During 2021 average workers’ pay rose 4.4%, average consumer prices rose 8.5%, and average CEO pay (in 500 biggest corporations) rose 17%. Even in pandemic, capitalism deepens inequality. Gross. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism https://t.co/TNvvZbe8nJ
— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) June 1, 2022
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.@Amazon is trying to ban words like “restrooms,” “slave labor,” & “union” from employees’ chats to bust unions.
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) June 2, 2022
Their track record of inhumane treatment, worker surveillance & union busting must not be tolerated.@SenWarren & I have questions.https://t.co/T5w5FtDZfa
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Chris Smalls was fired from Amazon at the beginning of the pandemic, and now, he’s the president of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), leading the charge for labor rights across company employees. #ESSENCE https://t.co/35xr7FWraL
— ESSENCE (@Essence) May 27, 2022
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The propaganda is to make politics believe this is just a gig work. Meaning drivers are not full-time, not part-time, drivers are “GiG Workers”? Name us one (1) Wall St listed company that is worth above 45 Billion on the back of less than PT workers ( <25 hrs). @USDOL @WHD_DOL pic.twitter.com/6KeofogS2I
— Uber Labor Union (@UberLaborUnion) June 1, 2022
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The National Education Association, largest US labor union representing about 3M members, criticized the proposal of arming teachers as a solution to mass shootings in schools.
— Fiona Webster 🌎🌏🌍 #PrideMonth🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@fiona_webster22) May 28, 2022
“Bringing more guns into schools makes schools more dangerous,” they said.https://t.co/IHPDB5hWxJ
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And that this is him union busting. The way the media just let him say any GD thing with no challenge you’d think he was the police… wait… https://t.co/7KaLg82xRn
— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) June 3, 2022
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The labor movement created the middle class in America.
— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) June 3, 2022
Strong unions mean a strong middle class.
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Capitalism rests on a network of privately-owned infrastructure, with shipping at its heart – but now the industry is in chaos as the profiteering of rentier corporations sends the world system into meltdown, writes @graceblakeley.https://t.co/11KgIdNuxt
— Tribune (@tribunemagazine) May 31, 2022
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Capitalism. https://t.co/2RLU4PdL82
— Becky Jae (@cubismdream) June 5, 2022