“At least it’s something. The streets are hard, you know what I’m saying? Deadly.” citylimits.org/2023/10/04/t...

This is the biggest healthcare strike in American history. 75,000 members. Across job classifications. If you thought winning a $20 fast food minimum wage and a sector council, and demanding a $25 minimum wage for waffle house workers broke the right wings brains, just wait!

No one has put this on bluesky yet so LEGO UNION LETS FUCKING GO (AND BUILD THE LABOR MOVEMENT) (via @unionelections.bsky.social)

Unions have **trillions** of dollars in pension funds that could be a weapon to help the working class. But more typically that money gets invested in ways that fund the retirement of one generation of workers by exploiting the next generation. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/capitalism...

UAW President Shawn Fain responds to news of Trump’s plan to visit Detroit and possibly rally at a UAW picket line. We all need a little more Shawn Fain and a little zero billionaire class.

Beny is harvests apples in Yakima WA, earning a piece rate of $30 for every 1,000-pound bin he fills. To earn $100, he'd have to harvest more than 3,000 pounds of apples. #WeFeedYou

Teamsters refusing to ship cars during this UAW strike. Hollywood strikers joining Amazon workers picketing their warehouses. Thousands of people signing strike pledges, joining the picket line, and donating to strike funds. Solidarity is a verb. www.jphilll.com/p/what-is-so...

It’s happening! At midnight thousands of autoworkers strategically shut down three huge plants. For the first time ever the UAW is striking the three big companies simultaneously. And all of us should support them, because this strike could help the whole working class.

UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA are all on strike right now! Our entertainment and auto manufacturing industries are on strike right now! Union formation is booming! This is the most exciting, most powerful moment for labor in decades!

It's happening!! The UAW will start their strike tonight, and for the first time in history they'll target all three big auto companies at the same time. At midnight tonight workers will begin to strike at one plant of each corporation. Let's fucking go.

It appears that Ford has taken the page listing their plant locations off their website. The link now just leads to a 404 error. UAW could strike the automaker at midnight tonight.

BREAKING: Marvel VFX workers have just won a historic first union in the visual effects industry. The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet voted unanimously to unionize with vfxunion. This is a major first step for the industry, and Disney is next.

“You cannot make $21 billion in profits in half a year and expect members to take a mediocre contract,” said UAW president Shawn Fain. inthesetimes.com/article/auto...

Everybody worries about the "cost" of strikes but nobody talks about the cost of not having strikes. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-cost-o...

Whatever kind of bad PR week you’re having, never doubt your ability to make it worse.

when the foreman pulls you into the office, but you know your Weingarten rights

The Republicans have happily announced the terrible labor policies they plan to enact if they win the White House but nobody seems to discuss these when they talk about "populism" and shit like that. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-repub...

Drew Barrymore's attempt to explain why she's bringing back her show without writers is, among other things, a real lesson in why she needs writers