Workers
Giuliani Ordered to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers – Beragampengetahuan
WASHINGTON—A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. The damages verdict follows emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully […]
Dear Santa Reveals His Secret Helpers: Postal Workers – Beragampengetahuan
We all know that when a child writes a Dear Santa letter and drops it in the mailbox, Santa Claus and his team of elves get to work making the child’s wish come true. But how do they do it? A 2020 documentary, Dear Santa, reveals that for years, Santa and his team have been […]
Workers At LA’s Go Get Em Tiger File To Unionize – Beragampengetahuan
December has been a big month for the labor movement sweeping across the specialty coffee industry nationwide. The unions representing both Philadelphia’s Elxir Coffee and Kentucky’s Sunergos Coffee authorized strikes in the past week in order to push for contract ratifications, and both have been tentatively successful to that end. And now, in Los Angeles, […]
beragampengetahuan World Service – World Business Report, All 41 workers rescued from tunnel in India – Beragampengetahuan
41 workers in India who were trapped in a tunnel after a landslide have been rescued. The fast fashion online retailer Shein has filed confidentially to go public on the US stock market. Virgin Atlantic have become the first airline to send a commercial flight across the Atlantic powered only on sustainable fuel. We ask […]
Quelle Surprise! Fast Fashion Exploits Poor Workers; Industry Engages in Empty Virtue-Signalling – Beragampengetahuan
Yves here. Labor exploitation, particularly in the garment business, is a “dog bites man” story. But the abuses in fast fashion land are so egregious that the industry is having to feign concern. This post does a good job of laying out the facts. But it would be nice to have some guidance as to […]
Unionized subway workers in Seoul to go on strike starting Thursday – Beragampengetahuan
Unionized subway workers in Seoul decided to go on strike starting Thursday. (Yonhap) Unionized workers of Seoul Metro, the operator of Seoul subway lines No. 1-8, will stage a strike starting Thursday in protest of the company’s manpower reduction plan, officials said Wednesday. The labor union has threatened to take the collective action after the […]
Workers At Two More Specialty Coffee Companies File For Union Representation – Beragampengetahuan
The wave of union activity sweeping across the specialty coffee industry nationwide continues to gather momentum, with two workers from two Northeastern companies seeking to unionize. Both Vibrant Coffee Roasters in Philadelphia and Coffee by Design in Portland, Maine have made public their intentions to seek union representation and are moving toward a vote, if […]
Starbucks, Workers United Union Sue Each Other Over Pro-Palestinian Social Media Post – Beragampengetahuan
Starbucks and the union organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war. Starbucks sued Workers United in federal court in Iowa Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestinian social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war angered hundreds of customers and damaged […]
Ford Bronco Supplier Lays Off 650 Workers Due To UAW Strike – Beragampengetahuan
The UAW launched a strike Friday on Ford’s Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne, Stellantis NV’s Toledo Assembly Complex just across the Ohio border and General Motors’ Wentzville Assembly plant near St. Louis. UAW President Shawn Fain said earlier this week that the strike would expand this Friday if no progress is made in negotiations. […]
Lean Manufacturing, Straitened Labour: An oral history of the struggles of Maruti workers – Beragampengetahuan
Lean Manufacturing, Straitened Labour: An oral history of the struggles of Maruti workers Anjali Deshpande and Nandita Haksar has written this new book on struggles of Maruti workers. Faiz Ullah reviews the book at TheIndiaForum: Anjali Deshpande and Nandita Haksar’s new book, Japanese Management, Indian Resistance: The Struggles of Maruti Suzuki Workers, is the latest addition to […]