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Donald Trump to the National Association of Black Journalists: “A lot of the journalists in this room are black. I will tell you that coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs.
Q. “What’s exactly is a black job, sir?"
Trump: "A black job is anybody that has a job! That's what it is.”
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We spoke with LA garment workers about whether they prefer piece rate pay — being paid pennies per operation, and a pratice which was recently outlawed in CA — or if they prefer getting paid a guaranteed minimum wage.
Guess which they chose?
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HAPPENING NOW: #Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien, Warehouse Division Director Tom Erickson, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), and warehouse workers are live outside the U.S. Capitol to announce the introduction of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, legislation that would hold Amazon accountable for its dangerous safety practices and abusive production quotas. #1u
I'm live in front of the Capitol with @TeamsterSOB to introduce the Warehouse Workers Protection Act. It's long past time we demand dignity, safety, and respect for warehouse workers. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1YqGoDrDQ…
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BREAKING: Dozens of striking hotel housekeepers rally to call on @taylorswift13 to support their fight for a wage that enables them to afford to live in Los Angeles.
They ask her to honor their struggle and postpone her concerts.
#SoCalHotelStrike
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We’re not stopping! Join your coworkers next Wednesday morning, July 19th, at the UC San Francisco Rutter Center for the UC Regents meeting where we will continue to demand that felony and student conduct charges against workers be dropped and our contract be implemented in full!
ALT Graphic for Rally Against Retaliation action
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In LBR STD 177, students practice mindfulness and meditation, learn how to deal with crisis, conflict, & anxiety, and tap into their creativity and inner wisdom to connect with themselves and their work for justice.
Don’t miss out on this course with Instructor @NarroVictor! 🌟
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2 in 3 UTLA educators can’t afford to live where we teach.
1 in 3 @SEIULocal99 education workers say they have been unhoused or are at risk of losing housing WHILE working for @LASchools.
We are also LAUSD parents and LA community members. @LAUSDSup We deserve better!
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HISTORIC WIN!
🧵1/5: Unified workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Michigan voted overwhelmingly today to form a union with the International Brotherhood of #Teamsters, making it the 1st of the restaurant chain’s 3,000 locations to organize: teamster.org/2022/08/chipotl… #1u ✊🌯 – at Washington, DC
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Bay Area Macy's workers need your support in their fight for a fair contract.
Sign our petition now to help support Bay Area Macy's workers now: ufcw5.org/macys-negotiations… #ufcw5 #unionstrong
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The Communications Workers of America union accuses Apple of illegally interrogating & spying on workers at its World Trade Center store
It also accuses Apple of illegally holding captive audience meetings & stopping workers from posting pro-union fliers
cnbc.com/2022/05/19/apple-in…
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NEW—The NLRB sees widespread anti-union lawbreaking at Starbucks. Unions have filed 126 unfair labor practice cases against Starbucks, and the NLRB has so far filed complaints against Starbucks in 45 of those cases, for among other things, illegal firings of pro-union baristas
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Another Unionization Victory in Retail >> Workers at two Verizon stores in Washington State (in Everett and Lynnwood) vote, 11 to 1, in favor of unionizing.
heraldnet.com/business/veriz…
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How can wages be pushing up prices if wages grew 5.6 percent over the past year and prices rose 8.5 percent? Do the math. Adjusted for inflation, wages have actually dropped 2.7 percent.
Jerome Powell and the Fed: Where's the "tight" labor market you're so worried about?
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The next time you hear Republicans in Congress railing against inflation, ask them these two questions 1) did they vote for the Trump tax cuts, and 2) what are they doing to stop price gouging by corporations that are raking in record profits.
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Breaking -- In another big win for labor, grad student workers at MIT vote overwhelmingly to unionize -- 1,785 for a union to 912 against
With the university opposing unionization, the 4-year-long effort begun by a dozen students wins in a landslide vote
wbur.org/news/2022/04/04/mit…
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GOP reps encourage BNSF to re-think Hi-Viz - SMART Union @BNSFRailway @SecMartyWalsh @SecretaryPete @AFLCIO @GOP @TransportDems @JoeBiden @Labor411 @chicagolabor smart-union.org/gop-reps-enc…
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A key part of the union's win in Staten Island was Immigrant workers who organized each other
Brima Sylla: "If you try to complain, they just ignore you. All they care about is how they can use and control your time—It’s not humane—it’s a real plantation"
jacobinmag.com/2022/04/amazo…
