Abigail

Know your (worker's) rights.

[Abigail @FeministEsquire]

Hi Twitter.

Here's what I'm about:

Justice issues, generally

Specifically,

1. Workers Rights
2. DEEI*
3. Anti abuse advocacy

Follow me if that's your jam. 😄

*diversity, equality, equity, inclusion

[Amanda Goodall @Amanda_Goodall]

Air traffic controllers are getting a 2.8% raise? For the average controller that comes to about $4,000 a year, roughly $330 a month, for the people who keep every plane in American airspace from meeting another one.

That's less than a first-class ticket on the flights they keep in the air.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby tells the New York Times that "wealth inequality has become a danger to our society" and must be addressed.

"We should have a national wealth tax... we should have inheritance taxes that get close to 100 percent at some level. I would pay them."

(https://t.co/1K5Z2sF0JA)

[Fight for a Union @FightForAUnion]

100,000 California state workers just voted 96.2% to authorize a STRIKE!

They're demanding fair raises after the state rejected every union proposal. Pickets start Oct. 21 at 7 a.m.

Money. Power. Respect.

[Amanda Goodall @Amanda_Goodall]

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It’s astonishing this is still happening.

[Amanda Goodall @Amanda_Goodall]

This is why I keep saying data centers aren't a jobs plan. And this story is the real fear for this sector as well.

Britain's 'largest sovereign AI datacentre' just lost its anchor tenant.

Microsoft walked away from Nscale's Loughton site after the grid operator said the power won't be there for roughly a decade. In March it was still a scaffolding yard.

That's about £8M per promised job, and now even those 250 jobs are years away.

Data centers are not a labor market outlook!!

The real limit on AI right now isn't chips or capital. It's electricity. And I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again… That's exactly why Gulf money leads with power.

[‏ً @justjargons]

A billionaire can write off a private jet as a business expense, but a teacher can't write off the crayons she bought for her classroom. A CEO can deduct a $500 steak dinner, but a nurse can't deduct the scrubs she's required to wear.

[‏ً @justjargons]

I love how basically every study shows that students do better with less homework and workers perform better with more vacation days and shorter shifts, yet we do the exact opposite because of outdated, guilt-driven “work is suffering” values and toxic hustle culture.

[LaborLab @LaborLabUS]

Rogers Behavioral Health is doing everything in its power to suppress the voices of workers, from hiring expensive union-busters to firing employees to filing objections. But they keep losing.

https://t.co/OUF5K0bEj4

[zellie @zellieimani]

“An injury to one is an injury to all” has been the rally call for the international working class for generations.

Harm to our brothers and sisters should devestate us, not harm to private property.

[ProPublica @propublica]

President Trump wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled.

Help us investigate what's really happening to your money: https://t.co/vzAC8ogdnk

[Nora❦ | ADW @hiscoraline]

French men stealing pads during the protest and giving out to the random women they see on the street is actually the sweetest thing ever

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

Corporations: If you raise the minimum wage, we’ll have to raise prices! If we let our workers unionize, we’ll have to raise prices! If you tax us, we’ll have to raise prices!

Also Corporations: (continues to raise prices without any of those things happening)

[zellie @zellieimani]

All power to students in Paris.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

This is a good question; I am currently working on an article on this very topic.

My general feeling is that we can't improve worker conditions by turning every consumer into a supply chain detective.

Instead, we have to empower workers to advocate for themselves. This means:

— Electing politicians who are pro-labor. The US Senate is currently reviewing The Fabric ACT, which can help garment workers by eliminating piece-rate system.

— Supporting or joining pro-labor organizations (whether unions or NGOs). These organizations help workers fight back against some of the worst abuses.

— Advocating on behalf of immigrants, as the garment industry has always been staffed by first-generation immigrants, going back to the 19th century. Garment workers shouldn't fear deportation if they report abuse.

If you find out that a company has been associated with labor abuse, it's a good idea to let them know you won't be purchasing their products. Believe it or not, companies monitor for these comments. However, meaningful change has to be structural, not through consumer advocacy alone.

[SEIU @SEIU]

The @SBWorkersUnited boycott isn’t just about @Starbucks. It’s about a broken system where billionaires and CEOs keep getting richer while the politicians they bankroll gut our wages, healthcare, and rights.

Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society! #NoContractNoCoffee

[Abigail @FeministEsquire]

@jacobin Currently streaming on HBO 😄🍿

[Abigail @FeministEsquire]

@PabloAQuin4054 @jacobin HBO!

[Amanda Goodall @Amanda_Goodall]

270,000+ federal government jobs gone.

Civil service down 12%. Fastest contraction since World War II, according to City Journal.

Earlier this year I put city, state government jobs on my layoff watch.

People wanted numbers. Fair enough. Counting thousands of jurisdictions isn’t exactly a charming afternoon project… but now we have a federal number.

And look what went first. Middle management, administration, IT… it’s the very same layers corporate America has been dismantling.

At some point, we ought to stop calling this a series of layoffs and start calling it what it is: a redesign of the workforce.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

“Had I intervened on behalf of the rich... it would have been deemed worthy of reward rather than punishment.”

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on this day in 1859.

Listen to the final speech he gave before being executed by the slave state of Virginia for his actions.