Thread by @HMAesq

We are our best when we show up for one another.

This morning, @Teamsters Local 639 invited me to show up for #LucvilJoseph, a worker and union activist at @Dulles_Airport fired for advising other workers about their rights under a collective bargaining agreement.

That's right: he was fired for advocating that his employer, @Gate_Gourmet, follow the law.

GG prepares your airline meals. In 2017 it earned $4.6B and fed 700M passengers worldwide. Per 639, 52% of GG employees reported having to cut meal family meal sizes due to low pay.

And while ACA healthcare plans are technically available, they are out of reach for the majority of the workforce.

I spoke to one worker, employed at Dulles since 1996 who told me, "Why aren't you guys taking them to court?"

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I said, "As a lawyer, we'd be happy to. But the laws themselves don't always work in your favor. Lucvil is at a hearing in Chicago as I speak, fighting to get his job back. It shouldn't have come to this."

#BringJosephBack

"We'll work within the system as long as it works for us - but if it doesn't, we have to change it, And showing up here is how the system is changed. Don't ever think you can't do anything."

He grabbed a sign and joined the protest. He showed up.

Thank you @ginnydiamond1, @Teamsters Local 639, @UFCW400, and
@Virginia_AFLCIO for allowing me the opportunity to show up.

#Hassan4VA