When the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act passed in 1975, Cesar Chavez walked 1000+ miles up the California coast for 59 days to inform farm workers that they had won the right to organize.
We may have more ways to communicate now, but we will not stop. #UnionsForAll
04.03.2026 01:00 β
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No women of color appointed to federal judgeships in Trumpβs first year back
The Trump administration often equates race and gender diversity with professional incompetence.
Trump has appointed 27 lifetime judges to the federal bench: 17 White men, 7 women and 0 women of color.
This isnβt about qualifications. Itβs about control.
Stack the courts with loyalists, and you lock in his agenda for decades.
19thnews.org/2026/02/wome...
03.03.2026 22:39 β
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Billionaires are gambling with our lives, our communities, and our planet, then calling it βbusiness.β Weβve got to hold them accountable.
03.03.2026 19:31 β
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The Fight for Money. Power. Respect.
As we settle into this year, the fight in front of us is coming into clearer view.
What workers across the country are asking for isnβt complicated. Itβs consistent. Itβs human. Itβs urgent.
I keep hearing the same three things, over and over again:
Money. Power. Respect.
Unions are how we win all three.
aprilverrett.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
03.03.2026 15:15 β
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When Voting Gets Harder, Women Pay First: The Stakes of the SAVE Act
As Congress revives the SAVE Act, new proof-of-citizenship rules could reshape voter registration in ways that burden women voters.
The SAVE Act is voter suppression.
Nearly 90% of women change their last name after marriage. Documentation mismatches means delayed registration, denied registration, or forced extra trips that working people just donβt have time for.
msmagazine.com/2026/02/09/s...
01.03.2026 23:40 β
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For Many Cash-Strapped Americans, βBasic Living Has Become a Burdenβ
8.6 million workers are holding multiple jobs right now.
Because rent keeps going up but wages stay stagnant.
We shouldnβt have to live like this. One job should be enough.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...
25.02.2026 15:45 β
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Want to know why the GOP is making it so hard to vote? Itβs not because of 'security' or 'logistics.'
Itβs because they are terrified of you.
25.02.2026 15:44 β
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When a corporation is raking in billions in profits but has workers living below the poverty line.
Thatβs not success.
That is exploitation.
24.02.2026 14:24 β
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Under Mamdani, City to Probe Businesses Where Most Workers Take Zero Sick Days
Employers will be subject to an investigation by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection if more than half their employees took zero paid time off in a given year.
Now THIS is accountability.
NYC is flagging businesses where most workers take 0 PTO and investigating possible systemic violations.
Workers taking β0 sick daysβ really means they are being pressured, discouraged, or kept in the dark about their rights.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/20/z...
24.02.2026 14:12 β
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HUGE WIN: Chattanooga Volkswagen workers just ratified their FIRST union contract with 96% voting YES.
20% raises.
Lower healthcare costs.
Stronger job security.
Thatβs the union difference.
23.02.2026 16:35 β
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Union membership went UP in 2025.
Even with Trump trying to gut collective bargaining and kneecap the NLRB.
Because workers are choosing POWER. #UnionsForAll
20.02.2026 19:42 β
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Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
When they canβt win on merit, they try to win by making it harder to vote.
We. Have. Seen. This. Playbook. Before.
Never again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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2 Strikes in 3 Years: N.Y.C. Nurses Awaken as a Major Labor Voice
NYC nurses proved something big: when caregivers organize, they can move mountains. Two strikes in three years and they still came out with better pay, stronger conditions & improved patient care.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
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Reality check.
60 MILLION workers would join a union tomorrow if the rules werenβt rigged against us.
Let workers organize. Let workers win.
#UnionsForAll
17.02.2026 16:25 β
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Growing up on Chicagoβs South Side, Rev. Jesse Jackson wasnβt just a name, he showed up. In our churches, our marches, our neighborhoods. Iβm grateful for the moral courage he modeled, and for teaching us civil rights and workersβ rights are one fight. Thank you, Rev. Jackson.
17.02.2026 16:19 β
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Healthcare Jobs Have Become the Engine of Americaβs Labor Market
Demand for healthcare workers is outstripping all other sectors. That means big changes in a labor market where retail and white-collar hiring have stalled.
Nearly all of Januaryβs new jobs were in healthcare.
Meanwhile Trumpβs admin is squeezing immigration and ramping up deportationsβ¦ in a sector where immigrants make up 39% of home health aides.
You canβt build a care economy by chasing the caregivers away.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
17.02.2026 15:51 β
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Happy #presidentsday, casual reminder:
16.02.2026 22:05 β
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Presidentsβ Day reminder: a real president protects working people.
Our jobs, our rights, our healthcare. Period.
16.02.2026 22:04 β
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Returning Through the Door
This month marks one hundred years since the first national observance of what we now know as Black History Month.Thanks for reading With Radical Imagination!
I stood at Cape Coast in Ghana, where our ancestors were forced through the βDoor of No Return.β This Black History Month, Iβm writing about what we carry, what we refuse to forget, and what we build next.
βReturning Through the Doorβ on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/aprilver...
16.02.2026 15:01 β
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The top 4 tech companies avoided $50 BILLION in taxes last year.
While undocumented immigrants paid an estimated $100 billion.
So yeahβ¦ tell me again whoβs getting the βgovernment handouts.β
16.02.2026 14:56 β
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Lee Saunders, thank you @afscme.bsky.social
12.02.2026 19:02 β
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In 2025, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet successfully avoided over $50 BILLION in taxes.
Because of the βBig Beautiful Bill,β these corporations paid their lowest tax rate in YEARS.
They dine & dash while working people are left to foot the bill.
11.02.2026 15:19 β
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In 2023, the Boeing CEO got a 45% raise, bringing his pay to $32.8 million.
His workers?
Over 8 years they only saw a 1% raise.
#GreedyCEO
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Unions Can Win in the South
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, just struck an agreement that will instantly change their lives for the better. Itβs a lesson for other workers in the region.
They said βunions couldnβt win in the South.β
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga said, watch this.
A first-ever union contract.
20% raises.
Better healthcare.
Real protections.
Thatβs worker power. βπΏ
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
10.02.2026 17:59 β
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