Bianca Agustin

Lefty Chicana, casual cook, aspiring gardener, experienced trouble-maker. Former Research Director @32BJSEIU now Co-Executive Director @forrespect

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

@Walmart How did Alice Walton become the richest woman on earth? STOCK BUYBACKS and paying workers less than $15 an hour, that how!
Concentrated wealth is an indication of #corporate #greed, not individual brilliance.

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[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

CORCA hands corporations and the government more surveillance power. More facial recognition in stores, more data-sharing between Walmart, Amazon, DHS & ICE, and more risks for workers, customers, immigrants, and vulnerable communities. #StopCORCA

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[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

@Walmart and @amazon associates know far more about where AI falls short than the CEOs rushing to deploy it.

Proud of the work @United4Respect is doing to center worker voices in this critical debate.

Fight back with Tech for Respect!
https://t.co/jNo5g7oNrh

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

A survey of retail and warehouse staff at the two largest private employers reveals workers are worried about more than just job displacement. https://t.co/uSE8T8ZbOE

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

New study by @EconomicPolicy @LaborLabUS finds employers are still spending BILLIONS on "union avoidance specialists "

In case you forgot, union busting is disgusting! 🤮 🤢

[Jacobin @jacobin]

A new study reveals that employers are spending big to maintain their dictatorial control over the workplace and crush unions.

It’s a daunting amount of money, but it’s not impossible to overcome if workers can act with clarity, unity, and strategy. https://t.co/dz2tFYqNTw

[Jacobin @jacobin]

A new study reveals that employers are spending big to maintain their dictatorial control over the workplace and crush unions.

It’s a daunting amount of money, but it’s not impossible to overcome if workers can act with clarity, unity, and strategy. https://t.co/dz2tFYqNTw

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

@Walmart and @amazon associates know better than any CEO or tech executive where AI is failing workers.

Read the @FastCompany exclusive to see where workers say AI is falling short.

Fight back with Tech for Respect!
https://t.co/jNo5g7oNrh

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

A survey of retail and warehouse staff at the two largest private employers reveals workers are worried about more than just job displacement. https://t.co/uSE8T8ZbOE

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

I'm attending Hands Off's event, “Hands Off! Albuquerque Fights Back” - sign up now to join me! https://t.co/ZkZcBi55wR

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

Billionaire bosses like @JeffBezos and @elonmusk aren’t just hoarding wealth through wage theft—they’re also cashing in on BILLION$ in government subsidies and contracts!

I say NO #WelfareForTheWealthy and no more #SubsidizedBillionaires

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The minimum wage would be more than $23 an hour today if it were adjusted for productivity.

That’s $15.75 that bosses are stealing from a worker every hour.

Corporate profits and CEO pay are hitting historic highs off the backs of workers.

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

TAX THE RICH!
BAN THE BILLIONAIRES!

[Jacobin @jacobin]

"Poverty is not natural. It is manmade and it can be overcome." - Nelson Mandela

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

A timely and much needed reminder from @anatosaurus: We cannot poll, cajole Democrats, or even vote our way to democracy. We must take to the streets and demand it.
https://t.co/RzTP1P996a via @RollingStone

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

Instead of exercising leadership, @Walmart, the biggest employer of Black people in the US is retreating from its racial equity commitments.

[ICCR @ICCRonline]

Corp DEI initiatives are essential to breaking down systemic inequities and good for business. Investors urge Walmart $WMT to ignore political and online bullies and manifest its goal to foster “belonging, diversity, equity and inclusion”. Read the letter: https://t.co/Esd9PqAAix

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

h/t @inthesetimesmag for highlighting the need to resurrect the strategies that helped build the labor movement before the NLRB ever existed, as we fight to protect institutions that safeguard workers' rights and workplace safety. #Strategic #Resistance
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[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

@forrespect remains committed to building a multiracial movement to confront corporate greed, defend democracy, and protect workers' rights—because solidarity 💗and collective resistance ✊🏾are more crucial than ever!

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

@forrespect remains committed to building a multiracial movement to confront corporate greed, defend democracy, and protect workers' rights—because solidarity 💗and collective resistance ✊🏾are more crucial than ever!

[Nathan Cummings Foundation @NCFImpact]

"We can build power to drive necessary change."

Explore how @forrespect supports low-wage workers organize to demand conditions that allow them to work and live in dignity. https://t.co/NcHxuCdkw5

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

Make no mistake- what is happening in Georgia is part of a concerted effort by major corporations - many of them retail employers - to erode workers' rights and dismantle administrative oversight agencies tasked with holding them accountable to obeying the law.

[Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinst]

Amazon is challenging the @NLRB's constitutionality in a bid to dismiss labor complaints.

“This is part of a broader effort on the part of conservative voices in the country...attempting to dismantle the administrative state,” says @BiancaRebelde78
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[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

This is a major WIN for the @Teamsters and DSP drivers!!! Now its time for @amazon to recognize the union and for the DOL to fix other, unjust misclassifications that hurt workers and our economy.

[Teamsters @Teamsters]

Amazon Teamsters Win Monumental NLRB Ruling: Amazon Drivers are Amazon Workers!

Amazon delivery drivers represented by Teamsters Local 396 in Palmdale, Calif., won a groundbreaking decision that sets the stage for Amazon delivery drivers across the country to organize with the Teamsters. After more than a year-long investigation, National Labor Relations Board Region 31 (NLRB) found that Amazon is a joint employer of its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers, and therefore has a legal duty to recognize and bargain with the Teamsters Union.

Amazon began hiring DSP drivers in 2018 with the launch of its DSP program, quickly becoming one of the country’s largest delivery companies. Amazon has avoided responsibility for its drivers through its DSP subcontractor business model, claiming DSP drivers are not official employees of Amazon. The NLRB’s joint employer determination shatters that myth and makes clear that through its DSP business model, Amazon exercises widespread control over drivers’ labor and working conditions, making Amazon the drivers’ employer.

The Teamsters are confident the NLRB’s regional determination for the Palmdale workers will extend to Amazon DSP drivers who unionize nationwide. There are nearly 280,000 DSP drivers across the country and the Teamsters are organizing nationwide so every Amazon driver can have a fighting union in their corner with the Teamsters.

The battle to organize Amazon is labor’s great challenge of the 21st century — and it’s a fight the Teamsters will win.

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

Gonna leave this here with no commentary 💃🏾

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

I might be Governor of Minnesota, but we all know who runs the world. Welcome to Minnesota, Beyoncé!

[Union of Southern Service Workers @RaiseUptheSouth]

@ForRespect has been working with ATL6 workers to bring health & safety issues to management, including concerns about extreme heat. Management has refused to address workers' concerns and that's why they are taking their fight to the public. Solidarity with the workers!

[Union of Southern Service Workers @RaiseUptheSouth]

At the ATL6 @Amazon facility yesterday, USSW members rallied alongside Amazon workers, @forrespect, @Teamsters, @atldemsoc and other labor groups to raise Amazon workers demands for a safe workplace. #UnionsforAll

[Bianca Agustin @BiancaRebelde78]

ATL6 associates in East Point, GA turned up the heat🔥 🔥on @amazon today!! Workers supported by @forrespect and other labor movement & community supporters rallied in protest of unsafe conditions and management intimidation. #workervoice #workersafety #workerpower ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

[United for Respect @forrespect]

👥Atlanta Amazon associates are standing up for change. Today, with the support of labor allies and community leaders, they rallied to demand safer conditions at the ATL6 warehouse. Their voice, their strength, their safety is our priority. 💪✊ #WorkplaceSafety