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DoomsdaysCW

#MayDay event in #PortlandMaine!

May Day
#NationalDayOfAction
#StopTheBillionaireTakeover

Thursday, May 1
3:30 - 6pm EDT

USM Portland Campus | Green Space in front of McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success
35 Bedford St.
Portland, ME 04101

Organized Locally by the Maine May Day Committee.

@Todd : "We’ll begin at 3:30 on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine to speak out against Trump’s threat to our public universities. And, we’ll march on the boss to demand the UMaine system bargain in good faith and sign a union contract with graduate student workers represented by the United Auto Workers. The two go hand in hand.

Next, we’ll march to the Post Office on Forest Ave to oppose Trump’s threats to privatize it and hear from workers threatened with mass layoffs. Then up past Portland High School and the Portland Public Library in solidarity with educators and students opposed to Trump’s destruction of the Department of Education and his attacks on LGTBQ+ and immigrant students. Finally we’ll march up Congress Street during rush hour to the Portland Museum of Art to support funding for the arts and hold a final community rally starting around 5:00 pm. We’ll have a program of speaking out against Trump’s attack and offering ideas about how to deepen solidarity between all the different parts of our movement for democracy and justice.

We need your help. Please attend the march if you are able. It’s a big state, so if you can’t get to Portland, please support or organize another action in your town or region hosted by the Maine Education Association and the Maine AFL-CIO or any other community group that steps up to stand up. Strength in solidarity."

@AIF_Massachusetts

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May Day National Day of Action Stop the Billionaire Takeover Thursday, May 1 3:30 - 6pm EDT USM Portland Campus | Green Space in front of McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success 35 Bedford St. Portland, ME 04101 Organized Locally by the Maine May Day Committee.
#WorkerRights#LaborRights#LaborUnions
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Jan Vlug

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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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

The Conversation: Africa’s data workers are being exploited by foreign tech firms – 4 ways to protect them. “Since 2015, we have been studying the central role of African data workers in building and maintaining artificial intelligence (AI) systems, acting as ‘data janitors’. Our research found that companies rarely acknowledge the use of human workers in AI value chains, thus they […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/the-conversation-africas-data-workers-are-being-exploited-by-foreign-tech-firms-4-ways-to-protect-them/

#africa#ai#aitraining
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Ned Yeung

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.

alberta.cupe.ca/2025/03/12/med

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...
#solidarity#unionstrong#union
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Ned Yeung

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.'

npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-53259

Politics Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules Updated March 13, 20252:59 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered By Chris Arnold, Emily Feng 3-Minute Listen <Image: Protesters hold signs in solidarity at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on March 4. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images> 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.
#uspol#WorkerRights
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Miss Gayle

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).

Article: sherwood.news/personal-finance

Multiple jobholder rates are the highest they’ve been since the Great Recession 5.4% of American adults were juggling more than one job last month — the highest share in 15+ years. Hyunsoo Rim, 3/10/25 For more and more US adults in the current economy, it seems like just one job is no longer enough. According to Friday’s job report, the number of multiple jobholders in the US surged to a record 8.9 million in February, the highest figure since data tracking began in 1994. That’s 5.4% of all employed workers — a level last seen in April 2009.
#Employment#Economy#LivingWage
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Adrian Morales

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!

#Corruption#Ignorance#Tyranny
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Ned Yeung

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!

CUPE Local 3550 Check your emails for the full update! Bargaining UPDATE We have been informed that the employer has invited us back to the bargaining table, with discussions set to resume the day after our scheduled day of action. Please check your emails for further details. We WILL still be having our Education Day of Action tomorrow at the Centre for Education.
#unionstrong#Union#abpoli
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Jonathan Steele

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: steelefamlaw.com/oDudk7

The Irish Times · Remote working in Ireland: People ‘are being pushed back to the office against their will’By Stephen Bourke
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