Stephen Lerner

Union and Community organizer

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

Winning elections will not be enough to rebuild worker power.

@stephenlerner and @JosephMcCartin argue that unions must move beyond a defensive strategy and take a leading role in resisting authoritarianism.

https://t.co/9T8BhR0sIJ

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

Surviving the Trump era is not enough.

@stephenlerner and @JosephMcCartin argue that unions must rebuild their capacity for collective action, challenge the corporations profiting from authoritarianism and organize for a different future.

https://t.co/9T8BhR0sIJ

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

Labor movements in Brazil, South Korea and South Africa grew rapidly when unions helped confront authoritarianism.

@stephenlerner and @JosephMcCartin ask what those histories mean for U.S. unions in the Trump era.

https://t.co/9T8BhR0sIJ

[Michelle Celarier @mcelarier]

Hey, fintwit. I'm sure you won't miss this anti-Elon Musk anti Space X event.

[Todd Wolfson @ProfTWolf]

Every pension fund and retirement fund and endowment in the country should reject the @SpaceX IPO. It is way over valued and @elonmusk is a danger to the future of humankind.

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

@AmericanAir @AmericanAir this has happened to me on multiple recent American Air flights. Delay sign comes up, no explanation of why, and it just keeps getting delayed. I have two more American flights in next two weeks and then done with American--

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

Why does @AmericanAir lie to customers? Flight 5318 MCI to DCA was delayed hrs. We were told they didn't know why- turns out smoke had filled plane-but they claimed air traffic issues. https://t.co/He7MD0xpSi

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

@AmericanAir @AmericanAir I shouldn't have to read the newspaper to find out details on plane delays-

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

@AmericanAir And I asked American airline staff dozens of times over hours why plane was delayed and they lied and said they had no idea why it was delayed. @AmericanAir honesty would be a good policy to adopt-

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

"History suggests that fighting to defend and revive democracy in its moment of maximum peril can create a window of opportunity for labor."

https://t.co/Je6aJbgDf4

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

"As labor leaders contemplate the conflicts that might emerge in coming months, they should consider lessons from what happened in Minnesota as well as Chicago and Los Angeles where local unions also played important roles in mobilizing resistance."

https://t.co/Je6aJbgDf4

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

"a specter haunts the labor movement at this crucial juncture: the magical thinking that if unions can just survive the Trump era they can help restore a kind of pre-Trump normalcy after he leaves office."

@stephenlerner & @JosephMcCartin on the fight.

https://t.co/Je6aJbgDf4

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

The crisis of U.S. democracy is also a test for labor. @stephenlerner and @JosephMcCartin argue that resisting Trumpism could help revive the labor movement if unions are willing to fight.

https://t.co/Je6aJbgDf4

[ACRE @ACREcampaigns]

They build mansions. We fight for housing.

The Oligarch Mansion Bus Tour is an educational and illuminating tour exposing extreme wealth and right-wing political spending, all while affordable housing falls behind. #taxtherich #eattherich

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

@AmericanAir BOT ANSWERS MISS POINT

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

MSY Ghost plane 5568 to DCA @AmericanAir is crazy- 24 hours late, vanished from Apps, not listed by American & now no one at dca connecting jetway . Maddening!

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

@AmericanAir @AmericanAir rebooked us on a day later on flight 5568. This flight vanished from App and couldn't befound on American flight tracker, boarding passes didn't work- dca didn't know plane was arriving. Something didn't work

[Jackson Potter @jacksonpCTU]

We stand in solidarity with Minnesota, and we will be standing behind them next Friday, January 23rd. https://t.co/cXiLRUOjtH

[Stephen Lerner @stephenlerner]

FBI investigation of Mnpls ICE shooting leaked!

Summary of investigative report says "after a detailed exhaustive transparent detailed investigation of all aspects of case, hundreds of interviews, reviewing video tapes of event ...we determined that shooting was justified!

[Saqib Bhatti 🏞 🍉 @snbhatti]

My latest article about how Black and Latine families will once again be left holding the bag when the AI bubble bursts, just like they were after the 2008 financial crisis

https://t.co/2l2ZJllehh