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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 months

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Striking members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) picket on 7th Avenue between 36th and 37th Streets, March 6, 1958. The strike, then in its second day, involved 105,000 workers in seven eastern states, 65,000 of them in the New York City area. The strike was the first in 25 years and union officials said it was "100 percent effective."

Photo: Associated Press via U Calif Irvine School of Social Sciences

#vintage New York #1950s #ILGWU #strike #unions #pickets #picketing #March 6 #6 March #women's unions #labor action #organized labor #overtime #vintage NYC

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gean-grey-blog · 2 months

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I've been digging up old House stuff to archive her and on Ao3 and I found the link to the House fandom organizing page for the 2007 Writer's Strike. I was 16, it was my first labor action, because of toxic old man yaoi 😂

It was almost 20 years ago. So much has changed. But like. So much hasn't.

Strike leaders and people in touch with fans reached out to fan communities to tell us how to be effective. Writers and actors auctioned interviews to raise money for strike funds. Hell, David Shore was showrunner for a show about an autistic doctor and joined the strike as a labor leader

#house #house md #house fandom #fandom #fandom history #labor #labor action #writers strike #hatecrimes md #hate crimes md #wga #wga strike

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immabitqueer · 10 months

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ALL STRIKES ARE GOOD STRIKES

I don't care how big of an actor or how many writing credits someone has, they created all the money that the project they participated in has made and they still get a relatively small cut of the products of their own labor. Any strike is a means (and usually the only means) in which laborers can get more of what they made back. And what's really important is that other fields of labor will see this and realize that they can benefit from labor action and organization, too. Another great moment to realize that a millionaire is still closer to you than a billionaire is to a millionaire. Writers and actors are irreplaceable in their fields and without them the entire movie industry falls apart, that is what this strike is about.

#sag strike #writers strike #sag aftra #writers guild strike #actors strike #pro union #union solidarity #labor action #pro strike #leftist

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workersolidarity · 7 months

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Auto workers launch historic strike against Detroit’s Big Three – People's World

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cosperclick · 5 months

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Strike action news!

"a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes."

#Strike #WaPo strike #WaPo #strike action #labor action #picket line #strike news

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allthecanadianpolitics · 1 year

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“Our members have made it utterly clear. We will not accept a deal unless it addresses our primary concern, which is contracting out,” ATU Local 1587 president Rob Cormier said in a statement.

“These basic protections against contracting out are the norm at every other transit agency in our region to ensure that experienced, workers are on the job to ensure the safety of the buses. Without these protections, Metrolinx can contract to outside companies.”

Speaking to CP24 Friday afternoon, Cormier said he is still optimistic that the strike could be averted. He noted the union has booked a hotel, hoping to get a new contract with Metrolinx this weekend.

“We plan to work all weekend. We want to get a deal for our members. Our last resort is to go on strike,” Cormier said.

About 700 of the union’s members are bus operators.

In a statement, Metrolinx, the Crown agency responsible for GO Transit, said it is “disappointed” that its offer was rejected and a strike is being planned.

“We will be working throughout the weekend to get an agreement and remain open to discussing ways forward with our ATU employees,” Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins said.

While there will be no GO bus service on Monday if the strike proceeds, GO trains will continue to operate as scheduled.

Aikins said 15 per cent of GO customers use the buses.

#submission #atu 1587 #metrolinx #strike #labor action #go transit

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screechingcollectivechorus · 7 months

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#strike #Union #labor #labor action #collectivization

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queersatanic · 1 year

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Is there anything more dehumanizing than working a back-breaking job for 11 euros/ h to support yourself through uni and your boss treats you like utter shit. Eight hours of work with no chance for a proper break, only to receive snarky comments and complaints as a reward. I'm so exhausted, mentally and physically.

There are many more dehumanizing things than that, but then that's not the standard.

That sounds plenty dehumanizing, and if you are not already talking to your co-workers about it, it might be worth doing so just for shared venting sessions. Maybe those can turn into a group chat and/or collective labor action to put pressure on your bosses to treat you better or face repercussions from y'all.

It's not easy, but it's easier than killing yourself slowly for eleven euros an hour and disrespect on top of it.

#labor action #IWW #how to fire your boss #sabotabby #lucifer unionized the angels

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archaalen · 10 months

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#wga strike #sag-aftra #labor union #labor action

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kaninchenzero · 10 months

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gosh i hope all the energy going into displays of support for the wga and sag-aftra strikes is applied to the teamsters should they vote to strike against ups

considering what happened with railroad workers i'm not optimistic

especially with demographics of delivery drivers and the history of labor organization in the united states being so viciously racialized

like this country still operates on the baseline assumption that Black and Indigenous people should not be compensated for their labor at all

#white supremacy #labor action

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johnleavittlives · 2 years

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Yes I planned for this chapter to go live on Bastille Day I am exactly that kind of person.

Harry and Jean kiss and makeup. Kind of. Maybe. Also STRIKE WAVE

#disco elysium #fanfic #fanfiction #harry du bois #jean vicquemare #jangst #strikes #labor action #falling in love with straight guys is always bad

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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 months

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Employees of the Fleischer Studios picket the New Criterion Theater to protest the showing of Popeye and other cartoons drawn by striking Fleischer artists, 1937. The five-month strike led to the first union contracts in animation, a later strike at the Disney studios, and groundbreaking new works from frustrated employees who left these animation shops to set out on their own.

Photo: Getty Images/Business Insider

#vintage New York #1930s #labor action #strike #animators #picketing #unions #film industry #cartoons #classic cartoons

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thoughtportal · 1 year

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join a union

the power of collection action

#tiktok #Adam Conover #collective action #union workers #labor unions #unions #protest #labor vs capital #labor rights #capital vs labor #labor movements #labor movement #workers rights #workers vs capital #workers #writers strike

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violetsandshrikes · 8 months

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So…

#posting this bc I hadn’t seen anything about it!#katie rambles #Labor Day #strike #strike action

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workersolidarity · 7 months

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Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images c/o NPR

🇺🇲 WRITERS GUILD WILL VOTE ON NEW CONTRACT WITH HOLLYWOOD BOSSES AND CORPORATIONS

The Writer's Guild of America, a joint organization comprising some 11'500 members of the Writer's Guild of America, East and the Writer's Guild of America West, will vote from October 2nd through October 9th on a new contract with the bosses of corporate Hollywood, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Union members were sent back to work one minute after midnight (PST), September 27th after striking for 146 days. The new contract covers the period of September 25th 2023 through May 1st 2026.

"This allows writers to return to work during the ratification process, but does not affect the membership's right to make a final determination on contract approval" according to the bargainers.

Though the Writer's Guild of America may be returning to work, Hollywood is still not fully open for business as 160'000 members of the Screen-Actor's Guild (SAG-AFTRA) remain on strike Friday against the AMPTP, largely over the same issues as the WGA. Both strikes have been highly popular with the public.

Complaints by the Unions' membership include low pay, lack of residuals, too high a floor before workers are eligible for benefits, and particularly worrying, the AMPTP's use of AI to copy a performer's body, face, motions, and words in single-day sessions in which the content collected can be used forever without pay.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Minimum Pay for most writers will increase by 5% upon ratification and again by 4% and 3.5% on the 2nd of May in each of the following two years. Other increases will be a straight 3%. There will also be larger contributions to Health and Pension programmes, along with strong protections against the use of AI to generate content.

“The WGA reserves the right to assert that exploitation of writers’ material to train AI is prohibited by” the contract or by Laws.

There will also be large increases in the amount compensated for streaming videos, and the residuals will now be based on total viewership rather than just United States viewership, which has been the practice in Hollywood for some time.

“When a feature-length project is made for streaming with a budget of $30 million or more, the minimum initial compensation for a story and teleplay is $100,000, an 18% increase from the current rate and a 26% increase in the residual base,” according to the contract summary.

“Combined with the foreign residual improvements, this results in a 3-year residual of $216,000 for projects on the largest services, a 49% increase from $144,993 under the 2020” contract.

In a statement, the Screen-Actor's Guild wrote, “SAG-AFTRA congratulates the WGA on reaching a tentative agreement with the AMPTP after 146 days of incredible strength, resiliency, and solidarity on the picket lines. While we look forward to reviewing the WGA and AMPTP’s tentative agreement, we remain committed to achieving the necessary terms for our members.”

“Since the day the WGA strike began, SAG-AFTRA members have stood alongside the writers on the picket lines. We remain on strike in our TV/Theatrical contract and continue to urge the studio and streamer CEOs and the AMPTP to return to the table and make the fair deal that our members deserve and demand.”

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geezerwench · 1 year

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Hey Twitter employees getting laid off tomorrow! IMPORTANT INFO from a CA employment attorney (me):

CA's "WARN" law requires Twitter to give you 60 days notice of a massive layoff.

A layoff of 50+ employees within a 30 day period qualifies.

I know you didn't get that notice.

This WARN law applies to all California employers of 75+ employees, which obviously includes Twitter with its thousands of employees.

Purpose of the law is to give laid off employees time to figure out how to handle this disruption.

And Elon completely ignores it.

Employers like Twitter who violate the WARN Act face civil penalties of $500/day for each violation. With thousands of employees, this could be significant, though maybe not to Elon.

Employees laid off in violation of the WARN Act receive back pay at the employee's final rate or 3 year average of compensation, whichever is higher. Twitter would also be liable for workers' medical expenses that would have been covered under an employee benefit plan.

Twitter will be liable for all of these (civil penalties, lost compensation, lost medical and other benefits) & attorneys' fees for the 60 days it failed to give workers notice.

This flagrant violation of workers rights is outrageous.

Who's in for a class action? LET'S DO THIS

Also, CA's strong antidiscrimination laws apply to Twitter's big layoff tomorrow. Are people of color, women and/or older workers disproportionately chosen, for example?

This was done so hastily, so slapdash, so that the world's richest man can get even richer faster.

We'll see how long Twitter lets my posts stay up. If they take them down tonight, before the layoffs, that means they were on notice of the law I cite and chose to punish me rather than follow it.

That's consciousness of guilt and I'd use it as the basis for punitive damages.

#twitter #twitter lay offs #twitter layoffs #twitter firings #elon musk #class action lawsuit #workers rights #twitter workers rights #labor rights #Lisa Bloom #california labor laws

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