k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹

union member, feminist, activist, hockey fan

[Florida Education Association @FloridaEA]

A state audit revealed millions in voucher overpayments. Auditors recommended stronger oversight. Lawmakers didn't act.

Now, taxpayers may never recover those funds, yet FL is set to spend another $4.5B on vouchers next year.

Accountability matters.

🔗 https://t.co/jz6CzEiNIt

[Labor Caucus @Labor_Caucus]

HUGE congratulations to the App Drivers Union!

They made history as the first app-based workers in the nation to win official union recognition! 🙌

When workers win, we all win! ✊

[McKenna Schueler @SheCarriesOn]

As FL Gov. DeSantis prepares to sign into law an anti-union bill (SB 1296) on International Workers Day, GOP supporters fail to mention that this won't just affect their political enemy—teachers unions—but all public sector unions, save for the cop and firefighter unions.

[UFCW @UFCW]

Large grocery chains are quietly replacing paper price tags with electronic shelf labels- digital screens that can change prices at any moment.

There is currently no legislation preventing stores from using this technology, but it is time to change that.

https://t.co/p6SphYQVY0

[Florida Education Association @FloridaEA]

MUST WATCH: someone who doesn’t live in FL & isn’t a public employee claims he knows your needs better than YOU. SB 1296 makes life harder for workers in FL- plain & simple. FL lawmakers- don’t turn your backs on the workers who keep FL safe & prosperous! https://t.co/MlXcA6np9D

[Gulf Coast AFL-CIO @gcaflcio]

Thanks to all of the men and women from IBEW Local 66 and linemen from across the region working hard right now to get the power back on.

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@AndrewWarrenFL The number one driver of violent crime is poverty, but the 1% doesn't want to address it.

[Andrew Spar @andrewsparfea]

Monday, the Governor misled the public by implying teacher salaries are increasing by $1.25 billion. The truth: the increase in the budget for teacher salaries is $200 million - or about $125 more per month, which will keep Florida’s teacher at the bottom in the nation.

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@DrJenGunter Wishing your son a complete and speedy recovery.

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@Starbucks @sbuxbrandon , I want to thank your wonderful employees for giving my granddog the best send off as he heads over the rainbow bridge. My real life #Bluey. 4 years is never enough. #fuckcancer

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@Banfield Three days later, I get a canned BS message from your bot. Shame on you. I spoke with the staff, and they said steroids are a "controlled substance," and a different vet cannot prescribe based on medical records, even if the visit was the day prior. Shame!!!

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@Banfield, is it standard practice to ignore pet owners' concerns, conduct medical procedures, then wait 2 weeks to provide inconclusive results, but state it's cancer, then refuse to provide further treatment because the original vet went out of town? Your business is predatory

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@Banfield Thanks for nothing. Your vet and their staff could have treated him, but flat out refused to treat him because "no one other than the original vet would prescribe meds." Malpractice? My daughter is taking emergency leave and flying cross country to say goodbye to her fur baby.

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

This was truly a Labor of Love. It doesn't get more #union than this! Union members from various locals came together to repair a fence for a beloved retired Postal Worker who has been a union member since 1953. #1u #solidarity

[West Central FL Labor Council 🤝 @WCFLC]

The fence is complete! Below are some before and after videos featuring commentary from our Board Members Jim Junecko (President) and @__SmithK (Trustee) who led the project.

[Florida AFL-CIO @FLAFLCIO]

Would love to see Gov. DeSantis attack greedy insurance companies, abusive landlords, or tax dodging mega corporations the same way he does helpless Haitians fleeing a devastated country.

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

The top 300 most profitable US companies of 2023 netted $1.61 Trillion in combined profits. They employ 21 million people. If they gave every single worker a $30k bonus, they would still have a TRILLION DOLLARS LEFTOVER.

This is what we mean when we say it’s a rigged economy.

[k smith 🏒☀🌴⚡🌹 @__SmithK]

@fuckyouiquit Believe it or not, Verizon Communications offered 100% free healthcare for their employees and families until 2014. They had zero deductible and $25 co-pays for major operations until 2018. Employees now pay insurance premiums and deductibles that negate wage increases.

[Jordan Zakarin @jordanzakarin]

Brilliant piece by @ida_v_e about how the culture wars being waged by Republicans — especially in Florida— are really acts of class warfare.

It all goes back to hurting working people.

[Andrew Warren @AndrewWarrenFL]

Other states beware: FL's ineffective taxpayer-funded "vouchers for all" program is costing $3-4 billion/yr (estimate was $200-700 million), yet we rank 48th in teacher pay and have ~12,000 teacher/staff public school vacancies.
Don't make America Florida.
https://t.co/thqAResIUY

[Erik Loomis @ErikLoomis]

WOW!!! A friend who is a Teamsters member sent me this letter from Teamsters VP John Palmer absolutely lambasting Teamsters President Sean O'Brien for meeting with Donald Trump. You don't see this kind of internal dissension coming out in the public very often!!