Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/capitalism_in_decay/comments/1i3le8w/who_tf_needs_a_masters_degree_to_be_an_assistant/

That's in the bible.

some local policies to help out each other

AVN declined to comment, but last week, it launched a FAQ page for attendees of the event. “The hotel has assured us that the strike will not impact the AVN Expo and Awards. Contingency measures are in place to maintain a memorable guest experience and exceptional service during the event,” the page says. 

On January 9, the Adult Performance Artists Guild (APAG) issued a statement about the strike: “As the union for performers in the adult industry, care for the safety and well-being of our workers is paramount to our mission,” they wrote. “We feel this for not only our members and other workers in the adult industry but for all workers, regardless of their jobs. As union representatives, we support the sacrifices made by workers on strike, fighting for better working conditions. The officers of APAG voted unanimously to support our fellow union workers in Culinary Workers Local 226, and we will not cross their picket line in a show of solidarity.”

And on Saturday, marking day 58 of the strike, APAG members joined Local 226 workers and their families for a march from the Las Vegas Strip to Virgin Hotels, blaring vuvuzelas and holding signs referencing Virgin Las Vegas’ contract negotiation offer of an estimated 30 cents an hour in wage increases. 

“The Adult Performance Artists Guild (APAG)’s decision to stand with Culinary Union strikers and honor the picket line at Virgin Las Vegas demonstrates unity, and the Culinary Union applauds the unwavering solidarity shown by the APAG and their members,” Ted Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union, said in a statement. “Workers across industries share the same fight for dignity, fair pay, respect, and protections on-the-job, and Culinary Union is proud to stand with APAG in solidarity as strikers continue to take on a billionaire-owned company that refuses to treat workers fairly. APAG’s support sends a powerful message: When workers stand together, we are unstoppable. To APAG members and all customers choosing not to cross the picket line – thank you for standing with workers on strike, with your continued support we will win.”

We are about to make the news, lol. We'll probably be voting in about a month.

It's been six months of work since this all started, and we've got probably 40% of people on our side. We've lost 10 employees in the last couple months. Some retired, some were fired, some quit, including two people in the OC. So it's been a bit of a rollercoaster.

A terrible manager who helped kick off this whole thing by being awful got fired. The old store manager who helped kick this off by backing up the terrible manager retired. We were hoping it would lead to positive changes, but of course not. The new regime has been continuing to harass an injured employee for who knows why, so fuck 'em. We are filing several complaints with L&I and the NLRB, and a couple of us will probably be making enemies for life with some in upper management (although a few of us have already been pegged as troublemakers and they are clearly trying to make us miserable enough to quit), so I hope we succeed.

We haven't been able to sit and talk to about half the store, so it's not exactly where we wanted to be and is kind of risky, but unless everyone else breaks to the anti-union side we should be good. Thankfully we haven't run into a lot of anti-union brainworms, but a lot of people are scared to talk about it or are treated fine so don't see the problem we are trying to address so have been dismissive. Still lots of us are burnt out with the store in general and are only staying to vote on the union, so we figured we should go for it now, before there's another 5 people gone and more new people to talk to. When we drop cards and we can be way more open when talking to people.

I know it's not a very radical union, and the changes we can expect will likely be positive and necessary but mundane, but the people we've worked with in our local UFCW have been awesome and I appreciate their time and effort. I know its' their job and they get paid for it, but they've been taking a four hour round-trip a couple times a week to help get this done.

Praying to Saint Fidel to grant us his luck.

“I certainly would not want to discount the organizing and the efforts of the workers who did go on strike. Hopefully, it will spur some more activity but the history of publicity strikes is not very good. I do think a serious analysis needs to be done of levels of participation. The tendency however, is to simply declare victory and learn nothing. But I also think we need a sober analysis of what kind of labor movement it would take to organize Amazon. I do not think we can talk about organizing giant employers without talking about the structure and ideology of our labor movement. In order to truly take on these giant employers, we would need a labor movement capable of employing picket line militancy and solidarity tactics capable of mobilizing the entire labor movement against corporate giants,” Joe Burns wrote to me.

Guess who's trying to hiring scabs at $600 a day plus lodging.

Fucking stellar news, they are smol and broke for now, but sweeping gig economy via an app is promising avenue (somewhat, either force them to bleed more money if it fails or fuck them if it doesn't - which requires solidarity and boycotts of uber, which treat hounds likely won't do). Still pog to try

After 26 days of escalating actions, striking workers at the Catalonian paint manufacturer Acrylicos Vallejo have won significant victories at the negotiating table. Vallejo manufactures the Game Color and Model Color line paints that are most popularly used for miniatures and wargames. According to a post on the Catalonian labor organization CGT’s Bluesky page, a pre-agreement has been signed that would guarantee workers a salary increase, a parental aid package, new workplace harassment protocols, and occupational safety improvements.

As previously reported by Polygon, nearly all of the 85 workers had begun a 16-day partial work stoppage in late November before escalating to a full strike on Dec. 11 — a year after Vallejo had been purchased by investment firm ProA Capital for just under $53 million. In the days leading up to this announcement, CGT works council president Patricia Pérez described the alleged actions of Vallejo management over the last year in an article first published in Catalan by Poder Popular and commissioned for English translation by Rascal News.

According to Pérez, the alleged conditions at the Vallejo factory were not only dangerous, but not in compliance with Spanish law. In addition to a lack of employee showers (a requirement for companies which handle dangerous chemicals) and machinery in disrepair, Pérez claimed that panels from the factory ceiling were often broken and falling, allowing rain to fall on the factory floor. The translation describes an alleged “authoritarian” work environment, with unreasonable expectations for worker productivity that led to CGT filing a lawsuit against Vallejo management. Pérez also claimed that the company’s safety protocols are “biased” and portray “victim[s] of harassment as the perpetrator.” One employee, who filed a complaint against the company, was allegedly fired three days later on the grounds of “low productivity.”

Pérez told Poder Popular that the labor actions had pushed Vallejo management to “set aside any discussions of productivity” and begin “genuine negotiations.” Though those initial wage propositions were presented as “minimal” in the Poder Popular article, the final agreements announced in the CGT social post include: a salary increase of up to €3000 per year, a social paternity package of €500 for the birth of a child, with €200 education allowance for each child below 25 years of age — an amount which must be multiplied by 1.5 for single-parent families.

This victory follows multiple years of ongoing labor actions across sectors, including the currently ongoing SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors strike, the Amazon Teamsters strike, and the Starbucks Workers United strike.

Vallejo is a company that makes acrylic paint commonly used for hobby painting like warhammer miniatures and such.

seeing the workers win an agreement from a strike is always heartwarming to see

Today is a historic day.

For the first time, Amazon workers across the country are going on strike, starting at 7 distribution centers across the country. This action comes in the midst of the holiday shopping season, as Amazon workers are being forced to work grueling overtime to meet overwhelming demand.

In the coming days, additional Amazon facilities will join the strike: JFK8 in New York City; DGT8 in Atlanta; DFX4, DAX5, and DAX8 in Southern California; DCK6 in San Francisco; and DIL7 in Skokie, Illinois, along with other locations.

By 6 a.m. at the DBK4 facility in Queens, New York, hundreds of drivers hit the picket lines, refusing to deliver packages. They engaged in conversations with their co-workers — some of whom were entering the facility to work, others who were convinced to join the picket line. Many who were about to enter the facility instead parked outside and stood with their co-workers, joining the strike. There is growing solidarity among the workers. “We work for nothing– we don’t get protection, we don’t get money– and we work for this rich boss who is exploiting us. This strike is for our respect,” one driver said to another, convincing him to join the picket line. They were joined by healthcare workers, UPS drivers, students, and young people, all standing in solidarity with this historic strike.

The police have already arrived at the picket — specifically the Strategic Response Group, notorious for its brutal treatment of Palestinian protesters over the past year. The cops arrested both a driver and a Teamster. The driver, who was pulling out of Amazon with a truck full of packages, stopped to engage with the striking workers. In response, the police pulled him from his vehicle and arrested him — an outrageous act of intimidation. This driver has been freed by the police and the strikers are undeterred. They will not back down.

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A union representing more than 11,000 Starbucks baristas in the US says its members will hold a five-day strike starting on Friday morning, in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

Workers United says the walkouts will start in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, with strike action set to spread each day and reach hundreds of stores by Christmas Eve unless a deal is reached.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23765490

Companies in the newly formed gig-nursing industry have also been lobbying on labor rules that could allow them to shortchange nurses, further reducing the quality of patient care.

gig-nursing industry

just fuck me up, fam