Brett Wallace

AMERICAN UNION - (2021-ongoing) - a film documenting the strike at Warrior Met Coal and the union drive at Amazon in the heart of Alabama.

[RWDSU @RWDSU]

. @GovKathyHochul just signed the Warehouse Injury Reduction Act, which will protect @Amazon and so many warehouse workers across our state. Read @sappelbaum’s full statement:

[RWDSU @RWDSU]

Earlier for #MakeAmazonPay Day in NYC @RWDSU President @sappelbaum gathered with protestors to demand @JeffBezos treat workers with dignity and respect and allow unionization and fair contracts in the U.S. WATCH: https://t.co/NlTUsL3xzn

[Brett Wallace @brett_wallace]

@BootsRiley Go Boots!

[Haeden Wright @HaedenWright]

On this day in 2001, at around 5 in the afternoon, Jim Walter #5 mine experienced a disaster.A disaster that every coal miner and their family knows can happen has happened, but prays never will again. An explosion in the mine claimed the lives of 13 miners in Brookwood, Alabama.

[Appalshop @Appalshop]

Miners began marching on Blair Mountain today in 1921.

"I'm still a union man in my heart...I'm still fighting," said Nimrod Workman. He was there.

📷 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner, Anthony Slone, 1975, Appalshop Archive preserved

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Breaking: NLRB prosecutors deem Amazon "joint employer" of subcontracted drivers, rejecting company's claim that workers in its sprawling delivery network aren't its employees. Labor board officials say Amazn illegally refused to negotiate with @Teamsters

https://t.co/jdylJGX3K2

[RWDSU @RWDSU]

“#labor built the middle class and if we strengthen you we strengthen the middle class.” - @SenSchumer @DemConvention Labor Council which is chaired by @RWDSU President @sappelbaum

[UAW @UAW]

🧵Over 1,000 UAW members go on strike at Cornell University.

After months of negotiations, over 1,000 UAW members have walked out on strike at Cornell University. The university has failed to present a fair package and has not bargained in good faith, stalling and retaliating against protected union activity by the workers.
@UAWregion9

[Stuart Appelbaum @sappelbaum]

The DNC Labor Council meets on Monday at Noon CT (9 am ET) with very SPECIAL speakers. You can watch the LIVESTREAM from Chicago.

Go to:
https://t.co/IeviWmLoHu

On the menu in the corner, go to schedule.

Click on Monday

Click on Caucus and Council meetings

Click on Labor Council meeting (Midday)

We start SHARPLY at Noon CT. (1 pm ET)

[The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion]

A special note from @KennKaufman

[Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley]

INBOX: Thousands of hotel workers with @unitehere have voted to authorize strikes against major hotel chains as soon as this month in 7 cities.

Those cities are Baltimore, Boston, Honolulu, Greenwich, New Haven, Providence, and San Francisco

[IATSE // #IASolidarity @IATSE]

🚨 BREAKING: IATSE Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Hollywood Basic and Area Standards Agreements

With 85.9% of members’ votes in favor of approving the Hollywood Basic and 87.2% in favor of approving the Area Standards Agreement, all local unions voted in favor and the delegate counts in favor were unanimous for both contracts.

Turnout was historically high, with strong majorities of members participating in both votes. This represents only the second time in history that the Hollywood Basic and Area Standards agreements were negotiated and voted on concurrently.

The Hollywood Basic Agreement is an umbrella contract covering roughly 45,000 behind-the-scenes film and television workers primarily located in Los Angeles, across IATSE’s 13 West Coast Studio Locals. The Area Standards Agreement covers 23 local unions and approximately 25,000 film and television workers across the U.S., excluding Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.

IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb said, “IATSE’s rank-and-file members have spoken, and their will is clear. Between significant wage increases, several craft-specific adjustments, bolstered health/pension benefits with new funding mechanisms, improved safety provisions, critical protections preventing misuse of artificial intelligence from displacing IATSE members, and more — The gains secured in these contracts mark a significant step forward for America’s film and tv industry and its workers. This result shows our members agree, and now we must build on what these negotiations achieved.”

With these contracts going into effect August 4, IATSE will continue to educate its members on the new terms and launch an enforcement campaign during the deal’s three year term.

Additionally, IATSE looks to continuing their support the @Teamsters_399 and the Hollywood Basic Crafts, who remain in Negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — as well as the @animationguild as their agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is set to expire on August 16th.

[Brett Wallace @brett_wallace]

@ReginaHarsanyi 100%

[Brett Wallace @brett_wallace]

@HaedenWright @JobsMoveAmerica Congratulations! It is inspiring to follow your journey!

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

A good time to read @EleniSchirmer's fantastic @NewYorker profile of the one and only and already so missed Jane McAlevey.

https://t.co/2EW3bu8K08

[Organizing for Power @o4p_global]

With broken hearts we announce the passing of Jane McAlevey @rsgexp: founder, lead trainer, heart & soul of our global training program. You will be so missed. And may this elegy serve as a commitment: that your legacy serve as the building blocks for our victories to come.

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

For @BostonReview we lay out our vision of a Solidarity State.

"A solidarity state offers a potential horizon that is both feasible and transformative—and also more resilient against elite capture and reactionary attacks than our current paradigm."

https://t.co/21tea3Nzsc

[Brett Wallace @brett_wallace]

@h_haltam @MarkRuffalo Thanks also to Susan Sarandon

[Brett Wallace @brett_wallace]

@IATSE Yes! - union supporter and former hockey player

[Brett Wallace @brett_wallace]

@ReginaHarsanyi Fantastic! I'm overdue to visit!