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Jenn Holmes Weier
JennHW
In times of crisis, priorities become blindingly clear and deeply held beliefs are rightly questioned. One such belief in our modern society, is that the #economy drives #health. If there
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talia
mxtaliajane
stop with the “unemployment benefits are too good and that’s why people aren’t going back to work.”the issue is wages are bad and returning to work is still not safe
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inverted vibe curve: burgertown must be defended
PatBlanchfield
bear with me here: imagine telling a person whose primary source of release and pleasure, what gets them through a hellish week of unappreciated and grueling work, is the prospect
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socialism or barbarism
BlueSpaceCanary
The key to understanding why discussions of wealth in the US are so strange: you are fabulously wealthy *long* before you're truly safe from poverty, because our safety net is
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Kate Flood
KateFlood
Labour's pledge to give everyone 'full rights' from day one of their job is BIG. Currently people in work must be in a role for 2 years before gaining full
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Miriam O'Callaghan
mir_ocall
Thread. #Covid19 is exposing the dark side of Irish work, economics & society. We class people as "essential workers" then we treat them as if they are disposable. Our meat
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whoreganizer
whoreganizer
Sex workers don’t qualify for government aid. They can’t file for unemployment and are often denied access to the formal economy including paid sick leave + healthcare. PLEASE help boost/consider
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Deborah Levine
debbylevine
Finalizing my syllabus for an intro to US health policy course that starts next week. Amused by how many readings/discussions that used to take weeks of staging and scaffolding on
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Stuart McKie
bigfridge224
I'm joining the #UCUstrike next week, although only partially. As a precarious, temporary academic I cannot afford to lose that much pay - ironic because that's one of the things
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Nipissing NDP
NipissingNDP
Are labour representatives on the panel? Great to see attention directed at #nipissing but workers are saving our collective butts right now in healthcare, ensuring we see stocked shelves at
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Paul Kirby
PaulCinnam0n
I’m at a university that missed the threshold for the #UCUstrike on pensions, pay, precarity and inequality, which starts today. So I started a list of other ways to extend
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Mx. Jessica Schomberg
schomj
Below is a definitely-not-exhaustive reading list about diversifying librarianship primarily related to including more people of color and addressing our whiteness problem.Sharing here in case it's of use to folks
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Jeremy Toback
JeremyToback
1/Had the DEM establishment not rigged the 2016 primary, President Sanders would have already won universal healthcare &/or he'd be responding to Covid-19 w/ the required robust provision, which would
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Noah Smith 🐇
Noahpinion
1/Today's @bopinion post is about how poverty imposes impossible demands on poor people, making it harder for them to escape poverty.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-02-20/poverty-is-all-about-personal-stress-not-laziness
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Nadia von Benzon
NadiavonBenzon
Yesterday I received a(nother) grant rejection. And normally I'm okay with that. I appreciate it's part of the process. It's not personal. And failures demonstrate that you're trying. That's all
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Adam H. Johnson
adamjohnsonNYC
this article claims CN argued "complaints about cancel culture are a matter of rich & powerful celebrities complaining about being justly criticized." The is false. What we argue is The
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