TODAY:
@WaffleHouse
workers are on STRIKE in Atlanta to demand an end to their mandatory meal deduction policy. Deducting $3 from our pay every shift, regardless of whether we eat, is unjust. We are calling on
@USDOL
to investigate.
#UnionsForAll
.
@McDonalds
CEO pay: $7,000/hr. Worker pay: $7.25/hr. *Enough is enough.*
We’re fighting for $15/hr and UNION RIGHTS and we will win!!!
#FightFor15
#UnionsForAll
Weaverville
@Wendys
workers in NC just walked out for a week-long strike over sexual harassment, disrespect, and abuse at the hands of the General Manager who workers say facilitated a culture of sexual harassment and abuse. (1/6)
BREAKING:
@Amazon
workers in Stone Mtn, Georgia walk out ON STRIKE due to low pay, dangerous work conditions in the warehouse, and intimidation from management. A worker was taken to the hospital yesterday after passing out from heat exhaustion.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
This is why we are building the Union of Southern Service Workers. We shouldn’t have to choose between paying rent and spending valuable time with our families.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
BREAKING:
@Walmart
workers just walked off the job on strike in Mooresville, NC to protest poverty wages, lack of PTO and demand their UNION RIGHTS from the multi-billion dollar corporation. Together we fight, together we win!
#Fightfor15
#BlackFriday
#UnionsforAll
#strikevember
BREAKING: The Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is founded!
USSW is a union built by low wage workers in the service industry across the South.
We’re building our union by any means necessary. ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏻
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
HAPPENING NOW:
@Amazon
workers at the DTG5 Warehouse in Atlanta, GA walked off the job to demand better pay on
#PrimeDay
.
$33.36 BILLION dollars in profit in 2021 are workers' unpaid wages.
WORKERS ARE GETTING ORGANIZED.
#OrganizetheSouth
#UnionsforAll
#ALU
.
@WaffleHouse
workers in Atlanta, GA delivered a demand letter to mgmt this morning! We're fed up with unsafe working conditions like lack of security & faulty equipment. We generate the profits for WH, we deserve pay that matches our hard work!
#SolidaritySeason
#UnionsForAll
.
@ninaturner
is marching with low-wage workers from
@McDonalds
ON STRIKE in Charleston, SC. Why? B/c the system is broken when big corporations make billions and pay poverty wages to workers. We’re taking to the streets, striking, and demanding $15/hr
#UnionsForAll
!
BREAKING: 100s of fast-food workers walk off the job ON STRIKE today in Durham NC and across the country to demand $15/hr min wage, safer working conditions, and respect on the job! Together we fight, together WE WILL WIN.
#Fightfor15
#RaisetheWage
NOW:
@WaffleHouse
workers in Columbia, SC are ON STRIKE after delivering a petition to management last week. Our concerns about fair scheduling, safety on the job, and fair pay were not addressed.
#OrganizetheSouth
#UnionsforAll
BREAKING: Workers at
@littlecaesars
in Fayetteville NC are walking off the job ON STRIKE to demand $15/hr, the right to join a union without interference, adequate protection from COVID-19, and an end to racism on the job!
#Fightfor15
HAPPENING NOW:
@DollarGeneral
workers strike against dangerous working conditions, wage theft, and poverty pay in Irmo, SC. Workers are demanding relief from hazardous work conditions and wage theft after filing official complaints with
@SC_OSHA
.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
HAPPENING NOW: Low wage workers & community groups from across the country are marching on Washington in a show of collective power to demand union rights for all workers, safe & respectful workplaces, & an end to poverty & racism in this country.
#ToThePolls
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
"It is not moral that 3 people on top own more wealth than the bottom half of American society, 165 million Americans.
That's not moral.
That's not right.
That's not what should exist in a democratic society."
@BernieSanders
in South Carolina rallying to
#RaiseTheWage
Don’t be fooled, folks. They are trying to turn the clock back 100+ years to bring back child labor so they can maximize profits and undermine worker power. We won’t let them.
@JortsTheCat
#UnionsforAll
#UnionStrong
BREAKING: Frontline workers in Durham & Raleigh are ON STRIKE today! Workers are fed up with unsafe working conditions, no paid sick days, lack of healthcare and cuts to hours during the
#coronavirus
pandemic.
#Fightfor15
#ProtectAllWorkers
.
@DollarGeneral
workers in the small town of Holly Hill, SC (pop. est 1,469) are the latest workers to join the recent upsurge of worker organizing and walk-off strikes at Dollar Generals across the South.
After submitting a petition to mgmt demanding more safety measures, (1/3)
TODAY:
@WaffleHouse
workers in ATL delivered a letter to management to demand health and safety, respect on the job, $25/hr for all, and fair scheduling. It’s time for Waffle House to respect our right to organize and listen to our demands.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
💥 Based on our internal survey, we estimate Waffle House's meal credit deduction policy costs workers nearly $30 MILLION yearly. This money should go to us, not the company!
We demand our fair share and the right to opt out.
#OrganizeTheSouth
TODAY:
@WaffleHouse
workers in ATL delivered a letter to management to demand health and safety, respect on the job, $25/hr for all, and fair scheduling. It’s time for Waffle House to respect our right to organize and listen to our demands.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
BREAKING:
@cambria_rdu
workers are ON STRIKE outside of
@RDUAirport
in Raleigh NC. Workers demand:
• Safer working conditions after a pipe burst in the hotel
• End to verbal harassment towards workers of color &
• Fair breaks and consistent scheduling & more.
#UnionsforAll
.
@DollarGeneral
workers across the country organized walkout strikes today to protest poverty wages, lack of hours and demand union rights. Here they are in North Carolina!
#UnionsforAll
#putinaticket
NOW:
@Starbucks
workers are ON STRIKE in Raleigh after a worker suffered a heart attack on the clock. How did mgmt respond?
🚫 Did not approve the worker's request to leave for hospital
🤯 Told other workers to “stop overreacting.”
This abuse must stop NOW.
#UnionsForAll
BREAKING: Service workers across US South launch a 1-day strike after filing a civil rights complaint against
@SC_OSHA
for violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act for “disproportionately excluding Black workers from the protection of its programmed inspections.”
#UnionsforAll
BREAKING: Service workers at
@GreatClips
in Columbia, SC walked off the job ON STRIKE. We are demanding:
• An end to disrespect & discrimination from management
• Safety equipment in the store
• At least $17 an hour
#UnionsForAll
#OrganizetheSouth
HAPPENING NOW: We’re in DC together with other care workers, fast-food workers, and low-wage workers to stand up for Jobs. Care. and Justice. Without care work, our country doesn’t function.
#Fightfor15
#CareIsEssential
HAPPENING NOW:
@Sonicdrivein
workers in Columbia, SC, are on STRIKE to demand a safe work environment, fair pay, and an end to understaffing in the store. Workers have filed an OSHA complaint and are taking action to show that we have strength in numbers.
#OrganizetheSouth
BREAKING: We’re joining current and former incarcerated Alabamians,
@RDWSU
, and
@thewoodsfdn
with support of
@aflcio
in filing a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections to end forced prison labor. ✍🏽➡️💥:
#UnionsforAll
.
@dunkindonuts
workers in Atlanta marched on the boss this week to demand equal treatment and higher wages. Management has to stop playing favorites and give us the raises we deserve! We know Dunkin’ can make these demands happen.
Melvin Phillips, Dunkin’ worker
#UnionsForAll
"Poverty is the 4th leading cause of death in America. It's higher than homicide. $7.25 is a poverty wage which means $7.25 is a death wage.
We've got to fight against people dying."
@RevDrBarber
with
@BernieSanders
in South Carolina rallying to
#RaiseTheWage
If you work full-time, you should make enough to support yourself. Plan and simple.
Every cook.
Every server.
Every worker.
Sign the petition NOW to demand 24/7 security, living wages, an end to mandatory meal deductions at
@WaffleHouse
:
#UnionsforAll
Did you know that the largest armed insurrection in US history since the Civil War was a struggle between coal miners and mercenaries hired by their bosses?
#OtD
in Southern labor history, this is the Battle of Blair Mountain. 🧵
#OrganizetheSouth
#UnionsforAll
The violence at
@WaffleHouse
is a meme at this point. But the truth for workers is terrifying & tragic, like with the loss of worker Jesse Hall in 2017. No one should fear for their life on the job. We deserve REAL safety & security at the workplace!
#OrganizeTheSouth
Rain Edwards and fellow
@Amazon
workers at the ATL2 facility walked off to demand better equipment, higher wages, and a safer workplace. We know Amazon can afford it with $33.3 BILLION+ in profits just last year.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
.
@skatunenetwork
knows from experience the kinds of conditions workers face at
@WaffleHouse
: low wages, unpredictable hours, lack of safety from harassment, & more. Our organizing with WH workers is working to change that & demand they respect their workers.
#UnionsforAll
The success of this country depends on environmental justice, economic justice and criminal justice reform –
@BetoORourke
with
#FightFor15
workers in South Carolina.
#UnionsForAll
BREAKING: Service workers in South Carolina demand feds takeover of
@SC_OSHA
with petition to
@USDOL
citing state agency failed workers w/ delays, racial discrimination, understaffing, limited inspections & low penalties that don’t hold bad bosses accountable
#UnionsForAll
🧵👇🏾
Union of Southern Service Workers in Durham are standing in solidarity with Starbucks workers who are demanding fair pay, healthcare, safety on the job, & their union! We are standing up to union-busting and corporate greed.
#StarbucksShareholders
$SBUX
@SBWorkersUnited
HAPPENING NOW: Workers in Durham NC and across the country make it clear: $15/hr min wage should be the floor, not the ceiling. We can't survive on $7.25.
#RespectProtectPayUs
#Fightfor15
On top of the blatant disrespect, sexual harassment, and disregard for worker safety, Wendy’s workers are also struggling with poverty wages and workplace favoritism instead of merit and seniority. (3/6)
2) An end to all retaliation against Charity Bradley for being a whistleblower about ongoing sexual harassment and disrespect
3) Tar Heel Capital Wendy’s LLC management needs to meet with survivors to discuss the widespread problem of sexual harassment
(6/6)
The issue is widespread, and workers are calling on the DM to end the inaction.
According to workers, after they reported the toxic working conditions and harassment at the Weaverville Wendy’s, the accused manager was only shuffled around to different store locations.
(2/6)
It is beyond time for
@Wendys
to step up and do right by their workers. We are on strike for our dignity and safety. Wendy’s workers are striking to demand:
1) Brian Cromer be fired immediately and NOT transferred to another fast food restaurant. (5/6)
EXCLUSIVE: Another
@Amazon
worker passed out and was taken to the hospital from the ATL2 Warehouse in Stone Mountain, Georgia yesterday.
Workers are often pressured to “make rate” and can be fired for not moving fast enough.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
BREAKING: Workers and community allies from throughout North Carolina flood the Starbucks location at 2901 Sherman Oak Place in Raleigh during SB workers' unionizing vote. Workers demand a UNION, and WE WILL NOT BE STOPPED!
#UnionsforAll
@SBWorkersUnited
Taiwanna is a Charleston fast-food worker in the
#FightFor15
who is currently on strike.
We're here at the CNN Town Hall before candidates take the stage to hear how they'll be standing with workers like us.
$15 an hour and
#UnionsForAll
: NOW
This is a widespread issue that reaches beyond general manager Brian Cromer; workers allege that there is a culture of sexual harassment and managerial abuse that has been ignored for too long. (4/6)
.
@WaffleHouse
workers continue to strike in Flat Shoals (Conyers, GA) today after filing a complaint with the
@USDOL
on Monday. We refuse to let a multi-billion dollar company take potentially millions of dollars annually from workers.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
WORKER ACTION: Workers in Atlanta WALK OFF THE JOB today at
@FamilyDollar
and other retail, restaurant, and warehouse jobs as part of a multi-state strike across the US South to demand better health and safety for service workers.
#UnionsForAll
#OrganizeTheSouth
.
@BernieSanders
: "Because of what you do in the
#FightFor15
, millions of workers are already getting higher wages across the country." We are fighting, and we will win.
#UnionsForAll
It’s a meme at this point that
@WaffleHouse
is unsafe for workers as they face violence so regularly. And yet, Waffle House doesn’t do anything to address worker’s safety. We DEMAND security for ALL shifts.
#OrganizeTheSouth
#UnionsForAll
BREAKING:
@Bojangles
workers in Raleigh, NC are ON STRIKE to protest the restaurant concealing a COVID-19 outbreak. We will not work in unsafe environments during a global pandemic!
#ProtectAllWorkers
#Fightfor15
RECAP: Yesterday, service workers organized a MULTI-STATE STRIKE across the US South to protest serious health and safety issues after filing a civil rights complaint against
@SC_OSHA
. Workers are demanding respect, protections, and SAFE JOBS for everyone. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿
#UnionsforAll
We can call this “a form of modern-day slavery” for a reason. Incarcerated folks are seemingly denied parole to continue making money for the government & private companies. It’s shameful. Our lawsuit alleges it’s unconstitutional.
Join us:
#UnionsforAll
BREAKING:
@FreddysUSA
workers in Durham, NC are ON STRIKE. We shut down the store after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. Management ignored our petition for quarantine pay so we’re fighting back.
#Fightfor15
#ProtectAllWorkers
“
@McDonalds
publicly claims to care about Black lives, but McDonald’s pays us poverty wages and has failed to give us proper PPE during this pandemic,” said Rita Blalock, a Raleigh McDonald’s worker and leader in the Fight for $15 and a Union.
#StrikeForBlackLives
#J20
When Lillette Hamilton got injured at the job,
@Amazon
management told her to DRIVE HERSELF to get care. A worker just yesterday passed out on the job at this same facility. Amazon needs to treat workers like HUMANS, not robots.
#UnionsforAll
#OrganizetheSouth
“Last year during [Dragon Con] we sold out. The line didn’t stop. Our hard work made so much money for DD that day, but we were only paid 10$/hr. I just want to be able to take care of myself.” Devan Jordan,
@DunkinDonuts
worker
Workers in Mooresville, NC self-organized a strike on
#BlackFriday
to hit their bottom line and demand better pay, working conditions, and a seat at the table. Together we fight, together we win!
#Fightfor15
#UnionsforAll
Raising the minimum wages to $15/hr will …
• Benefit 23 MILLION WOMEN and 14.4 MILLION CHILDREN by giving their parents a raise.
• Increase the wages of 1/3rd of Black Workers and a 1/4 of Latino Workers.
• Help close the help close the racial pay gap
#Fightfor15
BREAKING:
@McDonalds
workers in Durham, NC and across the country are ON STRIKE to demand a $15/hr floor and UNION RIGHTS for every single worker. ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿
#Fightfor15
#UnionsforAll
Service workers from across the South are signing union membership cards to join the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW)!
We're getting organized to win real structural changes in our workplaces and communities.
#OrganizeTheSouth
#UnionsForAll
NOW:
@Starbucks
workers in Anderson, SC, are joining almost 100 stores across the nation in a STRIKE as a national response to Starbucks’ closure of union stores, short staffing, and refusal to implement credit card tipping
#UnionsforAll
#DoubleDownStrike
@andersonsbwu