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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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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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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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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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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July 14, 2019 by V Leigh

This is the corporate agenda

This is the corporate agenda: force Americans into low-paying jobs until they die.

That’s a national disgrace, not a “blessing.”

We are going to end this outrageous greed, pay everyone a living wage and expand Social Security. https://t.co/LOez1aNadM

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 9, 2019

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It's been more than ten years since Congress raised the minimum wage, and the lowest paid workers have lost almost $3,000 per year when factoring in cost of living increases.

People all across this country deserve at least a $15/hour wage. #FightFor15

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 9, 2019

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As long as the federal minimum wage remains a poverty wage, millions of workers will continue to face impossible decisions as we try to make ends meet. https://t.co/dOIC1Ug0ea #RaiseTheWage #Fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/HPqqRIifxZ

— MoveOn (@MoveOn) July 12, 2019

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My mother’s minimum wage job at Sears saved our family after my daddy’s heart attack. In today’s America, it won’t keep a mama and baby out of poverty. We must raise the minimum wage to $15. Working families deserve living wages. #FightFor15

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 10, 2019

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More evidence that raising the minimum wage lifts families out of poverty and has ripple effects for everyone. #RaiseTheWage https://t.co/xnESDJ3O5o

— Rep. Deb Haaland (@RepDebHaaland) July 10, 2019

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Here's another study which shows that raising the minimum wage to $15/hour doesn't lead to job losses.

The #FightFor15 is about lifting millions of Americans out of poverty. https://t.co/qIL0gZ7Msg

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 10, 2019

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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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