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BREAKING: Service workers across US South launch a 1-day strike after filing a civil rights complaint against @SC_OSHA for violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act for “disproportionately excluding Black workers from the protection of its programmed inspections.” #UnionsforAll
Complaint: “@SC_OSHA has engaged in a pattern of conducting almost no programmed inspections in four key industries with disproportionate numbers of black employees,” specifically food/beverage retailers, general merchandise retailers, food service, and warehouse and storage. 
Some of the US’s most-profitable corporations are included in these industries, corps like @DollarGeneral, @Wendys and @Popeyes.
For example, the SC population is ~27% black, but general merch and food/beverage retailers employ 38% and 46% black workers, respectively.
For example, the SC population is ~27% black, but general merch and food/beverage retailers employ 38% and 46% black workers, respectively.
Let's start off #BlackHistoryMonth with some St Louis Labor history.
STL has a long labor history, but have you heard about the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike led by revolutionary Black women: Carrie Smith & Cora Lewis.
#UnionsForAll
STL has a long labor history, but have you heard about the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike led by revolutionary Black women: Carrie Smith & Cora Lewis.
#UnionsForAll
Here’s what workers in St. Louis lived under.
In the '30s, the nut industry was BOOMING in St Louis. Pecans would come into the city from the Mississippi river valley. Processing those nuts was considered women’s work.
In the '30s, the nut industry was BOOMING in St Louis. Pecans would come into the city from the Mississippi river valley. Processing those nuts was considered women’s work.
At the time, women’s work was primarily domestic labor; processing nuts was the one industrial job women had access to. White and Black women alike could be hired on to be nut pickers.
⚠️Oh my god, this is.. not at all surprising. Some of my fave highlights in this Thread 🧵 $TSLAQ $TWTR
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"Midas Touch is a cautionary tale."
I want to make this very clear: If I ever find out who that Product Manager was, or their venmo/kofi/whatever, I will personally buy them a drink. Or cheese.
You are my kind of person, and I appreciate you. #Twitter #LoveWhereYouWorked
I want to make this very clear: If I ever find out who that Product Manager was, or their venmo/kofi/whatever, I will personally buy them a drink. Or cheese.
You are my kind of person, and I appreciate you. #Twitter #LoveWhereYouWorked
BREAKING: @ChickfilA workers in Ventura, CA are ON STRIKE.
After our co-worker began organizing to end the illegal wage theft at this location, Chick Fil A fired her.
Not on our watch. We demand the reinstatement of our co-worker. #UnionsForAll
After our co-worker began organizing to end the illegal wage theft at this location, Chick Fil A fired her.
Not on our watch. We demand the reinstatement of our co-worker. #UnionsForAll
This comes after @CAGovernor signed #AB257 to create a Fast Food Council for over half a million workers like us
Billion dollar fast food corps aren't publicly prepared to obey the law, they're spending millions to overturn it and take away our seat at the table. Enraging!
Billion dollar fast food corps aren't publicly prepared to obey the law, they're spending millions to overturn it and take away our seat at the table. Enraging!
"As soon as I started working @ChickfilA - I noticed that they didn't give us our legally required 10-minute breaks. They told me that it doesn't exist here... When I started talking about our rights and organizing my colleagues. They fired me." Elizabeth Arellano
🚨A motorcycle club just shut down a major road for farmworkers' ability to unionize. THAT'S solidarity with @ufwupdates!
Sign #ab2183, @GavinNewsom!
Sign #ab2183, @GavinNewsom!
When the California labor movement says if we don't get it, shut it down, we mean it! #AB257 #AB2183
Yall can keep your fake TV shows about bikers running guns and drugs that keep being based in Stockton. We got a real club riding side by side farmworkers and supporters and shutting down roads along the way. Put THAT on a Netflix series! #AB2183
@JortsTheCat OK Jorts, get out of the trash can. Have Jean bring you a pipe cleaner, and get ready for a long response:
American labor law is primarily governed by the National Labor Relations Act, which was passed in 1935 as a response to a massive strike waves by unions which didn't..
American labor law is primarily governed by the National Labor Relations Act, which was passed in 1935 as a response to a massive strike waves by unions which didn't..
@JortsTheCat ...have clearly defined rules, except in the transport industry, which to this day is covered by the National Railway Act. The constitution, through freedom of association, gaurentees the right to a union, realistically the NLRA was a measure by CAPITAL to ensure INDUSTRIAL PEACE
@JortsTheCat ...it's more complicated than this, but the tldr is since the NLRA was passed by racists, it also INTENTIONALLY excluded industries where the labor is performed by people of color, especially the service sector and farm workers, and the labor movement was never fully united...
When we strike, we win. #UnionsForAll
Threads on Leticia's and her coworkers fights at @jackbox
"I know that the issues we faced at my restaurants are in many others in CA. I know there are workers right now who are not getting their breaks, who are having some of their wages stolen.I know that we need #AB257" Leticia Reyes
Read about AB 257: fastfoodjusticeahora.com #CAleg
Read about AB 257: fastfoodjusticeahora.com #CAleg
I seriously can't stress enough that we need people into this Revolutionary Moment to help bring change! We have a #HealthcareCrisis, #ClimateCrisis/#ClimateEmergency, #EnvironmentalCrisis/#EcologicalCrisis/#BiodiversityCrisis, #HousingCrisis/#EvictionCrisis, #FoodInsecurity,...
#HomelessnessCrisis, #WealthInequality, #Corruption, #EnergyCrisis, everything collapsing in front of us as our Nation is a Feudal Society where people are left fighting for scraps as the #Rich/#Millionaire Class have accumulated most of the #Wealth as they have no #WealthTax!
"The pandemic exposed long-standing problems in the nursing home industry that stem from chronic understaffing and underspending on care for residents — problems often motivated by owners who place profit-seeking above their residents' welfare." #Union newsday.com/opinion/corona…
"Understaffing, for example, is possible — and profitable — because the U.S. regulatory system charged with ensuring that nursing homes provide safe care has failed." #SafeStaffingSavesLives
"Meanwhile, the House Ways and Means Committee has held hearings on the role of private equity in nursing homes. Such investors have decided that nursing homes can be profit centers, and they buy them with the intent of squeezing out more money." #UnionsForAll
"Staffing shortages were a problem in the industry long before the pandemic, but COVID-19 exacerbated the problem. Many workers left the field, and new workers were reluctant to take their place and risk getting sick." #UnionsForAll cincinnati.com/story/news/202…
"COVID-19 made working in a nursing home one of the deadliest jobs in America, according to an analysis of federal data by Scientific American magazine."
"Being short-staffed can mean nursing home workers take on more responsibilities than they normally would and can lead to staff getting overworked. When workers get tired, they might pay less attention to infection control measures that protect themselves and residents."
"A longtime member of SEIU District 1199, which represents workers in multiple industries including nursing homes in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, Bishop said she also wants workers to have a voice on the job through unions." #UnionsForAll cincinnati.com/story/news/202…
"Kay Bishop is a state-tested nurse aide from the Cincinnati area who has worked in nursing homes for over 40 years. She said when a nursing home is low on workers, current workers often take on more responsibilities..."
"I can tell you from personal experience, when you are short-staffed, you're not worried about taking that break," she said. "You're worried about taking care of that resident."
"Buffeted by covid-19, struggling with crumbling finances, one of America’s largest nursing home chains gave its CEO a $5.2 million “retention payment” in late October, just as the second big wave of the pandemic was rising." #UnionsForAll washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…
"The Genesis board also agreed to give him an immediate $650,000 bonus and a $300,000 consulting contract, according to the filing. The company would not elaborate on the arrangement." #ProtectAllWorkers
"Nearly all of the company’s nursing homes reported continuing shortages of personal protective equipment... according to a Washington Post analysis... with the situation easing only toward the end of November — after Hager’s big payout was approved."
Nursing home workers did not receive the recognition they deserved prior to this pandemic but they have been bravely providing health care services and support. 7,761 nursing home staff members have contracted COVID19 since this crisis began. #Union cleveland.com/datacentral/20…
"The state began tracking nursing home cases by facility on April 15. There have been 13,081 patient cases and 7,761 staff cases since then. This is up from 12,529 and 7,484 one week ago."
"This week’s report listed 2,677 deaths for cases since April 15. Separately, the department has said another 369 patient deaths pre-date the start of the more detailed tracking on April 15." #GetMePPE #UnionsForAll
"Nursing home aides, who provide the bulk of direct care and are on the front lines in the pandemic, have high turnover and low retention related to a range of reasons from low pay to the emotional and physical demands of the job." #UnionsForAll daytondailynews.com/news/nursing-h…
"Long term care workers now have to limit their conduct in the community, they have to watch everything they do, they have to submit to regular testing, they have to wear PPE all day,” Schwartz said."
"Nursing home worker turnover has long been a challenge in the industry, though the issue has now been underscored and heightened by the pandemic."
BREAKING: Hot on the heels of #DemDebate6, @ewarren just released her latest #GreenNewDeal plan to:
👩🏽🏭create 10.6 million good union jobs
🏗rebuilding America,
🔋jumpstarting the economy, and
🌎tackling the climate crisis.
Thread:
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👩🏽🏭create 10.6 million good union jobs
🏗rebuilding America,
🔋jumpstarting the economy, and
🌎tackling the climate crisis.
Thread:
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.@ewarren's Green Jobs Plan builds on her existing #GreenNewDeal plans w/5 core planks:
👩🏾🔧Green Workforce of the Future
🔋Repower Our Energy Sector
🚆Restart Our Transportation Sector
🚰Renew Our Water Infrastructure
🏫Rebuild Homes, Buildings & Schools
elizabethwarren.com/plans/green-jo…
👩🏾🔧Green Workforce of the Future
🔋Repower Our Energy Sector
🚆Restart Our Transportation Sector
🚰Renew Our Water Infrastructure
🏫Rebuild Homes, Buildings & Schools
elizabethwarren.com/plans/green-jo…
.@ewarren's #GreenNewDeal Plan to Create 10.6 Million Green Jobs is financed by:
✂️Cutting military spending
⛽️savings from reducing military dependence on fossil fuels
💸Closing corporate tax loopholes
🏦A New Green Bank
🇺🇸 Green Victory Bonds
elizabethwarren.com/plans/green-jo…
✂️Cutting military spending
⛽️savings from reducing military dependence on fossil fuels
💸Closing corporate tax loopholes
🏦A New Green Bank
🇺🇸 Green Victory Bonds
elizabethwarren.com/plans/green-jo…
As the largest healthcare union in the country, we’re thrilled to see candidates like @AndrewYang share their healthcare and long term care plans. We support all plans that move healthcare forward, but it is not an endorsement of a candidate. yang2020.com/blog/a-new-way…
@AndrewYang At a time when President Trump and Republicans are still determined to take away healthcare from 20 million people and raise costs for 135 million people with pre-existing conditions, all Democratic candidates are pushing for expanding affordable care.
@AndrewYang Yang’s plan, “A New Way Forward for Healthcare in America,” includes several ideas to improve the healthcare system by reducing costs for all working people, using technology to improve quality of care, and reducing the influence of corporate interests.
Proud to march with thousands of Wisconsin workers at #LaborFest in Milwaukee today—including our hardworking Lieutenant Governor, Mandela Barnes!
At the LaborFest in Madison, proud to celebrate a landmark victory: after eight years of a governor who tried to crush working people, Wisconsin rose up and elected a governor who believes in them. Wisconsin works best when we say “union yes!”
It’s great to see @BetoORourke introduce a plan to give millions of working people the power to negotiate higher wages, better jobs and brighter futures for our families. #UnionsForAll
.@BetoORourke’s plan includes multi-employer sectoral bargaining, wage boards, and all healthcare jobs funded by Medicaid and Medicare as good, union jobs
That’s 2 new detailed plans in the past 24 hours responding to workers demanding #UnionsForAll. Now it’s time for the rest of the presidential candidates to explain how they will empower millions more workers to unite in unions
