VMLab

A collective of media changemakers and positivity amplifiers. #fossilfree #climateemergency #climatechange #climatejustice

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[VMLab @vmlab]

Congratulations @UAW7902 Longest adjunct professor strike in history ends @TheNewSchool ! #Labor #matters #Solidarity

[UAW Local 7902 @UAW7902]

You heard it here first: We have countersigned a tentative agreement and the strike is ending.

Stay tuned for the official joint statement from part-time faculty and New School management.

We look forward to returning to our students.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Wind turbines in Scotland generated almost twice the entire country’s domestic power requirements.

We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateAction #Renewables #renewableenergy #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

New York Times workers are a one day strike.

This is an outgrowth of the biggest strike wave the US has seen in 80 years- thousands of strikes in the last 2 years

Journalists should start writing about this as the strike wave it is- & what that signifies about the working class

[Paulo L. dos Santos @plbds]

The New School is imposing a requirement that all full-time faculty report on their work, stating that it will cut pay and health benefits for those who don't comply

Leaving aside the legality of this unilateral change in our contracts, this is straight up strikebreaking

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[Local 802 AFM @Local_802_AFM]

Musicians and all workers: take the no-scab pledge at https://t.co/uPI6D6EvJi. Don't scab for @TheNewSchool ! Support the striking workers of @UAW7902 ! @The_AFM @CentralLaborNYC

[Amanda Hess @amandahess]

We’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The New School announced it is cutting off pay & benefits for striking workers.

The New School's president Dwight McBride reportedly makes about $1.5 million per year.

[UAW Local 7902 @UAW7902]

Part-time faculty @TheNewSchool are on strike until we get:

1. Affordable, reliable health insurance
2. Pay that accounts for out-of-class work & inflation
3. Real recourse against discrimination & harassment
4. Job security & an end to a vicious cycle of precarity

It's URGENT!

[Indigenous @AmericanIndian8]

#INDIGENOUS #TAIRP

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

You ready for a really radical idea? Firing a worker because they’re sick and can’t come to work. That’s radical. What’s not radical is guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to all rail workers in America. Let’s get it done.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers would cost the rail industry a grand total of $321 million a year – less than 2% of its profits. Please don't tell me the rail industry can't afford it. Rail companies spent $25.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year.

[Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯 @bradhoylman]

Part-time faculty are *still* on strike at the New School 🪧

My colleagues and I are demanding @TheNewSchool administration bargain with @UAW7902 in good faith & represent the historic values of this progressive institution 💪

[VMLab @vmlab]

Solidarity with The New School Parsons PT Faculty STRIKE! Did you know they make up 87% of teaching staff & haven't had raise since 2018? Admin salaries 2.3x higher than national average. @UAW7902 via @nytimes #UnionStrong #UnionsForAll #HumanRights https://t.co/ioDLRxrbch

[Tanya Narang 🎙♻️📈👩‍🎓 @TanyaNarang88]

Heat waves due to #ClimateChange will hit poor countries the hardest🔥🌎. Switching to clean energy will reduce #greenhouse gas emissions, support #NetZero
V/@FinancialTimes
@ClimateDad77 @COP27P @MumClimate @sustainUCLA @BerkeleyLab @UNDPClimate @ChngeSolutions @vmlab @GreenPenn

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

This graphic helps me wrap my head around the magnitude of the problem. Notice the amount of current biomass for wild mammals (in green) versus that for livestock and humans. No wonder we have converging crises of biodiversity, fresh water, and climate. https://t.co/bca7h18Sbp

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

It's madness that Coca Cola is sponsoring the global climate negotiation COP27, that the fossil fuel industry was the largest delegate last year and might be this year, and that celebrities and participants fly in on private jets - the height of climate injustice. #banprivatejets

[VMLab @vmlab]

@ClimateHuman Most people DO have integrity! A tiny minority don’t and have gained power by convincing the majority their voice doesn’t matter. We must rise up collectively and support the positivity of humanity! #compassion #ClimateAction