#Unions

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

It is easy to see of the loss of life from covid19, and hard to see the loss of life from closing schools, but, make no mistake, both rob people

PeoplePower2024 🌹

PeoplePower2024

1. Labour is dying in its heartlands. It’s hierarchy has moved from organised shop-floor worker groups, who worked on behalf of their community & local people, to careerist money grabbers

Ryan Huerto #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor

DrHuerto

As a physician, former teacher, LAUSD graduate, and ally of public school communities, I'm deeply disturbed by this piece from @TheAtlantic telling teachers to go back to work. Here's a

Public Defendering

fodderyfodder

Just saw a poll that says Kamala Harris is favored as VP by 54%. Did we just forget her direct contribution to a system allowing police to abuse and kill

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. Paul Volcker is an important character in Goliath, because Volcker's job was to break the New Deal domestically so U.S. bankers could maintain their power abroad. And that's what

Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Memes, India

memenist_

THREADHonest review of a typical JNU protest. It’s going to be a long thread, but try to watch every video, it will be fun. It only gets better towards the

Lizzie

elizzosaurusrex

I have no problem saying this publicly and Ochsner can sue me for defamation or find a way to put my license in jeopardy or black list me from being

The Sharing Scientist

ScienceShared

When should #Schools #Reopen in the UK? This thread summarises the key points & evidence on the issue & finishes with some things the government must do before allowing schools

W. K. Winecoff

whinecough

Okay, gonna do a quick thread on my first impressions of this since there seems to be confusion. 1/nFirst, the Treasury factsheet: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP%20--%20Overview.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2aD06s9n3SVmddBgB7A_QeC-0a1_UzvwD-Nmybaog

Holly Barradell ✨

drama_holly

THREAD: I just have to say this to get some thoughts across. Some teachers haven’t had a proper break since Feb 1/2 term. We don’t have the choice of annual

Jonathan Davis

jonmvdavis

I’m angry and sad by what feels like stalled progress towards more equitable policing in this country. And have been feeling discouraged which doesn’t help anybody. Thanks to the push

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

wilsonhartgrove

As we celebrate Labor Day in the midst of an uprising against systemic racism, I want to celebrate how the labor movement has always been most powerful when it’s anti-racist.

el gato malo

boriquagato

we are now a month into schools being in session.in schools that are fully open, in person, at full capacity, the covid infection rate for kids is 0.184%. 1 kid

buat demokrasi

BuatDemokrasi

Minimum wage, vampires, and leeches. (thread on yesterday's parliament debate) 1/ Important statistics from parliament. In Singapore 100,000 workers are paid below $1300 per month. Of this, 56,000 earn less

Indore Wale Bhiya

IndoreWaleBhiya

0. A thread on how communism can ruin lives, generations, industries and cities. 1. There was a time when Kanpur was famous for its textile industries. It was known as

Noam Blum 🦉

neontaster

Blind auditions, which exist because of bias to begin with, are seen as bad because sometimes the end result doesn't look good in photos.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/music/blind-auditions-orchestras-race.html Just so you get