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We now have a general Labor focused community. Please feel free to contribute.

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The /c/unions community kept getting non union general labor interest posts and shockingly there are not really many general labor focused communities on Lemmy. So I’ve made one here.

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"Time is measured with a stopwatch in our hands. It’s a labour camp, not a modern factory" - Polish lighting company using private militia, 12 hours a day temp workers, and assault to break strike

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Supreme Administrative Court of Finland says Wolt must treat its couriers as employees. Wolt attempts to stall by applying for annulment.

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Nestle announces possible sale of Blue Bottle Coffee shortly after strike for improved wages and schedules, protection from harassment, and democratic control of workplace

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Greek unions reaffirm solidarity with Palestine after West Bank visit

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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/11388

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Unholy alliance of fashion brands, factory owners, governments propping up industry known for human rights abuses. Industry thrived for decades on underpaid, overworked and mostly female workforce

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Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

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9,000 strike for better pay after eyewear company's record performance. First time all unions coordinating action. Management declines comment.

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Portugal general strike: reform is legitimate when it involves social partners, is debated transparently, and results from serious negotiation. None of this happened

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Employees and supporters block trucks at Starbucks' largest distribution center on East Coast

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Latest news on Starbucks strike in #USA

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Photo of Starbucks strikers and supporters at Starbucks’ biggest East Coast distribution center in York, Pennsylvania.on Nov. 19, 2025.

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

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Strikebreakers in Birmingham to go on strike themselves

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NSW government orders nurses and midwives to stop organizing and striking, orders removal of strike information from social media. Union defies government, fined $130,000 for doing so.

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Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are employees in New Zealand, opening door for sick leave, holiday pay, and minimum wage. Gig companies warn of collapse if forced to pay decent wage.

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"Magistrates should not be forced to go to the streets" - on verge of mutiny in South Africa. Magistrates earn in month what senior counsel earn in a day. Many in debt review or blacklisted

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Canadian government accused of retreat from humanitarian obligations, scapegoating migrants, delivering corporate and military handouts rather than addressing the actual drivers of unaffordability

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Strike at University of California: "Be aware of transportation issues, but don't allow management to weaponize your frustration to target striking workers."

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CEOs in Ireland pay increase - I’m not sure too many would have been struggling at the checkout when buying groceries or dreading an electricity or gas bill

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Ministry of Labour in India favors employers over employees. Violation of labour law no longer criminal offense. House arrest for employees who speak out.

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CEO committed to dialogue when taking over Starbucks, yet negotiations going backwards. Starbucks closing Seattle's unionized flagship store. Over 1000 on strike. Stock down 1% Thursday

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'I need a second job,' says woman who actually needs a different economic system. If you need a second job, your boss in your first job is exploiting you

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The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6 | People Make Games [19:17]

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Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike

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from Drop Site News Murtaza Hussain Nov 10, 2025

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General Strike - What are the consequences of those who join?

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161 unions protest 12 hour day, pension changes in Ahmedabad

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https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/gujarat/ahmedabad/news/indian-labor-union-stages-grand-rally-at-riverfront-ahmedabad-workers-protest-against-12-hour-work-schedule-136382818.html

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Thousands of construction workers in Geneva and Lausanne reject builders’ association proposals for longer working hours, wage reductions, and weaker protections for older, sick, or injured workers

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https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=896

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Condé Nast management fires union members asking about the shutdown of progressive publication critical of Trump, suspends other union supporters

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Caesars hires union-buster Littler Mendelson to run captive-audience meetings, threats, surveillance, and propaganda. Politicians give Caesars all land besides casino to break pickets

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Tens of thousands in Lisbon protest bill that would make dismissals easier, limit breastfeeding schedule, and reduce miscarriage leave

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https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/tens-of-thousands-in-portugal-protest-proposed-labor-reforms/article_d4739952-5f18-580b-84bb-813a82b546e5.html

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"The Labour Party is selling out the working class – it always has been" - strike outside British Library, employees using food banks, on benefits, working other jobs.

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https://wrp.org.uk/news/mass-picket-at-british-library/

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UC nurses to strike in solidarity with other health care workers. Many union members sleeping in cars, on SNAP, and are one paycheck away from eviction

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Largest strike since New Zealand's 1979 general strike, against privatization, austerity, and funding landlords, tobacco companies, and big business

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TSA in Houston: "the whole airport shut down, nobody came to work"

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Many grad students don't have reliable access to food. Grad students are too busy and too insecure to stop working, even for protest.

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Apple supplier excludes pro-union voters, threatens deportation and eviction, denies raises and benefits to union supporters, confiscates phones to prevent documentation

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First contract wins for Essentia nurses

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Government uses teargas, beatings, live ammunition to enforce IMF policy in Ecuador. 3 die. National strike ends.

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Rockstar Games fires over 30 employees, all were part of pro-union Discord group, "one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting in the history of the games industry"

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50,000 teachers forced back to work by Alberta government. Students walk out in support of teachers, Education Minister attempts to stop them.

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Starbucks benefits - "Yes, there's free Headspace and Spotify, but I don't know any landlords who accept that"

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3,100 Tenet nurses to hold one-day strike Oct. 30 for patient safety at six California hospitals

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"I am a peaceful soul who would much rather feed people than go around curb stomping my enemies. What I'm saying is that the violent methods inevitably return when less violent means are taken away"

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Alberta Charter: "if the government puts a gun to the head of the teachers and they’re not able to continue their strike, then we in the broader labour movement will stand where they’re not able to"

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[Minnesota] 600 Allina Health medical personnel vote to strike in potentially largest Doctor's strike in US history

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UPS to Expedite A/C Vehicles to Hottest States

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A brief history of corporate whining: Government has been privatized in the West

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As Kaiser Workers Strike, “Not-For-Profit” Is Sitting on $67 Billion

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Horseshoe Casino Workers Strike for Teamsters Representation

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The UAW Is Still Fighting to Unionize Auto in the South

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Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Gear Up for a Potential Strike

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Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’

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Michael Sainato Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT

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Firefighters with supporters on the picket line in New Zealand

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https://union.place/@unionsmanawatu/115393525487664398

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100 Hearthstone artists, designers, testers unionize: we need to have some say in these massive decisions that are affecting all of us

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"Kaiser CEO making $12 million a year is rather disgusting... we're out here just asking for fair market wage... Kaiser premiums are going up, it just makes you question where all the money is going."

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Premier of Alberta uses misleading "21 students per class" statistic to make striking teachers look bad

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Gaza protests show we need union power to hit the system where it hurts

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Sai Englert 15 October 2025 12:09 BST Last update: ~ 07:00 EDT

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Teamsters at West Contra Costa Unified School District Authorize Strike

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Teamsters Win Nationwide Sanitation Strike Against Republic Services

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Teamsters Strike Herbal Wellness Center

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Billions on military drones and aircraft, fortunes of wealthy, while Belgian government threatens social security, public services, right to protest, social democracy, and independent judiciary

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Kaiser buys polished anti-union ads; UNAC/UHCP marks largest strike in history by 31,000 nurses, pharmacists, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, speech language pathologists, dietitians

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Management threatens to blacklist employees that refuse to cross picket lines of Birmingham bin workers

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"I really experience the alienation that Marx talked about" - first Half Price Books in California unionizes

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Power company employees, including engineers, officers, contract workers, defy Indian government, strike illegally, engage in sit-ins

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Emergency rooms acquired by private equity linked to staffing cuts, salary cuts, and increased death rate

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Sysco Teamsters in California Authorize Strike

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Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally

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Italy’s Tide of Solidarity With Gaza

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A fun way for Starbucks workers to win recognition: keep doors open, but give away company coffee, pastries for FREE

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Alberta teachers: Our working conditions are your child's learning conditions

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https://beige.party/@ned/115324944362174556

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Chilean casino management: "they need to adapt—and if they don’t want to, there are plenty of people waiting in line." That’s how the union was born, because they lied about everything promised

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Management at Tata Consultancy Services forces thousands of employees to resign, under threat of not being paid and becoming blacklisted in the industry.

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Federal unions sue White House, demand immediate end to shutdown

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Teamsters at Sysco Portland Authorize Strike

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Strikers enter Tesla showrooms in Paris, demand higher taxes on wealthy

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Teamsters Strike Brulin Holding Company Over Unfair Labor Practices

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