She's also waging war on #RoboScabbing: app employment "platforms" like #Instawork that recruit workers to cross #PicketLines, under threat of being blocked from the app and blackballed by hundreds of local employers:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/30/computer-says-scab/#instawork
With #Cemex, Abruzzo is restoring a century-old labor principle that has been gathering dust for generations: the idea that workers have the right to organize #WorkplaceDemocracies without fear of retaliation, harassment, or reprisals.
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#roboscabbing #instawork #picketlines #cemex #workplacedemocracies
The #NationalLaborRelationsBoard just handed down a *landmark* ruling - the #Cemex case - that "brought #WorkerRights back from the dead."
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-28-bidens-nlrb-brings-workers-rights-back/
At issue in *Cemex* was what the #NLRB should do about employers that violate #LaborLaw during union drives. For decades, even the most flagrantly illegal union-busting was met with a wrist-slap.
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#nationallaborrelationsboard #cemex #workerrights #nlrb #laborlaw
@JenWojcik Union-busting #Cemex (mentioned in the article) appears to be the same "controversial" company that's been accused of eroding the shoreline in #Monterey. https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/27/controversial-beachfront-sand-mining-operation-along-monterey-bay-to-close/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nlrb-cemex-union-busting
Small step return towards #JoySilk, #CardCheck #unionization in 1930s and 40s
#Cemex #UnionBusting #UnionStrong #union #Unionize #Unionise #Capitalism #Exploitation #ClassWar
#joysilk #cardcheck #unionization #cemex #unionbusting #unionstrong #union #unionize #unionise #capitalism #exploitation #classwar
The Engineer - Synhelion claims clinker milestone for solar cement:
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/synhelion-claims-clinker-milestone-for-solar-cement
#Synhelion #Cemex #ZeroCarbonCement #ZeroCarbon #Cement #Decarbonisation #Clinker #ConcentratedSolarThermal #CST #SolarFuel #Limestone #Clay #MaterialsScience #Chemistry
#Synhelion #cemex #ZeroCarbonCement #zerocarbon #cement #Decarbonisation #Clinker #ConcentratedSolarThermal #CST #SolarFuel #Limestone #clay #MaterialsScience #chemistry
CEMEX, a global building materials company, has received a ā¬44 million grant from the European Union to develop an innovative technology that can use waste as fuel for cement production. The FLEXI-BURN technology can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90% and increase energy efficiency by up to 30%. The technology can also help address the problem of waste management and disposal.
#cemex #waste #fuel https://www.aggbusiness.com/ab10/news/eu-awards-cemex-eu44-million-grant-innovative-waste-fuel-technology
RT @CharlesBaudry@twitter.com
š“Blocage en cours du site Cemex de Lafarge Ć Issy les Moulineaux par Extinction Rebellion (@xrFrance@twitter.com) pour une action Ā«Ā Fin de ChantiersĀ Ā» afin de dĆ©noncer lāindustrie de la construction sur lāenvironnement.
#FinDeChantiers #Paris #ExtinctionRebellion #Cemex
š¦š: https://twitter.com/CharlesBaudry/status/1229305780802850817
#cemex #extinctionrebellion #paris #findechantiers