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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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Randy Korgan: Rupert Murdoch was the kingpin behind deregulating the media, incl the Fairness Doctrine. Now money controls the media.
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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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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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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
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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.
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@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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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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Last year was a productive writing year, and I also did a few interviews. #UnionYes #UnionStrong A summary:
An analysis of the wealth taken from the working class using a number of useful charts, for In These Times @inthesetimesmag, inthesetimes.com/article/build-…
A summary of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee @organizeworkers in the @DemSocialists Socialist Forum, which was later reprinted in @jacobin, socialistforum.dsausa.org/issues/winter-…
Matías 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
Matías 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.
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@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
Matías 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
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
Rick: He hasn't gotten any credit
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Sally Hardin: I think we were feeling pretty despondent before the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, & now we can finally do something to address climate change.
@sallyahardin @AMProg @CAPaction
@sallyahardin @AMProg @CAPaction
Sally Hardin: The really exciting thing about this legislation is all the investments, creating jobs here at home, & help of nearly $2000 for families who choose to get EVs & switch to cleaner & more secure sources of energy like solar & wind.
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@sallyahardin @AMProg @CAPaction
Sally Hardin: EVs are still expensive because there aren't a whole lot of them avail. yet in the U.S. There are extra incentives for EVs built in the US by US workers, which is a win-win-win situation.
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@sallyahardin @AMProg @CAPaction
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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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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Max Burns: This is foot-stomping by China. They're looking at Russia & Ukraine & seeing what they can get away with, using money laundering & illicit finance.
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Max Burns: Using the Magnitsky Act is how you take down China or Russia, not via war but via banks.
Rick: Repubs don't want the Biden admin to do well with cyber warfare.
Max: The Repubs used to make it a priority till Trump, who had numerous deals w/ shady regimes.
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Rick: Repubs don't want the Biden admin to do well with cyber warfare.
Max: The Repubs used to make it a priority till Trump, who had numerous deals w/ shady regimes.
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Max Burns: I think the America COMPETES Act will pass. We do have a bipartisan vote for this when it comes out of committee to the Senate.
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Kirsten Heffron: There has been a perception among Dems that it's all about the turnout, going into neighborhoods to get people out to vote. The Senate, the way it's structured, heavily favors rural areas.
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Kirsten Heffron: Our country is ripe for a Labor movement. People are ready for change, for more worker protections, for unions. There's a lot to be done there.
@NoDemLeftBehind @KirstenHeffron #UnionYes #1u #UnionStrong
@NoDemLeftBehind @KirstenHeffron #UnionYes #1u #UnionStrong
Kirsten Heffron: We've seen what happened in VA when rural areas are ignored. McAuliffe ignored the rural areas & now we have a Repub governor who's outlawed mask mandates in schools, for ex.
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Ryan Cooper: It's a question of political ideology. There's the hypocrisy of Manchin questioning bills like infrastructure while blindly voting to spend so much money on the military.
@ryanlcooper @TheWeek @LeftAnchor
@ryanlcooper @TheWeek @LeftAnchor
Ryan Cooper: Another problem is our healthcare system. If we had Canada's health system, our taxes would go down. On top of that, we pay deductibles, copays, coinsurance. What we can't afford is the status quo.
@ryanlcooper @TheWeek @LeftAnchor
@ryanlcooper @TheWeek @LeftAnchor
Ryan Cooper: It seems like we're back to the Lochner Doctrine on the Supreme Court. If Democrats are for it, it's unconstitutional.
@ryanlcooper @TheWeek @LeftAnchor
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A thread of what I wrote and podcast interviews in 2021, primarily about labor and union topics. #UnionYes #UnionStrong #1u
1) On Laborlines, a discussion of developments in the labor movement, anchor.fm/john-william-a…
2) A deep dive into research on how union membership impacts white workers’ racial attitudes, for @organizingwork, organizing.work/2021/02/union-…
Tony DiPerna: What a great week, with Apprenticeship Week & President Biden signing the Infrastructure bill. Great paying wages, benefits--the building trades are the last stop for middle class America.
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Tony DiPerna: We do brick, tile, terrazzo, & so much more, which is why we're the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers.
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Alex N. Press: There is a mobilization that's been planned--I hope it's wildly successful. If we're going back to militant workplaces, I think we should go back to communities fighting for the workers.
@alexnpress #Striketober #1u #UnionStrong #UnionYes
@alexnpress #Striketober #1u #UnionStrong #UnionYes
Alex N. Press: You and I were on the side of Labor before it got big. The strikes we're seeing are not all in the same sector, which is good--it's a broad feeling among workers. @IATSE, possibly Kaiser Permanente, more.
@alexnpress #Striketober #1u #UnionStrong #UnionYes
@alexnpress #Striketober #1u #UnionStrong #UnionYes
Alex N. Press: Everyone's wages on average have gone up a little since last year. Think about what that actually means. Amazon has been on a hiring spree--people are leaving low-paying jobs to go to Amazon, but Amazon jobs still suck.
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@alexnpress #Striketober #1u #UnionStrong
Joe Sanberg: As important as raising the minimum wage is, we also need to revitalize the union movement in our country. It's not just raising the minimum wage, it's raising the minimum wage AND A UNION.
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@JosephNSanberg @BusinessM4A #UnionYes #UnionStrong #1u
Joe Sanberg: We also have to hold Biden accountable. Talk is cheap. Put pressure on all elected officials [to raise min. wage & pass the PRO Act].
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Joe Sanberg: My worry is that with this Senate, who knows what the courts will do. Whatever happens, we have to organize more & continue to agitate until we have universal health coverage.
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@JosephNSanberg @BusinessM4A
Matías Vernengo: It's very unlikely that inflation will get out of hand, especially to the point [that we need a wheelbarrow of money to buy a loaf of bread].
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
Matías Vernengo: The possibilities of inflation are limited. The real risk of inflation may come from the recovery itself. The pandemic was a peculiar type of crisis. There's a scarcity of some supplies, like computer chips.
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@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
Matías Vernengo: I do hope we get into a strong recovery, especially if we do pass an infrastructure bill. I don't think we'll hit full employment immediately.
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@NakedKeynes @BucknellU
STORY TIME: How did we win our union through #4121organizing? 🧵
In 1999, inspired by academic student worker organizing around the country (including at University of California, where nearly 10,000 ASEs formed @uaw2865!), ASEs at UW started organizing for our own union so we could have a collective voice for improving conditions here.
By Fall 2000, we demonstrated supermajority support for our union TWICE among all Teaching Assistants, Readers, Graders, and Tutors. But UW admin refused to recognize our union, so we decided to strike at the end of Fall Quarter. Our yes vote? Manually tallied! 
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TODAY! There are 51 actions nationwide for the National Day of Solidarity with the #BAmazonUnion Drive, Amazon’s 1st U.S. union!
📢 NYC: Saturday, February 20, 2021, 1 PM at Amazon- owned Whole Foods Market, 4 Union Square S.
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TODAY! There are 51 actions nationwide for the National Day of Solidarity with the #BAmazonUnion Drive, Amazon’s 1st U.S. union!
📢 NYC: Saturday, February 20, 2021, 1 PM at Amazon- owned Whole Foods Market, 4 Union Square S.
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#UnionYes #BAmazon
The #BAmazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama are predominantly Black workers. They formed the #BAmazonUnion, & won the right to vote for union representation by @RWDSU. This is a history-changing worker struggle, fighting one of the biggest & most powerful corporations in the world!
@amazon & it’s super rich union- busting owner, @JeffBezos, are doing everything possible to stop the #BAmazonUnion! These workers are standing up to the racist, anti-union laws that suppress labor across the South.
NYC: Join us in solidarity with the #BAmazonUnion workers!
NYC: Join us in solidarity with the #BAmazonUnion workers!
OK indulge me, a review of the 10 articles I wrote in 2020, a productive year, including 2 labor book reviews, 2 reporting on labor topics, 1 coop/labor history, 2 on unions during the pandemic, and 3 with labor analysis/commentary. #1u #UnionYes #UnionStrong
First, the comments I sent to the #NLRB about their proposed new rule on grad student organizing, which amazingly, I don't think they ever issued! That's good since it would have been bad, and it might still come. medium.com/@ericdirnbach/…
Then an analysis and discussion of lots of labor movement data, including union membership, union elections and strikes, in @OrganizingWork. organizing.work/2020/02/is-the…
We received this anonymous testimony from a first year international GA. If this makes you as 😠 mad as it makes us, come to our General Assembly tonight at 5pm so we can organize for campus power and protect international student workers. Full text 👇 #EAluKākou #ShaveICE 🧵
“I am a first-year International TA. I accepted my program’s offer with the understanding that I would have a GA fellowship and job security all throughout my coursework.
"After the ICE ruling however, my department decided without my consultation that I would not be able to come to Hawai’i, and that I should start my first semester of my PhD program virtually from abroad without a GAship, and therefore no living stipend nor tuition remission.
2019 was a productive writing year for me, with 14 pieces. Some on my Medium blog, others for @OrganizingWork, @LaborNotes and @DemSocialists, thanks to those folks for posting! #1u #UnionYes Here's the list:
@OrganizingWork @labornotes @DemSocialists A review of the classic #LaborFilm #NormaRae, this was really fun to write, organizing.work/2019/01/movie-…
@OrganizingWork @labornotes @DemSocialists A review of the great book “Edge of Anarchy” about #EugeneVDebs and the famous Pullman strike of 1894, dsausa.org/democratic-lef…
Review thread of the 10 things I published this year, most on my labor blog, but also a book review and some pieces on organizing. #1u #UnionYes 1) Decline and Fall: Union Election Trends and the Failing NLRB Strategy medium.com/@ericdirnbach/…
2) What’s the Likely Effect of the Janus Case? Let’s Look at the Numbers. #1u #UnionYes medium.com/@ericdirnbach/…
3) Book review for @labornotes: Wobblies of the World: A History of Globetrotting Troublemakers. #1u #UnionYes labornotes.org/blogs/2018/03/…
