Another insult and ugly display of greed to 33,000 of us who worked hard until the very end to make @ToysRUs the store everyone loved.
We asked the owners for $75 million – they coughed up $20 million, and they keep stuffing their own overflowing pockets. https://t.co/p4c9X1Yfki
So hard going through the airport today. I looked into the eyes of our workers who deserve better. A TSA officer said: "Don't stop fighting. Keep it up." I broke down & felt the weight of the responsibility on me. I will never become numb to the human impact. We must end this.
The winds are changing in unprecedented ways thanks to the organizing that former Toys R Us employees started. This campaign is bigger than any single employer. Our work is setting new standards that will ripple through the industry for decades to come.
But more than this, #FairWorkweekPHL was a broad based justice campaign that merged so many movements together. And I’m eternally grateful for the true heroes - ordinary Philadelphians who marched, testified and believed a better Philly was possible. You made this happen.
Retailers seem to think there are only two options to offset wage increases: raise prices for consumers, or somehow “increase worker efficiency”. We have a third idea - reduce executive pay and bonuses!
https://t.co/rdrVZknEaV
Philadelphia is the second largest city in the country to pass a #FairWorkweek changing the lives of 130,000 people who work in retail and service industies. Watch their story 👇🏿👇🏽👇🏼👇🏻 #FairWorkweekPHL https://t.co/DIzDta9eDE
Today is the last day for health care enrollment on the exchange—check out plans here, and don’t let midnight pass you by without signing up for insurance! https://t.co/ezPW4nFkJA
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏽 Love it! We know a #FairWorkWeek is good for health and well-being. (Case in point: research shows that high stress levels and poor mental health outcomes are linked to unstable work hours and income)