Today in Labor History May 2, 1933: In one of his first acts after coming to power, Adolf Hitler abolished all labor unions. Storm troopers occupied union offices across Germany. Union leaders were arrested, beaten, tortured and imprisoned, or sent to concentration camps. In the coming months, thousands more communists, anarchists and labor activists were arrested and murdered.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #union #communism #anarchism #nazis #massacre #ConcentrationCamp #hitler #fascism #prison #torture

The union representing 3,000 grad student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against USC to end campus militarization and drop charges against students and faculty arrested in Pro-Palistinian protests there.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/1/usc_police_arrests_student_protests_gaza

#freepalestine #EndTheOccupation #usc #students #UniversityProtests #workingclass #union #solidarity #police #policebrutality

USC Grad Student Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University over Arrests

As protests continue on campuses across North America, we go to the University of Southern California, where the union representing about 3,000 graduate student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school to end campus…

^{Democracy Now!}

Nurses represented by National Nurses United (#NNU), union of 225,000 registered nurses, stand in solidarity with student and faculty protesters at campuses across the United States facing a violent crackdown for speaking out against the mass killings and public health catastrophe in Gaza.

https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nations-largest-nurses-union-stands-in-solidarity-with-campus-protesters-facing-crackdowns

#healthworkers #studentprotests #union #solidarity #Gaza

Nation’s largest nurses union stands in solidarity with campus protesters facing crackdowns and arrests

Nurses represented by National Nurses United stand in solidarity with student and faculty protesters at campuses across the United States facing a violent crackdown for speaking out against the mass killings and public health catastrophe in Gaza.

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The Supreme Court today heard Starbucks' claim that lower courts messed up in deciding the fate of 7 baristas who were attempting to organize a #union at a coffee shop in Memphis, and who the government claimed had been fired for their labor activities.

A quick explainer to get you up to speed:
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-appears-open-to-starbucks-claims-in-labor-organizing-case-228568

Supreme Court appears open to Starbucks’ claims in labor-organizing case

The case stems from a complaint filed after seven baristas who were attempting to organize a union at a Starbucks shop in Memphis, Tenn., were fired.

^{The Conversation}

Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee voted solidly to unionize with the UAW, after twice in the past voting down the #union.

This time, they may have noticed that union workers won higher pay and better benefits from US automakers in their strike last year.
https://theconversation.com/uaw-wins-big-at-volkswagen-in-tennessee-becoming-the-first-foreign-owned-factory-in-the-american-south-to-unionize-228319
#News #BreakngNews #Labor #Business

UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Tennessee – becoming the first foreign-owned factory in the American South to unionize

Despite making similar efforts for decades, the UAW union had never before managed to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in a Southern state like Tennessee.

^{The Conversation}

DevOps job in Portland, Oregon with the city govt. Union job.

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/portlandor/jobs/4465469/devops-lead-inf-syst-analyst-principal-gen

#DevOps #Portland #PDX #Jobs #GetFediHired #Union

DevOps Lead (Inf Syst Analyst, Principal-Gen)

Job Appointment:  Regular, Full timeWork Schedule:  Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm.  Alternate schedule may be available.Work Location:  This position has an exception to work primarily remote.

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"Spotify’s CEO is now a billionaire but it takes artists 334 streams to make $1. The company just enacted a plan to completely demonetize smaller artists. Under the new policy, tracks that get under a certain threshold of annual streams will receive no money from the company. Groups like United Musicians and Allied Workers (ig: weareumaw) are fighting to save their industry."

#Union #capitalism