Truck driver compensation has *dropped* 40% since the 1970s.
— Josh Miller-Lewis (@jmillerlewis) December 13, 2021
The issue isn’t that truckers are lazy. It’s the lack of decent paying, humane jobs ad corporations looking to exploit workers at every turn. https://t.co/P7qxfyhQSd
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NEW: On Friday, Pres. Biden backed striking Kellogg’s workers, condemning a plan to hire permanent scabs.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 13, 2021
Workers were thrilled with the support.
“It means a lot coming from the commander-in-chief. It’s good that we can still rely on the Democratic Party to have labor’s back.” pic.twitter.com/dvvRtON6fd
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EXCLUSIVE: Two Amazon workers died within hours of each other at the company’s Bessemer warehouse last month.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 22, 2021
One was denied sick leave before suffering a fatal stroke.
Workers tell @GrimKim that 6 people have died at the facility this year and Amazon is trying to cover it up. pic.twitter.com/Jo0nAyi82O
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Today Amazon workers in Chicago walked off the job demanding better pay, Amazon workers in Staten Island also walked off, and they refilled their union petition with the NLRB. Amazon is horrible, but workers are rising up and organizing to fight back.
— Read Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks (@JoshuaPotash) December 22, 2021
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Joe Manchin is facing calls from a powerful group to reconsider his opposition to the Build Back Better Act: Coal miners.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 22, 2021
America’s largest coal mining union has put out a statement lauding the legislation and pushing Manchin to take a do-over.https://t.co/xVM4RWM2zY
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About 1,400 striking Kellogg workers have ratified a new contract, their union said Tuesday, ending a strike that began in early October and affected four of the company’s U.S. cereal plants. https://t.co/Z6UQaZTC3q
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 21, 2021
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40 million workers quit. 100,000+ on strike. 550+ new unions.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 28, 2021
2021 was the year of the worker. pic.twitter.com/olen53bpp9