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We now have a general Labor focused community. Please feel free to contribute. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jackalope@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14381867

The /c/unions community kept getting non union general labor interest posts and shockingly there are not really many general labor focused communities on Lemmy. So I've made one here.

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Hundreds of nurses in the streets after overtime rolled back to 80% of previous pay (thelemmy.club)
submitted 12 hours ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://guardian.co.tt/news/nurses-march-on-capital-during-wage-protest-6.2.2559589.d44b83cea3

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Management attempts to increase membership in pro-corporate union by assaulting and making death threats against miners who support independent union (pbicanada.org)
submitted 1 day ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Privatized ambulance staff paid less than minimum wage, forced to work 12 hour shifts without overtime. Hundreds start sit-in outside state secretariat (himachalheadlines.com)
submitted 3 days ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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University staff prepares strike: Tarhule makes $450,000. Half of us don’t earn a living wage for a single person, not to mention a wage that we can support a family on (afscme31.org)
submitted 3 days ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Principals and middle managers plan strike, joining tens of thousands of school staff (edsource.org)
submitted 3 days ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Strike continues against cutting of cost-of-living allowance. Crowd breaks police line, thousands at the door of the legislature (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 days ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/04/06/thousands-of-turkish-cypriots-strike-demonstrate-over-welfare-cut

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Management terminates school social worker after she blows whistle on safety system failure (mstdn.social)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Principals, custodians, and lunchroom staff join teachers in sympathy strike - "it felt like a version of San Francisco they hadn’t seen for a long time" (www.labornotes.org)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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550 grocery distribution employees and drivers go on strike, affecting supplies to 1000 stores (montreal.citynews.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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End of cost of living adjustment sparks general strike, breaching of parliament (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://kpdevel.kibrispostasi.com/c140-DAILY_NEWS/n597257-protesters-throw-stones-chant-resign-at-parliament

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/general-strike-occupied-north-assembly-breach-cost-of-living-2026-live/

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Samsung biotech union prepares strike, wants power over hiring, promotions, disciplinary actions, transfers, spin-offs, mergers, and acquisitions (en.sedaily.com)
submitted 1 week ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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General strike called against privatisation, outsourcing, precarious employment, and wages that haven't kept up with inflation (www.wantedinrome.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Broadcaster management offers below-inflation raise, 1000 journalists and staff vote 90% to strike (www.newsbeep.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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30k teachers go on strike (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://aus.social/@karadoc/116281927617336317

https://www.9news.com.au/national/thousands-of-victorian-teachers-go-on-strike-melbourne/6347db17-3814-4870-9c7f-29bbf090527f

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Striking employees shot by 60 armed men wearing company uniforms. Employees capture 2 of them (mexicosolidarity.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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100,000 demonstrate against attempts to "reform" pensions, remove cost of living indexing, and militarize on backs of workers rather than the rich (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 weeks ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://www.newsclick.in/belgium-100000-join-national-strike-against-austerity

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Out of union loyalty, Irish employee refuses to handle South African grapefruit. Over two years later, her supporters grow to thousands. Ireland became first western country to boycott apartheid (archive.ph)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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REI management stops publicizing executive compensation, hires union busting law firm Morgan Lewis, attempts to break union by offering less money at unionized stores (www.ourrei.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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15,000 state employees rally against longer working years for reduced pension benefits (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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https://theforkiverse.com/@CaptainRob/116212307699477348

https://fixtier6.org/

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Employees who can't afford their own product set to strike at world's largest meatpacker (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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60,000 civil servants and government workers go on "illegal" strike, disrupting government ministries, departments, agencies, and assemblies (www.newsghana.com.gh)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Staff shortages and unpaid responsibilities among air traffic controllers lead to wildcat strike (www.paddleyourownkanoo.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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Commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - New York City - March 25 (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by pete_link@lemmy.ml to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116182798113835945

Commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - New York City - March 25
(#NewYorkCity Central #Labor Council)

https://portside.org/2026-03-05/tidbits-mar-5-reader-comments-iran-war-donald-trump-war-criminal-cartoons-express-our#12

#unions #LaborMovement #NYC #news #politics #workers

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University management hires union busters Proskauer Rose LLP, stops recognizing two 50-year-old unions (www.wnylabortoday.com)
submitted 1 month ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/unions@lemmy.ml
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