daniel blatter

Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

[daniel blatter @danblatter]

Here’s a summary of the differences between the initial (voted down) Columbia contract and the final version, ratified 9 months later. I was a grad student at Columbia at the time and an active organizer until I graduated in July of 2020. Here’s my take on what happened: (1/10)

[daniel blatter @danblatter]

@Stphn_Lacey That's not the point, @Stphn_Lacey. The point is that if the fed govt can rapidly act to avoid pain to capital, it can also rapidly act to avoid pain to labor.

[daniel blatter @danblatter]

CORRECTION: Columbia grad workers conducted two separate strikes, rather than one 'long haul' strike, as many at UC are planning. My analysis remains unchanged.

[daniel blatter @danblatter]

Here’s a summary of the differences between the initial (voted down) Columbia contract and the final version, ratified 9 months later. I was a grad student at Columbia at the time and an active organizer until I graduated in July of 2020. Here’s my take on what happened: (1/10)

[daniel blatter @danblatter]

10/ Persuade them to participate next time, and you’ll win more 2 years from now than you can by extending the strike now. There is no substitute (or short cut) for expanding participation through organizing. This has always been and will always be a union’s source of power

[daniel blatter @danblatter]

6/ Sexual harassment protections improved, but they traded away union security (fair share fees, which build a stronger union long-term) to get it.

[Marisha Ray @Marisha_Ray]

Meanwhile, millions of women will have to suck it up and go about our work day, because there’s too much shit to be done. Because that’s what we do. Because we have no choice but to be strong at all times.

[Critical Role @CriticalRole]

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[daniel blatter @danblatter]

@CriticalRole @RainforestTrust Done and done. Thanks, Critical Role, for helping us act collectively to make a difference

[Tiffany Cabán @tiffany_caban]

This campaign started with just four women, sitting around a kitchen table, saying: we have to change the system.

So I did what many thought was unthinkable for a 31-year-old Queer Latina public defender whose parents grew up in the Woodside Houses. I decided to run.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

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[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

'Oftentimes the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.' — Watch @AOC's inspiring Women's March speech #WomensWave #WomensMarch2019

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

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