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Remember all those photos last summer of @UPS #Teamsters sharing temperature readings from the inside of their package cars? 100 degrees? 120? 140!
Yeah, we remember. #1u š§µ
Yeah, we remember. #1u š§µ
And all those workers and their families whoāve suffered death, heat stroke, dehydration, and severe illness wonāt soon forget about UPSās negligence.
Itās long past time this corporation pulling in revenue in excess of $100 billion did something about it.
Itās long past time this corporation pulling in revenue in excess of $100 billion did something about it.
Corporate PR campaigns like āCool Solutionsā and āReChargeā arenāt going to cut it. #Teamsters need real solutions, not excuses and distractions.
At the bargaining table and in the barns, itās time to reconcile with air conditioning and proper ventilation.
At the bargaining table and in the barns, itās time to reconcile with air conditioning and proper ventilation.
šØUPS STRIKE VOTES START THIS WEEK šØ
Local unions representing @UPS #Teamsters will begin conducting in-person voting this week for strike authorization. #1u
Local unions representing @UPS #Teamsters will begin conducting in-person voting this week for strike authorization. #1u
Voting YES will enable the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee to call a nationwide strike at UPS should the company fail to reach agreement on a strong new contract for more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters.
Strike authorization votes will be recorded in-person at local union halls and at the gates of UPS facilities.
Results will be announced Friday, June 16.
Results will be announced Friday, June 16.
#Teamsters are calling on shareholders of Chipotle $CMG to support Item Six, a proposal that calls for the adoption of a non-interference policy in worker organizing efforts to prevent union busting at the company: teamster.org/2023/05/teamstā¦ #1u
Chipotle staff in Lansing, MI who joined #Teamsters Local 243 became the first workers to form a union at the fast casual chain last year.
"Let me put the record straight: while the company stopped short of breaking the law by firing workers ā like an NLRB Administrative Law Judge found in Maine ā Chipotle sent in union busters (euphemistically called āunion avoidance consultantsā) and held mandatory meetings..."
The first time I remember hearing the word ācontentā was around 2005, in reference to material one would put in a website to increase traffic. Your dry cleaner, for example, would get a website and supply āassetsā (logo, location photo, etc), 1/
But they then realized they needed something on there to get people to come back and keep them there. That stuff was ācontent.ā A video, a poem, a blog post, it didnāt matter. Now why your dry cleaner needed to keep people on a website is a mystery, but they wanted it. 2/
And so, it would follow that another company, though more closely related to our business than a dry cleaners, would also want ācontentā for their site to get people to come back and to hold their attention. And those companies are streamers. 3/
Did you hear about #upfronts this week? 1/6
Jon Steinlauf, chief of @wbd US ad sales: āWhat youāre about to see is not exactly the show we expected to do today.ā 2/6
Lee Saunders: People don't want us to understand our history or the importance of our history. To get to where you want to go, you have to understand where you've come from.
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Lee Saunders: The history of civil rights is so important. The "I Am" story goes back to 1968 when sanitation workers weren't treated well despite providing a necessary service to the people of Memphis. (con't)
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Lee Saunders: (con't) The city blocked sanitation workers' efforts to organize. Things came to a breaking point when two sanitation workers were crushed in the back of the truck when the crusher malfunctioned & crashed down on them, killing them. (con't)
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The WGAās proposal to regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies ensures the Companies canāt use AI to undermine writersā working standards including compensation, residuals, separated rights and credits. #WGAStrong
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AI canāt be used as source material, to create MBA-covered writing or rewrite MBA-covered work, and AI-generated text cannot be considered in determining writing credits. 2/7
Our proposal is that writers may not be assigned AI-generated material to adapt, nor may AI software generate covered literary material. 3/7
The WGAās proposal to regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies ensures the Companies canāt use AI to undermine writersā working standards including compensation, residuals, separated rights and credits. #WGAStrong š§µ1/7
AI canāt be used as source material, to create MBA-covered writing or rewrite MBA-covered work, and AI-generated text cannot be considered in determining writing credits. 2/7
Our proposal is that writers may not be assigned AI-generated material to adapt, nor may AI software generate covered literary material. 3/7
Randy Korgan: Rupert Murdoch was the kingpin behind deregulating the media, incl the Fairness Doctrine. Now money controls the media.
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@1932teamsters @teamsters
Randy Korgan: Corporate America's greed--they can't control themselves. They deregulate this, take away that. A completely free market is slavery, & that's where we started as a country. We're going down a slippery slope.
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@1932teamsters @teamsters
Randy Korgan: Any time the word "deregulation" comes up, there should be an equal sign next to it that says, "Workers lose."
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@1932teamsters @teamsters
Emily Andrews: The Family Medical Leave Act is an incredibly important piece of legislation. It's not just the pay, FMLA is flawed--the size of the employer, how long you've worked there, how much you make all affects your ability to take unpaid leave.
@emilymandrews @CLASP_DC
@emilymandrews @CLASP_DC
Emily Andrews: There are a number of bills to increase the number of people who can qualify for FMLA. The biggest obstacle to FMLA? People can't afford to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
@emilymandrews @CLASP_DC
@emilymandrews @CLASP_DC
Rick: Nikki Haley announced that on Feb 15 she'll announce she's running for Pres. The pie fight begins.
Doug Jones: I think a lot of Repub Pres. wannabes see Trump as a wounded animal. I think "pie fight" is being a little too gracious, Rick!
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Doug Jones: I think a lot of Repub Pres. wannabes see Trump as a wounded animal. I think "pie fight" is being a little too gracious, Rick!
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Doug Jones: Nikki Haley started out wanting to do her best for the people of SC but then became too entrenched in the Trump organization. She's trying to outdo DeSantis.
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@DougJones
Doug Jones: This primary will be about division, about whipping up a base. Every candidate will talk about unifying the country but when you strip away those sound bites, you'll see culture wars coming out of nearly every GOP candidate.
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@DougJones
Counting down to 2023, over the next few days we're going to be highlighting some of the highest-profile labor news of 2022! ā
š§µThis thread will cover strikes and campaigns from this past year that have contributed to the year's rise in worker organizing! #1u
š§µThis thread will cover strikes and campaigns from this past year that have contributed to the year's rise in worker organizing! #1u
šØ In manufacturing, 1,000 workers with @UAW Locals 180 & 807 at CNH Industrial have been on strike since May 2nd.
Workers are still on the picket lines seeking increases to their pay, in addition to improved retirement benefits and the establishment of fair work rules. #1u
Workers are still on the picket lines seeking increases to their pay, in addition to improved retirement benefits and the establishment of fair work rules. #1u
šØ On February 2nd, 15,000 public school teachers across Puerto Rico went on strike for a week!
With a base pay of $1,750 a month and a high cost of living, workers demanded increased pay and changes to their pension system. #1u
With a base pay of $1,750 a month and a high cost of living, workers demanded increased pay and changes to their pension system. #1u
Today, the @CWAUnion attempted to provide cupcakes to our store (union shop) for our workers as a gift. These were turned away by our management team after continued insistence, by the 6016 VP, that this not be done while citing the company's own policy regarding gifts of food.
Many of us with tenure at the Penn Square Apple store are aware that the company's stance on gifts to employees that are specifically perishable by nature is that they are to be brought to the break room for ALL employees to collectively enjoy.
We have even historically wandered outside of policy and if the gift of food from a customer was intended for a specific employee, our management team has held them in the manager's office until said employee could guarantee they were the first to get to enjoy said gift.
š§µWisconsin is evenly split between Ds and Rsābut the GOP has so gerrymandered our state legislative districts that the GOP is just ONE SEAT away from a state Senate supermajority that could override vetoes. Electing Jessica Katzenmeyer to SD5 is critical. secure.actblue.com/donate/jessicaā¦
Under the previous district maps, Senate District 5 was represented by Republican Rep. Dale Kooyengaāwho fought off a tough challenger in 2018 by just 2,245 votes. But when the lines moved, he retired. Now itās an open seat, and perhaps the best pickup target in Wisconsin.
Wisconsinās 5th state Senate District is a suburban Milwaukee districtāand Milwaukee suburbs have been getting less and less red ever since Trump came down the escalator and announced his run for president. Katzenmeyer could win this once-red district.
š§µThereās a Korean bakery chain called Paris Baguette (PB) which is as ubiquitous as Starbucks in Korea. They have your cafĆ© offerings like below-average coffee and mediocre French-style pastry ubiquitous with Korean bakeries. #1u
PB is owned by a conglomerate called SPC Group, which also owns the factories that bake the bread and pastries they sell at PB. SPC Group also operates foreign brands like @shakeshack @BaskinRobbins @dunkindonuts @JambaJuice in Korea. #1u
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Hereās the list of brands ā¬ļø
At 6:20 a.m. KST on October 15, 2022, a 23 y/o woman working on the factory floor was crushed to death by a mixer after her apron got caught. This mixer was supposed to have been operated by 2 people, but she was working alone. #1u
.ā¦@LizShulerā© President of ā¦@AFLCIOā© and Tony Clark of ā¦@MLBPAā© at talking about organizing MiLB and that MLBPA is joining the labor federation. #1u #aflcio
MLBPA will be the 58th direct affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
MatĆas Vernengo: Inflation is at a 40-year high but compared to the rest of the world, it's not as bad. Prices for food & shelter are increasing here but not as high as in other countries.
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
MatĆas Vernengo: I just returned from Argentina; their inflation is 60-70% with projections of going as high as 90%. Globally, the US is by far in a relatively strong position.
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
MatĆas Vernengo: Even in a divided Congress, we should be hopeful abt the direction of the economy for working class ppl. There are good signs, even if things aren't rosy. I don't think Biden has gotten much credit for it.
Rick: He hasn't gotten any credit
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Rick: He hasn't gotten any credit
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Doug Jones: I want to make sure people understand: There's nothing to indicate the Justice Dept is going after the former president; they're going after a potential crime.
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@DougJones
Doug Jones: There was enough evidence that developed on a potential crime--we don't know what it is yet but there's talk of federal documents--and an agent put together the evidence in an affidavit. The info, incl probable cause, was taken to a judge. (con't)
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Doug Jones: (con't) The DOJ couldn't do it on their own--they need approval from a separate branch of gov't. This is very serious. The gov't takes top secret documents very seriously; this could be an effort just to recover federal documents.
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@DougJones
Dear #LaborMovement: itās time for us to wake up. Just about every single mass shooting, of course, happens in *somebodyās* workplace - whether perpetrated by a former colleague, a deranged terrorist or anyone else. (1)
Imagine the world we could live in if weād joined hands and followed where @rweingarten tried to lead us after #SandyHook: a world where responsible gun owners could still take their teenagers hunting and protect their homes, but very, very few had access to weapons of war. (2)
A world where children didnāt have to practice hiding under their desks. A world where a coworker might be fired, but nobody worried that they would return to the office with an AR-15. A world where people went grocery shopping and were confident they would come home alive. (3)
#BREAKING We are seeing exciting things for #RankedChoiceVoting, the labor movement, & ballot initiatives!! Thread of #DownBallotProgressives & causes #NotMeUsš¹ + some w/
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The @AFLCIO is calling on the @WhiteHouse to do its part to assist borrowers hampered by crippling student loan debt.
Organized labor was built on the foundation of creating a pathway to the middle class for everyone, but skyrocketing student loan debt has become an insurmountable obstacle to achieving this goal.
The @POTUS administrationās decision to continue to pause student debt has made a tremendous difference in the lives of so many borrowers.
Anthony, Colton, CA, via email: Why do you pay someone else to represent you?
Rick: I've been a union member for over 30 yrs. I've spent probably $20k on dues. What have I gotten in return? (con't)
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Rick: I've been a union member for over 30 yrs. I've spent probably $20k on dues. What have I gotten in return? (con't)
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Rick: (con't) Superior wages. The best health insurance out there, at no cost to me, as negotiated by my union. There are members of Congress who envy my good healthcare coverage.
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#RickShow @1932teamsters @Teamsters #1u
Rick: (con't) I'm protected on my job, & I'm not subject to "Be a doer, not a due-er."
My contemporaries don't pay dues but they get lower wages & have to pay part or all of their own healthcare.
#RickShow @1932teamsters @Teamsters #1u
My contemporaries don't pay dues but they get lower wages & have to pay part or all of their own healthcare.
#RickShow @1932teamsters @Teamsters #1u
Rick: It's been over a year since some 1100 miners with Warrior Met Coal in Alabama went on strike.
Haeden Wright: Everyone's dug in. We've had less than 15% of the workforce cross the picket line. It's b/c of support of people like you, Rick, getting the word out.
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Haeden Wright: Everyone's dug in. We've had less than 15% of the workforce cross the picket line. It's b/c of support of people like you, Rick, getting the word out.
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Haeden Wright: Workers go on strike as a last resort when the company refuses to negotiate in good faith with the union & the workers.
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Haeden Wright: Other unions have come in & lifted us up, offering support. At Christmas, over 300 of our children received gifts from people all over the country. They didn't know us or our kids but knew we were standing up for a better contract.
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