#bargaining committee

[spnscripthunt]

#wga strike #writer's strike #update #the strike is not over #i was a summer alternate on my union's bargaining committee #and on joint council + steering committee + a steward #it ain't over until it's over #admin: lets-steal-an-archive

[unopenablebox]

oh thank GOD, someone else has finally posted a swatch of the silk yarn i bought last week in a very recently released colorway with no online presence. i was too obsessed with specifically that color to settle for a different one but it was vaguely stressful wondering if it's actually way more variegated than it looks in the skein

but at least based on the swatch it is doing the "luminous-from-subtle-tonality spun gold" thing i wanted. so that's good

#sorry that im posting obsessively about my various yarn purchases. either i'm having one of my Moods or i'm specifically just #on some kind of the-end-of-bargaining-committee-has-a-timeline high #box opener #metallic gold silk yarn is just irresistible catnip to me lately. it's so brave that i only bought one skein of it #i have like five people's metallic gold shawls in my rav favorites‚ presumably just to remind myself? that i like it? #inscrutable.

[pedal-broad]

Stike vote girlie 😇😇

#proud union homo #voting yes in a strike vote as a bargaining committee member is so funny #its like yes i do give myself permission to declare a strike hehe 😜😜😜

[yo9urt]

its crazy how being in a union will remind you that the people above you do not care for you as a person at all and only care about money

#mine #not going to give a lot of details because idk the rules but my bargaining committee is pushing for a lot of things including ADEI training #and the school (in a liberal city...with a liberal reputation...claiming to care about this kind of thing...) literally point blank said no #to that #also they dont want to give student employees bereavement leave they think we can/should just use sick time #also most egregiously i lost my job because the school is underfunded and admin literally does not gaf #like ... ok................ i gave you tuition and my parents also gave you tuition and ive been here for 4 years working my ass off #for this degree and contributing to the learning of everyone on campus via my job and even my work as a student #and you are just going to treat me like dirt on your shoe .... Ok. I See How It Is. #if i ever went to a bargaining meeting i would attack the lawyer with a big stick until he gets a TBI #-_-

[drakerry]

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#bf was appointed to his union's collective bargaining committee i'm so proud of him

[bishopfish]

My birthday is in a couple weeks (august 2)

#fishposting #what do I want? weed and hot fat men and Catholic kitsch #I actually kinda already got a great gift (nominated for my union’s bargaining committee)

[witchern]

this is your randomly-timed reminder to unionize your workplace, folks ✌️

#*t #nothing will radicalize you faster than joining a union bargaining committee and asking for basic fucking shit from the company lawyers #i STILL remember [redacted's] lawyer saying that we didn't have a diversity issue at the company bc it was founded by 2 women #and one of those women is asian #i was the only nonwhite member of the bargaining committee at the time #and my white male coworker almost had to physically restrain me from launching across the table and tackling the lawyer to the floor #ANYWAY. YEAH. fucking unionize. l'chaim.

[wilwheaton]

“After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction,” the AMPTP wrote in a press release on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, SAG is calling out Hollywood CEOs—including Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Disney’s Bob Iger, NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, who are all present during the talks—for low-balling and using “bullying tactics.” “It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining table after refusing to counter the latest offer,” SAG’s TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee announced on X on Thursday. “We have negotiated with them in good faith, despite the fact that last week, they presented an offer that was, shockingly, worth less than they proposed before the strike began.”

SAG-AFTRA Strike Looks Bleaker Than Ever as Talks Break Down

Oh, look, the same reprehensible billionaires are using the same failed tactics with SAG-AFTRA that they tried with WGA.

Fuck you, David Zaslav, Bob Iger, and your fellow scumbags. You’re nothing without the creative workers who are the heart of the entertainment industry. All we are asking for is reasonable protections so we can earn a living and qualify for health insurance. You want another helipad on your yacht.

As long as it takes. One day longer, one day stronger.

#sag aftra #union strong

[iww-gnv]

(WASHINGTON) — Around 4 a.m., UPS walked away from the bargaining table after presenting an unacceptable offer to the Teamsters that did not address members’ needs. The UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously rejected the package. Following marathon negotiations, UPS refused to give the Teamsters a last, best, and final offer, telling the union the company had nothing more to give. “This multibillion-dollar corporation has plenty to give American workers — they just don’t want to,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “UPS had a choice to make, and they have clearly chosen to go down the wrong road.”

#news #teamsters #ups #unions #labor organizing #union strong #labor rights #labor news

[fans4wga]

[ID: tweet from SAG-AFTRA @/sagaftra that says, "Today, we go back to the bargaining table to fight for the contract you deserve. Keep turning out in full force on our picket lines and at solidarity events around the country. Let the AMPTP hear your voices loud and clear. It makes a difference. YOU make a difference."

Attached is an image with black text on a yellow background that says,

"To our fellow SAG-AFTRA Members,

Today, we go back to the bargaining table to fight for the contract you deserve. As we negotiate, we ask that you not let up. Keep turning out in full force on our picket lines and at solidarity events around the country. Let the AMPTP hear your voices loud and clear. It makes a difference. YOU make a difference.

We will continue to communicate updates with you directly.

One day longer. One day stronger. As long as it takes.

The SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming Negotiating Committee". end ID]

#sag-aftra strike #sag strike #actors strike

[zvaigzdelasas]

United Parcel Service (UPS.N) on Wednesday said it would return to the bargaining table with [its tail between it's legs] a better offer for roughly 340,000 Teamsters-represented U.S. workers, in a bid to avert a potentially economically damaging strike on Aug. 1. "We are prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits, but need to work quickly to finalize a fair deal that provides certainty for our customers, our employees and businesses across the country," UPS said in a statement.

As thousands of UPS Teamsters practice picket, rally, and mobilize around the country, UPS bowed today to the overwhelming show of Teamster unity and reached out to the union to resume negotiations. The Teamsters National Negotiating Committee and the company will set dates soon to resume negotiations next week.

19 Jul 23

#not at the finish line but good signal

[wraithsoutlaws]

"Kid had the bluest eyes you'd ever seen but they were deader than bargain bin Kiroshis. He never said where he came from. He wouldn't be the first Raffen that Coyote let into our ranks, if that's what he was. It wouldn't surprise me. I'll never forget his first night with us. See, fresh meat gets the welcoming committee—we all take turns throwing punches at the newest member. 'That's the true bond of brotherhood,' Coyote used to say or some shit. Usually it's one each. Then we grab a beer 'round the campfire, plan the next job, you know. But this kid, swear to God, he kept asking for more. In the dirt, spitting up his own blood...that's the only time I ever saw him smile. He disappeared a couple years later when it all turned to shit. Sometimes I wonder what happened to him, but I'll tell you what. I'd never want to run into him on a lonely highway." — Gadget Berry, "True Tales of the Open Road" (2087)

#cyberpunk 2077 #oc: dagger #cyberpunk photomode #been thinking about lil baby dagger lil deranged brooding boy still hasn't found himself #he isn't quite yet raffen at this point but he probably would be if his clan knew some of the things he'd done dkalfjkdlsafjla #he voluntarily leaves the bakkers for a couple years and joins a smuggling group. eventually goes back to the bakkers #at the behest of his brother. then things go real bad real fast lsafskalfafa

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Metro grocery store workers on strike in the Greater Toronto Area say they are fighting for their wages to keep up with the cost of living, as the rapid pace of food inflation in recent years has caused struggles in affording the same groceries they sell.

Last week, nearly 3,700 frontline store employees at 27 Metro grocery stores rejected a tentative agreement that had been reached by their union bargaining committee just after a strike deadline. Workers walked off the job Saturday instead of accepting the deal.

Many stationed on the picket line Wednesday said higher pay is essential to any potential agreement reached.

Jason Sylvester, a Metro meat department manager who had been at the grocer’s Gould Street location next to Toronto Metropolitan University’s campus, said he and a dozen other strikers present were “just trying to keep up wages with inflation.”

“We can’t afford to buy the groceries that we put up on shelves ourselves,” he said. [...]

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #Toronto #Ontario #workers' rights #strike action

[ourflagmeansstrike]

Tomorrow at WB: The Fan Picket!

Please come out TOMORROW, Tuesday October 3, to show support for the actors on strike! The writers were on strike 148 days but they got their deal! Now it's the actors' turn! Their negotiations with the studios begin today, and the higher the turnout right now, the easier for the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee. High visible public support means more leverage at the bargaining table! The Trek-fandom Snack Squad has teamed up with OFMD Snakery Snackery squad to sponsor food trucks: breakfast tacos, ice cream, churros, and a full-service coffee stand.

But this isn't about any individual fandom, it's about the power of fans and fandom communities at large. We are often overlooked by studios as just being a segment of their audiences, but we are massively powerful because of our passion, creativity, and community. Let's harness that power to get a high turnout — and high online visibility — Tuesday, Oct 3, and keep the pressure on for the studios to negotiate with the actors in good faith.

Come on out and let's party on the picket line!

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SAG-AFTRA strike leadership asks that people do not come to pickets in cosplay that accurately depicts characters from struck shows, but please feel free to wear fun outfits and non-canon cosplay.

(please help us boost this by tagging as many relevant fandoms and characters and creators as you know)

#actors strike #sagstrong #sag strike #ofmd #star trek #neil gaiman #good omens #sandman #the untamed #doctor who #ncuti gatwa #russel t davies

[hiromicota]

Washington State teachers deserve better pay

American Federation of Teachers Washington (AFT-WA) has a bill that’s going to the Washington State Senate. 6,500 community & technical college teachers and pre-K-12 classified employees are asking for help in getting adjunct faculty paid a reasonable wage. The bill would require community colleges to pay adjunct faculty at 85% pay parity with full-time faculty members.

Right now, Washington colleges pay part time faculty basically whatever they want. The Seattle Colleges District currently pays adjuncts around 74% of full time faculty. And the AFT local 1789-SCD collective bargaining agreement is likely one of the better agreements! 

The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee has scheduled a hearing for Senate bill SB 5557 for Friday, February 10th at 10:00 am. If you would like to register a pro position or submit written testimony, you can go to https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/ and then

Select Senate

Select Higher Education and Workforce Development

Select the meeting date: 2/10/2023

Select SB 5557 Part-Time Faculty Pay &

Select "Type of Testimony" to add your testimony and/or support.

#teachers #adjunct #union

[lovemewednesdays]

a statement from the wga.

8/22/23

DEAR MEMBERS, After 102 days of being on strike and of AMPTP silence, the companies began to bargain with us on August 11th, presenting us for the first time with a counteroffer. We responded to their counter at the beginning of last week and engaged in further discussions throughout the week. On Monday of this week, we received an invitation to meet with Bob Iger, Donna Langley, Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, and Carol Lombardini. It was accompanied by a message that it was past time to end this strike and that the companies were finally ready to bargain a deal. We accepted that invitation and, in good faith, met tonight, in hopes that the companies were serious about getting the industry back to work. Instead, on the 113th day of the strike – and while SAG-AFTRA is walking the picket lines by our side – we were met with a lecture about how good their single and only counteroffer was. We explained all the ways in which their counter’s limitations and loopholes and omissions failed to sufficiently protect writers from the existential threats that caused us to strike in the first place. We told them that a strike has a price, and that price is an answer to all – and not just some – of the problems they have created in the business. But this wasn’t a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get us to cave, which is why, not 20 minutes after we left the meeting, the AMPTP released its summary of their proposals. This was the companies’ plan from the beginning – not to bargain, but to jam us. It is their only strategy – to bet that we will turn on each other. Tomorrow we will send a more detailed description of the state of the negotiations. And we will see you all out on the picket lines so that the companies continue to see what labor power looks like. IN SOLIDARITY, WGA NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE

Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund.

#wga strike #sag strike #fuck the amptp #nic speaks