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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 šŸ§µ Image
And all those workers and their families whoā€™ve suffered death, heat stroke, dehydration, and severe illness wonā€™t soon forget about UPSā€™s negligence.

Itā€™s long past time this corporation pulling in revenue in excess of $100 billion did something about it.
Corporate PR campaigns like ā€œCool Solutionsā€ and ā€œReChargeā€ arenā€™t going to cut it. #Teamsters need real solutions, not excuses and distractions.

At the bargaining table and in the barns, itā€™s time to reconcile with air conditioning and proper ventilation.
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: A business model for bankrupting the oil companies; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/06/thaā€¦

#Pluralistic

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Today 6/6, I'm doing a remote panel on #interoperability for @rightscon:

eff.org/deeplinks/2023ā€¦

Wed 7/6, I'm keynoting @republica in #Berlin:

re-publica.com/de/news/rp23-kā€¦

Thu 8/6, I'm at @otherlandberlin Books with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

otherland-berlin.de/de/event-detaiā€¦

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A business model for bankrupting the oil companies: Incentives matter (and that matters).



3/  Image:  Flying Logos (modi...
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AS NATIONAL TALKS RESUME, UPS TEAMSTERS READY FOR STRIKE VOTE

Subcommittees to the @UPS #Teamsters Nat'l Negotiating Committee, including Safety & Health and Premium Services, got back to the table in full force today as national talks with UPS resumed in Alexandria, VA. (1/12) Image
The teams, working across the table from @UPS negotiators, adjusted and improved contract language to help reach tentative agreement on nearly 10 articles before the end of the day. (2/12)
Simultaneously, the #Teamstersā€™ national committee announced that #strike authorization votes among UPS members will start being conducted by local unions in-person and nationwide beginning this week. (3/12) Image
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TFORCE STRIKE VOTE TO BEGIN IN-PERSON

Thousands of Freight #Teamsters at TForce will be able to begin voting for strike authorization starting this week. Image
The TForce National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee urges all members at the company to vote YES to authorize a #strike ā€” to only be called in the event TForce does not reach agreement with the Teamsters.
Strike authorization balloting will be done in-person outside of TForce barns or at local union halls. Results will be announced on Friday, June 16.

ā€œOur membersā€™ voices need to be heard at TForce," said John A. Murphy, #Teamsters National Freight Director.
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šŸšØUPS STRIKE VOTES START THIS WEEK šŸšØ

Local unions representing @UPS #Teamsters will begin conducting in-person voting this week for strike authorization. #1u Image
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.
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Oā€™BRIEN TO UPS: YOU SUCCEED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE ā€” DONā€™T FORGET THAT

After a 13-hour day ā€” at the bargaining table & in subcommittee meetings ā€” the @UPS #Teamsters National Negotiating Committee ended Tues. with a sharper focus on forcing UPS to make more progress on key proposals. Image
#Teamsters spent hours throughout the day pushing back on UPS's attempts to maintain the status quo or weaken worker protections in its Surepost program. Article 26 of the Nat'l Master Agreement outlines UPSā€™s eligibility to ship smaller packages of specific weight/size via USPS. Image
Several rounds of #Teamster proposals were exchanged to push UPS to put more boxes back on union package cars and commit to regular testing of the very technology the company uses to redirect volume. Image
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#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 ā€˜union avoidance consultantsā€™) and held mandatory meetings..."
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SEATTLE UPS TEAMSTERS ARE TRAINED & READY FOR ACTION!

Armed with the knowledge & resources to organize & take action, UPSers came away from this weekend's training at the #Teamsters Local 174 union hall with blueprints for building powerful contract action teams at their barns. Image
Nearly 300 stewards and other members from across Joint Council 28 gathered for the five-hour training program as experts from the International discussed the bargaining process and how to coordinate member-to-member communication within their shops. ImageImageImage
At the conclusion of the training, members were fired up and eager to use what they learned to engage their co-workers.

Rank-and-file @UPS #Teamsters have been participating in Contract Action Team trainings nationwide. ImageImageImage
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TEAMSTERS KEEP EYE ON PROTECTING JOBS AS UPS REVIEWS TECH

Protecting Teamster work from third parties and safeguarding good-paying jobs from invasive technologies were the themes of the day as national negotiations resumed between UPS #Teamsters and Big Brown. Image
The unionā€™s National Negotiating Committee and company heads convened multiple times throughout the day in Washington.

@UPS discussed technology and external relationships, particularly with the United States Postal Service. ImageImageImage
#Teamsters General President Sean M. Oā€™Brien reminded management that attempted implementation of any advanced technology that may harm workers or eliminates jobs will be combatted aggressively by the union.
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UPS TEAMSTERS ARE WORTH MORE
And our unionā€™s National Negotiating Committee knows it. Committee leaders, like #Teamsters Gen. President Sean M. Oā€™Brien & Gen. Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, & Teamster rank-and-filers reconvened nat'l negotiations with @UPS executives today. Image
During late morning and early afternoon bargaining, as both sides discussed technology, package volumes, and new Teamster jobs, committee members remained vocal that the #Teamsters are unified in this fight.
UPSers are coordinating and sharing information, and the negotiating team stands behind its proposals to improve the way of life for the companyā€™s workforce.

"Yes, we need to preserve and improve our strong benefits, and we want to see wages go up for all," Oā€™Brien said.
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The first time I remember hearing the word ā€œcontentā€ 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 ā€œassetsā€ (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 ā€œcontent.ā€ A video, a poem, a blog post, it didnā€™t 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 ā€œcontentā€ for their site to get people to come back and to hold their attention. And those companies are streamers. 3/
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Some funny goings on in #Liverpool under the stewardship of #JoeAnderson šŸ‘€

My current viewpoint might be influenced by some of the TV shows I watched during lockdown #Subura #Gomorrah #GangsOfLondon #LineOfDuty

But, it has a whiff of a Mafia fiefdomšŸ¤Æ

kilfoyleonpolitics.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/a-tā€¦
- Merseyside Police investigating City Council
- Lancashire Police - #OperationSheridan
- Serious Fraud Office, North West Serious Crimes Unit & GMP investigating property scams
- Council finances not being signed off by an auditor for the last 5 years

Something smells fishyšŸŸšŸ‘€
Now, I realise it sounds bonkers to link TV shows about the Italian Mafia and how they infiltrate local councils and municipalities - I mean, that wouldn't happen in Lancashire or Merseyside... would it!?

Well, ye. It would...

Have a look šŸ‘€
bbc.co.uk/news/extra/XOdā€¦
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