Counting down to 2023, over the next few days we're going to be highlighting some of the highest-profile labor news of 2022! ✊
🧵This thread will cover strikes and campaigns from this past year that have contributed to the year's rise in worker organizing! #1u
🧵This thread will cover strikes and campaigns from this past year that have contributed to the year's rise in worker organizing! #1u
🚨 In manufacturing, 1,000 workers with @UAW Locals 180 & 807 at CNH Industrial have been on strike since May 2nd.
Workers are still on the picket lines seeking increases to their pay, in addition to improved retirement benefits and the establishment of fair work rules. #1u
Workers are still on the picket lines seeking increases to their pay, in addition to improved retirement benefits and the establishment of fair work rules. #1u
🚨 On February 2nd, 15,000 public school teachers across Puerto Rico went on strike for a week!
With a base pay of $1,750 a month and a high cost of living, workers demanded increased pay and changes to their pension system. #1u
With a base pay of $1,750 a month and a high cost of living, workers demanded increased pay and changes to their pension system. #1u
🚨 On November 14th, 48,000 grad students, post-docs, & student researchers, with multiple @UAW locals, went on strike across the University of California system! Workers were striking for pay increases and intersectional worker justice, approving a contract this past Friday. #1u
🚨 In the longest ongoing strike this year, workers with
@MineWorkers at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama have been on strike since April 1st, 2021. Workers are seeking improved pay and benefits. #1u
This holiday season, consider donating to their strike fund!
@MineWorkers at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama have been on strike since April 1st, 2021. Workers are seeking improved pay and benefits. #1u
This holiday season, consider donating to their strike fund!
🚨 In the largest private-sector nursing strike in U.S. history, 15,000 nurses with @mnnurses across 15 Minnesota hospitals went on strike for three days.
From September 12th-14th, workers were on the picket line demanding increased pay and staffing! #1u
From September 12th-14th, workers were on the picket line demanding increased pay and staffing! #1u
🚨 The nationwide @fightfor15 campaign has seen incredible wins this year in the service industry!
In the South, service workers who have been organizing with Fight for $15 established their own union, the Union of Southern Service Workers (@RaiseUptheSouth)! #1u
In the South, service workers who have been organizing with Fight for $15 established their own union, the Union of Southern Service Workers (@RaiseUptheSouth)! #1u
🚨 In California, years of workers striking and organizing with @fightfor15, @NorCalFF15, & @Fightfor15LA has culminated in the passage of AB 257!
AB 257 establishes a Fast Food Council, which can set industry-wide standards around wages, health, safety, and training! #1u
AB 257 establishes a Fast Food Council, which can set industry-wide standards around wages, health, safety, and training! #1u
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