Its a great book and the music is FIRE.
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Its a great book and the music is FIRE.
She's absolutely right, though.
We do need to talk to each other more.
For instance, lots of CEOs need to sit down and talk to the negotiating committees from their unionized workforce to sign a fair contract with ample wages and protections.
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God damn it im dumb. You're right!
How much you wanna bet they didn't realize that still is from TNG and not TOS?
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We also did an episode on John Henry Stump, Reading's socialist mayor!
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"Employees report working between 55 and 75 hours per week... Neptuneβs economic contributions to distant cities are not matched by equivalent benefits to its own community."
Read about @JobsMoveAmerica's critical report of an AL-based company & how they're taking action.
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A map titled United States High Speed Rail System showing a theoretical high speed rail system in the United States. Some lines also connect north to Vancouver or the Quebec CityβWindsor Corridor, or south to Tijuana or Monterrey. The map is credited to First Cultural Industries AKA Alfred Twu, dated from February 2013, and is downloadable at www.californiarailmap.com
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
4.2 million families will be kicked off their health insurance unless Congress acts fast to extend ACA tax credits.
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*sticker with a union bug from Local 820 (can't make out the union in the photo)
Clearly, Trump doesn't read enough Teen Vogue, because those essays were friggin fantastic.
Hey.
You.
Yes, you.
You should learn labor history.
Can confirm Dropout is fantastic.
But I still think we should cyberbully Sam into turning it into a worker cooperative.
Would love to read it if they still have it! There's not much written on it (or PFT labor history in general for that matter)
(Also thank you for talking about us with your fellow workers?)
@laborjawn.bsky.social happy to have been featured on the podcast to talk my book. These guys are a class act. open.spotify.com/episode/63od...
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Time to read up on Sacco and Vanzetti
Blue Oval battery plant workers organized in part over workplace hazards like exposure to dangerous solvents that may cause respiratory problems and birth defects. βIf we donβt get the UAW in here, I don't know if I can stay,β one worker told @lfelizleon.bsky.social: labornotes.org/2024/11/kent...
Ayyyyyy, a local boy
A group of SBWU members celebrating after winning the first Starbucks union in the US
A group of SBWU members celebrating after winning the first Starbucks union in the US
3 years ago today, the Elmwood store in Buffalo, NY organized and won a union.
Since then, we've grown, fought, and won - together. As workers prepare for what we hope is the final phase of negotiations with the company, we're celebrating our strength and solidarity today! Here's to MANY more β
Disappointed.
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I like that the example of short dwell times still allowed someone to barely have to look up from their phone to casually stroll off.
CANADA: The Canada Post strike involving more than 55,000 has hit 25 days www.ctvnews.ca/business/the...
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*1934 SEABROOK FARMS STRIKE
At one of the most industrialized farms in the country, Black and Italian farm workers stood up against violent repression from corrupt policemen, farmer vigilantes, the KKK, and the "Henry Ford of Agriculture," to get fair wages and union recognition.*
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