hotlaborsummer

this was an active account during #HotLaborSummer 2022. stick around for the occasional RT about worker solidarity actions; stay tuned on what's next

[hotlaborsummer @hotlaborsummer]

🚨It's official––it's another #HotLaborSummer.

In honor of @SEIU721 LA workers on STRIKE today–

Here's info about some of the biggest labor fights this summer & ways you can support them:

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[Make the Road New Jersey 🦋 @MaketheRoadNJ]

It's day 4 of @njgov #ExtremeHeat wave 🔥🥵

🌡️ The temp inside a warehouse can hit 100+ degrees in the summer.

💰But corporations are denying workers water, A/C and rest breaks.

💪Demand heat protections for workers in NJ!

➡️https://t.co/mot2RRFDWF

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

'Dollars over human bodies' — Corporations are getting greedier, and they're using AI to do it (in partnership with @accountabletech)

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Hollywood unions fought to have a say in how AI is used in the writing process — but studios are still finding ways to undermine artists

(in partnership with @accountabletech)

[Accountable Tech @accountabletech]

WATCH: Screenwriter @JonathanHurwitz shares how AI startup tools are taking over the responsibilities of writers and creatives, and taking the humanity out of the arts.

[Writers Guild of America West @WGAWest]

TOMORROW: Join autoworkers, elected officials, and local labor leaders at 11am at the @Chrysler Corporate Parts Division 5141 Santa Ana St. in Ontario, CA #StandUpUAW #WGAstrong #1u

[Duke Grad Union @dukegradunion]

WE WON OUR UNION!

[Teamsters @Teamsters]

💥TEAMSTERS RATIFY HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT

Today, #Teamsters voted by an overwhelming 86.3 percent to ratify the most historic collective bargaining agreement in the history of @UPS: https://t.co/er6xXgCnfx
#HotLaborSummer #1u ✊✊✊

[Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers]

"Sign up at https://t.co/Pym32Mq7ow and a labor organizer will contact you within 48 hrs to talk about forming a union with your coworkers"

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

TUESDAY: In cities across the country, the labor
movement is coming together for a National Day of
Solidarity on August 22 for @sagaftra & @WGAEast
@WGAWest members ON STRIKE for a fair contract.

Find a picket line near you: https://t.co/emfrX8CO7S

[SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra]

Be inspired by our LA #SagAftraMembers' passion. 🌟💪Check out https://t.co/EE6qPXDPTr and JOIN a #SAGAFTRAstrike picket line TODAY!!

[UNITE HERE Local 11 @unitehere11]

BOYCOTT ALERT 🚨

Hotel workers at the @HotelMayaDT Long Beach, @Lagunacliffs Marriott Dana Point, and @FairmontMiramar in Santa Monica are calling for a boycott because of management’s use or condoning of violence during the largest hotel strike in U.S. history!

Read more ⬇️

[hotlaborsummer @hotlaborsummer]

💥11,500 WGA members who write and produce TV and films are on strike for a fair contract. Join us in supporting them:

📌Join a picket line in NYC or LA: https://t.co/ozQDDcCmsk
📌Donate to support workers on strike: https://t.co/7qrCVfVnRI

✊@WGAEast @WGAWest

[SEIU 721 @SEIU721]

WE SHUT IT DOWN ⬇️

From the Harbor to the Valley, thousands of LA City workers walked off the job & hit the picket lines yesterday in a beautiful, energized, & infectiously joyful 24-hour ULP Strike calling for RESPECT. #SolidaritySummer #HotLaborSummer

[hotlaborsummer @hotlaborsummer]

@SEIU721 💥UNITE HERE 11 hotel & hospitality workers are striking all over Los Angeles. Support them:

📌Join a picket line in LA: https://t.co/s4KE4RwP5l
📌Adopt a picket line: https://t.co/TAlN5RwxI8
📌Donate to their strike fund: https://t.co/4kbATfYt64

✊@UNITEHERE11

[MLK Labor @MLKLabor]

The @SBWorkersUnited Bus Tour has finally reached @Starbucks HQ!

It is time for Starbucks to stop stalling and come to the bargaining table with the 8,000+ baristas who have organized a union.

[California Fast Food Workers Union @CAFastFoodUnion]

We know that when we strike, we win.

We're standing with @seiu721 as they strike today! #SolidaritySummer

[Fight for a Union @FightForAUnion]

"I considered quitting, but it felt like that would be abandoning my friends and coworkers. So, I resolved to make things better..." - Maya, Seattle @Starbucks worker

#StarbucksSolidarity

[Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO @WAAFLCIO]

Unionists & community supporters joined the @sbworkersunited bus tour in Seattle, dancing our way through 🔥Strike Place Market🔥 and celebrating worker organizing despite Starbucks’ illegal union busting.

Joy and justice go hand in hand! #StarbucksSolidarity

[Writers Guild of America East @WGAEast]

The next generation of screenwriters made their voices heard at the WGAE Young Writers Picket. Seeing aspiring writers speak so passionately about the future of their careers is a great reminder of what we’re fighting for! #WGAstrike

Full vid: https://t.co/AB1RP2AGpM

[California Fast Food Workers Union @CAFastFoodUnion]

Today 11,000 Los Angeles City workers are ON STRIKE for the first time in more than 40 years.

Picket lines are up across the city.

Follow @seiu721 for updates #SolidaritySummer