The French government is reporting 963,000 people in the streets today protesting the raise of the retirement age. 500,000 alone in Paris. Solidarity ✊🏻
Reminder that 80% of the American workforce is considered "unskilled labor." This common misconception is used to pay workers poverty wages without basic benefits and protections.
Lucy Parsons, one of the original founders of the IWW on this day 117 years ago.
“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”
The training UPS gives their drivers is called "cool solutions". It consists of telling them to drink water, eat fruit, and find shade when hot. It's a joke.
Respect to our brother James Lynch from Operating Engineers Local 101 for aiding Ralph Yarl until the ambulance came.
May Ralph and his family find justice.
EXCLUSIVE: Ralph Paul Yarl, the Black teenager who was shot by a homeowner after having rung the wrong doorbell, was motionless and covered in blood when James Lynch found him unconscious. "I thought he was dead," Lynch said.
TEAMSTERS IN TEXAS TAKE ON GREEDY BEERMAKERS STATEWIDE
Texas Teamsters aren’t having it with the disrespect. Teamsters Local 997 members are holding strong on the picket line in Fort Worth, demanding their worth from Molson Coors. Meanwhile, Teamsters Local 919 members at…
Over half of the world's coltan and cobalt come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This video of a mine rescue is a harsh reminder that the workers are exploited, in unsafe conditions and are at many times children.
Reminder that a rank and file UPS Teamster runs this account. All of us have worked in extreme weather conditions and been pushed to the limit on the daily just for shareholders to profit. It's time for UPS to pay up and give us our fair share.
union for life ✊🏻 strike ready
"Le seul scénario où il lâchera c'est si Paris est en feu" - The only scenario where he (Macron) will give up is if Paris is on fire. - an advisor to Macron this morning
The French: BET
This week Michigan became the first state in nearly 60 years to repeal its right-to-work law!
Let’s repeal these anti-worker laws across the country just like Michigan did!
The right to strike is fundamental to American labor law... Workers are not indentured servants, bound to continue laboring until any planned work stoppage would be as painless as possible for their master. - Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 👸🏾
Target’s tagline is “Expect More. Pay Less.” Safe to say it can be said of their relationship towards their workers as well. Target workers need a union.
Honestly boggles my mind that so many people think 40 hours of work a week is a lot. That leaves you at least 5 or 6 waking hours a day during the week to yourself and two full days on the weekend. How much more free time do you really think you should have?