“Nobody wants to work anymore”
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 8, 2023
The people’s minimum wage:
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
It’s not a labor shortage. It’s a living wage shortage.
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DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub are suing New York City to block a new law that sets minimum wages for food-delivery workers.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) July 6, 2023
After years of organizing @LosDeliveristas won a $17.96/hr minimum wage, but the giant gig companies want to keep paying poverty wages.
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“When you’re able to change the law and make it easier and safer for workers to organize, it is always good.”
— Elizabeth Strater (@straterize) July 6, 2023
United Farm Workers has unionized over 500 farm workers in New York… so far. https://t.co/CYbUB5jGgk
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What distinguishes this moment in media is that for the past 20 years the assumption was that we were in a transition from print to online media and now it’s clear that online media is dying and we don’t seem to be transitioning into anything. Just less. https://t.co/A9QYC5aaGK
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) June 29, 2023
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The largest American labor strike in over 60 years is on the horizon. https://t.co/7lrsrG8QXk
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 6, 2023
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Waffle House workers in Columbia, South Carolina are on strike, citing unsafe working conditions and low pay
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 10, 2023
“Nobody’s scared, we’re ready. We are going to keep fighting by any means necessary.”https://t.co/uUwhOeLxZ8
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Exactly. Every worker deserves a living wage. pic.twitter.com/MrEwgr7D7r
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) July 10, 2023
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Huge day for @LosDeliveristas who defied the odds, took on Big Tech and won in what @SenSchumer called “one of the most exciting and extraordinary examples of new labor organizing in the country.” @THECITYNY first brought you their story in Dec 2020: https://t.co/E5iS0uydGp
— claudia irizarry aponte (@clauirizarry) June 11, 2023
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The climate crisis is a labor issue. Climate catastrophes impact workers, and disproportionately affect frontline, essential workers.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) June 8, 2023
Here’s a thread of what’s happening to workers in this current wildfire emergency, and how they’re organizing around it 🧵