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Chilean communist scores surprise win in primary vote as battle with far-right looms Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara, the country’s former labor minister, has won the primary election for left-wing parties with surprising ease, beating out a more moderate rival to clinch over 60% of the vote.

Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara, the country's former labor minister, has won the primary election for left-wing parties with surprising ease, beating out a more moderate rival to clinch over 60% of the vote.

Eric Andre Show meme, “now is the time for peace”

💰Do ideologically extreme candidates raise more money than moderates?

➡️ Using an RDD, M. Meisels finds corporate PACs penalize extremists, while individual donors treat them much like moderates www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Text: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GWYNNE A. WILCOX, Plaintiff, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States and MARVIN E. KAPLAN, in his official capacity as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, Civil Action No. 25-cv-334 Judge Beryl A. Howell Defendants. ORDER Upon consideration of plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 10, defendants’ cross motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 23, the legal memoranda in support and in opposition, and the entire record herein, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby-- ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 10, is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 23, is DENIED; it is further DECLARED that the termination of plaintiff Gwynne A. Wilcox was unlawful, in violation of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 153(a), and therefore null and void; it is further…

DECLARED that plaintiff Gwynne A. Wilcox remains a member of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), having been appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate to a five-year term on September 6, 2023, and she may be removed by the President prior to expiration of her term only “upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause,” pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 153(a); it is further ORDERED that plaintiff shall continue to serve as a member of the NLRB until her term expires pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 153(a), unless she is earlier removed “upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, ” id.; it is further ORDERED that defendant Mark Kaplan, as well as his subordinates, agents, and employees, are ENJOINED, during plaintiff’s term as a member of the NLRB, from removing plaintiff from her office without cause or in any way treating plaintiff as having been removed from office, from impeding in any way her ability to fulfill her duties as a member of the NLRB, and from denying or obstructing her authority or access to any benefits or resources of her office; it is further ORDERED that defendant Mark Kaplan and his subordinates, agents, and employees provide plaintiff with access to the necessary government facilities and equipment so that she may carry out her duties during her term as a member of the NLRB; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. SO ORDERED. Date: March 6, 2025 This is a final and appealable order.

BREAKING: the U.S. District Court in D.C. has found that Trump’s firing of former NLRB Chair Gwynne A. Wilcox’s firing was unlawful, and ruled that she must be immediately reinstated to serve out the rest of her term as a board member.

She was appointed and confirmed to a 5-year term in 2023.

BJPolS abstract discussing how party support and gender equality in the labor market affect the gender voting gap, referencing multiple studies and data from the last three decades.

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Party Behaviour and the Gender Voting Gap - cup.org/413IPlB

- @gdilandro.bsky.social

"...increases in women’s labour force participation are associated with higher female/male voter ratios for the left..."

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Cartoon from a 1945 UAW pamphlet "Discrimination Costs You Money" that shows a worker counting change.

"If you treat a man with scorn, For the place where he was born, Or the color of his skin, Or the church he worships in- That's what's called DISCRIMINATION, In a union, or a nation- And it isn't very funny, And what's more, it costs you money"

Cartoon from a 1945 UAW pamphlet that shows a worker throwing down his hat while his union steward looks on. "Now Al, shop steward, heard him say: 'I won't work with these guys on day.' And watching Joey slowly burn, Al thought, 'This boy has much to learn.'"

Cartoon from a 1945 UAW pamphlet that shows a union steward, Al, speaking with a worker named Joey. "Al took our little Joey in hand- 'Just let me make you understand. Don't talk so big and act so funny. Discrimination costs you money.'"

"What saves us is the conviction that we are members of a team, in the union, in the nation. This little book is well worth passing on to a union brother or sister because it reminds us again that we are all in the same boat—as wage-earners, as trade unionists, as citizens in a democracy."

we need more Lina Khan’s

Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.

Breaking News: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged with overseeing a vast scheme to overturn the 2022 election he lost.

The NLRB protects workers’ right to form unions in their workplaces. President Trump illegally firing Gwynne Wilcox from the NLRB effectively shuts down their operations.

This is bad for working people and good for bosses that want to deny workers’ their right to organize.

Corporate union busting in plain sight: How Amazon, Starbucks, and Trader Joe’s crushed dynamic grassroots worker organizing campaigns Labor activism in the United States has had a remarkable resurgence over the last three years (NLRB 2022; Combs 2023). In the past few years, workers mounted successful organizing campaigns at a wide ...

Corporate union busting in plain sight: How Amazon, Starbucks, and Trader Joe’s crushed dynamic grassroots worker organizing campaigns, by Jon Logan. www.epi.org/publication/...

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