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May 1 4 tweets 2 min read
“8 hours for work, 8 hours for rest, 8 hours for what we will” was the slogan of the Haymarket Martyrs, who were killed after after going on strike on May 1, 1886. On #InternationalWorkersDay & everyday, we carry their strength with us in our ongoing fight for economic justice.
Work connects us all.

And right now, working people across the country are proving that we have the power to create change when we stand together & demand better from our broken economic system.
We cannot & will not slow down. Because when I read that slogan, I think of the countless workers who STILL work 12 hour shifts & die on the job every day.

I think of how we need a @OSHA_DOL & @MSHA_DOL that will properly hold employers accountable for worker injuries & death.
And how now more than ever, we need stronger labor laws so EVERYONE can freely exercise their legal right to organize for the wages, benefits & treatment they deserve.

Happy May Day, everyone. We can do this.

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Jan 20
It is deeply disappointing that just days after our nation paid homage to the great civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., critical legislation that would have strengthened our elections and ensured the right of every person to cast their vote was actively blocked.
It is unfathomable that our democracy is dangerously fragile because of the obstructionist tactics of senators who refuse to sideline an outdated rule conceived during segregation.
These were the same tactics that some, as Dr. King put it, “misguided senators” used to block civil rights legislation more than 50 years ago. We should expect that our leaders are capable of learning from the past and do not get in the way of progress.
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