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Erdogan and the Soma Disaster

Cull people who think it is more important to have cheap, fashionable clothes than fair working conditions.

"That's it lads, 364 days annual leave...what would we have done without our union!"

"We need a union!'

The role of administration.

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

'You can't fire me! -- This is a right-to-work state!'

"But if you were a real boy you wouldn't be allowed to work such long hours."

"Instead of raising the minimum wage, we should lower it to $4.00 an hour and create more jobs. Plus, low wages would encourage car pooling."

National Living Wage from April 1st.

'Enough is enough. We're sick of being overworked and underpaid.'

"We'll take a 10% cut in benefits if you'll take a 10% cut in stock options."

"A wage increase to match inflation."

Capitalism: Creates, Jobs & Wealth.

Worker Rights and the Smoking Ban

"Ha! Today we informed the boss about our rights!"

"Look - we'll whistle when it's fifteen dollars an hour."

"The union is objecting to our 'grotesquely inflated' wages, do you think they'd settle for 'outrageously inflated' instead?"

"Don't worry - if we double the minimum wage it will still be nothing."

"We're striking for minimum levels of service."

'Employee benefits? Sure, here you are!'

'In this pyramid we are unionized. We don't accept more than 50 lashes per day.'

The Trans Pacific Partnership! Negotiated in Secret! No input from labor, consumer, or environmental organizations...

A worker is crossing a 'Labor Unions' Bridge - It is starting to come apart.

"But it will never get better if you picket"

'The problem is, you don't take enough pride in your temporary, no benefit, below living wage job!'

"Thank you for coming in on your day off, minion. It reflects well on your character." "I thought my job depended on it." "I don't know how you got that impression. I would never force you to come in on your day off. That would be illegal." "You said 'Come in on your day off. Your job depends on it.'" "Rudy, Rudy, Rudy... That's just a figure of speech." "You went on to say 'I mean it. That's not just a figure of speech.'" "That was a figure of speech too."

Member of two trade unions

Tired of long hours and lousy pay, Bob begins a work-to-rule campaign.

'Let's be fair and take a vote - how many here think we need a minimum wage increase?'

"As a show of our commitment to your right to work, we're happy to offer you a contract that meets all your demands."

'In other words, we want you to get paid like our union employees.'

"When given a choice, a lot of them prefer eternal torment over being stuck in a 9 to 5 job."

'The union card does it every time.'