I'm in my 70s and have spent my life standing with minorities against oppression...trans people will not be abandoned." See our latest reader's letter, from a veteran Southampton trade unionist. www.in-common.co.uk/2025/05/02/r... #transgender #tradeunion

Reader's letter: solidarity wi...

Cannot stress enough how important Union membership can be when you are under attack. You can find a Union here

https://www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion

#TradeUnion #TransRights

https://mastodon.social/@JennyList/114347604484047355

✊🏻✊🏾 General secretary of Unite fears more bin 🗑️ strikes 🪧 in other parts of the country, as workers push back against pay cuts and job losses❗

#GMB #Unite #TradeUnion #BirminghamBinStrikes #EqualPay #WorkersRights #LocalGovernment #Councils #Strikes #IndustrialAction #BinStrikes #LocalAuthorities #Birmingham

✊🏽 The GMB remain in a dispute with councils like #Peterborough and #Aberdeen over pay and working conditions!

#GMB #Unite #TradeUnion #BirminghamBinStrikes #EqualPay #WorkersRights #LocalGovernment #Councils #Strikes #IndustrialAction #BinStrikes #LocalAuthorities #Birmingham

Is there a trade union for Dutch museum staff? I can't find it. (Although I partly work in a museum, I have a university contract so I'm in the AOb.) #vakbond #tradeunion #netherlands

Sjaak van der Velden has updated his huge historical database of labour strikes in the Netherlands, and published an excel version online (it was previously available as msaccess file via the International Institute of Social History).
article: https://vakbondshistorie.nl/dossiers/stakingsdatabase-sjaak-van-der-velden/
data: https://www.sjaakshistohoek.nl/stakingenbestand

In the past, I’ve used Van der Velden’s data to explore whether wildcat strikes coincide with peaks in trade union membership growth: https://dirkmjk.nl/en/441/trade-union-growth

#tradeunion #history #netherlands #fnv

Feeling thrilled and humble in equal measure to announce that I won the caption competition in the latest edition of the award-winning #Stage #Screen & #Radio' by #Bectu , the #tradeunion for people who work behind the scenes in the biz of show, and am now the grateful owner of a £15 book token which I will spend on my autobiography, when I've written it. And published it.

Here it is again in a shareable digital format for fans of #80s #TV.

Samsung India Workers Union scores another Victory! First, they fought for the recognition of their #TradeUnion and got it registered after so many attempts to topple their struggle & protest.

As soon as the Union got registered #SamsungIndia fired key organizers which led to the strike. The workers, now as a Union exercised their collective power to reinstate the dismissed workers! #Tamilnadu

@TheHindu https://flipboard.com/@thehindu/national-dkoomk3rz/-/a-W9l4QyZGQMeK8_paLCJhTw%3Aa%3A2437248393-%2F0

The European #TradeUnion initiative for #justice in #Palestine has a call to action: "pressure your government to act on the #EU association agreement with #Israel." http://www.etun-palestine.org/site/2025/02/03/call-to-action-pressure-your-government-to-act-on-the-eu-association-agreement-with-israel

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.

Offer your own words of support here:

https://mbaworkersunited.org/community-letter-support?utm_source=mastodon

#politics #unions #union #unionization #TradeUnion #TradeUnions #TradeUnionism #labor #labour #LaborUnion #LaborUnions #LabourUnion #LabourUnions #MontereyBayAquarium #MontereyBay #California #LaborRights #UnionStrong #unionize

Another article from another media outlet about the exploitation in #TeleperformanceGreece

#unionizing #unionbusting #TradeUnion

https://restofworld.org/2021/call-center-greece-teleperformance/

Strike leaders’ office targetted and vital equipment stolen

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/strike-leading-trade-union-office-targeted-in-break-in-with-laptops-and-valuables-stolen/

#TradeUnion

'Greenstein responds to Sharon Graham’s ‘ME ME ME ME’ email. Left-wing Jewish activist slams Unite general secretary for bizarre Christmas email, her record and her positions on Palestine, the arms trade and more'
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/12/24/greenstein-responds-to-sharon-grahams-me-me-me-me-email/
#uk #unite #tradeunion #palestine

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/08/employees-are-being-marched-back-to-the-office-but-why
'These policies are all about power'.
Who's standing up for what we think is right?
#TradeUnion #WorkersRights

Please donate to get generators to the Free #TradeUnion of #Railway #Workers and the Independent Trade #Union of Miners of #Ukraine to help families without power and heat this winter as #Russia continues to bombard Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Please help.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ukraines-resilient-workers-help-provide-generators

#GreenSocialist #GreenParty #Revolution #Peace #Ecology #SocialJustice #Politics #Worker #Workers #Labor #WorkersRights #Union #Unions #LaborRights #UnionsRights #HumanRights