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Activision Workers Become the Biggest Certified Video Game Union in the U.S.

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USA Teamsters overwhelmingly ratify five-year contract at Anheuser-Busch [IUF] 12-03-2024

USA Activision Workers Become the Biggest Certified Video Game Union in the U.S. [UNI Global Union] 12-03-2024

USA Florida Florida GOP Passes 'Vicious' Bill Banning Mandatory Water Breaks for Workers: 'We will see fatalities...' [Common Dreams] 10-03-2024

USA Starbucks and union agree to historic process [IUF] 04-03-2024

USA Starbucks, employee union agree to resume contract talks for 300+ stores [UPI] 29-02-2024

USA Starbucks and Union Agree to Work Out Framework for Contract Talks [New York Times] 29-02-2024

USA Historic Victory for the Starbucks Workers [Jacobin] 29-02-2024

USA Alabama UAW says majority of workers at Mercedes Benz US plant seek to join union [Reuters] 28-02-2024

USA Michael Hiltzik: Elon Musk Wants the Courts to Destroy NLRB [Diane Ravitch] For more info 24-02-2024

USA The number of striking U.S. workers more than doubled in 2023 [Axios] 15-02-2024


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Michigan Union workers picketing in Frankenmuth 2024-03-18 [WNEM]

Tennessee Volkswagen workers in TN vote to join United Auto Workers union 2024-03-18 [UPI]

Tennessee VW Workers Seek Union Vote at Tennessee Plant for Third Time; UAW Says It Has 70 Percent Cards 2024-03-18 [New York Times]

Oregon Strike Threat Wins in Confrontation over Remote Work 2024-03-18 [Labour Notes]

Missouri What it's like to organize my Amazon warehouse as a young queer person 2024-03-18 [Teen Vogue]

Minnesota State response to misclassification is ‘uncoordinated and inadequate’ 2024-03-17 [MN Reformer]

CWA Workers at Activision Form Largest Union Ever at a Video Game Company 2024-03-17 [CWA D9]

Oregon Oregon Public Broadcasting workers join union 2024-03-17 [KLCC]

Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves 2024-03-16 [Jacobin]

New York BARNES & NOBLE WORKERS AT THE UPPER WEST SIDE MANHATTAN STORE VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN THE RWDSU 2024-03-16 [AFL-CIO / CLC]

Bernie Sanders wants a 32-hour workweek for Americans 2024-03-16 [MSNBC]

Hollywood Unions Are Back at the Bargaining Table 2024-03-16 [Jacobin]

A Growing Union Campaign Has Put REI's Progressive Image On Trial 2024-03-16 [HuffPost]

Pennsylvania ‘They come out and do great’: Roundtable discussion addresses barriers, seeks solutions to help women enter the workforce 2024-03-16 [Union Progress]

Kentucky Amazon violated workers’ rights at crucial Kentucky air hub, labor regulators allege 2024-03-15 [Washington Post]

VIDEO Oregon The Fight Against Racism, The UPS Contract &Trump With IBT162 UPS Retired Teamster Howard Williamson For more info 2024-03-14 [LVP]

SEIU to spend $200 million to turn out the vote for Biden 2024-03-14 [Washington Post]

Oregon A victory for the remote work in the Portland Community College 2024-03-14 [Labornotes]

USA Five Unions Ask U.S. Trade Representative to Probe Chinese Shipbuilding Sector 2024-03-14 [Caixin Global]

IATSE Gets Show of Solidarity From International Unions as Contract Talks Kick Off: ‘Your Fight Is Our Fight’ 2024-03-14 [Variety]

Missouri MS farm owes nearly $500,000 in back pay to citizen, temporary visa workers 2024-03-13 [KSDK]

Federal unions blast Biden's plan for a 2 percent pay hike 2024-03-13 [Washington Post]

Why male nurses earn $250 more per week than female nurses. 2024-03-13 [Morningstar]

AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler on Equal Pay Day 2024-03-13 [AFL-CIO]

Amazon Labor Union ‘No cavalry coming’ for American workers 2024-03-12 [Aol]

Activision Workers Become the Biggest Certified Video Game Union in the U.S. 2024-03-12 [UNI Global Union]

Teamsters overwhelmingly ratify five-year contract at Anheuser-Busch 2024-03-12 [IUF]

U.S. Judge Blocks Rule Extending Reach of Labor Law to Franchisers 2024-03-12 [New York Times]

Inside the UAW’s Southern Strategy 2024-03-12 [Counter Punch]

Colorado Some Colorado Coalition for the Homeless workers are pushing for a labor union, citing low pay and high turnover 2024-03-12 [Denverite]

Can American Labor Seize the Moment? 2024-03-12 [Mother Jones]

Ohio Self-driving buses? Not a chance, drivers say 2024-03-12 [Axios]

AFGE Celebrates Women’s History Month, 50th Anniversary of AFGE Women’s Department 2024-03-12 [AFGE]

Hollywood's Unions Take a Bow During the Oscars 2024-03-11 [Bloomberg]

Federal judge in Texas blocks US labor board rule that would make it easier for workers to unionize 2024-03-11 [The National Post]

‘This is the first I’ve heard of this’: Customer calls for temporary boycott of Trader Joe’s after they ‘joined forces’ with Amazon, Elon Musk 2024-03-10 [Daily Dot]

Activision's union, with 600 members, is now the biggest one in video games 2024-03-10 [engadget]

New York Union Gives a Close Look at the Historic Amazon Labor Union Win 2024-03-10 [Jacobin]

Trader Joe's and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board 2024-03-10 [The Guardian]

AI Is Sticking Point in SAG-AFTRA Video Game Contract Talks; Strike Appears '50-50 or More Likely' Union Chief Says at SXSW 2024-03-10 [Variety]

Why do many workers feel left out if the job market is still stronger than expected? 2024-03-10 [Morning Star]

600 ACTIVISION QA WORKERS HAVE FORMED THE LARGEST VIDEO GAME UNION TO DATE 2024-03-10 [Insider Gaming]

Florida Florida GOP Passes 'Vicious' Bill Banning Mandatory Water Breaks for Workers: 'We will see fatalities...' 2024-03-10 [Common Dreams]

Georgia Southern Industrial Chemicals exposed workers of Atlanta to chemical, struck-by hazards 2024-03-09 [US DOL]

Hawaii Ilikai Hotel workers settle new contract on International Women's Day 2024-03-09 [Island News]

New York Head of Transport Workers Union criticizes NYC congestion pricing plan 2024-03-09 [CBS]

New York Academic Student Workers at The New School Initiate Strike 2024-03-09 [Violin Channel]

Missouri Toyota Workers at Critical Engine Plant Launch UAW Union Drive 2024-03-09 [Labour Notes]

Celebrate the Oscars with SEIU 503’s New Streamable Labor Movies Database! 2024-03-09 [SEIU]

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This month in labour history


6-03-1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @_IWW union's Little Red Song Book. [more]

7-03-1932 Unemployed workers stage a hunger march to the Ford complex at Dearborn, demanding workers be rehired. Police shoot at the demonstration, killing 4 and injuring 60 [more]

7-03-1860 Some 6,000 shoemakers, later joined by 20,000 other workers, are on strike in Lynn, Massachussets. They get wage increases but not recognition for their union. [more]

7-03-1920 “Hunger march” by the unemployed to the Ford factories in Dearborn, asking for help and hiring. Police shoot at crowd, killing 4 and injuring 60 people. [more]

8-03-1942 Lucy Parsons, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died. [more]

8-03-1926 Fur & Leather Workers Union (mostly women) went on strike in NYC, enduring beatings by police. They won a 10% raise and a five-day week. [more]

9-03-1910 Westmoreland County Coal strikes begins, ending in 1911. It is known as the 'Slovak strike', as 70% of the miners are Slovakian. 16 people are killed. [more]

11-03-1950 TWU members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry. [more]

12-03-1929 Lupe Anguiano, women's rights activist and labour organizer, is born. [more]

12-03-1912 The Bread and Roses strikers won all their demands. The strike was organized by mostly women workers and the Industrial Workers of the World and included 20,000 workers. [more]

13-03-1830 The term “rat,” referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel [more]

15-03-1917 The Supreme Court approves the 8-hour day law as rail workers threaten national strike. [more]

15-03-1948 National strike by bituminous coal miners demanding pensions. [more]

16-03-1960 The United Teachers' Federation is formed in New York to represent public school teachers and later all education workers in the metropolis. [more]

18-03-1937 New York City police arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek. [more]

31-03-1927 Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]