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[Marianne Pizzitola @FDNYchic]

@NYCMayor .@ZohranKMamdani when will you agree to meet with @NycRetirees ? I ask you every month. We are retired unionists.

[Marianne Pizzitola @FDNYchic]

#nycretirees #zohranMamdani @NYCMayor needs a full picture of where we can cut costs citywide and still do a good job. Here is one. #NoBidContracts

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

“We’re still fighting for safe staffing, which is why we were out here in the first place..." @NYSNA @nyphospital @NYCEMSwatch @FDNYchic @stucknation @CentralLaborNYC https://t.co/Gy9VnN81vG

[Marni Halasa @Marni4Change]

One out of 16 New Yorkers lives in public housing, with another
estimate stating that #NYCHA houses up to approx 600K New Yorkers or more. And this joke of a Mayor sends in a real estate lobbyist dressed up as a tenant organizer — and they think Nycha Tenants can’t tell the difference? #ceaweaver #elliottchelsea #fultonhouses #nychatenants

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

“I think the intended reaction the bosses thought we would have was one of fear and intimidation. But, honestly, our members are coming out even stronger—they are refusing to be bullied.” https://t.co/xAggNv8kjt @nynurses @1199SEIU @CentralLaborNYC @FDNYchic @stucknation

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

What is the @AFLCIO gonna do about it??

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

The horrifying acts of this admin’s militarized immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Portland, Chicago and cities nationwide are not about safety. They’re about power, and they’re putting innocent working people in danger.

These harmful, violent federal actions must end.

[Joe Maniscalco @maniscalco_joe]

“Justice Lynch’s ruling reinforces that workers have the right to pursue those claims collectively, and that state agencies cannot simply walk away from their enforcement responsibilities." @aiwcampaign @NMASSwc @nycdistrict1 #NoMore24 @youthasnyc https://t.co/dsRgM6nLSA

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

Adams stated that he vetoed the measures because they would undermine his goal of “lifting up working-class New Yorkers.” @NYCCouncil @NYTWA @FDNYchic @stucknation @CMShekarK
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[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

The @NYCCouncil continues to fail municipal retirees and home health care workers--some of the most vulnerable people in the city who we all owe so much. @FDNYchic @stucknation https://t.co/RcKV5yyBOU

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol - who commutes to Seattle from CA using a company-provided private jet - made $96 million for just 4 months of work.

He makes 6,666 times the average $SBUX worker. That's the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in theS&P 500!

The visuals write themselves.

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

“Oh, my God! No money to pay my mortgage, to pay my bills, to pay for my car." https://t.co/0vbnd45rUX @32BJSEIU @CentralLaborNYC #unionstrong @FDNYchic @stucknation @NYCCouncil

[Joe Maniscalco @maniscalco_joe]

The key question is: “What did the city know and when did it know it?” ⁦@stucknation⁩ ⁦@FDNYchic⁩ ⁦@NYCCouncil⁩ ⁦@WTCHealthPrgm⁩ #9/11 https://t.co/uVVtA8yVWX

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

“Tony spoke with condescension—as he often does with the tenants—as Yu was trying to explain the pressure to move and her desire to stay in her home.”@fdnychic @stucknation @CMCHRISBANKS42 @midtownsouthnyc @tonysimone @NYCHA @ebottcher https://t.co/ubbzAjziBc

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

Conference to discuss further arguments in the NYC Employees PPO case slated for Dec. 19. @stucknation @HandsOffNYCare @NYCCouncil https://t.co/Otq3kLg6pw

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

“The unions tried to force us into Medicare Advantage and then pay a premium for the first time in history to finance their raises that we don’t benefit from." @FDNYchic @NYCCouncil @JulieMenin @stucknation @CrossRetirees @nycdistrict1 #NYCRetirees https://t.co/fmHmiA89rE

[Joe Maniscalco @maniscalco_joe]

"This demolition proposal is just that—a proposal. But somehow, NYCHA, Related, and Essence [Development] have been moving ahead as if it’s a legally binding contract." @FDNYchic @stucknation @midtownsouthnyc #PublicHousing https://t.co/yKQQUc0TX6

[Joe Maniscalco @maniscalco_joe]

EMS is in Crisis—Give NYC Council Members a Pay Raise!?! — Work-Bites ⁦@FDNYchic⁩ ⁦@stucknation⁩ ⁦@NYCMayor⁩ ⁦@NYCCouncil⁩ ⁦@NYCComptroller #SaveEMS https://t.co/6MIPaeAAp6

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

“I really think that every union member should come out when these things happen, to make sure it doesn’t happen elsewhere." @FDNYchic @stucknation @32BJSEIU @CentralLaborNYC #BuildingJustice https://t.co/LZOjjQV2Jz

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

NYCHA is arguing that given the long drought in federal & state funding for public housing, the best way to improve conditions is by having a private partner and building more units. “It sounds like a win-win-win,” Judge Cohen said. https://t.co/CedDTFSvXT @midtownsouthnyc

[Work-Bites @WorkBitesNews]

@ZohranKMamdani declared victory promising working class NYers a “bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt.” What does that mean for NYC's ongoing labor battles? @FDNYchic @midtownsouthnyc
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