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šŸ§µHere are Sunak & Shapps, posing for a photo op at the Savoy, with DP World CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. DP World own P&O.

In 2016, Sunak saw DP World as a huge benefit to the UK. With plans for it to be ā€˜at the heart of Britainā€™s trading futureā€™ Claiming it had the ambition
& resource to boost growth, support businesses, create jobs & (get this) IMPROVE LIVING STANDARDS!! DP World, have just laid off 800 UK staff in appalling circumstances & brought in replacement workers on Ā£1.80 an hour. The company owe billions in loans, took Ā£10m in furlough
support & requested a Ā£150m Govt bailout. Sunak has welcomed DP World with open arms. His big push for these ā€˜freeportsā€™ has been warned about by many for a while. They are Charter Cities. Deregulated economic enterprise zones. Workers rights mean zilch. Itā€™s the Libertarian
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I will be 100% honest with you.

@ScottMorrisonMP speech today made me want to vomit. As in for real.

He is dogmatically preaching ā€œlive with the virusā€.

There is an alternative, but itā€™s not on offer from this leader, and it never will be.
The reality is, the Doherty model is not the only model, and it certainly isnā€™t the best.

Not for health, economics, business, freedom, or anything else.
The Australian people have done everything the government have asked of them, to an exemplary standard. A few hiccups are to be expected.

The Australian Federal Government have not done anything asked of them by the people.

Quarantines/Green lane travel.
Vaccines.
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It is telling when lawmakers are more interested in the stick instead of the carrot & aim to inflict punitive measures on people.
(For some, cruelty is the point.) 1/x
The ā€œjob creatorsā€ complaining that ThErE aRe No WoRkErS donā€™t realize theyā€™re complicit in creating that very scenario... 2/x
...and like with other things, like to peddle lies & myths about the workforce that have been debunked by study after study about emergency benefits and payments provided by the government as disincentivizing people from returning to work. 3/x

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0ā€¦
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Heartbroken by this news. Our brave first responders are on the frontlines of responding to the #COVID19 pandemic every day and we owe so much to them. My thoughts are with Mario Araujo's family and the CFD for this immense loss.
Illinois workers on the frontline against the #COVID19 pandemic deserve strong, federal protections to guarantee a safe & healthy workplace. That's one of the reasons why I introduced legislation requiring OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect frontline workers
I'm proud to have worked with @AFSCME @afscme31 on this, and I'm working to include it in any future relief package. #fundthefrontlines #protectworkers

duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-relā€¦
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.@ICEgov just issued a statement touting their stepped-up enforcement activities at worksites across the country. Hereā€™s what you should know about whatā€™s really going on. 1/ ice.gov/news/releases/ā€¦
.@ICEgov says that their ā€œworksite enforcement strategy continues to focus on the criminal prosecution of employers who knowingly break the lawā€ but, at least in the context of the #TNraid, thatā€™s absolutely untrue. 2/
To date in the #TNraid ā€“ the largest worksite raid ICE has conducted since 2008 ā€“ @ICEgov has taken no actions against that employer. No assets frozen, no charges, no arrests. The plant is still fully operational and hiring! 3/
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