Labor Buddies

A grassroots group for union-minded folks in rural Virginia

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

These workers got us through the pandemic. The least we owe them is our solidarity in this fight.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Target workers in Virginia are organizing to form the company’s first union amidst an anti-union onslaught.

Workers are outraged that while Target made record profits during the pandemic, longtime employees received $0.08-$0.30 raises and are now paid less than new hires.

[Target Workers Unite @TGTWorkersUnite]

We won! Thanks for everyone's support to help us get this victory for Guatemalan Target workers! The class struggle knows no borders and our power as workers is in uniting across nations!

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Big Brother is a man named Jeff

[Athena Coalition @athenaforall]

Hey Jeff Bezos, we have to admit the best Super Bowl ad goes to Amazon.

[Workers United MARJB @WorkersUnitedMA]

Starbucks Workers Unite!

Yesterday Roanoke, VA partners rally by picketing to protest cuts in hours!
#sbworkersunited #partners #sbwu #wunomatterwhat #wumarjb #sbwumarjb #1u

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Anyone have a really good guide to salting they’d like to share? This is the best one I’ve found so far: https://t.co/NX9f2D6Zms

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Workers at Starbucks Store #04567 are picketing in protest next Friday and have invited the community's support. Management has REFUSED to consult @bridges_sbu on issues of hours or shifts as required by law and continues to change opening and closing times without notice.

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Wages, jobs, and the size of the US workforce shrank this year while unionization rates exploded. Corporations aren’t escaping the power of workers without a government-caused recession to force unemployment up. https://t.co/VFsQMu9IJW

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

"I won once, I won twice, I won three times. I'm still here. Elon keeps appealing because I was too strong of an organizer and he feels like I'm going to go in there and do it again.

And I will." ✊

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Here's a story about how "free speech" lover Elon Musk fired Tesla factory workers for talking about forming a union.

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

"We're all part of the working people that make society run...Without us, nothing could happen."

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

This railroad worker clearly & powerfully explains why workers need to have each other's backs, ahead of a potential strike:

"We're all part of the working people that make society run.... Without us, nothing could happen. When one of us in under attack, we're all under attack."

[Target Workers Unite @TGTWorkersUnite]

All we want for Christmas is a railroad wildcat strike

[Chris Meyer @ChrisMeyer_MD]

@JonahFurman

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Choosing to ignore the votes of workers is a betrayal of labor everywhere.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

I'm calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators.

Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economy. Without freight rail, many U.S. industries would shut down.

[The Virginia Worker @virginia_worker]

The Blue Ridge Industrial Workers of the World stand in solidarity with workers at Bookholders LLC in Blacksburg who are facing illegal retaliation from CEO John Verde for filing complaints with the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry over wage theft
https://t.co/0j3UeUj2y7

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

An underrated function of a union is to protect the workplace as well as the workers. Businesses like Twitter are most often destroyed by poor management. These retaliatory layoffs would never happen with a union.

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Elections should exist to support workers, not the other way around.

[Target Workers Unite @TGTWorkersUnite]

That some people are more concerned (even among the labor movement) with upcoming midterm elections over workers going on strike - who are not waiting for sellout politicians to win their fights for them - says everything that's wrong with the mentality of many in the US

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

HERE WE GO!

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

UPDATE: A first rail union has voted to authorize a strike.

5,000 workers from the @MachinistsUnion voted to reject the railroads' preferred deal and authorize a strike.

Their action would begin on Sept. 29 to allow more time for negotiations.

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Who’s adopting @bridges_sbu with us?

[Workers United MARJB @WorkersUnitedMA]

Show support with an @SBWorkersUnited Sip-In!

Boost your impact with these resources:

#NoContractNoCoffee pledge form: https://t.co/LamPCeGx0v

Adopt a store form for Sip-Ins: https://t.co/XRuW61ETDr

Sip In Toolkit https://t.co/BsXjugJhEs

#WUNoMatterWhat #ToBeAPartner #SBWU

[The Virginia Worker @virginia_worker]

"the reason why there's been so little organizing in Virginia is that the labor movement refuses even to try to organize. This state has been forfeited to the bosses, written-off by the union leaderships who sit in comfort just across the Potomac River."
https://t.co/DPtVgjsZ0S

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain. This is one of the bombs dropped by the US Army on striking miners. It was used as evidence in a courtroom to acquit Bill Blizzard, the leader of the miners of murder.

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

No room for cops in the labor movement bc cops are not workers

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

@peteymca Emailing!

[Labor Buddies @laborbuddies]

We have a group of workers looking at an imminent walkout within the next 4-5 days. Anyone know a union t-shirt printer with a quick turnaround?