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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 8h

Kaiser refuses to give workers fair pay, benefits, and the staffing they need to keep patients safe.

We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊

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Warehouse Life | #ExposeAmazon @warehouselife.bsky.social · 3d

Amazon’s alleged pregnancy policies are putting workers at risk. 💔 This story is just one of hundreds we've received this year. Share our flyer and join our Oct 15 NYC speak-out!

If you can't come, send them a message: https://www.exposeamazon.org/pregnant-workers

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 10h

Teams work on these games. Letting go of individuals hurts processes all over development and ends up leading to worse products, more delays, and more crunch for workers, all the while shareholders stay shortsighted.

Party up, unionize.

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For No Particular Reason, Let’s Look At How Much Money EA Execs Made Recently - Aftermath

Let’s say that 300-400 workers had just gotten laid off as a result of poor sales of games like EA Sports FC 25, as well as longstanding mismanagement of series like Dragon Age and Titanfall. Wouldn’t...

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 10h

In fiscal year 2024, EA CEO Andrew Wilson made 172 times more than the median EA worker...as 5% of the global workforce was let go thanks to poor sales, mismanagement of beloved series and cancellations of upcoming titles...and then more were let go in May.

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 10h

A major win for California but...a fine for leaving the job?

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 10h

Russell Vought on a red background with his quote, "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down...we want to put them in trauma."

Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 11h

EVERYONE’S health suffers when medical professionals are overworked and understaffed, meanwhile KP’s CEO Gregory Adams gets around $13 million and the company touts record multibillion-dollar profits.

Solidarity to the union, someone has to keep your success AND patient health in mind.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: 45,000 health care workers just launched the biggest strike of the year.

Workers at Kaiser Permanente on the West Coast and in Hawaii have walked out to secure a contract.

These essential workers are fighting for patient care, good wages, and decent staffing.

Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 11h

Holiday hiring is nothing new, people have to work.

Will Amazon choose to their warehouses safer for all workers? Who makes the decision on injury severity: Amazon’s on-site medics or quotas that need fulfilling?

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 11h

This actually does make Starbucks feel like home: getting germs while preparing food.

Can y’all protect and listen to your workers?

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 2d

All these changes don’t improve store operations, decrease wait times, improve staffing, or bring customers back… they just make baristas’ lives harder.

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 12h

Kaiser holds *$66 billion* in reserves yet resists fair pay and staffing solutions.

UNAC/UHCP workers are on strike to demand safe staffing, fair pay, retirement security, dignity and respect. #KaiserStrike #UNACUHCPStrong

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 4d

“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law."

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 6d

Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract

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Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract - The Chief

Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a collective bargaining agreement covering workers at an Upstate apple farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led workers at Wafle...

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 4d

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 4d

We can keep building a ballroom in the White House but even “essential” government workers are told to kick rocks.

Make it make sense.

SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 4d

We don’t have the funds for basic health care, but when it comes to tearing apart families and terrorizing communities, the budget is unlimited. Shameful, chaotic shutdown.

Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 4d

I’m not trying to SKATE around the subject, but is it MADDENing to think that a recent buyout could have a MASSive EFFECT on the video game industry?

Especially if they've already been laying off workers and are taking on more debt?

SIMS--seems that way to mE At my desk.

United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · Sep 9

Unfortunately, it really isn't that surprising: these robber barons are going to lay off workers in the places with the highest costs of living (and thus labor), highest healthcare costs, and scant labor laws. That describes North America perfectly.

It's past time we fight back.

Speaking to The Game Business, Satvat said that "over 70%, and in some years 75%, of the layoffs have been in North America".

He noted that while "overall employment in the industry has actually increased" since before the pandemic, developers working in the US have been facing noticeable cuts in their workforce – particularly in AAA studios.

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 4d

So I get up fast,
hate to keep you waiting
organizing for fair wage
while Brian Niccol is hating

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 4d

We're not on strike yet, but we will be if starbucks doesn't start listening to baristas soon! We're ready to do what it takes to win fair pay, consistent hours, and resolve outstanding ULPs in our workplaces!

Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 4d

We want cauldrons filled with fair wages and employees' health and safety being taken seriously but instead we’re stuck with dangerous warehouses and on-site medics prioritizing quotas over bodies.
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Shayna Moon (scary) @themoonis.gay · Sep 4

It’s so cool how all of your friends at a particular studio can get laid off, super cool.

Unions are the only way forward to preserve our industry. The bosses are burning it all down for a quick buck.

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UVW-CWA

United Videogame Workers, a game industry-wide union for North America!

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 5d

Corporations keep wages low while prices soar. We’re not asking for luxury, we’re fighting for survival.

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 5d

Love to see it.

Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 5d

You know what’s a hit and goes platinum every time?

Returning to the bargaining table to actually treat workers like “partners” and invest in fair wages and staffing.

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 5d

Brian Niccol needs to stop taking Starbucks backward and settle a fair union contract so we can all move forward together.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 5d

An amazing victory! Congratulations to these courageous workers!✊

SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 5d

In these tough times, Michigan’s home care workers remind us what collective power looks like.

32,000 workers fought, won, and reclaimed their union. 💜💪 #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll

April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 5d

In a moment when our democracy feels fragile & our freedoms under attack, 32k home care workers in Michigan are giving us something powerful: hope. These powerful workers fought, won & took back their union. Congrats to the workers w/ MI Home Care Workers United & @seiuhcmi.bsky.social #UnionsForAll

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 5d

“During the week that Amazon held its Prime Big Deals Days on October 11-12, workers experienced a 37 percent surge over the previous week’s injury total”

Read more at: thesoc.org/campaigns/he...

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 6d

It’s clear things are going Backwards at Starbucks under Brian Niccol's leadership. But this has only motivated us more to keep organizing and doing whatever it takes—including striking if necessary—to win a fair union contract!

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 6d

Same paycheck. Higher prices. This is why we organize.

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 6d

Trump wants to rule like a king—eroding our democracy, terrorizing our communities, all while giving tax cuts to greedy corporations.—but we will not be silenced.

On Oct 18, union members and allies from all races and backgrounds will mobilize nationwide. Join us: https://seiu.co/OCT18 #NoKings

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