May 11, 2023 by V Leigh

Your regular reminder that inflation is being driven by corporations jacking up prices.

Your regular reminder that inflation is being driven by corporations jacking up prices. pic.twitter.com/RZP0fyWLMz
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 25, 2023

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how many people did they layoff again? https://t.co/nDkMQBnFJp
— Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸 (@wagatwe) April 25, 2023

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Musk beautifully showing us that billionaires become billionaires by breaking things that work so they can force shittier paid versions.

Break public ed, affordable housing, health care, food & water.

Invoice for charters, company towns, med loans, organic food & purified water
— Rafael Shimunov (@rafaelshimunov) April 20, 2023

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The federal minimum wage is still $7.25. pic.twitter.com/OxfbRTqPIT
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 22, 2023

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Reminder: SpaceX received $3,000,000,000 in taxpayer dollars. https://t.co/a6tN0ZGoMU
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 20, 2023

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I don’t care if you’re a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or none of the above—we should all be able to agree that water is a human right, not an investment opportunity. pic.twitter.com/MLbnASBV20
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 27, 2023

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the NYPD is on pace to blow past its allotted overtime budget for FY2023 by ~$366 million which is 16X what it would cost to keep public libraries open on the weekends. Keep in mind, $366 million isn’t their OT budget, it’s what the NYPD went OVER their allotted OT budget ($374M) https://t.co/K9VsQEY3OO
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonCHI) April 25, 2023

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A judge says San Francisco’s Marriott Hotel illegally kept about $9 million in more than five years of banquet “service charges” that its customers reasonably understood to be tips for food servers.https://t.co/wixcaBvOuS
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 1, 2023

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Know how this isn’t an accident?

They have kid-sized protective wear. https://t.co/egBz2mfRBt
— tall erin, Ph.D (@emfundertaker) May 8, 2023

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One in four Americans live with medical debt. 18 million Americans cannot afford to fulfill prescriptions given them by their doctors. 68,000 people a year die of lack of healthcare. 500,000 medical bankruptcies a year.

But health insurers spent $141 billion on stock buybacks,… https://t.co/NR8KXVG9WX
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) May 9, 2023

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Someone on Reddit asked, “if you’re injured as a result of a mass shooting, are you responsible for that medical bill?” And I find that a uniquely American question.
— Kimberly Nguyen (@knguyenpoetry) May 8, 2023

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BREAKING: Hollywood writers are striking.

They’re fighting for their livelihoods against billion-dollar studios and streaming companies who have been squeezing writers to eke out more profits.

Writers didn’t shut down Hollywood — the studios did.

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— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 2, 2023

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also a reminder that because of the inexorable march of time the youngest millennial is now almost 24, and the oldest ones are in their early 40s https://t.co/GOcPOjNlUc
— yves adele fartlow (@vogon) April 28, 2023

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April 20, 2023 by V Leigh

“Too many people can’t afford to miss even a day’s pay…together we continue to build a state that truly serves as a beacon for families, and businesses, and good paying jobs,” Gov. Pritzker

“Too many people can’t afford to miss even a day’s pay…together we continue to build a state that truly serves as a beacon for families, and businesses, and good paying jobs,” Gov. Pritzker said on Monday.https://t.co/M7e1Y7Nv39
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) March 16, 2023

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Labor lawyer Joshua Mendelsohn, on labor rights in the NBA: “I think a lot of the fights in sports are fundamentally evergreen. There’s a pie. Players want as much of it as possible, and owners want to prevent them from getting that.”https://t.co/uTA4wbDEt0
— Jacobin (@jacobin) March 21, 2023

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wake up babe, new capitalist buzzword for being forced to live like a medieval peasant just dropped https://t.co/q3KwfByU9i
— Janus Rose (@janusrose) April 4, 2023

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IF WE ENDED CHILD LABOR BECAUSE CHILDREN WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED AT WORK, AND THEN A CHILD WAS INJURED BECAUSE WE REINTRODUCED CHILD LABOR, THEN IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT IT IS A POLICY DECISION https://t.co/l7ccsP6JSu
— Jessie Singer (@JessieSingerNYC) March 27, 2023

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Not so fun fact: The maximum penalty for a child labor violation—which is say illegally employing children—is a fine of $15,138 per child with no prison time. The maximum penalty for pirating a film is up to $250,000 and three years in prison. https://t.co/RAkI29CTzI
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) April 12, 2023

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March 14, 2023 by V Leigh

This is why the workers of France and their unions will win. When we’re organized, and withhold our labor, the trash piles up. Transportation stops moving. Everything stops.

This is why the workers of France and their unions will win. When we’re organized, and withhold our labor, the trash piles up. Transportation stops moving. Everything stops. https://t.co/i9HsPJgzq6
— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) March 13, 2023

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Amazing scenes of working class solidarity in France today. https://t.co/mQ3ttC7vG1
— Sunny Giron (@sunny_giron) March 7, 2023

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the other day at a talk someone raised this question and it’s worth noting that “the children” that these people claim to want to protect and the children that will be working are two different sets of children. Sarah Sanders’ kids aren’t gonna be getting jobs. https://t.co/xAX6FwEMxh
— Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) March 6, 2023

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Alone & exploited, migrant children are working brutal jobs across the U.S., violating century-old child-labor laws, an NYT investigation found

There are 12-year-old roofers in Florida & Tennessee, underage slaughterhouse workers in Delaware & Mississippihttps://t.co/YYBpazA6wp
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) February 25, 2023

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Managers at Twitter who were told to provide a list of people who should be promoted, were fired and replaced by the people they recommended https://t.co/nVw0bpQ6fZ pic.twitter.com/ejPUmo6unX
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 9, 2023

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The honest-to-goodness, absolute bare minimum @TempleUniv leadership could do @insidehighered https://t.co/m02F06pjPx
— Scott Walter (@slwalter123) March 9, 2023

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a measure loosening child labor protections in her state.

The move follows a surge in reported child labor law violations, with at least 10 in Arkansas, according to the Labor Dept. (via The ReidOut Blog) https://t.co/Rd03l3Q8YQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2023

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March 5, 2023 by V Leigh

Boy cleaning slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Photo provided by Department of Labor investigators. He was employed by PSSI, a cleaning company owned by Blackstone private equity firm. ⁦@NBCNews

Notice: a story documenting thousands of cases of child exploitation, clear as day, out in the open, and the (to be clear, otherwise excellent) report doesn’t mention the word “crime” or “criminal” once. It’s presented entirely as a civil and bureaucratic process issue. https://t.co/0JXMckCGHE
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) February 26, 2023

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Boy cleaning slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Photo provided by Department of Labor investigators. He was employed by PSSI, a cleaning company owned by Blackstone private equity firm. ⁦@NBCNews⁩ pic.twitter.com/Gg9Fg4ICCs
— Laura Strickler (@strickdc) February 22, 2023

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A major New York Times investigation has revealed the widespread use of migrant child labor across the U.S. “They’re ending up in some of the most brutal jobs in the country,” says reporter @hannahdreier. pic.twitter.com/getzCK8ZFF
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) February 28, 2023

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Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman took home a record $1.27 billion for 2022, extending his stature as one of the most highly paid executives in finance https://t.co/fMlC4SYRaK
— Bloomberg (@business) February 24, 2023

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A 13-year-old was hired illegally to clean a slaughterhouse.

The company that hired her paid a fine. But her family is paying a much bigger price: The child’s father is in jail (for driving her to work), and her mother faces deportation.https://t.co/F5gClPQXlK
— Abha Bhattarai (@abhabhattarai) March 3, 2023

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February 24, 2023 by V Leigh

Multi-billion dollar corporations will claim they don’t have the money to pay workers better, then spend millions so that they don’t have to pay workers better.

BREAKING: The Labor Dept has released some horrifying findings in its child labor investigation in meatpacking plants.

They say Packers Sanitation employed *at least 102 kids* as young as 13 across 8 states. Minors cleaned ‘back saws, brisket saws and head splitters.’
— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) February 17, 2023

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You’re not only closer to homelessness than being a billionaire. You’re closer to homelessness than to buying any home in many major cities. You’re closer to homelessness than being able to ever actually retire. When you see it that way, the crisis is impossible to ignore.
— Dana White (@ItsDanaWhite) January 26, 2023

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Multi-billion dollar corporations will claim they don’t have the money to pay workers better, then spend millions so that they don’t have to pay workers better. pic.twitter.com/kcPyaHJ8oF
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) January 26, 2023

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December 21, 2022 by V Leigh

“We are very well-prepared for the long haul of this battle,” @AmazonLabor President @Shut_DownAmazon says about the $AMZN union fight, adding: “Corporations have no choice but to realize this movement is not going to stop… until we rightfully get what we rightfully deserve.”

We are proud to announce that Fellows at the National Institutes of Health are uniting to fight for better working conditions, better science, and more equitable medical research for all. We are NIH Fellows United. #NIHFellowsUnited 🧵 pic.twitter.com/AQLxFdJNSt
— NIH Fellows United-UAW (@nihfellowsunite) December 16, 2022

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🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/SvRkJrDh0Q
— Railroad Workers United ✊ (@railroadworkers) December 18, 2022

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BREAKING: College athletes are employees who have the right to organize, NLRB officials determined in a case brought by USC football players.

Agency staff found that the NCAA, PAC-10, and USC are violating players’ rights by misclassifying them as “student-athletes.”
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 15, 2022

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“If the rail workers strike, it would hurt the economy”

“If nurses strike, it’ll hurt the patients”

“If teachers strike, it’ll hurt the children”

This is anti-labor, strike-busting language. Yes, workers are vital—meet their demands.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 20, 2022

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“We are very well-prepared for the long haul of this battle,” @AmazonLabor President @Shut_DownAmazon says about the $AMZN union fight, adding: “Corporations have no choice but to realize this movement is not going to stop… until we rightfully get what we rightfully deserve.” pic.twitter.com/GwAwGClm5Q
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) December 20, 2022

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December 11, 2022 by V Leigh

Strikes in Academia: Solidarity with the UC workers who are in their fourth week of the biggest strike in US higher education history. Let me remind you: absent the workers in a university, there’s nothing. Workers not only deserve better wages & benefits, the quality of a UC education depends on it.

Solidarity with the UC workers who are in their fourth week of the biggest strike in US higher education history. Let me remind you: absent the workers in a university, there’s nothing. Workers not only deserve better wages & benefits, the quality of a UC education depends on it. pic.twitter.com/aKDyeH49lq
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 9, 2022

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NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN continue to ignore the largest academic strike in US history, with only 100 secs of coverage in 3 weeks. In this same time frame, these networks managed to air 96 mins of coverage—34 individual segments—on Prince Harry and Prince William https://t.co/d7vQv1FNSy
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 6, 2022

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“This is one of the most striking examples of a resurgence of the labor movement that we’ve seen,” said Harley Shaiken, an emeritus professor at the University of California-Berkeley who specializes in labor and the global economy. (1/2)
— Student Researchers United-UAW (@sruuaw) December 9, 2022

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“We firmly believe that there is no higher education at the UC without these workers and their compensation and benefits need to reflect that. These budding scholars, scientists, and leaders should not have to struggle in order to meet their basic living expenses.” https://t.co/bJZC5dIjIX
— Christine M. Moeller (@christinemmoe) November 17, 2022

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Breaking – UC Berkeley Academic Workers have occupied California Hall and we’re not leaving until Chancellor Christ commits to fair contracts for all #UAWonStrike #FairUCnow pic.twitter.com/gvrNVG1riQ
— UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865 (@uaw2865) December 1, 2022

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My piece on recent strike developments. The California academic strike is the most important in US higher education history | Nelson Lichtenstein https://t.co/KGtpDUn1xp
— Nelson Lichtenstein (@NelsonLichtens1) December 5, 2022

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New School Students Occupy University in Solidarity with Striking Faculty https://t.co/z6x4DUksL1
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) December 9, 2022

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For any of you that thought the academy was some sacrosanct space to idle about & contemplate the meaning of life, pls wake the fuck up. It is a workplace with bosses and workers. This flex is about power and their efforts to break the will of the workers on campus. https://t.co/Oa8TjAdZb3
— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@KeeangaYamahtta) December 8, 2022

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I hope the New School strike wakes people up about how exploitive academia is. Charging $52,000 tuition for classes that they pay a contractor $5,000 to teach…
— Daniel Feldman dfeldman@hachyderm.io (@d_feldman) December 7, 2022

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I fully support the New School strike. I was paid 4,000 to adjunct at @EugeneLang where the dean screamed at me for not teaching my class the way he ordered me to like I was his servant. No one should be treated the way New School treats its employees.
— cph (@cathyparkhong) December 7, 2022

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As we enter the 4th week of the New School strike, @mrheeloy reflects on her immigrant working-class roots and being a person of color in academia. Grateful to be in solidarity with so many passionate colleagues and students. Read the essay @theoffingmag: https://t.co/kEsgsJvY8O
— Mimi Wong (@whoismims) December 9, 2022

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December 10, 2022 by V Leigh

This is an outgrowth of the biggest strike wave the US has seen in 80 years- thousands of strikes in the last 2 years Journalists should start writing about this as the strike wave it is- & what that signifies about the working class

A town in Connecticut voted on and approved a resolution asking their local Starbucks workers to work faster because people didn’t like waiting in the drive thru line. We live in an irredeemably stupid and selfish country. pic.twitter.com/aclk3X47F0
— Microplastics Enjoyer (@EclecticHams) November 6, 2022

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when billionaires like Jeff Bezos say they are going to “give away all their money to charity”, it’s a lie. What they mean is they will give the money to their own foundations, evade taxes, and keep control over it so as to retain power. Economist Thomas Piketty explains: pic.twitter.com/X2a8rxmr05
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) November 14, 2022

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jeff bezos laundering a gauzy story about how he’s committing to philanthropy just before his company announces massive layoffs is chef’s kiss billionaire/media behavior https://t.co/b9m8RLPUZy
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) November 14, 2022

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It is insane to me this isn’t a bigger story pic.twitter.com/0DZffCNCRB
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) November 19, 2022

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Railroad workers are asking for what is already guaranteed to people living virtually everywhere else in the world.

The US is 1 of 6 countries globally — and the only “rich” nation — without any form of national paid leave. https://t.co/2y7fklTtqk pic.twitter.com/80pgWviPnU
— Emily R Smith, ScD MPH (@DrEmilyRSmith) November 30, 2022

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The United States, sadly, is the only major country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick days. Pathetic. In a modern civilized society, it should be a no-brainer that if you or your family gets sick, you should have paid sick leave. End of discussion.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) December 3, 2022

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From a wife of a rail worker: “My husband is at 28.5 years but is only 55 so he still has 5 years. He agrees with all this in Bernie’s video and he voted no on the TA. One thing he said no one in the media or congress has said anything about is this:
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— Amanda Nichols (@saidthegadfly) December 4, 2022

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The amount of quote tweets on this saying “why isn’t anyone covering this” is making my head explode! Some of us have been covering it for the entire 20 months, instead of parachuting in once and ignoring the women who have kept this strike alive https://t.co/KLiv01K5jl
— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) December 4, 2022

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Ferry workers are being pushed to the brink — working 12 hour shifts, 6-7 days in a row to backfill the short staffing. Management has even asked workers to sleep in their cars so they can cover shifts the next morning. https://t.co/t09mkNQRbH
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 5, 2022

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NEW: The BBC has obtained pictures of inside Twitter – rooms that have been converted into bedrooms – for staff to sleep in.

The city of San Francisco is investigating as it’s a commercial building. pic.twitter.com/Y4vKxZXQhB
— James Clayton (@JamesClayton5) December 7, 2022

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New York Times workers are a one day strike.

This is an outgrowth of the biggest strike wave the US has seen in 80 years- thousands of strikes in the last 2 years

Journalists should start writing about this as the strike wave it is- & what that signifies about the working class
— Boots Riley (@BootsRiley) December 8, 2022

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December 2, 2022 by V Leigh

If railroad work is so important that the United States Congress can vote to prevent a strike, then railroad WORKERS should be important enough to have 7 days of paid sick leave.

This railroad worker clearly & powerfully explains why workers need to have each other’s backs, ahead of a potential strike:

“We’re all part of the working people that make society run…. Without us, nothing could happen. When one of us in under attack, we’re all under attack.” pic.twitter.com/U8sz3QAyu2
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) November 30, 2022

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A rail traffic stoppage could freeze almost 30% of US cargo shipments by weight, stoke inflation & cost the US economy as much as $2B/day by unleashing a cascade of transport woes affecting energy, agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, & retail sectors https://t.co/EhtcJvqDNz
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) November 28, 2022

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boasting about a black-tie dinner with a French aristocrat while crushing the rail workers who brought the food is like something out of Les Mis https://t.co/XskS5gUnVh
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 2, 2022

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~33 million of our nation’s workers have no paid sick days.

Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 1, 2022

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This whole railroad workers episode further clarifies that the “essential worker” discourse we’ve been bombarded with for almost 3 yrs is about disciplining workers to labor in perilous conditions, and not about respecting and protecting the people who do vital work.
— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare) December 1, 2022

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Rail workers: A single day of sick leave please

CNN’s coverage today: pic.twitter.com/LHcZ60hQZj
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) November 29, 2022

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Full sellout from the White House for the majority of rail workers who rejected the deal the President brokered, preemptively denying them the right to strike.

This was the “which side are you on?” moment, and the White House chose the railroad bosses.https://t.co/yasjb9tFdf
— Jonah Furman (@JonahFurman) November 28, 2022

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No Joe, you’re supposed to help the railroad workers… you got it backwards. A handful of sick days c’mon! Workers of the world unite! https://t.co/6X1BNIvK9Z
— Danny DeVito (@DannyDeVito) November 29, 2022

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BREAKING: The Senate voted to 80-15 to force a contract on rail workers.

Here are the Senators who voted no:
Cotton
Cruz
Hawley
Rubio
Rick Scott
Toomey
Collins
Tim Scott
Hagerty
Gillibrand
Merkley
Sanders
Hickenlooper
Warren
Sullivan
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 1, 2022

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Democratic Caucus Senators voting to not break the railroad strike:

Warren (MA)
Sanders (VT)
Hickenlooper (CO)
Gillibrand (NY)
Merkley (OR)

Everyone else voted against the workers.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 2, 2022

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If railroad work is so important that the United States Congress can vote to prevent a strike, then railroad WORKERS should be important enough to have 7 days of paid sick leave.
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) November 30, 2022

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October 15, 2022 by V Leigh

Americans WANT: —to raise the minimum wage —strengthen social safety nets & unions —make the wealthy & corporations pay their fair share —and much more Why won’t Congress get it done?

These UW librarians say they won’t be shushed when it comes to calling for fair pay. https://t.co/IWccLeyshd
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) October 14, 2022

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Congratulations to the faculty unions at Rutgers who were able to reverse the lifting of the university’s mask mandate after filing a legal challenge.https://t.co/Y8ljOqRagg
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) October 5, 2022

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— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) September 30, 2022

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Starbucks fires yet another outspoken pro-union barista—supposedly for wearing a suicide awareness pin

Will Westlake was once summoned to an hourlong anti-union session where it was just him & 6 managers

The union says Sbucks has fired 100 baristas who helped lead union efforts https://t.co/OCfpV0qpky
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) October 5, 2022

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Corporations: “We have no choice but to raise prices due to inflation!”

Also corporations: pic.twitter.com/hvfD35Qn9E
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) October 13, 2022

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Amazon’s products can collect data about you when you

Talk
Sleep
Walk by
Show your face
Cough
Snore
Come home
Leave home
Turn on the lights
Turn up the heat
Play music
Watch TV
Join Wifi
Wash your hands
Cook popcorn
Receive a package
Drive places
… https://t.co/ZvlpnFnGcG
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) October 12, 2022

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Americans WANT:
—to raise the minimum wage
—strengthen social safety nets & unions
—make the wealthy & corporations pay their fair share
—and much more

Why won’t Congress get it done?

Because their corporate donors tell them not to.#UnionStrong
— SEIU (@SEIU) July 18, 2022

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“Too many people can’t afford to miss even a day’s pay…together we continue to build a state that truly serves as a beacon for families, and businesses, and good paying jobs,” Gov. Pritzker

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This is why the workers of France and their unions will win. When we’re organized, and withhold our labor, the trash piles up. Transportation stops moving. Everything stops.

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Boy cleaning slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Photo provided by Department of Labor investigators. He was employed by PSSI, a cleaning company owned by Blackstone private equity firm. ⁦@NBCNews

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Multi-billion dollar corporations will claim they don’t have the money to pay workers better, then spend millions so that they don’t have to pay workers better.

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“We are very well-prepared for the long haul of this battle,” @AmazonLabor President @Shut_DownAmazon says about the $AMZN union fight, adding: “Corporations have no choice but to realize this movement is not going to stop… until we rightfully get what we rightfully deserve.”

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