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Workers will pay for these cuts...and where are the "savings" going to go? #workerissues #resist

"The unions that filed the lawsuit are seeking to block DOGE from accessing Labor Department data, arguing that access to such sensitive information systems would violate the Privacy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act." #resist #unionstrong #workerissues #workers'rights

Working in general has become a nightmare in this country, but working for either of these two is even worse.

"Musk allegedly exposed his erect penis to a Space X contract flight attendant/masseuse and promised to buy her a horse if she’d give him a happy ending." #workers'rights #workerissues

"Unions don't organize workers -- workers organize unions."

-- Martin Glaberman and Seymour Faber

Don't wait for a union to organize you. Learn how to organize one for yourself and your co-workers, or how to join an existing one in your industry. #resist #organize #unionstrong #workerissues

"As they dream about making us superfluous, we should be emboldened, not frightened. If they think they no longer need us, we should seriously ask if we need their class at all."

#workers'rights #workerissues #unionstrong #resist #unionizetech

Yes.

Also, he admitted that Musk and Trump's plan is to replace workers with AI.

'McCormick responded that “a lot of the work they do is duplicitous with AI.”'

"Duplicitous" certainly is the word for it!

#resist #workers'rights #workerissues #redstateswakeup

'Trump is destroying working-class people and their communities, she said, but he’s chosen the wrong target: ​“The majority of us are working-class people who contribute to this country, so we aren’t the backyard nor the garbage dump of any politician.”' #work #workers #workerissues #unionstrong

These women had to come all the way from Indonesia to Oregon to demand the wages that they are owed. We need an international criminalization of wage theft. #solidarity #worker'srights #workerissues #wagetheft

Just don't shop at Target, everybody. #boycott #Target #workerissues #DEI #oligarchs

This benefited children, parents, and childcare workers. Win, win, win! #kids #parents #workerissues

Moral of the story: don't take people who do important jobs for granted.

“We’re not asking for any more money, we just want what we were already getting.”

#resist #worker'srights #workerissues #unionstrong #solidarity

“This isn’t just about Republicans, either. We need a Democratic party that fights harder for us, too,” Ocasio-Cortez said in Arizona, drawing some of the loudest, most sustained applause of the event."

#democracy #progress #resist #workerissues