IWW of Gainesville, FL

Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...

"Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws." We did not listen.

A graphic styled to look like a chalkboard sign. Text reads, "Do you work in education? You can unionize with the Industrial Workers of the World! Already in a union? We welcome dual-carders! IU 620 Education Workers. iww.org/membership

Do you work in education? Join Education Workers IU 620!

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Delete the app and don’t go back!

this is not an amount of money any individual or household should be able to have and we have to abolish both billionaires as a group and the economic system that makes them possible

We all deserve a life.

Unions help make that a reality.

Minnesota’s ban on anti-union captive audience meetings survives legal challenge • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota’s ban on anti-union “captive audience meetings” survived a legal challenge and remains in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from two non-union contractor asso...

Some good news from Minnesota.

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Treasury Department terminates union contracts for IRS and Bureau of the Fiscal Service workers The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald...

F**k union busting

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NLRB General Counsel Issues Case Handling Guidance Today, NLRB General Counsel Crystal S. Carey issued GC Memorandum 26-03.   The memorandum instructs the Regional Offices to focus their efforts on investigating priority cases and protecting the right of free association. “As we move forward with this new guidance, my office is committed to providing clear and actionable direction for Regional offices to judiciously securing the rights of all American workers,” said General Counsel Carey.

NLRB General Counsel sent a memo to staff stating that the NLRB should not go after employers simply because their labor policies are illegal, as long as they are not actually enforced.

So it's fine to threaten workers, as long as you don't carry out the threats.
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Nearly 80% of our @law360union.bsky.social has signed onto a letter demanding that @lexisnexis.bsky.social cut ties with ICE. Read more here....

[Paramount logo] JULY 1, 2025 Paramount agrees to pay trump $16 million to settle ‘60 minutes’ / cbs news lawsuit [Late Show with Stephen Colbert logo] JULY 17, 2025 Stephen Colbert calls the Paramount settlement a “big fat bribe” on air, Paramount cancels The Late Show [Paramount logo] JULY 24, 2025 Paramount-Skydance merger approved by the FCC. 2,000 job cuts expected [New York Times logo] [Article headline] Tech, TV, Movies and News: Ellisons on Brink of Colossal Empire If Paramount can close its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Larry and David Ellison will influence nearly every corner of news, entertainment and tech. [Writers Guild CBS News logo]

[CBS News logo] Sept 8, 2025 CBS News hires conservative policy veteran as ombudsman, a new role committed to while seeking merger approval [The Free Press logo] Paramount acquires The Free Press for $150m (value: $20m). founder Bari Weiss is appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News. [Warner Bros logo, question mark on top] Paramount SKYDANCE x Warner Bros merger? More threats to free speech? More layoffs? [Writers Guild CBS News logo]

HELP PROTECT WORKERS AT CBS NEWS 24/7 URL: wgaea.st/cbs247-letter SEND A LETTER TO CBS/PARAMOUNT MANAGEMENT DEMANDING A FAIR CONTRACT! [Writers Guild CBS News logo]

WGAE members at CBS News 24/7 are fighting for a fair contract in the midst of threats to free speech, multiple massive mergers and tumultuous changes to the broadcast news industry.

Our members deserve strong job protections, send a letter to management: wgaea.st/cbs247-letter

The U.S. war on Iran is estimated to have already cost taxpayers over $2 billion dollars.

Corruption rises to the top like cream in every society that values money instead of people.

Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care Operation Metro Surge is leading some Latinos to delay or cancel HIV prevention or treatment appointments.

NEW: In Minneapolis, @cameronoakes.bsky.social and Sam Donndelinger report, ICE’s Operation Metro Surge is preventing Latino patients from accessing HIV care. This story was produced in collaboration with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication.

Today in things this user didn't even consider might be a problem we needed to worry about and is Now Very Worried about it.

When any UAW member is under attack, we are all under attack. An injury to one is an injury to all.

Three workers pose in front of a Starbucks store, holding their union vote certification

Did you know that Pittsburgh has one of the highest densities of union Starbucks stores in the country?

CONGRATULATIONS to baristas at the Banksville Plaza store - they just won the 21st union Starbucks in Pittsburgh! ✊🔥

Liberation Library is a group I co-founded. It has been doing amazing work led by Chicago-based volunteers since 2015. Join their work!

Read Kim's excellent new article, but more importantly, you should give to this GFM. With the amount of $$$ that these women have brought to the state of Nevada, with the sheer amount of traffic they've worked through, they've only raised a little more than a third of their goal in 8 days. Misogyny!

A graphic advertising the social media profiles of the Gainesville branch of the Industrial Workers of the World. Text reads: "Follow the Gainesville IWW on social media! Facebook: GainesvilleIWW. Instagram: IWWGNV. Bluesky: @iww-gnv.bsky.social. Tumblr: IWW-GNV. IWWGNV.ORG."

You follow us here, but did you know we have profiles across other social media? Give us a follow on whichever platforms you use!

A photo of the front page of a pocket zine titled "Why Join the IWW?"

A one-page printable version of the zine "Why Join the IWW?" The zine's text reads: What is the IWW? The Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW, is a labor union. Where some unions focus on specific industries or companies, the IWW is open to all workers. The IWW aims to unite the working class against the bosses & billionaires who exploit us, pollute the world, & terrorize its people with capitalist violence. Who can Join? As long as you are a worker — not an employer — you can join the IWW. We accept members of other unions (except officers), students, retirees, the unemployed, the self-employed and freelance, and those in informal professions. Those unable to work may also join. To us, you are all working class. Who can't join? There is a difference in interests at work between employees and employers. The IWW is closed to bosses, and anyone who has the power to hire or fire employees. The IWW also does not permit any law enforcement officers, prison guards, or landlords. These positions undermine the power of the working class and are not considered workers by the IWW. What can the IWW do for me? Organization: Fight to win better working conditions at your job with the weight of the IWW behind you. Education: Receive help from our Organizing Department and your other fellow workers in your local branch in building the skills you need to start organizing a union at your job Agitation: You need a union, and so does every other worker in the world – spread the good word with us! Solidarity: Be part of something bigger than yourself and your workplace – meet other fellow workers, be supported by them, and support them in turn Comradery: Find joy with your fellow workers in standing together and fighting for a better world. Community: Get to know other friendly fellow workers who are invested in building a kinder, a more humane, and a more just future (and who understand the unfair bullshit at your current job). Join the IWW today!

A member of our branch put together this zine, titled "Why Join the IWW?"

Save it, print it, and share with your fellow workers!

#IWW #Zine

An infographic advertising the upcoming meeting of the Gainesville IWW. Text reads: GNV IWW Upcoming Meeting. Our next general membership meeting will be held at 6 pm EST on Sunday, March 1st! Hybrid meeting. Masks required in-person. Civic Media Center: 433 S. Main St., Gainesville. Virtually via Jitsi: meet.jit.si/wobsundaymeeting

Interested in joining the IWW? Want to learn more about what we do? Join us for our next general membership meeting!

Face masks are required for entry to the CMC. If you don’t have a mask, we have N95s available for all. Agenda TBA.

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

Last month, a Pennsylvania farmer rejected $15M from data center developers to sell his farmland.

Another in Wisconsin turned down $80M.

America's farmers and others across the country are pushing back on Big Tech.

This is what integrity looks like.

In light of the State of the Union last night, remember this: The Department of Labor reported that the U.S. economy averaged 15,000 new jobs per month in 2025 — compared to 168,000 per month the year before.

That’s an 88% drop, the worst annual jobs revision since 2009.

Lastly, don’t get it twisted, it is still #NoContractNoCoffee out here.

@sbworkersunited.org is still fighting for dignity and wages nationwide, but particularly in LA for fair hours and scheduling alongside @cafastfoodunion.org.

Resources for resisting ICE in your workplace Whether or not you're in a union, you can build a strong defense against ICE in your workplace. Here's how.

Organize against ICE:

Have you seen our toolkit for organizing against ICE at work?

It includes:
🔢 How-to guides for all steps
📢 Sample demands
📃 A sample petition
🚨 Emergency protocols
🪧 Workplace signage
⚖️ Know-your-rights info
🔎 Corporate research
📄 A shareable PDF

Link below 👇

How the uncanny valley could kill the Valley Porn performer Siri Dahl and others have started sounding the alarm about AI's impacts on privacy, free speech, and legal sex work

"AI porn slop is advancing a new moral panic about online pornography, human-made and otherwise, and spurring a wave of legislation that unfairly clamps down on the legal porn industry and puts performers like Dahl and Lee at legal and financial risk."