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Kanchan Gupta
KanchanGupta
At a very early age, barely 23 or 24, I lived through a 52-day strike at ABP. We missed 2 salaries. @mjakbar & Mallika would give us whatever cash they
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Kanyi Maqubela
km
Time for a mini-thread on police unions, because it is both tricky and very high stakes. Collective bargaining is a powerful way to prevent against profiteering and to protect workers.
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David Mueller
wdavidmueller
Hello all 11 followers. A lot of people want to know what you can do during a pandemic to support the dismantling of racist police action. I'm not going to
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David Zentler-Munro
dzentlermunro
1/2 I had thought that James' second point is a good argument for the merits of unions relative to minimum wages (which only compress wages at the bottom) but...https://twitter.com/jdcmedlock/status/1302098718720630786 2/2
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Terrence McNulty
TerrenceMcNulty
A Q&A from Jo Jorgensen’s own website:Should employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job?A: No, the government should never determine what a
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jstnglmr
I've never been against the idea of a "workers' party" but I have not seen anything that specifies (a) what that looks like or means given our current political economy,
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beguiling bug
runolgarun
someone within DSA the other day told me that they don't view entertainment/sports unions as the same as other unions because entertainers aren't on the "shop floor" and i think
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Liz Mair
LizMair
WHOA. I just tried to tip my cashier at Stop and Shop and was told that’s BANNED. Upon investigation it appears this is to do w it being a UFCW-organized
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Nandita Shenoy
NanditaShenoyNY
So while we’re talking about creative work being work(!), let’s look at how some arts workers get benefits. /1 Some of us get them through unions. For the last 25
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Jen Psaki is a Cop. Hide your dime bags.
DurhamFella
All I'm going to say is that 1970s manufacturing jobs weren't stable and high paying just because manufacturing magically produces high wage jobs.They were good jobs because unions fought for
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Spike Cohen
RealSpikeCohen
Apparently, the head of the Boston Police union has been raping children since at least 1995. BPD conducted an internal investigation, decided he probably did it, and...did nothing about it,
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Marissa Louise
marissadraws
Hey hows it going I'm going to make some quick points about my experience trying to get guilds or unions going in comics. My experiences aren't everyone's but I do
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Born to be Commie ❣️
LunaOi_VN
Common propaganda tactic: take normal processes Vietnam has and make them sound scary and authoritarian. Example: you have to file with the election commission to get on the ballot, Western
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Seth Mandel
SethAMandel
I have long been begging for a grand bargain between right and left to weaken public unions. It would be great, but don’t hold your breath.https://twitter.com/andy_dyer_nova/status/1267142708126195712 “We know the bad
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Ben Claimant 💚
imajsaclaimant
If you want to understand why Trade Unions are so concerned about schools reopening, just listen to the answers from the Dept for Education's chief scientific adviser. I think @CMonaghanSNP's
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Wogan
WoganMay
I don't usually comment on politics, but I feel this is worthy of some context: https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/435855/taxpayers-should-foot-the-bill-for-a-r1500-basic-income-grant-in-south-africa-unions/Paying every South Afric
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