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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>🚨🚨🚨 Trump put out an executive order (EO) to take away the collective bargaining (union) rights of federal employees today, claiming such rights counter “national security requirements and considerations.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FederalEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalEmployees</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>Per the article, Trump’s recent firing of National Labor Relations Board (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>) members may not have been conducted legally as specified in The National Labor Relations Act. At least one fired board member is fighting back in court.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a></p><p>/1 of 2</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/business/nlrb-trump-musk-workers/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/15/business/nl</span><span class="invisible">rb-trump-musk-workers/index.html</span></a></p>
Karen Alexander<p>Former Whole Foods cashier in Hadley, MA and St. Paul, MN here. I'm rooting for Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia today as they vote on <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a>. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/solidarityforever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarityforever</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p>Visiting the Monterey Bay aquarium was the highlight of my vacation to California several years ago. I support the unionization efforts of its employees to ensure that many more visitors have the chance to say the same.</p><p>Offer your own words of support here:</p><p><a href="https://mbaworkersunited.org/community-letter-support?utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mbaworkersunited.org/community</span><span class="invisible">-letter-support?utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TradeUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnion</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TradeUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/TradeUnionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnionism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LaborUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborUnion</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LaborUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborUnions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LabourUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourUnion</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LabourUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourUnions</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MontereyBayAquarium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyBayAquarium</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MontereyBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyBay</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> closing all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quebec</span></a> warehouses, cutting jobs"</p><p>"Barbara Agrait, a spokesperson with Amazon, denies that the decision was made following the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> of 200 employees last spring at Amazon’s DXT4 warehouse in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Laval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laval</span></a>, Que."</p><p>Yeah right!</p><p>You have to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a></p><p>Amazon's stunt here is a threat to other places thinking of forming a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a>. But if enough unionize, the plutocracy has to give in and accept it</p><p>That is the only way forward</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/amazon-is-ceasing-operations-in-quebec/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/am</span><span class="invisible">azon-is-ceasing-operations-in-quebec/</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>It’s legal for prisoners to unionize — and it can be invaluable for incarcerated people who are often laboring in difficult conditions without pay. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span>’s Michelle Pitcher talked to Texans in and out of prisons who are helping empower prisoners to seek better conditions — including the right to be paid and to refuse work.</p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.org/solidarity-prison-labor-union/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/solidarity-p</span><span class="invisible">rison-labor-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PrisonersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonersRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheMetalDogArticleList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheMetalDogArticleList</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalInjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalInjection</span></a><br>DOROTHY Calls For Unionization Among Artists Against Streaming Services<br>"I think artists need to unionize and I think the streaming services need to pay us a lot more for the songs."</p><p><a href="https://metalinjection.net/news/dorothy-calls-for-unionization-among-artists-against-streaming-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">metalinjection.net/news/doroth</span><span class="invisible">y-calls-for-unionization-among-artists-against-streaming-services</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOROTHY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOROTHY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StreamingServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreamingServices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtistsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FairPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairPay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicStreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicStreaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a></p>
MassivelyOP<p>Devs from multiple Bethesda offices formally create a ‘wall to wall’ union of over 200 workers<br>🔗 <a href="https://massivelyop.com/2024/07/20/devs-from-multiple-bethesda-offices-formally-create-a-wall-to-wall-union-of-over-200-workers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">massivelyop.com/2024/07/20/dev</span><span class="invisible">s-from-multiple-bethesda-offices-formally-create-a-wall-to-wall-union-of-over-200-workers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bethsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bethsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bethesda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bethesda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KetanjiBrownJackson</span></a> wrote a separate opinion concurring w/parts of the majority….</p><p>The case was brought by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starbucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starbucks</span></a> over the firing of 7 workers in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a> who were trying to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> a store in 2022. The company said it fired them for allowing a TV crew into a closed store, while the workers said that they were fired for their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> efforts &amp; that the company didn’t typically enforce the rules they were accused of violating.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CollectiveBargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveBargaining</span></a></p>
PetersburgMutualAid<p>The people of <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a> in <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/ChattanoogaTN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChattanoogaTN</span></a> voted overwhelmingly to <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> with the <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/UAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAW</span></a> . <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PetersburgMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetersburgMutualAid</span></a> would like to wish a <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/heartfelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heartfelt</span></a> <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/congratulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congratulations</span></a> to the <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/autoworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoworkers</span></a> and the <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> at large.</p><p>May this begin a wave of <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> and autonomous community organization in the south! Perhaps even <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/PetersburgVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetersburgVA</span></a> will catch the wave! 🙏🏾</p><p><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/organizethesouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizethesouth</span></a><br><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/unionstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionstrong</span></a><br><a href="https://radicalsocial.work/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a></p>
Flipboard Art & Photo Desk<p>Workers at the Creative Growth Art Center, a non-profit in Oakland, California that supports artists with disabilities, are forming a union. The Art Newspaper reports that the move was motivated by concerns over hiring practices, wages and benefits, an over-reliance on volunteer labor, and poor treatment of staff with disabilities. Story may be paywalled.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/XXOs2n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/XXOs2n</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ArtsIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtsIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ArtIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtIndustry</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>News<br>US government scientists follow academics in unionising for better conditions<br><a href="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-government-scientists-follow-academics-in-unionising-for-better-conditions/4019269.article" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chemistryworld.com/news/us-gov</span><span class="invisible">ernment-scientists-follow-academics-in-unionising-for-better-conditions/4019269.article</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unionization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a></p>
Jessica F. McGrath<p>While we're on the topic of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a>, if you are in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a>, remember Part VIII of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EmploymentStandardsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmploymentStandardsAct</span></a> (<a href="https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/00e41?_ga=2.267831623.830663072.1589199544-1699692134.1480627715#BK31" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ontario.ca/laws/statute/00e41?</span><span class="invisible">_ga=2.267831623.830663072.1589199544-1699692134.1480627715#BK31</span></a>) does not apply to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/InformationTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformationTechnology</span></a> Professionals, in toto, thanks to O. Reg. 285/01. (<a href="https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/010285#BK11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ontario.ca/laws/regulation/010</span><span class="invisible">285#BK11</span></a>) </p><p>That means no mandatory breaktimes, no limits on overtime or mandatory overtime pay, no minimum time between shifts, no right to disconnect outside of working hours, etm. </p><p>1/3</p>