My father never never finished school in Mexico. He came to the US to pick & pack your food, opened a small business, bought a restaurant, purchased property—employed folks & paid a lot of taxes. His kids became a teacher, a lawyer & a legislator. I don’t know-what good?
AG Jeff Sessions on immigration reform: "What good does it do to bring in somebody who's illiterate in their own country, has no skills, & is going to struggle in our country & not be successful? That is not what a good nation should do, and we need to get away from it."
California has highly subsidized a company that has always disregarded worker safety & well-being, has engaged in union busting & bullies public servants. I probably could’ve expressed my frustration in a less aggressive way. Of course, no one would’ve cared if I tweeted that.
I supported
@ewarren
because I believe we need big structural change. I support her plans for battling income inequality, empowering workers & taking on the gig economy. My community needs higher wages, healthcare & unions. That’s why I have to now support
@BernieSanders
. 1/
And, the deaths from Covid-19 in California are disproportionately Latino. Our communities have been the hardest hit. By far. Maybe that’s why we take the public health officials’ warning and directions so seriously.
It is true...many undocumented workers pay more in taxes than Donald Trump.
But, Donald Trump did pay more in taxes than Mexico paid for his wall, so there’s that.
$750
In California, you can literally walk into any polling location in your county, give them your address & vote today. Not registered? You can do so there, on the spot. Already filled out your ballot? You can put it in the mail TODAY! It’s that easy. No excuses! Go vote!
I can’t stop thinking about these workers. And the failures at cal-osha. And how people should know that their new countertops cost young men their lives. We have to do better.
I honestly don’t understand the how there are California Republican elected officials advocating a recall of Gavin Newsom for eating out at a restaurant but refuse to call for removal Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at our Nation’s Capitol.
I’ve decided to “identify” as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my “values” and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to
@MLB
games. Ain’t America great?
I’m truly devastated that
@GavinNewsom
vetoed the most important union organizing bill of the year. Denying Farmworkers the right to organize and join a union in the same manner we allow all public sector workers in CA to do so is abhorrent. Happy Hispanic Heritage Month. 👀
I just announced my resignation from the State Assembly so that I can accept a job with the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO in preparation for becoming its leader in July. This move will allow me to continue my life’s commitment to serve & empower working Californians.
Can we take a moment and applaud
@GavinNewsom
& our entire state who this week survived record heat & unprecedented strain to our grid without any significant outages? Anyone who tries to say this was a failure must be really confused.
John Kasich & the Lincoln Project were on the right side of history, but didn’t win us this election.
Stacey Abrams & voting right advocates in Georgia did. Hotel workers & dreamers in Arizona & Nevada did. Black voters in Detroit and union members in Philadelphia did.
#Respect
Who is tired of billionaire companies that get to break labor laws, worker safety standards and stay-at-home orders without accountability while small mom & pop businesses are required to play by the rules? 🙋🏻♀️
Home!
Bilateral mastectomy complete.
No cancer left.
Exhausted and sore. Hopeful.
Eternally grateful to the world’s best husband /caretaker who hasn’t left my side. ❤️🩹
If you address immigrants as “people who don’t belong here,” I hope you refuse to eat CA-grown fruits, vegetables, nuts, dairy or ever enjoy cut flowers. I hope you clean your own offices& houses, care for your own kids, cut your own grass. If not, you’re a hypocrite.
Don’t come at me with your anti-union dribble. Uber & Lyft didn’t spend $200m talking about unions, they spent it lying about worker protections (120% min wage /healthcare/ flexibility) Exit polls said 40% who voted yes thought it gave drivers a living wage. It doesn’t.
I had an appointment with my oncologist today. I’m officially designated a breast cancer survivor. God is so very good.
Please get screened! Mammograms save lives.
Nearly every problem we hear about in CA - homelessness, crime, housing, health & educational inequities - is rooted in increased income inequality. Stop looking for band-aids. Help empower workers, support structural change, demand more of corporations, demand more union jobs.
Let’s be clear: Any Corporation bragging about record profits, but whose workers are on food stamps, Medicare, homeless or living in poverty (or section 8 housing) is a total failure. Let’s quit subsidizing greed.
But, really, why don’t we permanently tackle the lack of public, clean restrooms?
It’s a mom issue.
It’s a worker issue.
It’s a homeless issue.
It’s a human being issue.
Voters like to see a sense of authenticity in candidates, especially in Texas. But cursing and vulgar language in front of children and the elderly more often than not crosses the line.
Billionaires who say they can’t pay minimum wages to their workers say they will spend tens of millions to avoid labor laws. Just pay your damn workers!
Uber & Lyft will spend $60 M on a CA ballot measure to avoid classifying drivers as employees with the benefits and labor protections entailed, unless lawmakers exempt them. Labor unions plan to fight back with "a vigorous worker-led campaign"
#1u
Can we just call a racist a racist? Can we simply ageee that if you support a racist, you are enabling a racist. This means you are 1) also a racist. Or 2) too preoccupied with money and power to care about racism?
Guess what guys? In California, you will never again have to pay to vote! No stamp? No problem... as of today, all absentee ballots will now be postage paid!
#MyFavoriteNewLaw
Hey
@Lyft
— can you please, please, please relieve your drivers who are renting cars through you from their payments right now? I am getting desperate messages from drivers, some who feel sick, can’t stop driving & cant even pay the lease because of lack of rides.
@Kurt_Lindemann
Understood. I’m tired of subsidizing a company that continues to put workers at risk, union busts & bullies public servants. Strange partnership. But, I probably could’ve expressed my frustration in a less aggressive way. Of course, no one would’ve cared if I tweeted that.
Holy Shit! For the first time in history, the entire California State Senate will have to vote on whether their staff can unionize!
#AB1577
is headed to the Senate floor!
OH MY LIFE!!!!
“Hi, Lorena, this is Elizabeth Warren, I wanted to call and congratulate you on AB5.” ❤️
Yes, that phone call actually just happened.
It’s a good thing I picked up an unknown Massachusetts number! And it’s Wednesday, so here is my
#WCW
@ewarren
4 years ago today we implemented paid sick days in CA. The Chamber called the policy a “job killer.” Productivity has risen, unemployment decreased, CA has prospered & millions more can now take a day off when they’re sick w/o losing their job or their pay. The Chamber was wrong.
If you are an elected official in CA and you care about organized labor, you should not be speaking on UC campuses, classes or events while UAW is on strike. Don’t cross the picket line.
Breaking: Lyft & Uber often make these types of announcements/promises to their drivers. Then, after the PR, don’t actually come through. Media outlets covering this should ask for the legally binding language they’ve offered their Texas drivers!
BREAKING: Lyft and Uber announce they will cover 100% of the legal fees of drivers who are sued for "aiding and abetting" under Texas' abortion law. Lyft also says they will donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood.
When your surgeon gets you birthday cupcakes & tells you all the pathology came back AND the surgery was curative!
No cancer in the margins, no invasive cancer at all. No chemo, no radiation— all I have left is reconstruction!
Best. Birthday. Ever.
There is a reason my district overwhelmingly supports Bernie Sanders. As working class Latinos, our families have been left behind in every economic recovery and rebound. The status quo was never working for us. Healthcare & home ownership are out of reach. 2/
In 2011, John Kasich tried to take away the right of workers to collectively bargain in Ohio. Sorry if I don’t want him or any other anti-union “moderate” to have a say in the future of the Democratic Party or a Biden administration.
Statement by President Biden in Support of California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act ❤️❤️❤️
Be still my heart.
My President just endorsed the
@UFWupdates
#AB2183
.
Time to sign the bill.
Each Dec Schumer puts out schedule for Senate I set Grassley family reunion based on schedule. For 2nd yr in row I won’t be at reunion I’m in DC to fight Dems irresponsible tax&spend bill. Need a Republican majority to hv schedule we can count on & A RESPONSIBLE FISCAL AGENDA
Remember that feeling the morning after the 2016 election when we all woke up and thought this could actually be the end of America as we knew it.
In so many ways, he’s worse than we imagined.
6 years ago today we implemented paid sick days throughout California. The chamber of commerce called the policy a “job killer.” Not a single job has been lost due to this very modest law. When will we hold the corporate business lobby accountable for their false assertions?
So much of the clash our state is experiencing with the tech/Silicon Valley companies is of our own making. We let gig companies violate labor laws for over a decade. We subsidized Tesla as they operated with severe safety issues & actively union busted. They got used to it.
We are going to do what we do best-collect diapers for the babies in refugee shelters in Tijuana. We have a volunteer to take a load tomorrow (if border is open.)Then, I’ll go again at end of week. Drop off or send to our office: 1350 Front St., Suite 6022, San Diego, CA 92101
Today is my last official day as an Assemblywoman.
It’s fitting that I will spend this morning with the UFW celebrating the implementation of Farmworker Overtime —the 8 hour day for agricultural workers. (Which went into effect on 1/1)
None of my bills stole my heart more.
Wow! I just got an on-the-ground report from the French Laundry that their amazing chef/owner Thomas Keller has sent food out to the
@UFWupdates
Farmworkers who are protesting the Gov’s veto. Pure class & the respect our Farmworkers deserve.
I feel very strongly about voting rights, that’s why I was running for Secretary of State. While, I would’ve loved the opportunity to serve, I fully appreciate the need to amplify Black women in our state. Shirley Weber is an icon and will serve California well.
Tonight, for the first time since early September… I am going to sleep with my body back intact. No drains, no expanders, no pain & best of all No Cancer!
God is so very good. ❤️
We need to shake up the system. I think Bernie Sanders is the best candidate to do that. Our trade deals have left the middle class behind. Wall Street has left the working class behind. We’ve grown billionaires and decimated the middle class. We need real change.3/
I never pretend to know exactly what Jesus would do. But, I’m fairly certain he wouldn’t tear gas women & children. Where are all our fellow Christians on this crisis?
Latinos are still dying of Covid in California at disproportionate and shocking numbers.
Just because you don’t know them or see them, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
New: Amazon delivery drivers are regularly asked by customers to dance for Ring surveillance cameras when they deliver packages.
One driver in WI said he was asked to do a "chicken dance"
Another driver in NY said they "ask me to do a twirl or a dance"
Just a reminder:
@elonmusk
said he was moving his HQs to Texas 18 months ago bc of our state’s Covid protections. He violated public health orders & forced workers back. He made $200 billion thanks to subsidies from CA taxpayers. Yes, that inspired me to tweet “F*ck Elon Musk.”1/
I can’t believe grown men & women on twitter are seriously trying to bully
#GretaThurnberg
-what is wrong with people? Are you that scared of the truth?
30-10!!!!
I’m crying. We did it! Voters in California will have the chance to correct our mistakes of the past and restore affirmative action in public contracting and education! I’m so proud to be a co-author of ACA5!
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but
@BernieSanders
would NEVER be for Prop 22. If you get a “progressive mail guide” that says “Feel the Bern” and tells you to vote yes on 22, it’s because it is deceitful propaganda that Uber/Lyft paid for.
#NoOnProp22
I’m overwhelmed by the texts, tweets, calls and messages today. Thank you all, I will try to get back to you. ❤️
A reminder: I don’t feel sick at all, there is no lump, my cancer was detected thanks calcifications on a normal screening mammogram. Early.
Please get yours.
Prop 22 was a complete and total Constitutional overreach by billionaire venture capitalists & irresponsible corporations. The court has restored my faith in democracy by finding the same. We will never give up when it comes to protecting workers. Ever.
Just a note about fat-shaming (a favorite tactic currently used against me by the anti-vaccines community) ... I used to have serious food issues. Like here, where I was being sworn into the bar. I could fit into a girls size 12. So, yeah, go to hell. I like my curves.
Today, Californians across the state are getting a raise to $15 an hour. Make no mistake, this accomplishment was led by fast food workers. But so much more is needed. Let’s keep going.
@fightfor15
and a union!
Thank the bus driver. Thank the hotel housekeeper. Thank the nurse. Thank the receptionist. Thank the trash truck driver. Thank the bus boy. Thank the security officer. Thank the custodian. Thank the retail clerk. Thank the server. Just always thank those who do the work.
Retweet if you think all workers who have been deemed “essential” during this crisis—like farmworkers who are keeping food on our tables & janitors who are cleaning our buildings—should be granted a path to becoming a legal residents and citizens when this is done.
Our President is showing the greatest respect for Mexican-Americans today. Not only was this bust of Cesar Chavez put in the Oval Office... his granddaughter is working in the west wing. So proud of
@JulieR2019
and our President. What a difference a day makes!
Starting tomorrow, in California survivors of childhood sexual abuse can sue their abusers and the institutions that covered up for them... no matter when the abuse took place.
#AB218
This was our offices labor of love bill. ❤️
Every worker deserves the right to join a union. Even State Capitol staffers. I will once again introduce a bill to allow our staff to unionize, collectively bargain and have a meaningful voice on the job. Will your legislator sign on?
This is what’s totally wrong with so-called “pro-life” Republicans... if you force a girl who has been raped by her father to carry the baby to term but refuse that baby & girl medical care after, you can’t say you’re doing this in the name of God. It’s about control, not Jesus.
Coleman-Madison introduced an amendment to the abortion bill that would require Alabama to pay for medical care for all children the state requires a woman to carry to term until they are 13, plus care for the mother
It failed 23-6
"This bill is about control," she restates
Canceling student debt would literally be a relief program for our working & middle-classes. Why would anyone be against that? It’s a step in the right direction to rebuild a true middle class in America.
While we are at it, let’s make college tuition free.
California Farm Bureau "deeply disappointed"
@GavinNewsom
signed
#AB2183
, says it "threatens the integrity of secret ballot elections and leaves farm employees vulnerable to intimidation by union organizers"
I don’t give a shit if President Biden is bi-partisan. I am not bothered by 1000 Executive Orders if they undo the cruelty that was forced upon us for 4 years.
I just want people to get real economic relief, climate change to be taken seriously & families to be reunited.
Bottom line: Coronado High School should be sanctioned by CIF or stripped of their championship. We should have universal condemnation of this activity. Parents in SD County know that racist taunts against latino athletes are too commonplace. It’s time to stop it.
I’m getting the feeling that when these folks & protestors say “don’t teach Critical Race Theory ” they actually just mean “don’t teach kids that our country has a history of racism, xenophobia, & genocide which still affects us today.”
Should businesses — including strip clubs, stadiums, and restaurants — that willfully misclassify their employees (or illegally use 1099 temp workers) or engage in wage or tip theft have their liquor license suspended or revoked?
Looking for labor law enforcement ideas.