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The City of Winnipeg and its largest union say they're willing to work out a deal to broaden the definition of an essential city worker — and in effect, determine who won't have the right to strike.
On Tuesday, city council's executive policy committee voted unanimously to put off a plan to ask the provincial government to legislate a broader definition of an essential municipal worker.
Right now, only Winnipeg police, paramedics and firefighters are considered essential and do not have the right to strike.
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#cdnpoli#canadian politics#canadian news#canada#canadian#winnipeg#manitoba#workers rights#essential workers#right to strike#city workers#essential city workers
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‘Hostile, authoritarian’ UK downgraded in civic freedoms index | Police | The Guardian
#uk politics#never tory#authoritarianism#fascism#right to protest#right to strike#uk immigration#refugees welcome#human rights#democracy#hostile environment#guardian articles
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Universities are docking lecturers’ entire pay for not marking a few exams
“On 20 April, a national marking and assessment boycott began at 145 universities as part of a long running dispute over pay and conditions. The University and College Union (UCU) action will see staff cease all exam invigilation, the setting and marking of exams and essays, and processing of grades ...
“University staff taking part in this year’s marking and assessment boycott will still carry out the rest of their duties, which usually include teaching, research, supervision, and administration. Nevertheless at least 60 universities have threatened to deduct between 50 and 100% of the wages of staff taking part in the boycott.
“The University of Bristol is threatening to deduct 50% of the wages of staff taking part in the boycott, while reserving the right to escalate deductions to 100% should the boycott ‘significantly impact student experience’, a term staff believe is purposefully vague ...
“SOAS University, Middlesex University, University of Suffolk, Liverpool John Moores, University of Sheffield, University of Leeds, and University of Cardiff are among some of the universities threatening to deduct 100% of staff wages.”
#lecturers strike#striking lecturers#strikes#strikers#right to strike#lecturers#university management#bad employers#universities#higher education#education#ucu#trade unions#unions#uk#europe
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American railway workers just lost their right to strike! Europe is on strike! Britain is not alone.
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https://www.profilenews.com/en/biden-takes-away-railway-workers-right-to-strike/
https://inews.co.uk/news/all-the-strikes-action-before-christmas-disruption-expected-across-road-rail-royal-mail-nhs-2008441
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/12/03/a-full-list-of-the-strikes-set-to-cause-travel-disruption-across-europe-in-december
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Mick Lynch (Union leader RMT) explains why government doesn't want to negotiate
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Here’s why NHS Nurses are going on strike for the first time in 106 years! (And no, it's not greed)
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#working class#right to strike#muted society#social injustice#weakened rights#politics#worldwide#uk politics#us politics#eu politics#aoc#university memes#Youtube
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Angela Rayner just murdered Grant Shapps in the fucking House of Commons
#british politics#uk politics#fuck the tories#angela rayner#grant shapps#anti strike bill#tory britain#the tories#the conservative party#Labour Party#worker rights#right to strike#support the unions#support the strikes
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I’m so happy for them
[Image Description: Castiel from Supernatural is saying I love you, underneath is an image of Dean Winchester with the caption: “After four months of striking the WGA has a reached a tentative agreement & finalizing the contract. If all goes well writers will get to return to work with better pay and protections. They did it. Go unions”]
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#wga solidarity#wga strong#after months of watching union busting and anti union tactics#wga is coming out strong#hopefully sag is next!#writers strike#support unions#wga strike#sag strike#supernatural meme#destiel#destiel meme#workers rights#fuck the amptp#destiel news#mine#we’ve hit the note amount where people start fighting in the notes#stop fighting kids#but also the strike was absolutely necessary#withholding labor is how unions negotiate for better rights#the CEOs are multimillionaires who refused to pay proper wages#they needed to receive heavy losses so they’d actually come to the table listen to union demands
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Some things I have learnt about pickets this week:
1) If your workplace is picketed, then if you are a member of staff not directly involved in the dispute, you can chose not to cross the picket line, and your employer ought to treat you like you are on strike. (do check this with your own union, though).
2) Legally, you cannot have more than 6 picketers, and they must all be from your place of work BUT you can have as many supporters as you like and the supporters can be anyone.
3) Pickets have to have a “supervisor” by law who must be trained and give their contact number to the police BUT the same supervisor can supervise a number of pickets in an area.
4) In the UK, pickets now aren’t allowed to attempt to intimidate those going into work, but picketers can talk to staff and encourage them not to cross. But you’re also not allowed to stop traffic.
5) You can join a union on the picket line and strike with that union.
Happy organising!
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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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sure why not:
tags via @littleredplanetnumberfour
EDIT 2:
someone asked for a sag-aftra one:
#wga#wga strike#writers guild of america#this is all so fucked up#not that they are striking thats their damn right but that companies try so hard to make it stop without even trying to negotiate#sag aftra strike#sag aftra#sag-aftra#writers strike#screen actors guild
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"What if my favourite show is delayed due to writers strike?"
With respect, no one cares about your favourite tv shows.
This is about real people fighting for their real livelihoods, for their futures.
I cannot articulate sufficiently how unimportant the production of some tv show or other is.
#i'll happily watch all my fav shows get cancelled if it means the writers win this#how are the stupid shows even a concern right now#wga strike#wgat the hell#writing#union#writers guild of america#go slay#writers! you can do it!
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Workers face the sack if they don't cross their own picket lines. What kind of country is this?
“Six sectors of public services in Britain – some of them privatised – will in the next month or so be subject to Minimum Service Levels. The list covers health services, fire and rescue services, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning, and border security.
“What this means in practice is that when workers vote to strike in these sectors from now on, a significant proportion of them will be forced to come in – even if they voted to strike – or face the sack.
“For most sectors so far – including transport and education – that figure is 40%. The Trades Union Congress estimates that five million workers are now affected by the workers’ rights clampdown, with many told to cross their own picket lines even if they vote to strike ...
“The new Code of Practice is a convoluted mess which requires unions to instruct their members to defy strike actions they democratically voted for ... Unions must now navigate a complex web of requirements, pushing them to act against their members’ interests and their own principles. Members will be told to break their own strikes, or face the sack. Unions will be told to break their own strikes, or face hefty fines.”
#minimum service levels#strike laws#anti trade union laws#anti union laws#right to strike#labour rights#labor rights#strikes#striking#pickets#trade unions#unions#nhs#education#rail#transport#public sector#tories#conservatives
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Do you guys notice how when Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, started planning a general strike, he did it by a) targeting his messaging towards unions with the ability to safely and effectively strike in large numbers, b) laid out a clear, actionable plan for those unions to follow (setting contracts to all expire at the same time, since many unions cannot strike while under contract), c) is using union contracts to set clear, actionable demands that can be met in order to gauge success and provide an end goal, and d) started organizing FOUR YEARS before the proposed strike date to give people the chance to plan accordingly, because it takes a really freaking long time to get tens of millions of people organized?
You notice how he didn't do it by slapping a message on Twitter saying 'hey nobody go to work on Monday, that'll really show 'em'?
#those 'monday is a general strike stay home if you can!!!' posts are SO performative and they really annoy me#like. you MUST know you can't organize a general strike of tens of millions of people by sharing an infographic on twitter. Right?#don't even get me started on the most recent one that was like 'we understand the last strike only gave one day of notice'#'so this time we're giving you two! strike is on tuesday everyone don't forget!'#like GENUINELY was that supposed to be a joke#the linked article also touches on how difficult actual organizing a workplace is which is nice#because they mention previous failed attempts in which organizers basically just handed out leaflets#and assumed the benefits would be obvious. which i think is basically the equivalent of posting an infographic on twitter#which is to say - not effective at all. Organizing is a LOT of work! Running an effective union even more so!#labor rights
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