This boils my blood. I don't know the US labour history, but I do know how hard public sector workers in Canada and Alberta had to fight to gain collective bargaining rights, which they were not allowed because they were "civil servants".

All public worker strikes were wildcat strikes and illegal until 1967 when Federal workers gained the right to collective bargaining through the Public Service Staff Relations Act which took 2 years to pass through Parliament after the wildcat Postal Workers Strike of 1965.

Federal government employees responded by joining unions in record numbers.

Public sector workers in Alberta did not gain these rights until 2016, when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that ALL Canadian workers have the fundamental right to strike, essential to even the playing field between workers and employers.

That hasn't even been 10 years ago, that our Provincial healthcare workers, education workers, social workers, wildlife workers, custodial workers, and many more have had access to such basic fundamental rights to legal collective job action! You may not have realized that all these strikes you are seeing now are history in the making!

We are living out a struggle for the right of the working-class to SURVIVE.

It breaks my heart to see our fallen comrades losing this fight with such desperation to the south, and makes me fearful of the coming storm we will have to face in Canada as our populist shadow government pushes to put us down in Canada.

#union #unionstrong #cdnpoli #abpoli #uspol #strike

💪 Video game workers in North America now have an industry-wide union
—@Engadget

｢ There’s now an industry-wide union for video game workers in the US and Canada. The United Videogame Workers-CWA (UVW-CWA) has a mission to bring together "artists, writers, designers, QA testers, programmers, freelancers and beyond to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status." ｣

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/video-game-workers-in-north-america-now-have-an-industry-wide-union-130024730.html

#gamedev #union #unionstrong

#USpolitics #Prices

"Why Everything’s So Expensive" [ ± 1min]
by RBReich

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XV5LCH6XXoc

Quote by RBR:
"Mar 11, 2025
Corporate monopolies aren’t just bad for business — they’re bad for your wallet. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#CapitalismIsFailingYou
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

#USpolitics #SCAMwarning

"Piper School Vouchers Are A SCAM!" [ ± 1min]
by hawkpodcasts [Mar 11, 2025]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O67pE9EEbp4

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#CapitalismIsFailingYou
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

#UnionStrong

Via Kyle Griffin:

The CFPB employees union is protesting in front of the federal district court this morning for a hearing a lawsuit to block the agency’s dismantling by the Trump administration

#USpolitics #TownHall #Idaho

"Private security company loses license after dragging woman from Town Hall" [2:22 min]
by Idaho News on Demand
Video on what preceded this:
-> Idaho town hall meeting turns chaotic after woman is forcibly removed for shouting at speakers <- [1:30 min]
-> youtube.com/watch?v=HclFs1MPV6A <-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQEzXBvx5I

Quote by INoD:
" Feb 26, 2025
Teresa Borrenpohl was removed from her seat by a private security company, Lear Asset Management, who dragged her out of the auditorium and tried to tie her hands with zip ties, while the Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris recorded the incident, encouraging her removal."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

#UnionStrong

Costco is raising pay for most of its hourly US workers to more than $30 an hour amid contract talks with unionized employees
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-30/costco-increases-pay-to-over-30-an-hour-for-most-store-workers

Louder for those in the back.

Billionaires should not exist.

Organize a union to build working class power.

#unionstrong #Union

Amazon is flooding striking workers at DBK4 in Queens with freezing water in sub-zero weather, endangering everyone.

If you can, please do not shop at Amazon right now.

Social media posts confirming the flooding:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD2nNx1Sl6i/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD2oNicJ96-/

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/bjYgQLcLVv9NVBRn/

https://twitter.com/nycdsa/status/1870569037194989688

#UnionStrong #union #amazon #strike #law

Remember who the NYPD works for.

#unions #unionStrong #teamsters #amazon

“Cops Bust Picket Line as Teamsters Strike Seven Amazon Warehouses”

https://labornotes.org/2024/12/cops-bust-picket-line-teamsters-strike-seven-amazon-warehouses

A #wisconsin judge restored collective bargaining powers to public employees — a major win for the public workers and teachers unions #labor #union #unions #unionstrong https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/unions-score-major-win-wisconsin-court-ruling-restoring-116386320

#USpolitics #Crockett #Trumpenomics

"'Buckle up, buttercup': Crockett forecasts the impact of Trump's economic plan" [ < 1min]
by msnbc

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6xqE0_JjuI8

Quote by msnbc:
"Nov 28, 2024
“It's time to buckle up, buttercup,” says Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, warning about the effects of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda, “because it is about to be on and poppin' if—for some reason—he gets half of this done," she adds."

#USbeware
#CapitalismIsFailingYou
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

Congratulations to #Amazon drivers at DGT8 in #Atlanta for unionizing and joining the #Teamsters!

https://teamster.org/2024/11/atlanta-amazon-drivers-join-teamsters-union/

#Unions #UnionStrong #solidarity

Strike success! Boeing machinists successfully negotiated a 38% pay rise over four years, a $12k bonus, and increased 401(k) match by going on strike.

When workers stand together, they fight for better working conditions from a position of strength. #Unionize!

#unions #unionStrong

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/05/boeing-strike-ends/75989603007/