September 28, 2022 by V Leigh

This year has seen a wave of union activism after decades of declining membership. Workers have won elections to form unions in industries that have never had them, including at Starbucks and Amazon. Meet the leaders powering the movement

This year has seen a wave of union activism after decades of declining membership.

Workers have won elections to form unions in industries that have never had them, including at Starbucks and Amazon.

Meet the leaders powering the movement. 👇https://t.co/Ks1NwRBu99
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) September 10, 2022

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This family of billionaires owns all the food in your house.

Their company has been named “the worst company in the world” and they once had an intelligence operation “bigger than the CIA.”

So who are they? pic.twitter.com/tRWQqVsW1c
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) September 17, 2022

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Kroger sent this ‘no one wins with a strike’ memo out to workers ahead of the strike vote overwhelming approved by workers in the Columbus, Ohio area pic.twitter.com/DOAHrm4uYC
— Michael Sainato (@msainat1) September 16, 2022

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“While we struggle to heat our homes, we have to pay for your parade…”

Charles confronted by a member of the public about the cost of living crisis pic.twitter.com/yl19KjTBKc
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) September 16, 2022

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When we say “There are no ethical billionaires, because if they were ethical they would no longer be billionaires,” here’s proof. https://t.co/QOTm4nbsA9
— Gwen C. Katz (@gwenckatz) September 15, 2022

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Hey, friends, we just gave our company to planet Earth. OK, it’s more nuanced than that, but we’re closed today to celebrate this new plan to save our one and only home. We’ll be back online tomorrow.https://t.co/fvRFDgOzVZ
— Patagonia (@patagonia) September 14, 2022

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Netflix just dropped a new series about money management in the middle of an economic crisis. All I can do is laugh at this point. https://t.co/a4rgKKwpa0
— Heaux House™️ (@MadeInHawaii___) September 11, 2022

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1/8 I want to share a few stories from this year that will call attention to the irreversible havoc rail carriers have placed on their employees, customers, and the nation. #railstrike https://t.co/q2TZLL0SHR
— Jason Doering (@jtdoering) September 12, 2022

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BREAKING: Nearly 300 workers at Home Depot in Philadelphia have filed to unionize.

This would be the first union at Home Depot in the United States.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) September 20, 2022

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How does @Starbucks treat workers? Shareholders want to know! A group of investors—led by @NYCComptroller Brad Lander/NYC pension funds—filed a shareholder proposal seeking an audit of @Starbucks labor practices on @SBWorkersUnited. By @josheidelson https://t.co/OYYwf4vNss
— Terri Gerstein (@TerriGerstein) September 19, 2022

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CEO of $12 billion company told investors he’s “praying for inflation,” an unusually candid admission of a dirty secret in the business world: corporations use inflation as a pretext to jack up prices. https://t.co/fKyLnjdlig
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) September 28, 2022

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“UPMC opened a food bank for employees who were struggling to make ends meet. It was staffed by employees, and stocked by donations from employees.

It should not be this way.” pic.twitter.com/pqCaKVOGhY
— Hospital Workers Rising (@PGHHospitalWork) September 26, 2022

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Home Depot managers have poured into the Philly store where a worker recently filed a union petition. One worker told me eight managers pulled them aside to talk in the past week: “Before this, I didn’t even know what my district manager looked like” https://t.co/Z0uUSCgaXs
— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) September 27, 2022

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August 25, 2022 by V Leigh

To me nothing beats this union messaging. All the anti-union propaganda fades in front of a giant raise

To me nothing beats this union messaging. All the anti-union propaganda fades in front of a giant raise pic.twitter.com/XgDxtbSCOE
— Read Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns (@JoshuaPotash) July 31, 2022

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Which stage of capitalism is this? pic.twitter.com/nZwJQCOXW2
— Keston K. Perry (@radical_carib) July 25, 2022

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Scoop: Amazon warehouse workers who commute several hours from Tijuana, MX to San Diego on foot are organizing for better working conditions & winning concessions from Amazon!

I visited in May to talk about their grassroots campaign. Here is my dispatch:https://t.co/iiVveVdzyk
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) July 8, 2022

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Unions on brink of ‘synchronised’ strikes, says RMT’s Mick Lynch https://t.co/L0yAN83yq2
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 18, 2022

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Ignore the anti-union propaganda from corporate America.

If unions were actually bad for workers, corporations wouldn’t need to spend millions of dollars on union-busting.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 17, 2022

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Starbucks ordered to reinstate US workers fired amid union campaign https://t.co/8NTaLwveUi
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 19, 2022

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July 4, 2022 by V Leigh

Every single time workers have to pay the price. Financial crisis. Climate crisis, pandemic, Brexit. Well no more. The line is drawn. Join a union.

🔺 NEW: Teachers and doctors are threatening to walk out alongside rail workers if the government fails to meet their demands for a pay rise, as Britain’s most militant union leader raised the prospect of a general strike https://t.co/REVpSjmJX7
— The Times (@thetimes) June 20, 2022

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If you want to understand how powerful we really are, railroad workers in England are striking and shutting down rail lines, airline workers in Belgium are striking and shutting down airports, and in Ecuador a national strike is shutting down the whole nation.
— Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 22, 2022

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The first union at Apple in the country. This is the type of news I want to see on every front page https://t.co/B6SCwqDJon
— Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 19, 2022

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“No viral outbreak” at Umbrella, says Umbrella. https://t.co/tHNWRVxed7
— Commander Stephanie Sterling (@JimSterling) June 16, 2022

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SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter criticizing Elon Musk’s public behavior and tweeting, said three employees with knowledge of the situation. https://t.co/IPVl2XIuBr
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 17, 2022

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This is crazy. Amazon burns through workers so fast there might be none left soon pic.twitter.com/feVI1uQtiR
— Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 17, 2022

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Lol pls stop praising corporations bc they did quick math and figured out this was cheaper than maternity leave https://t.co/PpzJa4kuIr
— apple bottom brains (@CrappyFumes) June 25, 2022

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im glad that some companies are offering to pay for abortion + travel for their employees… but this is an omen of a future where your healthcare is somehow even more controlled by your employer… Suboptimal
— 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖞💀𝖋𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖙 (@crulge) June 25, 2022

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That Starbucks is offering reproductive healthcare for its employees but warning it will not do so for unionized employees shows employer-provided healthcare for what it is, which is a labor disciplining device.
— Sam Haselby (@samhaselby) June 26, 2022

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“Being in a #union, I feel like for the first time I have job security. I can make this a sustainable career.” https://t.co/gMNYTMw677
— Steve Smith (@ssmith_calabor) June 30, 2022

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BREAKING: The main union for Atlantic City casino workers have reached an agreement on new contracts with four casinos. The deal provides what one worker called “big raises” and labor peace that will avoid a strike on Fourth of July weekend. https://t.co/g0aKbWXg6k
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 1, 2022

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Every single time workers have to pay the price.

Financial crisis. Climate crisis, pandemic, Brexit.

Well no more. The line is drawn.

There needs to be a serious rebalancing of wealth and power in the UK.

Join a union. pic.twitter.com/Q9u0oywXvK
— Dave Ward (@DaveWardGS) June 29, 2022

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June 7, 2022 by V Leigh

During 2021 average workers’ pay rose 4.4%, average consumer prices rose 8.5%, and average CEO pay (in 500 biggest corporations) rose 17%. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism

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.

Their track record of inhumane treatment, worker surveillance & union busting must not be tolerated.@SenWarren & I have questions.https://t.co/T5w5FtDZfa
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) June 2, 2022

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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.

“Bringing more guns into schools makes schools more dangerous,” they said.https://t.co/IHPDB5hWxJ
— Fiona Webster 🌎🌏🌍 #PrideMonth🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@fiona_webster22) May 28, 2022

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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.

Strong unions mean a strong middle class.
— Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown) June 3, 2022

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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

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May 7, 2022 by V Leigh

Employees everywhere are organizing.

NEW STUDY: Amazon, Starbucks, and 20 other major corporations made a $1.5 trillion fortune during the pandemic. Only 2% of it went to workers. pic.twitter.com/DWw3b0zYG3
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 6, 2022

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BREAKING: @JackBox workers in Sacramento have walked off the job on strike

After a pregnant co-worker was threatened at gunpoint, she was told to finish her shift & her hours were cut when she refused. This is obscene.

We’ve filed a complaint with CalOSHA. #UnionsForAll pic.twitter.com/CbQwdTpoO7
— Fight For 15 Nor Cal (@NorCalFF15) April 26, 2022

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Partners at the East Robinson Starbucks just walked out over short-staffing, unsafe working conditions, and the cumulative eight months of union-busting they’ve endured from corporate. Please support them here:https://t.co/wKA09bHBiM
— SBWorkersUnited (@SBWorkersUnited) May 7, 2022

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Starbucks has cut our labor so much that our customers have to wait 30, 40 mins for their orders. This is a picture taken *after* our morning rush, this is all the food & drinks people *abandoned*. But Starbucks still makes sure to hang up fresh anti union propaganda in the back. pic.twitter.com/YCISehdiIg
— G. Gamache (@The_G_Genie) May 6, 2022

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Starbucks is running a scorched earth union busting campaign all over the country, feel like this should be a bigger story pic.twitter.com/k9g7mKCdpc
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) May 6, 2022

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Lolz pic.twitter.com/BsRlaPOtVE
— Eric Blanc (@_ericblanc) May 7, 2022

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This is what Oligarchy and corporate greed are all about. Two large and profitable corporations, owned by billionaires, spend millions to illegally deny their workers the right to organize. No corporation that breaks the law should get a federal contract. https://t.co/uOky6yO3kz
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 7, 2022

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U.S. labor board prosecutors have determined that anti-union meetings held by union-buster Amazon in Staten Island, New York, violated federal law, according to an agency spokesperson. #UnionsForAll https://t.co/isa0AhDF7k
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) May 7, 2022

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AMAZON FIRES SIX TOP MANAGERS at its Staten Island warehouse where workers unionized

This shows corporate America’s extreme dislike of unions—Amazon, like many corporations is sending a strong message to managers: if your facility unionizes, you’re firedhttps://t.co/OINTTphyPm
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) May 7, 2022

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Never forget what the teachers unions were saying for two years pic.twitter.com/2tZR3YWSXj
— Tommy Schultz (@Tommy_USA) May 6, 2022

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In 2020, Joe Biden pledged to ensure that companies would only get federal contracts if they remained neutral in union elections. But Amazon was just reawarded a $10 billion federal contract — despite the corporation’s vile union busting. https://t.co/X9c1hpolwj
— Jacobin (@jacobin) May 7, 2022

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Joining an explosion of undergraduate student worker organizing across the country, student workers at Kenyon College are currently on indefinite strike to demand union recognition. https://t.co/y31VTeIFGW
— Jacobin (@jacobin) April 29, 2022

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VBNMW, am I right? NO.

“A majority of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to block an effort by Bernie Sanders to stop corporations from outsourcing U.S. jobs and preventing workers from forming labor unions.”https://t.co/NCRWIncXyB
— Armchair Commie (@hats_n_politics) May 6, 2022

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Christian Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union, schooling Lindsey Graham on labor unions – is my new favorite song. pic.twitter.com/GDmuAI10ed
— Chris Strider (@stridinstrider) May 5, 2022

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During the past 6 months, NLRB unionization petitions have increased 57% when compared to last year. Polls also show 68% percent of ppl approve of labor unions, the highest rate since 71% in 1965! The working class is winning rn, and that’s something we can all get behind ✊🏼❤️ pic.twitter.com/SxHoERQ3XB
— Mario 🍪🌻🇻🇪🇵🇸 (@marionumber4) May 7, 2022

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When the folks at CNBC have to admit that #labor #unions are on the rise.https://t.co/Uk6tOtRXf7
— Chris Khalil (@CKProgressive) May 7, 2022

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March 19, 2022 by V Leigh

Companies like Starbucks and REI keep saying they aren’t anti-union. Their heavy handed union busting shows that they’re lying

The National Labor Relations Board lodged a formal complaint against Starbucks this week—alleging the company illegally retaliated against two pro-union baristas at its a Phoenix store. It’s heartening to see a pro-worker NLRB take on these despicable anti-union tactics for once.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 17, 2022

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Companies like Starbucks and REI keep saying they aren’t anti-union. Their heavy handed union busting shows that they’re lying, AND that they think we’re all really gullible https://t.co/iemSwbbAhV
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) February 28, 2022

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Workers at an Amazon delivery hub in MD walked off the job in big enough numbers to spoil a manager’s day. The group Amazonians United is ignoring union elections in favor of direct action like this. They certainly achieved critical mass this morning. https://t.co/RgYyVlfJ3L
— Dave Jamieson (@jamieson) March 16, 2022

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Today, we learned that Kevin Johnson will be stepping down as Starbucks CEO & Howard Schultz will return as interim CEO. We encourage Howard Schultz, who has been a leader of Starbucks’ anti-union campaign, to put union-busting behind him and embrace Starbucks’ unionized future.
— SBWorkersUnited (@SBWorkersUnited) March 16, 2022

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Trucking used to be a solid, good-paying union job. But over the decades, government deregulation allowed shipping companies to erode truckers’ rights, misclassify them as contractors, and gut their wages & benefits.

Now truckers are fighting back. pic.twitter.com/YuU605qczF
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) March 16, 2022

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BREAKING: Howard University faculty announces they will go on strike next week if an agreement is not reached by this Friday. pic.twitter.com/lPcNKkO93I
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) March 16, 2022

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Amazon workers at a second Staten Island warehouse will vote in a union election in late April, labor union officials for the company said Friday. https://t.co/E9cFDNgnnq
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 19, 2022

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NEW: We got leaked audio from anti-union meeting where hired union buster tells Google Fiber workers that they could lose work by unionizing w/@CWAUnion

“not trying to infer anyone’s value or anyone’s worth. I’m just trying to do a business math problem”https://t.co/xAX4wlJyNP
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) March 16, 2022

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December 30, 2021 by V Leigh

2021 was the year of the worker.

Truck driver compensation has *dropped* 40% since the 1970s.

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
— Josh Miller-Lewis (@jmillerlewis) December 13, 2021

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NEW: On Friday, Pres. Biden backed striking Kellogg’s workers, condemning a plan to hire permanent scabs.

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
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 13, 2021

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EXCLUSIVE: Two Amazon workers died within hours of each other at the company’s Bessemer warehouse last month.

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
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 22, 2021

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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.

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
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 22, 2021

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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.

2021 was the year of the worker. pic.twitter.com/olen53bpp9
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) December 28, 2021

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May 18, 2020 by V Leigh

“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen”

Striking garbage workers in New Orleans, making $10.25 an hour, were fired en masse this week.

Now, they are being replaced by prison labor. https://t.co/Os5a52qOo5
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) May 10, 2020

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Capitalism has brought about levels of income inequality that are unjust and unsustainable.

Three men in America own more wealth than the bottom HALF of the country. This is disturbing. Unfettered capitalism is not the path forward.#RIPCapitalism

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— McAuley 🍽 (@McauleyHolmes) May 13, 2020

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On top of years of income inequality, women have also been most heavily affected by this economic crisis. We have a responsibility to provide aid to displaced workers and ensure equal pay for women as they re-enter the workforce. https://t.co/iDQciwYF78
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) May 11, 2020

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Before the early 1980s, there weren’t millions of people experiencing homelessness in the United States. The modern crisis can be traced to drastic Reagan-era cuts to affordable housing in the middle of an economic recession. https://t.co/W3nLJSaPiE
— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 25, 2020

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“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen…” As I have said before, homelessness and housing insecurity are directly connected to income inequality. Time to fix that. #waleg @markoliias America’s Cities Could House Everyone if They Chose To https://t.co/3jO1TlQL7c
— Patty Kuderer (@senpattykuderer) May 17, 2020

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March 25, 2020 by V Leigh

Universal Basic Income

Democrat @AndrewYang UBI proposal was always on the party agenda. Now, everyone sees the value in building all of America. https://t.co/lx20qPxKKF

— Jennifer Clyburn Reed (@JClyburnReed) March 18, 2020

Daniel Susskind: If the peak of the coronavirus crisis is to come in weeks, the simplicity of UBI is a virtue not to be underestimatedhttps://t.co/eHHojdVUE4

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 18, 2020

I know UBI is controversial on the left but IMO it's a straightforward good idea. It shouldn't be seen as a replacement for the safety net but as one of many components, and right now we need it urgently. And @AndrewYang deserves credit for normalizing it. https://t.co/E4IShyMG8i

— David Klion (@DavidKlion) March 19, 2020

January 14, 2020 by V Leigh

We need to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.

ICYMI: @AyannaPressley @IlhanMN talk Black economic opportunity in Boston https://t.co/1p6yrL2sFw

— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 12, 2020

"If the federal minimum wage in 1968 had kept up with inflation and productivity, it would now be $22 an hour. Instead, it’s $7.25," write @NickKristof and @WuDunn https://t.co/fh9SlEvp7r

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) January 10, 2020

Raising the minimum wage by $1 or more appears to reduce the suicide rate, especially in times when unemployment is high and it's hard to find a job, a new study finds.https://t.co/gJOB8k0miN

— NPR (@NPR) January 9, 2020

The federal minimum wage is still $7.25/hr. https://t.co/ZLw6SdPhUy

— West Virginia IWW (@WestVirginiaIWW) January 11, 2020

We need to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.

And we need to make sure we leave no tipped workers behind.https://t.co/MQYI1z4t23

— Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez (@cristinafortx) January 11, 2020

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This year has seen a wave of union activism after decades of declining membership. Workers have won elections to form unions in industries that have never had them, including at Starbucks and Amazon. Meet the leaders powering the movement

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To me nothing beats this union messaging. All the anti-union propaganda fades in front of a giant raise

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Every single time workers have to pay the price. Financial crisis. Climate crisis, pandemic, Brexit. Well no more. The line is drawn. Join a union.

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During 2021 average workers’ pay rose 4.4%, average consumer prices rose 8.5%, and average CEO pay (in 500 biggest corporations) rose 17%. #WeCanDoBetterThanCapitalism

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Employees everywhere are organizing.

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Companies like Starbucks and REI keep saying they aren’t anti-union. Their heavy handed union busting shows that they’re lying

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2021 was the year of the worker.

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