NLRB RECOMMENDS CERTIFICATION FOR LOUISVILLE! We're crying tears of joy over here, it's been a long wait. Read the full report here: https://t.co/JrqaK4y3Gr
Last year, Washington state enacted a wealth tax on capital gains profits of the richest .2%.
It was fought tooth and nail by billionaire-funded groups & passed by one vote.
In one year, it's raised $850 million for child care & school construction—triple what was expected. 🧵
90 years ago this month, Nazis burned books.
The books they first burned were the books from the Institute of Sexology, decades of research in transgender medicine and health.
History doesn't always repeat, but it certainly rhymes.
“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” https://t.co/EH3reri9lz
An overwhelmingly majority of American voters think the minimum wage should be at least $20 an hour, according to new polling from Data For Progress.
Voters believe people need to earn at least $26/hr to have a decent quality of life in this country.
https://t.co/qIHZtCPWci
One of D.C.'s most popular restaurants, helmed by one of its most famous chefs, is suddenly closing in the midst of a rare fine-dining unionization push, a move union officials say is DC's $3.6 billion Wharf project's desperate attempt to keep unions out.
https://t.co/uT1Ws7MUtE
38 years ago today, Philadelphia police bombed a residential block in West Philly, murdering 11 people—6 adults and 5 children, all members of the radical Black liberation group MOVE—and burning 61 homes. In 2020, the City Council finally apologized. https://t.co/l6llQsZDLo
South Carolina House Dems bring 1,000 amendments to an anti-abortion ban.
Fighting matters.
Even if you are in a red state - especially if you are in a red state - this is the kind of fight we want from our Dems.
this sad charade is especially ghoulish when one considers how many people in this country will never even get the chance to retire, and how few will have any hope of living out their last years in comfort and security.
We the workers of REI Bellingham are standing together for change and have filed for a union election with the NLRB. Read our letter to management #reiunion