#LABOR

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Thread o' Lets discuss this, is it a good thing?For years, Google has been seeking to wrest control of the city from its government;https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/18/google-bay-area-housing-investment/ In 2016 it got 370,000+

Alix Gould-Werth

alixgouldwerth

A picture is worth a thousand words. (1/11) But let me explain what that was a picture of. In March, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. It included

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: May 19, 1920. The Matewan Massacre took place in the small town of Matewan, West Virginia, a pitched battle between hired gun thugs of the

Alex Heffron

AlexHeffron20

'A movement that does not understand that “[a] dominated country, or a previously dominated one that does not alter its situation in the international capitalist division of labor, merely reproduces

Dr. Steven W. Thrasher

thrasherxy

The Mayor of Kenosha is a Democrat. As is the Gov. of Wisconsin. When ppl scream "VOTE!" at protestors, I keep thinking: Vote!? For who?For natl Dems & Repubs who

Dr. Adeola (Addy) Olubamiji

adexmee

1/ I was living in someone’s basement just 4 years ago (this was my backyard back in Saskatoon)! I shared that basement unit with 2 other occupants (face-me-I-face-you). This moment

Kevin Nguyen

cog_ink

Adding to this top piece from @taliaualiitia — in journalistic OPSEC, the "foreigness" of a surname is a vector that fringe communities use to target journos. Here's an example of

Kazumi Chin

kazumiochin

Another important lesson here is that Asian American women inhabit both the robot trope within the white imagination, and also, of course, the geisha trope. This is why robot geishas

United Farm Workers

UFWupdates

⁦Farm workers are invisible to many people- but they have had a staunch advocate in ⁦@KamalaHarris⁩.She has marched and fought alongside farm workers for life-changing protections in California, and as

immortal 📉 wertkritik

as_a_worker

nobody talks about how the united states postal service is only unionized bc rank and file workers organized the largest wildcat strike in american history and brought the nixon administration

Scott Coley

scott_m_coley

What if America is just like all the other empires? What if America’s power and wealth aren’t a mark of divine favor, but merely a byproduct of empire-building? And what

Nicole Kaeding

NKaeding

I've spent a lot of today thinking about UI, workers in "essential industries," and the CARES Act. As is usual, I'm not happy with much of what I'm seeing out

అఖిల్

akhillian

A lot of interesting takeaways here but one that stands out is the frequency with which they bring up old age, as though their mortality is accepted and accommodated rather

Senator Chris Larson

SenChrisLarson

Unemployment reform thread:COVID-19 caused an unprecedented demand for Unemployment Insurance. Due to an outdated computer system and deliberate roadblocks installed by Republicans over the past decade, our system was simply

☀️ Chelsea Mérta ⚖️

ChelseaKMerta

You want to make some *real* change in Missouri?I mean, actually hitting the private prison industry and seeing a true shift in the criminal justice system?Then we need to talk

💋 Brittany

BJ_Burnam

This...is...a..little girl. Why do we want little girls to lead this movemen?https://twitter.com/common/status/1281645866319704065 I really question why Black men use the images of little Black girls and Black women as leaders