"If the workers are organized, all they have to do is to put their hands in their pockets and they have got the capitalist class whipped."
Bill Haywood
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Someone should probably tell the rich that workers banding together to present formal address of grievances is the alternative we worked out a long time ago to breaking down the factory owner's front door and beating him to death in front of his family? I feel like they forgot.
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While the UMWA has been on strike for over a year here in Alabama you all have been nowhere to be seen. Maybe you can actually report on an issue affecting workers and families in #Alabama tomorrow. Feel free to reach out for details.
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kind of feels like they're only extending the student loan pause because they know not extending it would be the thing to finally push everyone over the edge
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It's employees are frustrated too:
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I think it's fair to say that we all wish the NLRB was more effective/efficient but it is also important to remember that it is a severely underfunded, understaffed government entity that is hampered by bureaucracy and barely enforceable labor laws
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I think it's time for the people to learn about solidarity unionism and wildcat actions
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The NLRA was never meant to further the labor movement, it was passed to pacify the increasingly militant unions of the time and prevent them from taking things "into their own hands"
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I think it's fair to say that we all wish the NLRB was more effective/efficient but it is also important to remember that it is a severely underfunded, understaffed government entity that is hampered by bureaucracy and barely enforceable labor laws
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Do we have any local union comms people that'd be interested in helping us with a potential expansion of the project? Shouldn't be too much of a time commitment but I think it'd be helpful. DM for details.
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I can promise you that amazon banning these words/phrases from their company chat app just radicalized a bunch of workers who were on the fence about needing a union lmao
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Another union organizer terminated for ridiculously minor (or nonexistent) offenses.
#WhyWeOrganize #StarbucksUnions
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THEY FIRED ME
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The and the labor movement support full inclusion and dignity of all people and oppose the vicious discrimination by and . Trans rights are human rights are labor rights.
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me: dang I really wish I had a village to help raise my kids
also me: would never trust another adult enough to leave them alone with my kids
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In 1979, total employment at the NLRB peaked at about 2,900 full-time staff. That year, the private-sector workforce stood at 75 million employees.
Today, the NLRB has less than 1,300 full-time staff. The private-sector workforce now stands at 128 million.
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URGENT: ⚠️ We need a California attorney who works on tenant rights for unhoused people. Please DM, this is time-sensitive.
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jeff bezos frantically googling "union on april fool's day legal or joke"
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Breaking: Starbucks Flagship store in NYC votes to join Workers United with a vote of 46 to 36.
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Just got word that fired worker-organizer Angel Krempa today from her Buffalo-area store. is calling for a boycott and Unfair Labor Practice picket outside the Depew store at 4770 Transit Road on *Saturday* from 8am to 4pm. That's tomorrow!
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lmfaoooo amazon's accusation of the nlrb's undue influence is basically "why did you do your job at a time that was inconvenient for us?!?"
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this is an excellent example of a union busting strategy called "third-partying" btw, employers love to make employees think that the union is some mysterious outside force coming in to boss them around and steal their wages
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Dear Amazon, your employees = the union therefore, according to the transitive property, a direct relationship with the union = a direct relationship with your employees! congrats!
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Jeff bezos is literally a billionaire but it is the warehouse workers who will cause Amazon to exploit small business owners. Sure. Ok.
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decades of anti-union propaganda and disinformation at work, this is what we're up against folks
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The at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama have now been on strike 365 days, a full year.Why? Because we refuse to be exploited any longer.We refuse to do the same labor as other mines in the area for less pay and fewer benefits.We will stay on the line as long as it takes.
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wanted to make me the face of the whole unionizing efforts against them…. welp there you go! CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 We worked had fun and made History ‼️✊🏾 #ALU # ALUfortheWin welcome the 1st union in America for Amazon 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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honestly, I'm personally thrilled and delighted that online leftists are finally paying enough attention to labor unions to argue about them
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In times of working class upsurge, a lot of conventional organizing wisdom doesn't hold. That's a damn good thing and important to remember for anyone building a union.
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Neurotypical people stop thinking straight forward questions have an ulterior motive challenge.
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"IF EVERY WORKER IN EVERY INDUSTRY PUT THEIR HANDS IN THIER POCKETS EVERY CORPORATION WOULD MEET OUR DEMANDS." @FlyingWithSara #GoodAirports
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lol the usps lost my order of actual trees somewhere between colorado and missouri
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Breaking UPDATE on Amazon union election in Alabama:
2,375 workers turned out to vote in the election, which is roughly 39% turnout. (Last election, 55% of workers turned out.)
420 ballots were challenged by both parties. The official vote count will begin tomorrow afternoon
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We’ve started stocking socks, handwarmers, gloves, and hats and my work for our friends outside which has been very very popular! Definitely in need of a restock- i have an amazon list below or my venmo is anxious-cowboy thanks y’all!❤️🖤
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Hi friends, winter in Denver is coming again! If you have tents/sleeping bags/winter gear etc please let me know and we can coordinate something! I have an amazon wishlist full of supplies too - amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls
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not gonna lie, the real reason I logged back on was to check if Kim's book was out yet
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My first book, ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor’ will be out on 4/26/22 from @OneSignalPub (just in time for May Day!). I’m so excited to share the cover with you today! You can preorder the book here: bit.ly/fightlikehellb 
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the "being your mom's live in housekeeper/babysitter" to "never making your own kids do any chores" pipeline
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