#Workers

Kathleen Romig

kathleenromig

The heroes of the coronavirus crisis & the new #paidleave law: A thread.Spoiler alert: Few of the highest-risk workers get even a single sick day under the law. 1/

⚖️Laura Fitton (she/her) Listen to Black women🇺🇸

Pistachio

Need PPE for a healthcare facility/government agency/healthcare worker? #PPE http://bit.ly/findPPE http://bit.ly/findPPE Have PPE you can donate, sell, or otherwise and want to be matched with those looking for it? #PPE

Cenric Clement-Evans

cenricce

Worth linking to @H_S_E on risk assessment here https://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/controlling-risks.htm PPE is the last resort & clearly essential for our frontline health workers #COVID19 BUThttps://twitter.com/cenricce/status/1245992048932552704 It i

Bud Pfizer

BostonJerry

The job market situation is simple:After the 2008 crash, employers were able to hire workers for much less than they were worth and got used to having a ton of

Saurabh Gupta(Micky)

MickyGupta84

According to some migrant workers who came out today, it’s because they wanted to show what they were feeling. Desperate, they apparently organised themselves to come out. They repeat ‘we

Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

I keep seeing "OMG people just don't want to work" posts about fast food jobs & I just want to know why anyone would think artificially low wages, no benefits,

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

What do we know about occupational mobility in the US?As you may know, there isn’t very good existing data on it.So @gregorschub, @Bledi_Taska & I construct new occupational mobility data,

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

[Homer Simpson whisper] the problem here is not on the consumer level The service industry existed before all of these things and was used in the exact same way. The

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

When I watched that interview with Mayor Goodman I struggled to balance her being completely insane with the fact that Las Vegas is probably uniquely gutted by the shutdown. It’s

I’m Aladar, the jerkasaurus

itatiVCS

That’s because there is no logic here: only a university desperate to keep from using its endowment to save lives and prevent infections.https://twitter.com/mattomasini/status/1319289069268971522 Like at some point universities need to

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

More than a quarter (27%) of 3,389 small firms with employees that responded, from a CFIB membership of 110,000 small firms (including the self-employed with no employees), from a business

Only in the ICU

OnlyintheICU

I know the CDC has lost a lot of credibility but many hospitals are touting that they are following CDC recommendations. As a healthcare professional, know what the recommendations are

Jason Compson III

JCompson_III

If American Psycho were made today, what would Patrick’s dinner speech be about?I think he’d talk about “amplifying marginalized voices, while also centering their bodies” and the epidemic of homeless

Gemma 18+ ONLY

GemmaParadiseXO

It is factually incorrect to say that people who are homeless, sex workers, unable to work due to illness, etc. etc. are incapable of understanding theory or organizing. My shitty

Mike Rogoway

rogoway

The state's congressional delegation is taking note of the struggles laid-off Oregonians are having filing for their benefits.https://twitter.com/repblumenauer/status/1247299676409339905 In this thread, the @ORemployment Department says it will h

Chris Becker

jcbecker93

Thread: Why do technocrats swoon over mechanistic policies like the EITC but almost ignore unions as an anti-poverty tool? Because technocrats don’t actually trust poor people. The EITC protects workers