My idea about how #trade agreements should be done by the #EU: All products imported into the EU should adhere to current and *future* EU regulations. EU regulations should enforce #workerrights, #animalrights, #climate change protection, #environmental responsibility, #consumer rights and more.
All who adhere to good practices should be welcome to sell without tariffs.
Now let the EU work on improving regulations that support public values for the planet and all its inhabitants.
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A reminder that it was only 3 days before 4,000 education workers in Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public, and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts reached a tentative agreement "higher than the original wage mandates imposed by the Alberta government", that Medicine Hat workers rejected a deal for a measly 3% annual wage increase which doesn't keep up with inflation, which their employer called a "final offer" (which is a bullshit line unless you intend on violating legislated labour laws).
Now 3 days later, their bargaining position has completely changed. There is no way that the Medicine Hat school district can continue to hold out when 4,000 fellow Alberta education workers have won a fair contract and in the words of Alberta CUPE president Rory Gil, "finally won the respect they deserve".
This is such an important lesson in solidarity and the power of collective action. This win will snowball and start a domino effect, ending strikes across Alberta with fair contracts for workers. We only have power when we stay strong and stand together.
Understand that those 5 months (Fort Mac) and 2 months (Edmonton) that 4,000 education workers spent in abysmal deep freeze temperatures were a fight for all of our rights as workers to fair pay and respect, as the valuable force which keeps our society running. This was not just a win for those 4,000 deserving workers. It was a win for all of us.
This is how all the labour laws and legislation which makes our working lives bearable have been earned. Health benefits, weekends, maternity leave, wage increases, reasonable working hours, overtime pay, paid holidays, vacation time, workplace standards, the right to refuse unsafe work, protection against discrimination. We owe it all to our steadfast union workers.
Thank a union worker today. In Solidarity.
https://alberta.cupe.ca/2025/03/12/medicine-hat-school-support-workers-reject-government-offer/
CUPE Alberta · Medicine Hat school support workers reject government offer - CUPE AlbertaMEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA – Members of CUPE 829 at the Medicine Hat Public Schools have rejected a so called “final offer” from their employer. The vote, conducted by the Alberta Labour Relations Board at the request of the School District, was completed over the last two days. Results (unofficial): Yes: 20.9% No: 79.1% Total votes: ... Read more...
Wow, so it turns out that wrongful dismissal based on discrimination against diversity was not legal or constitutional after all? Who would have thought?
'Thousands of federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a U.S. district judge in San Francisco has ruled, because he said they were terminated unlawfully.
"It is a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that is a lie," Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, said before issuing his ruling from the bench.
The Thursday decision marks a significant stand against President Trump's sweeping efforts to remake the federal government. The White House pledged to appeal.'
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325959/federal-employees-court-firing
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Media links:
Times of San Diego:
https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2025/03/12/4-indonesians-sue-san-diegos-bumble-be`e-seafood-alleging-forced-labor/
San Diego Union Tribune:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/12/first-of-its-kind-lawsuit-alleges-human-trafficking-by-san-diegos-bumble-bee-seafoods/
Sub-living wage jobs should be illegal.
All jobs should come in fixed blocks of either 20 hours or 40 hours per week, chosen by the employee.
Cities, Counties, and States should send a bill each month to every corporation for ever dime of means-tested benefits and services provided to their employees (w/out naming them, of course).
Incels think getting rid of DEI will magically make them qualified for high paying jobs, when in real life they'll still be uneducated, scientifically & historically illiterate dolts.
WORKERS' RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! 
#marxism
#laborrights
#workerrights
#workersarehumanbeings
#socialism
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Another great one for Western Mass/Pioneer Valley folks:
https://pvworkerscenter.org/
Pioneer Valley Workers CenterHome Page - Pioneer Valley Workers CenterThe Pioneer Valley Workers Center builds power with low-wage immigrant workers throughout Western Massachusetts. We build power with Hispanic immigrant workers across Western Massachusetts. Together we educate our community, organize…
It was the same during the pandemic: All the scientists, all the doctors, everyone with the knowledge to explain things properly and keep folks safe... They were quick to go into hiding.
It's happening now: A certain evil individual and his henchmen have returned, with a vengeance, and once again, no one is willing to stand up to them.
Cowards, the lot of you!
High-end products made with low-cost labour.
Please, please, please give Educational support workers a fair deal, Edmonton Public Schools, and lift the secret mandates, UCP!
We stand by each and every one of you at CUPE 3550, and reject the dismissive, hateful, and harmful words of UCP Minister of Finance Nate Horner, and others who seek to belittle what you do for our children, and suggest that you do not deserve a living wage!
Remote work legislation is proving 'toothless.' WRC adjudicators are limited to process over merit in flexible working requests, leaving employee needs sidelined. As we navigate this legal landscape, how can we ensure privacy and cybersecurity considerations are integrated into remote work policies?
What steps should be taken to advocate for stronger protections? #RemoteWork #WorkerRights #Cybersecurity Read more: https://steelefamlaw.com/oDudk7
The Irish Times · Remote working in Ireland: People ‘are being pushed back to the office against their will’
Excited about my new role and coursework over the coming year. I started a newsletter if you’re interested in any of the following topics.
If you’re interested in updates, here are the tooics generally covered:
Rethinking/reimagining #philanthropy
#nonprofits
#Funding
#Community #Care
#antiviolence work
#Labor #Exploitation
#HumanTrafficking
#workerrights
Link to Newsletter: https://wadearvizu.com/2025/01/06/january-2025-newsletter/
wadearvizu.comJanuary 2025 Newsletter – Wade Arvizu
SANTA NO SCAB
https://www.tiktok.com/@thishourhas22minutes/video/7444574165580909880
Santa is a union man… what’s your name boot-licker?
www.tiktok.comTikTok - Make Your Day
Digital labor platforms in Africa offer both opportunities & challenges, with marginalized workers facing dispossession despite tech advancements. In this study, Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika (@unibremen, @DAIR) calls for policy reforms to protect worker autonomy & ensure equitable participation in economic shifts.
https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.3
#Digital #WorkerRights #GigEconomy #PlatformEconomy #Africa #socialscience #research #wjds @WZB_Berlin @towardsfairwork @milamiceli @tuberlin @FOKUSpublic
“Saudi Arabia is a pure police state, ruled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with no checks and balances.”
In 2022 it was Qatar. Now it's Saudi Arabia. Give. Me. A. Break. 
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#Corruption #FIFA #SaudiArabia #HumanRights #WorkerRights #WorldCup #Soccer
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/sport/saudi-arabia-2034-world-cup-fifa-bid-spt-intl
CNN · Saudi Arabia officially announced as the 2034 World Cup host. Human rights groups warn of ‘unimaginable human cost’
#USpolitics #WorkerRights #USA vs #Germany
The benefits of more than a century old labor union tradition.
It's not communism, it's common sence.
"Workers’ Rights: USA 
v. Germany 
#livingingermany #germanyvsusa #workersrights" [ < 1min]
by Aly: @usa.mom.in.germany
Millions are expected to join the nationwide mobilization launched by a combination of central trade #unions and an united front of #farmers called the #SamyuktaKisanMorcha.
India’s major farmers and workers unions are coming together to launch a nationwide mobilization on Tuesday, November 26, to demand the government address the distress faced by the majority of the country’s population of farmers and workers.
A call for nationwide #protests was given by the united farmers front, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and a joint platform of the Central Trade Unions earlier this month. Left-affiliated farmer’s organizations All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), All India Agricultural Workers Union (ALAWU), and Center for Indian Trade Unions (CITU), one of India’s largest trade union federations, are part of the call to mobilize.
"By tricking you into thinking of yourself as a "consumer" who benefits from low prices, they get you to stop thinking of yourself as a worker who suffers from low wages."
The last election was lost to consumers, not citizens. @pluralistic calls to unionize for a general (heck, global) strike in 2028. We desperately need one to break the backs of big tech/business robber barons. We probably needed it yesterday.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/11/rip-jane-mcalevey/#organize
pluralistic.netPluralistic: General Strike 2028 (11 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media released a report: "Tech Workers’ Testimonies: Stories of Suppression of Palestinian Advocacy in the Workplace".
The companies tracked in the report " have overwhelmingly responded
to workplace advocacy for Palestine with censorship, suppression, and silencing".
"The felt sense from workers that tech companies are in violation of their own
commitments to DEI"
7amleh.orgTech Workers’ Testimonies: Stories of Suppression of Palestinian Advocacy in the WorkplaceTech Workers’ Testimonies: Stories of Suppression of Palestinian Advocacy in the Workplace