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Heather McPherson's fight against company unions

The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Re
Heather McPherson's fight against company unions
The MP for Edmonton Strathcona, Heather McPherson, is running for the leadership of the federal NDP. She is calling for a fairer deal for workers, including a ban on company unions. The LabourStart report about union events. And singing "She's A Rebel Girl." RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today's #Solidarity Breakfast goes out 7:30 AM Eastern Australia Time on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social 855 AM.

Tune in at www.3cr.org.au/

#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod #Melbourne
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Bernie, Debs & the Sound of Solidarity

On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Senator Bernie Sanders accepts the Eugene V. Debs Award in Terre Haute, celebrating Debs’ legacy of solidarity and social justice — and reminding us that Debs’ vision still guides the labor movement today. Then, from
Bernie, Debs & the Sound of Solidarity
On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Senator Bernie Sanders accepts the Eugene V. Debs Award in Terre Haute, celebrating Debs’ legacy of solidarity and social justice — and reminding us that Debs’ vision still guides the labor movement today. Then, from the Solidarity Works podcast, meet California musician Johnny Miller Jr., who’s keeping labor’s musical traditions alive with songs of struggle, hope, and community. Plus music from The Local Honeys. Broadcast on November 13, 2025 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman. The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod
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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
November 14 - Founding of the Women's Trade Union League

On this day in Labor History the year was 1903. Working women from around the nation founded the National Women’s Trade Union League in Boston. The organization’s founders included female reformers, working class women, as well as women fro
November 14 - Founding of the Women's Trade Union League
On this day in Labor History the year was 1903. Working women from around the nation founded the National Women’s Trade Union League in Boston. The organization’s founders included female reformers, working class women, as well as women from wealthy families.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
14 November 1973: Athens Polytechnic student strike

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 Mini podcast of radical history on this day.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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#OtD 14 Nov 1973 students at the Athens Polytechnic went on strike in protest at the military dictatorship, occupying it and broadcasting pirate radio. After the army was sent in three days later, it triggered a general uprising stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8612...
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Chapter by Nastazja Potocka-Sionek and Antonio Aloisi in 'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector'

Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, and published by Edward Elgar Publishing

Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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New campaign! Guatemala: Stop persecution of union leader Lesbia Xiomara Conde Pacheco bit.ly/4nT78fB
Guatemala: Stop persecution of union leader Lesbia Xiomara Conde Pacheco
Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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14-11-1913 UK: Sympathy action breaks out in some British ports, like Liverpool, in support of workers in Dublin, but fails to spread.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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14-11-1938 USA: Foundation of the National Federation of Telephone Workers (later Communications Workers of America) in New Orleans.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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14-11-1977 UK: Firefighters begin their first ever national strike over 30% pay claim.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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14-11-1982 POLAND: Solidarity trade union leader and shipyard worker Lech Walesa is released from prison in Poland after 11 months
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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#OtD 14 Nov 1903 striking Chinese furniture makers battled armed strikebreakers on Little Bourke Street in Australia. Despite violence, and arrests of many strikers, the workers achieved most of their demands of better pay and union rights by December stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8609...
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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#OtD 14 Nov 1927 central bodies of the Soviet Communist Party recommended the expulsion of Leon Trotsky, thus consolidating Stalin's power. This was helped by Trotsky's previous actions undermining workers' democracy in favour of the bureaucracy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8611...
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Join us to hear from practitioners/academics discussing experimentation and innovation in unions, with insights from ETUC, European federations and national unions, covering cases from Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA
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📆 Join us on 4 December to hear some of the leading scholars of union renewal from Europe and North America present their latest research in discussion with trade unionists from a diverse range of sectors

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November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Yesterday, a reader of The Alberta Worker sent in a $5 donation.

Every bit helps to support independent labour journalism in Alberta.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The latest new story I wrote for @abworker.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Since the French Revolution, the Right has deployed a common set of arguments to resist the drive to democratize economic and political power.

The Left will only win if we analyze their rhetoric — and counter it.
To Beat the Right, We Have to Understand Their Arguments
Since the French Revolution, the Right has deployed a common set of arguments to resist the drive to democratize economic and political power. The Left will only win if we analyze their rhetoric — and counter it.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Registration still possible for online participation at this upcoming event on #WorkerParticipation in Portugal!

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November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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We join @ifjglobal.bsky.social and our sibling union Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate in strongly and openly condemning Israel's unending assault on media workers and the Palestinian people.
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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It was great to join For The Long Term for their D.C. Forum. When we come together and invest our pensions in smart and prudent ways, we can solve workers’ biggest challenges — from housing, to infrastructure and more — while providing for a secure retirement for all.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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UAW Local 2322 resident assistants at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute have been on strike since Halloween over management’s refusal to negotiate over harmful restructuring. @uawregion9a.bsky.social

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WPI Resident Advisors On Strike Against Destructive Restructuring and Unionbusting - Working Mass
By: Jake S Resident Advisors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute live in the student dormitories and offer services and resources to the students that live in their buildings to keep them safe and offe...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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"Strong wages and benefits don’t just attract new workers — they retain experienced ones. When people know they can earn a family-supporting wage, access quality healthcare and retire with dignity, they stay."

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There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Ileen DeVault (@iadevault.bsky.social), professor of labor history at #CornellILR, comments on the impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act in defining the eight-hour day and standard 40-hour workweek.
How Did We Get a 40-Hour Workweek and Has It Had Its Day?
The eight-hour workday has its roots in the 1860s. But it didn’t catch on for a many decades after that.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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#CornellILR's @ericagroshen.bsky.social, senior economic advisor and former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), advises against substituting private-sector data for official federal economic reports, underscoring the challenges facing policymakers and investors.
Butchered jobs and inflation data may add fuel to the fire of uncertainty already blazing in the markets | Fortune
A worldwide selloff accelerates as patchy U.S. data clouds the Fed’s next move, sending Wall Street tumbling and volatility surging into the end of the week.
fortune.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM