Jessica Rios

Periodista puertorriqueña | Activista laboral radicada en Pittsburgh | Presidenta de Pittsburgh LCLAA | Muay Thai enthusiast | USW3657

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

@PGHGuild @LCLAA Thanks for your words! We're stronger together and your fight is inspiring! ✊💙💛

[Javier Mojica @javiermojica44]

Woke up. It ain’t payday but it’s GAMEDAYYYY! 🙌🏽

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

@SrLebron Cierto! No me los pierdo por YouTube... Btw, @VaquerosBayamon ahí!

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

It happened again.
With a different rental car company.
This time: @Avis.
Francisco Melendez traveled from the island of Puerto Rico to Texas, and walked into an Avis rental car location in Cedar Hill, Texas, near Dallas, to pick up the vehicle he had rented. He presented his Puerto Rico drivers license, which is as valid is any license issued in any state in the United States of America.
They asked for his passport.
He didn’t have it.
He told them he didn’t need it to fly to Texas so he didn’t need it to driver in Texas.
The lady, according to Francisco, said “sir I don’t make the rules.”
Here’s the kicker, he walked out of the Avis location furious so he says he stopped by an @Enterprise just to see if he could rent one there. Though he didn’t have a pre-scheduled reservation, he walked up to the counter to try and book a car and he says a worker said the same thing to him: no passport, no rental.
Watch to see the response from Avis higher ups.

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

Spirit Airlines told a Puerto Rican mother to provide her toddlers passport, but when she couldn’t, she says an airline agent & a supervisor refused to allow her & her family to fly from California to the island of Puerto Rico.

Statement from @SpiritAirlines : “Spirit has a long history of serving Puerto Rico, and we offer about 25 daily flights to three destinations on the island. In this specific case, an agent at LAX who is new to the position misunderstood the identification requirements. We are providing the agent with additional coaching and reiterating proper procedure. We sincerely apologize to our Guest and their family for the inconvenience, and we issued a refund for the tickets and provided them with future travel vouchers.”

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

@ElBartenderPR @GFRMedia @WapaTV Se cubren entre ellos. B Media no le quiso publicar ni un solo billboard a la @uswlocal6135 cuando se encontraban en negociaciones de convenio luego de que @GFRMedia despidiera a 59 empleados y exigiera $2millones en recortes a semanas del huracán María.

[Chelsey Engel @itschelseyengel]

Congratulations to the workers at the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site in Philadelphia who voted overwhelmingly today to join the @steelworkers!
Special shout-out to the organizing committee for their commitment and advocacy! #1u

[United Steelworkers Union @steelworkers]

Today's #HelloNeighbor vote results remain inconclusive as their CEO continues to interfere with workers’ right to a free and fair union election. Workers filed with the @NLRB after their request for voluntary recognition was refused. More: https://t.co/nV5G6phLWe #1u

[GRAMMYS @Grammys]

Petition for @sanbenito & his dancers to open every #GRAMMYs moving forward 💃

[Vanessa Díaz @vanessajdiaz]

Bad Bunny’s Grammy performance tonight was an incredible exhibition of unapologetically (inclusive) Puerto Rican pride. Caribbean pride. Latine pride. Bomba. Plena. Black. Queer. PUERTO RICAN PRIDE. This is so much more than just “Latin flavor,” as so many are calling it 🇵🇷✊🏽💯❤️

[Yarimar Bonilla 👩🏾‍💻 @yarimarbonilla]

Many are appalled by CBS's failure to properly caption Bad Bunny last night, but honestly this is a mood. @sanbenito opened the "Gringo Grammys" (as he calls it) by speaking non-english, wearing a non-outfit, dancing with non-celebrities and honoring what for some is non-music.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

Why wouldn't @sloane @helloneighborhq an organization that claims to help immigrants, want to negotiate in good faith with a union who has on staff TWO female presidents of pro immigrant labor groups?... Mindblowing

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

@sloane @helloneighborhq to have a union-busting attorney in your board, a person who dedicates their life to undermining workers rights in the interest of corporate profits, makes your non profit status embarassing at best.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

@sloane @helloneighborhq to have a union-busting attorney in your board, a person who dedicates their life to undermining workers rights in the interest of corporate profits, makes your non profit status embarassing at best.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

.@sloane @helloneighborhq immigrants & refugees are in need of union protections even more than US born workers because they face exploitation bith as workers & immigrants.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

.@sloane @helloneighborhq immigrants & refugees are in need of union protections even more than US born workers because they face exploitation bith as workers & immigrants.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

.@helloneighborhq .@NeighborNetwrk Los immigrantes y refugiados, por todas las complicaciones que eso implican, están en mayor peligro de ser víctimas de trata, de robo de salarios, etc. Es incosecuente la lucha mientras despiden a sus empleados por exigir mejores condiciones.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

La hipocresía de @helloneighborhq @NeighborNetwrk: decir que luchan por el bienestar de los refugiados e immigrantes mientras despiden a quienes trabajan por la comunidad por exigir mejores condiciones laborales.

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

Is that what @helloneighborhq @NeighborNetwrk offers to immigrants and refugees? "We'll help you come to this country so we can exploit you. We don't believe in good pay, respecting workers rights, healthcare, retirement..." #ReinstateTheHelloNeighbor3

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

CEO of @helloneighborhq, Sloane Davidson, has been bullying workers since they stated they wanted to join the USW, and now she fired 3 of them! If you truly care about refugees & immigrants, reinstate these workers & respect their right to organize to better serve the community!

[Jessica Rios @JessicaRios01]

.@helloneighborhq .@NeighborNetwrk should be ashamed of yourselves! Firing workers for trying to organize? Lost your credibility by having union-busters in your board, the hipocrisy! #ReinstateTheHelloNeighbor3

[Pride at Work Pennsylvania @PrideatWorkPA]

Join our friends @ecaasu and @APALAnational on Sat., Feb. 4, at 1 PM in Pittsburgh for a solidarity rally around safety for our Asian and Pacific Islander communities. We have to have each other's backs. ✊️ #1u