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Massachusetts: international firefighters union join sanitation worker picket line, "we’re here to support Local 25, and we know they’re here for us if we ever need them"
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/sanitation-worker-strike-causing-garbage-to-pile-up-in-mass-communities/3760300/cyu in unions
Philadelphia strike: "We all want to be treated the same way... We shouldn't have to work two jobs." In solidarity, headliners LL Cool J and Sullivan refused to perform July 4
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/afscme-district-council-33-strike-philadelphia/cyu in unions
After reforms last year allowing app drivers to unionize, Uber drivers join British Columbia's largest private sector union
https://www.engadget.com/apps/uber-drivers-in-british-columbia-canada-have-unionized-122434476.htmlcyu in unions
India: general strike against government attempts to destroy trade unions, deny minimum wages, remove social security, and divide the working class
https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/citu-urges-massive-participation-in-nationwide-general-strike-on-july-9-against-anti-labour-policies-984639cyu in unions
Greece: government aims for 13 hours a day. "The countries that have the highest productivity, such as Denmark, Finland, and Germany, are the countries that have the shortest working hours"
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/news/greek-unions-speak-out-after-government-pushes-for-13-hour-workday/ar-AA1HPH4Mcyu in unions
Panama, among most unequal in Latin America, strikes against foreign and corporate encroachment. "Six weeks ago, people felt hopeful. Now we’re seeing arrests, police violence, and military pressure."
https://www.codepink.org/panamarisescyu in unions
Neoliberals aimed to “make Chile a country of owners and not of proletarians,” in the words of dictator Augusto Pinochet. Rates of unionization among Chilean women surpassed those among men.
https://labourreview.org/chiles-labor-movement/cyu in unions
Tyson management allegedly forcing injured employees to drop claims, threatening to terminate strikers - We’re tired of seeing the elites have no compassion for the workers who make them rich
https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/2025/06/27/tyson-food-amarillo-beef-plant-workers-with-teamsters-union-vote-to-authorize-strike/84389523007/cyu in unions
Philadelphia's largest blue collar union, representing 9000 city employees, to strike. "We make poverty level wages. We need. Need. We don't want. We need more money"
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/district-council-33-afscme-union-to-go-on-strike-june-30-2025/4219424/cyu in unions
Unrepresentative polls, restricted participation, limited speaking time ignore poverty among elderly - "giving in to pressure from employers is jeopardising the balance of Luxembourg’s social model"
https://delano.lu/article/cgfp-union-raises-its-voice-in-front-of-the-chamber-of-deputiescyu in unions
Union finally making inroads into Italian sweatshops, where management with links to organized crime exploits employees with precarious immigration status
https://www.politico.eu/article/strike-italy-textile-capital-prato-chinese-factory-migrant/cyu in unions
Amazon management ignores summons to European Parliament. “If an Amazon worker would have behaved this way towards Amazon management, they would have already been fired three times over.”
https://uniglobalunion.org/news/after-another-no-show-unions-call-for-tougher-eu-sanctions-on-amazon/cyu in unions
Colombian legislature's blocking of pro-labor law ends after president moves towards submitting it to referendum. Law passes
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-congress-approves-labor-reform-petro-withdraws-referendum/
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