Remember HR’s job is to protect the boss
A worker in the HR department could be your friend, but the HR department isn’t your friend.

Ask any worker in an HR department with a bad boss
HR means Human Resources. Not like resources for you, the worker. That means it’s their job to manage the company’s Human Resources. Workers are the asset.

For HR, your humanity is literally the resource
Wow this touched some NERVES in my DMs. If this tweet made you uncomfortable, that’s ok. Dwell on that discomfort and ask yourself why

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Feb 21
Wage theft is the most expensive crime in the USA. Fifteeen BILLION dollars are stolen from American workers per year. What is wage theft, and why is this still happening? 1/ A photoshop illustration of...
Wage theft is when workers aren’t paid the full amount they are owed. For example if you aren’t paid for the full time you work when you have to come early, wait around, or stay late. It’s STEALING from you
vice.com/en/article/qjp…
You also hear about “effective minimum wage” in this context. That means the “effective” wage paid doesn’t meet the legal minimum. Maybe for reasons like working late, or other reasons like a “piece rate” that doesn’t actually add up to minimum wage. nfwm.org/farm-workers/f…
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Feb 20
I don’t know why these TV guys are looking at an old picture, but the building looks spooky A photograph of an orange c...
I don’t know what “coagulated” means
This guy makes walking down the alley look really cool (but in real life it didn’t seem cool at all)
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Feb 8
It’s so exciting that so many workers are asking about how to form a union where you work! Jean helped me make a thread of basic advice that applies to most workers in the USA A graphic illustration with a tortoiseshell cat. Next the th
For most workers there are 4 basic steps.

1. Talk to your co-workers who already agree with you. (NOT your boss obviously!)

2. Get advice by googling where you live + type of job + union, and ask the union local near you for advice. Most websites have a contact listed for this!
3. Once you have a strategy, you and the coworkers who already agree can start talking to more and more co-workers to build support for your union.

4. Show that your team supports forming a union through election or card-check once you have a strong majority of workers on board
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Feb 7
I am wondering if any of you have any links to clear, simple explanations of what the Joy Silk Doctrine is.

If you work in labor law you already understand a lot the rest of us are just starting to learn. Anyone have a “Explain like I’m Jorts” Joy Silk resource?
A lot of my good friends are really excited about this. Once more of us understand we can be excited with you and add to the conversation
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Feb 3
Hello @dominos I have a pizza problem can you help me?
It’s about a store in Nevada if that helps
Guys I don’t think @dominos is going to help me with my pizza problem 😞
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Jan 29
You can’t get what you need unless you ask for (or demand) that thing. This is an idea that applies to so many situations but let’s use an example of American workers rights and the NLRB. This is a thread fyi An orange cat is laying on his back so his head is dangling
In the US if you encounter sketchy stuff, you have to REPORT it to get the NLRB’s help.

Like if you’re trying to form a union and a boss is intimidating you or doing “persuader activity” by paying someone else to do it, file a complaint. Anyone can do it nlrb.gov/resources/nlrb…
I’m not saying it’s not clunky. It’s super clunky tbh. But now in 2022 we have an NLRB that is as friendly to workers as we have had in a long time. You also only have a certain amount of time, and they aren’t allowed to investigate without a report.
worker.gov/actions/nlrb-c…
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