Le Pouls Du Monde

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History: March 28, 1968: Martin Luther King led a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Police attacked the workers with mace and sticks. A 16-year old boy was shot. 280 workers were arrested. He was assassinated a few days later after speaking to the striking workers. The sanitation workers were mostly black. They worked for starvation wages under plantation like conditions, generally under racist white bosses. Workers could be fired for being one minute late or for talking back, and they got no breaks. Organizing escalated in the early 1960s and reached its peak in February, 1968, when two workers were crushed to death in the back of a garbage truck.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memphis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MartinLutherKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MartinLutherKing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/assassination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#assassination</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkplaceDeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkplaceDeaths</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tennessee</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a>

The Japan TimesJapan’s biggest union group reported the biggest wage gains in more than three decades for two successive years, but the broader picture for pay trends may not be quite as rosy, according to one think tank. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/japan-wage-growth-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/japan-wage-growth-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rengo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rengo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shunto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shunto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unions</a>

The Japan TimesFaced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveys</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/highschools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#highschools</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ashinaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ashinaga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonregularworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonregularworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parenthood</a>

The Japan TimesAn expert panel of Japan's National Personnel Authority proposed Monday that the government look at workers' salaries at larger businesses to decide those for national public servants. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/japan-central-government-worker-pay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/japan-central-government-worker-pay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japaneseeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japaneseeconomy</a>

The Japan TimesAgreements so far in Japan’s spring wage negotiations are off to a solid start, with the Bank of Japan watching closely for steady wage increases as it looks to depart from decadeslong ultraloose monetary policy. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/21/economy/shuto-real-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/21/economy/shuto-real-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shunto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shunto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rengo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rengo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japaneseeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japaneseeconomy</a>

The Japan TimesIn an effort to address a shortage of Self-Defense Forces personnel, the government has introduced measures to improve working conditions, including revising the pay structure and increasing duty allowances. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/self-defense-forces-working-conditions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/self-defense-forces-working-conditions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sdf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a>

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