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I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.

Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/

#Argentina: #GeneralStrike called against repression of protests, economic policies like wage suppression, and increased #IMF debt

https://en.mercopress.com/2025/03/14/argentina-s-cgt-announces-24-hour-general-strike

#India: "We are not your slaves" - IT employees clash with police, burn posters of founders of #Infosys and L&T over unpaid labor, 90 hour weeks, and 14 hour days

https://trak.in/stories/bengaluru-it-employees-burn-posters-of-infosys-founder-lt-chairman-over-long-working-hours-demand/

#Germany: #Ubisoft game devs seek to hold management accountable for #layoffs. "The bosses take the profits, but don’t care for the workers."

https://uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft-dusseldorf-layoffs-solidarity-verdi-uni-global-union/

#Argentina: "we will all be retirees" - retirees organize march against government over #pensions, joined by football fans and #unions. Government responds with tear gas and water jets

https://www.footboom1.com/en/news/football/2432437-retirees-march-with-fans-in-argentina-the-protest-uniting-football-supporters

I love this children's book about cows and chickens organizing a strike to demand better working conditions. An excellent tale of collective bargaining and class solidarity

Gotta teach 'em young!

Britain’s biggest unions call for much closer UK-EU ties amid a ‘volatile’ global economy.

The unions calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmer’s reset talks with Brussels.

The UK should forge much closer ties with Europe amid an increasingly “volatile and unpredictable” global economy, Britain’s biggest trade unions argue as they push for new workers’ rights across the continent.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250307-britains-biggest-unions-call-for-much-closer-uk-eu-ties-amid-a-volatile-global-economy?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#JeffBezos brings #Amazon work culture to #BlueOrigin. Blue Origin employees say they are moving to a permanent 50-hour #workweek with frequent 12-hour shifts and that badge scanners have been introduced to track employee time. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/jeff-bezos-brings-amazon-work-culture-to-blue-origin/ #surveillance #labor #unions #workforce

"REI board blocks labor-backed candidates from ballot"

Members, go vote by May 1! Vote against every candidate. That's the only option they're giving us. Totally undemocratic.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rei-board-blocks-labor-backed-120057870.html

#Pakistan: #union members #SitIn at railway headquarters, say #IMF and #WorldBank pushing for #privatization that would be disastrous for both workers and travel prices

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/02/26/pakistans-railway-workers-fight-back-against-privatization-plan/

#Greece: “You count profits. We count lives.” Hundreds of thousands in streets for #GeneralStrike on anniversary of rail disaster

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/anger-mounts-over-rail-disaster-063509158.html

Happening now: Huge mobilisations taking place right across Greece today, as workers bring capitalism to a standstill in a breathtaking general strike.

Judge blocks #Trump admin’s #MassFirings of #FederalWorkers

A federal judge ruled that the terminations at several #FederalAgencies, including the Dept of #Defense, were likely #illegal.

A federal judge on Thurs ordered #OPM to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary govt workers in several agencies across the government, ruling that the terminations were probably illegal, as a group of labor #unions argued in court.

#law #Musk #DOGE
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/27/judge-probationary-federal-employee-firings-lawsuit/

Amid constant layoffs and instability, journalists have been unionizing their newsrooms in record numbers. A new study highlights what that looks like for women — and it produced some interesting insights that Nieman Lab has collated: "We get asked a lot in unionization drives, 'What can the union do to protect us, to stop a hedge fund from buying us, to stop the owners from simply deciding to shut down the publication?' And the answer we have to give people is nothing."

https://flip.it/jS5kTi