Gretchen Donart

Workers' rights and child care campaigner. Big Purp. Ebike riding retiree. Idaho→DEN→CHI→NYC→ SEA→DCA→OAK. @gbdonart.bsky.social

[Child Care Providers United California @CCPUCalifornia]

The cost of providing care isn't 50% off, so why are California's leader's proposing cutting our COLAs in half? A 2% COLA on poverty rates is like a Band-Aid on a broken bone, and devaluing our profession puts providers at risk of closing and leaves families scrambling for care.

[SEIU Local 925 @SEIU925]

UW Libraries & Press members are OVERDUE for a fair contract! Today we're WALKING OUT to demand fair compensation and better protections.

Thank you to Rep. Shaun Scott & Seattle City Councilmembers Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Dionne Foster, and Eddie Lin. Big shoutout to @UAW4121!

[Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare]

Federal agents abducted Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco, an organizer known in Minnesota for fighting wage theft and labor trafficking. His family is now going public amid growing calls for his release. “All we care about is having him back with us." My latest. https://t.co/KfFpkCgFzO

[SEIU Local 925 @SEIU925]

Overdue contracts. Delayed justice. UW is stalling at the bargaining table while workers keep the university running. We deserve fair contracts, not excuses.

Stand with Continuum College and Libraries & Press workers on Feb. 11. ✊

RSVP: https://t.co/wO2l6tgR9m

#UnionsForAll

[SEIU Local 925 @SEIU925]

"While many of the people targeted are not in unions or worker organizations, several have been. Minnesota unions UNITE HERE Local 17 and SEIU Local 26 have both seen members abducted, including people who have led important worker organizing."

https://t.co/09tCZ2bZMb

#ICEOUT

[Child Care Providers United California @CCPUCalifornia]

Child care is rooted in Black history. Black and Brown women were some of the first child care providers and continue to make up the majority of the workforce, but we are still undervalued and underpaid. We need to get paid for the full cost of care NOW.

[Gretchen Donart @gbdonart]

@MattBruenig Arrows imply momentum!

[Gretchen Donart @gbdonart]

@SouthwestAir you’ve been updating the boarding time for my connecting flight tonight every 5-10 minutes for the last 4 hours. Often the change is 1-2 minutes. Please slow you use of notifications!

[Gretchen Donart @gbdonart]

@US_Stormwatch Not in
Richmond

[Gretchen Donart @gbdonart]

@SEIU925 Have fun!

[Gretchen Donart @gbdonart]

@hofrench Terrific read! Helps that I’ve visited Uganda, know geography, but still madly taking notes.

[ben magana @maganagetcha]

LA Starbucks workers shut it down!!!🔥

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol isn't listening to his workers.

So we went directly to his luxury California office.

#NoContractNoCoffee

[The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild]

🚨‼️: This morning, Pittsburgh strikers are back at work!

A large crowd gathered and they marched back in as the crowd sang Solidarity Forever. ✊

[Fight for a Union @FightForAUnion]

While baristas are on strike, our job is simple: DON’T SHOP AT STARBUCKS.

They’re striking for fair pay and respect and we’re standing with them.

Show the billionaires our solidarity is stronger than their greed.

#NoContractNoCoffee

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

Read (and look) here: https://t.co/RGN6RhZZD8

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same https://t.co/lkPPJha4RU w/ @mslaurabliss

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

In the running for "Overreaction of the Year Award," CEO Brian Niccol has barricaded his office to avoid striking baristas getting anywhere near him.

No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Love this photo of the 1989 Pittston Coal strike.

The strike lasted for almost a year, as the miners fought for the healthcare and retirement benefits originally promised to them. To show solidarity, they all wore camo in this photo. The one man who didn't — in the lower right corner — was a Methodist minister who helped them articulate the moral and spiritual case for the strike. He deliberately didn't wear camo because he wasn't a miner.

The camo shirts were specially made with slogans: “Overcome Evil With Good” and the name of their union, United Mine Workers Union.

Not only did the miners win, but they helped inspire the 1992 Coal Act, which made retiree health and pension obligations a legal requirement.

Thanks to ES for sharing this photo with me. His dad is the minister in the corner.