Lots of Chocolate on the streets in SFO?
Help yourself.
Unions … what a surprise.
Does a Union lean Right or Left?
Protesting for free money?
Why are pensions WW in trouble?
ZIRP and Inflation and who caused that?
A nationwide strike called by Brazil's trade unions disrupted public transport and triggered road blocks in parts of the country Friday, ahead of protests against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform.
One of Brazil's main trade unions estimated 45 million workers had taken part in the strike.
Bolsonaro's proposed overhaul of Brazil's pension system – which he has warned will bankrupt the country if his plan is not approved – is seen as key to getting a series of economic reforms through Congress.
https://www.france24.com/en/20190614-brazil-cities-paralysed-bolsonaro-general-strike-pension-reform
Right to work.
MAGA
Workers at Volkswagen AG's assembly plant in the state of Tennessee narrowly voted against union representation, dealing a fresh blow to the United Auto Workers' (UAW) efforts to unionize a foreign automaker's plant in the U.S. South.
The German automaker and the UAW said on Friday that workers at the Chattanooga plant voted 833 to 776 against union representation, the second time in five years they have rejected collective bargaining.
The fresh defeat comes at a pivotal time for the UAW, which has been struggling to move beyond a federal corruption probe and faces contentious contract talks this year with General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.
The loss also raises renewed questions about whether the UAW can gain a toehold in the U.S. South and organize workers at a foreign
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2019-06-14/workers-at-vws-tennessee-plant-vote-against-union-representation