are organizing and exploring health insurance options.