Americans are taught #FDR was the hero of the #GreatDepression. For one historian, that’s erasure
Interview with historian Dana Frank

In a new book, What Can We Learn From the Great Depression: Stories of Ordinary People & Collective Action in Hard Times, #DanaFrank tells stories of the people who ‘made history happen’ through organizing and mutual aid

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Lauren Aratani in New York

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/05/dana-frank-great-depression?CMP=share_btn_url

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Forcing Amazon to respect its workers
Something you can do

" As we reported earlier, Amazon workers at seven locations around the country organized a strike timed for the holidays to try to force Amazon to the bargaining table. These are workers who have already voted and decided to form a union, yet #Amazon is simply refusing to recognize them or meet with them. Public pressure and striking is the only route left for those workers.

The #union has organized a petition calling on Amazon to recognize the union and enter into contract negotiations."

from #DropSiteNews
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Ryan Grim
Jan 06, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/forcing-amazon-to-respect-its-workers?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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#AmazonLaborUnion #ALU #Teamsters
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"It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation, AI supposedly coming for jobs, and unpopular orders to return to office that, for many, threaten to disrupt work-life balance.

But in 2024, a potentially critical mass of tech workers seemed to reach a breaking point. As labor rights groups advocating for tech workers told Ars, these workers are banding together in sustained strong numbers and are either winning or appear tantalizingly close to winning better worker conditions at major tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

In February, the industry-wide Tech Workers Coalition (TWC) noted that "the tech workers movement is far more expansive and impactful" than even labor rights advocates realized, noting that unionized tech workers have gone beyond early stories about Googlers marching in the streets and now "make the headlines on a daily basis.""

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/from-ai-to-rto-unpopular-policies-may-fuel-tech-worker-movements-in-2025/

#AI #RTO #ReturnToOffice #TechWorkers #LaborMovement #BigTech #Capitalism

@angryeducationworkers

https://truthout.org/articles/its-becoming-harder-to-protest-gaza-war-on-campus-and-also-to-teach-about-it/

#educationworkers #labormovement #organize #Gaza #Solidarity #encampments #studentprotests

#Amazon Warehouse Workers in #NewYorkCity Join Protest

The workers’ union hopes that adding employees at the #StatenIsland warehouse to a protest started by delivery drivers will increase pressure on Amazon.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
By Santul Nerkar and Noam Scheiber
Dec. 21, 2024

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/amazon-warehouse-staten-island-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jk4.j_Zf.l6QblMefSCk4&smid=url-share

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#AmazonLaborUnion #ALU #Teamsters
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"Amazon workers at seven warehouses walked out Thursday morning, launching a strike ahead of the holidays after Amazon failed to meet a bargaining deadline set by the Teamsters union representing the workers.

In a press release, Teamsters declared it "the largest strike against Amazon in US history." Teamsters general president, Sean O'Brien, warned shoppers of potential delays, saying "you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed."

"We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it," O’Brien said. "These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they’ve pushed workers to the limit and now they’re paying the price. This strike is on them."

The strike will impact warehouses in New York City, Atlanta, San Francisco, Southern California, and Skokie, Ill., with a looming threat that "Amazon Teamsters at other facilities are prepared to join them.""

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/amazon-faces-holiday-strike-after-refusing-to-bargain-with-warehouse-workers/

#USA #Amazon #HolidayStrike #AntiUnions #LaborMovement

https://www.onebigunion.ie/post/iww-demand-sanctions-now

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"For almost two weeks, 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been striking against concessions demanded by Canada Post. The CUPW is fighting for wage increases that match inflation, pension protection, and safe working conditions. The union warns that Canada Post’s push for part-time work and contracting out reflects a broader race-to-the-bottom in labor standards.

The dispute is about more than postal workers — privatization and precarious work threaten union gains across different sectors. Amazon’s anti-union model, with its reliance on gig workers and independent contractors, has set a dangerous precedent for other companies, including Canada Post. By driving down wages and undermining labor protections, Amazon is pushing an approach that threatens workers everywhere. The CUPW’s vision for a revitalized, publicly oriented postal service is in direct conflict with Amazon’s corporate model, which erodes workers’ power and public goods alike."

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/amazon-anti-union-canada-post

#Amazon #Canada #LaborMovement #PostalWorkers #Privatization #Precarity #AntiUnion #Unions

Seasons gratings grrrrr ate things?

#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions #iww

https://workdaymagazine.org/bosses-are-retaliating-against-workers-for-showing-solidarity-with-palestinians/

#LaborMovement #Palestine #solidarity

Dan Osborn Wants to Help the Working Class Run for Office

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Mr. Osborn, the industrial mechanic who turned a long-shot #Senate bid in red #Nebraska into an unexpectedly tight race, is starting a PAC aimed at recruiting more blue-collar candidates like himself.

By Jonathan Weisman
Nov. 19, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/politics/dan-osborn-working-class-pac.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.F9aU.DeoNpcvqw1bW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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