Ben Bennett

Organizer | Socialist | FL Panhandl-ien in exile | Beatmaker | Views mine

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Today is the BIGGEST filing in Starbucks Workers United HISTORY!

Join us in welcoming TWENTY-ONE (!) new stores to the movement, as they all announce their unionizing efforts together! 🔥🔥🔥✊

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

A startling admission is buried in the @nytimes today: Israeli officials admit they are fine with "mass civilian casualties" in Gaza. The Israeli officials also cite the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan to justify the scale of expected civilian death in Gaza.

Unconscionable.⬇️

[Benjamin Dictor @BenjaminDictor]

Israel, the ILO and the Union for Palestinian Workers have confirmed that Israel is rounding up and detaining Palestinian workers who had work permits in Israel. They are being sent to camps. Labor needs to speak out and condemn this.

[Neal Meyer @nealmeyer]

After decades of one-sided, full-throated propaganda promoting Israel by both major parties, all major media, almost the entire U.S. intellectual class... the fact that poll after poll shows a substantial part of the U.S. is to Biden's left on this question is really remarkable.

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

Shame on @starbucks and @HowardSchultz for all but welcoming violence against their own employees at union stores. What disgusting, irresponsible opportunism! https://t.co/Zi8fcW3OQQ

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Starbucks Workers United stands with Palestine.

[Women's March @womensmarch]

If Starbucks won't let their workers unionize, we won't serve their coffee at our convention. Simple as that.

Full statement ⬇️

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

Ron Labar, @PAJB_WU executive board secretary, rocking the coldest (also, I assume, warmest and coziest) vintage @UnionDrip I’ve ever seen at the Triangle Factory Fire Memorial dedication in NYC today.

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

As the United States marks #IndigenousPeoplesDay, historian Rashid Khalidi lays out why Palestinians' struggle against settler colonialism has reached an inflection point.

"You cannot expel three-quarters of million people in 1948, and not expect the return of the repressed."

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

Good luck/God bless/May the force be with anyone staying in room 1101. I promise it gets better.

[UAW @UAW]

STAND UP.
#StandUpUAW

[NLRB General Counsel @NLRBGC]

Whether or not you’re in a union, you have the right to discuss your wages with your coworkers. It’s unlawful for an employer to say otherwise.

If you think your rights have been violated, call the NLRB at 1-844-762-6572. #LaborRightsWeek

[Dripped Out Trade Unionists @UnionDrip]

break this out next time the boss throws a pizza party instead of giving you a raise

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

AFT Insurance pizza slicer. ✊🍕 Eat your heart out, @UnionDrip

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

@sbwuwyoming this logo is so 🔥🔥🔥

[SBWU Wyoming 🇵🇸 @sbwuwyoming]

Come celebrate and show support for our first unionized Starbucks store in Cheyenne, Wyoming!

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Record profits are unpaid wages.

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

@Lfelizleon I do vaguely remember that conversation, and I appreciate the trip down memory lane! Good times. And you’re right — definitely better times now!

[Ben Bennett @benbennett8585]

@Lfelizleon Some days I feel like this, but then other days, I look at how even child labor laws are being rolled back in some states, and I’m like, damn, despite all the exciting developments, we are weak as hell. But I really want to look on the bright side!