"Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions...

...Starbucks is a trend-setting global powerhouse and one of the top U.S. employers. Current fights at places like Starbucks and Amazon will shape the labor movement for decades to come..."

#Resist #Capitalism #Union #Solidarity #organize #Labor #Democracy

https://truthout.org/articles/why-walmart-wants-to-see-the-starbucks-barista-strike-fail/

"Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions...

...Starbucks is a trend-setting global powerhouse and one of the top U.S. employers. Current fights at places like Starbucks and Amazon will shape the labor movement for decades to come..."

#Resist #Capitalism #Union #Solidarity #organize #Labor #Democracy

https://truthout.org/articles/why-walmart-wants-to-see-the-starbucks-barista-strike-fail/

hey folks we have a board members meeting tomorrow

so it's time again to remind you that if you want to spend ALL OF 2026 ABSOLUTELY GLORYING IN LABOR MOVEMENT HISTORY, EVERY SINGLE DAY then you should sign up now

join the Pacific Northwest #Labor #History Association

and get your calendar

you can also order calendars in bulk

annoy the boss by posting one in every break room

https://pnlha.org/join/

«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 This paper redirects attention to those workers.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i2.36667

@milamiceli
@timnitGebru
@DAIR
@alex
@Weizenbaum_Institut

#Paper #AI #IA #IAgenerativa #generativeAI #data #workers #datacenters #labor #work

hey folks we have a board members meeting tomorrow

so it's time again to remind you that if you want to spend ALL OF 2026 ABSOLUTELY GLORYING IN LABOR MOVEMENT HISTORY, EVERY SINGLE DAY then you should sign up now

join the Pacific Northwest #Labor #History Association

and get your calendar

you can also order calendars in bulk

annoy the boss by posting one in every break room

https://pnlha.org/join/

NYC DSA is holding a rally tomorrow for 30 employees fired illegally by Rockstar Games, the video game studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, for organizing with their coworkers.

5pm at 622 Broadway. Show up if you can!

More info: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nyc-rockstar-workers-solidarity-rally/ (You don't have to RSVP!)

#labor #organizing #workers #WorkersRights #unions #gamedev #RockstarGames #NYC #DSA #NYCDSA

Above mentioned episode is based on this article:
https://jacobin.com/2016/04/democracy-capitalism-freedom-friedman-wright-socialism

More resources for learning about #capitalism, #socialism, #labor, #organizing, #democracy here:
https://education.dsausa.org/resources/

RSS feed for the podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2021076.rss

#resist

@seanbala @greenpeace definitely need to be vigilant! A few years ago I looked at how environmental/climate groups referred to Taiwan, and found many included it as part of China - far more often than #labor, #humanrights or #health NGOs.

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/06/why-are-the-worlds-climate-and-environment-ngos-trying-to-erase-taiwan-from-the-map/

China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/30/world/chinas-low-rights-model/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #indonesia #australia #us #europe #globalsouth #rareearths #chineseeconomy #asianeconomy #labor

"Following direction from the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the Department of Education determined that nursing was among the programs that would now be excluded from the 'professional degree' list. This would affect how those seeking a nursing degree would be reimbursed for student loan payments."

https://www.newsweek.com/nurses-union-says-trump-policy-will-worsen-crisis-level-conditions-access-health-11101654

#healthcare #education #HigherEd #StudentLoans #nurses #nursing #DOE #labor #hospitals #massachusetts #USpol

«The global AI industry is fueled by hidden and precarized labor: workers who collect and annotate data, keep data centers running, and mine rare earth minerals—not to mention the artists, translators, writers, and actors whose work fuels so-called generative AI» 📢 This paper redirects attention to those workers.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i2.36667

@milamiceli
@timnitGebru
@DAIR
@alex
@Weizenbaum_Institut

#Paper #AI #IA #IAgenerativa #generativeAI #data #workers #datacenters #labor #work

"Following direction from the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the Department of Education determined that nursing was among the programs that would now be excluded from the 'professional degree' list. This would affect how those seeking a nursing degree would be reimbursed for student loan payments."

https://www.newsweek.com/nurses-union-says-trump-policy-will-worsen-crisis-level-conditions-access-health-11101654

#healthcare #education #HigherEd #StudentLoans #nurses #nursing #DOE #labor #hospitals #massachusetts #USpol

There is no Thanksgiving without farm workers. #farmworkers #labor

The exodus of corrections officers from federal prisons to ICE comes amid shortages of critical supplies, from food to personal hygiene items, for both staff and inmates.

It threatens to make the already grim conditions in these prisons even worse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Prison #Labor #Union #Government #ICE #Immigration

There is no Thanksgiving without farm workers. #farmworkers #labor

Latest news on Starbucks strike in #USA
[from email sent to supporters on Nov. 20, 2025]

https://mailchi.mp/8cf687a615fc/is-starbucks-chocolate-a-dirty-trick-or-a-clean-treat-14249299?e=ba3d82e1e1

Yesterday, we escalated our #UnfairLaborPractice #strike by heading straight to York, Pennsylvania, home to #Starbucks’ biggest East Coast distribution center with a message: If Starbucks won’t meet us at the table, we’ll meet them at their supply chain. We'll keep escalating, or we'll bring the picket line to them.

#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #TradeUnions #US
#news #politics #USpol #ULP
@usa

RE: https://flipboard.com/@nbcnewyork/politics-rgcgp7v7z/-/a-QSCBYyc8RNmJh-nKcH0oPQ%3Aa%3A2781624701-%2F0

so #labor #union busting

Latest news on Starbucks strike in #USA
[from email sent to supporters on Nov. 20, 2025]

https://mailchi.mp/8cf687a615fc/is-starbucks-chocolate-a-dirty-trick-or-a-clean-treat-14249299?e=ba3d82e1e1

Yesterday, we escalated our #UnfairLaborPractice #strike by heading straight to York, Pennsylvania, home to #Starbucks’ biggest East Coast distribution center with a message: If Starbucks won’t meet us at the table, we’ll meet them at their supply chain. We'll keep escalating, or we'll bring the picket line to them.

#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #LaborUnions #TradeUnions #US
#news #politics #USpol #ULP
@usa

The exodus of corrections officers from federal prisons to ICE comes amid shortages of critical supplies, from food to personal hygiene items, for both staff and inmates.

It threatens to make the already grim conditions in these prisons even worse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Prison #Labor #Union #Government #ICE #Immigration