deadryn.

The Master Services Council—a 14,000-member strong union coalition of Teamsters, UFCW, SEIU, and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) at Disneyland—have almost unanimously ratified a strike authorization vote as of yesterday. This sets up the possibility of the first strike action at a Disney theme park (at least in America) since 1984.

From the Master Services Council through their Disney Workers Rising campaign:

This is via the Teamsters, who say:

The new contract provides Local 495 members with a $6.10 raise over three years and a minimum base wage of $24 per hour. In addition to wage increases, cast members secured fair attendance and sick leave policies, improved seniority rights, and new premium pay.

They've also won Juneteenth as a paid holiday.

The Master Services Council—a 14,000-member strong union coalition of Teamsters, UFCW, SEIU, and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) at Disneyland—have almost unanimously ratified a strike authorization vote as of yesterday. This sets up the possibility of the first strike action at a Disney theme park (at least in America) since 1984.

From the Master Services Council through their Disney Workers Rising campaign:

This is via the Teamsters, who say:

The new contract provides Local 495 members with a $6.10 raise over three years and a minimum base wage of $24 per hour. In addition to wage increases, cast members secured fair attendance and sick leave policies, improved seniority rights, and new premium pay.

They've also won Juneteenth as a paid holiday.

Over the past week SEIU Local 105 janitors—a group of approximately 2,400 janitors (mostly Latina women) in the Denver area that are covered by a master contract—have been on a path to striking. Their contract would have expired yesterday, but this morning Local 105 announced victory: the local has won a "historic contract." According to the Denver Post:

The new contract includes historic wage increases, protections against excessive workloads and guaranteed paid sick leave, according to Service Employees International Union Local 105. Janitors in Denver will be some of the highest paid in the country, once the new contract is ratified.

Reportedly the wage increases are 16-18% over current wages, which is significant increase (especially in janitorial work). The previous pay-scale appears to range from $17.22 to $19.00 depending on area and seniority, so in my estimation workers under the contract would see pay increases of $2.75 to $3.00/hr. Quite a historic contract, indeed. Congratulations!

Remember in March 2020 when the WHO was reassuring everyone COVID was not airborne and so washing your hands was enough?

And how we're still fighting against this idea because the only fucking preventative measure any public health official mentions when covid is surging is to use hand sanitizer and cover your face when you cough?

It took them until December 2021 to quietly update their page on COVID to include it can spread through airborne transmission. Hey, our understanding of the facts change and we update our guidelines to match, right?

Except by May 2020 they were already recognizing COVID was airborne in their plan to go back to the office:

In the context of COVID-19, the measures recommended
by REHVA are to run ventilation systems with no air circulation and to run the ventilation
units at maximum capacity to ensure that 100% fresh air is injected into the ventilated space.
This measure reduces the spread of all air-borne viruses

United Nations Geneva (where the WHO operates from) Back to the Office plan

Wear a well-fitting mask, we need to keep us safe because they won't. They never did.

Maybe the fact that the moment a threat is recognized as "airborne" then a lot of money needs to be spent to actually keep people safe: respirators, updated HVAC systems with MERV-13 or HEPA filters, negative pressure in patient room in hospitals and that would salt the vibes for capitalists and the states that serve them. Better wait until you have absolutely no choice but to concede and then do it as quietly as possible.

Same reason it took the CDC until the exact day the public health emergency ended to include "improving ventilation in buildings" as part of their COVID-19 guidelines

No public health emergency means the government can't actually force employers to do this.

You do you :) (by wearing a mask because these fuckers will see you die and then complain there's a "worker shortage")

The "official" messaging in many places around the world is still:

• it's not that bad¹, don't pay attention to the whiners
• if you do get it, it's just like the flu², just rest for a few days and then go back to work
• just keep your 1.5m distance from infected people, you'll be fine³, no reason to mask at all, weirdo

The people perpetrating these fucking falsehoods should be tried for crimes against humanity.

Alas, Capitalism.

Anyway, keep fucking masking.