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Nov 10, 2022

🤩OUR T-SHIRTS ARE HERE!🤩 Designed by Aaron Hughes, inspired by our member

@vendorpower

and their fight against NYPD harassment. Get this limited edition shirt today and help us raise funds to support worker organizing: bit.ly/morechurros

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Workers' Center CNY #FundExcludedWorkers

Feb 3

Last week there was a terrible accident in northern NY when a bus carrying 15 migrant workers crashed with a large truck. 6 of the workers lost their lives, including

@WorkersCNY

member Jonathan Hernandez. Please donate and share to support his family. ❤️🕯️

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@WorkersCNY

Feb 2

Please donate and share to help the family of Jonathan, a dear member of the Workers’ Center and community who tragically passed last weekend. gofundme.com/f/support-Jona

Feb 3

"Labor laws protect companies more than workers. Many times, we are being forced to work under unsafe and unhealthy conditions without the protection of the law." Meatpacking workers need legal protections to organize! We urge Congress to support #PAMWA: foodchainworkers.org/2023/02/why-mu

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Venceremos

@VenceremosAR

Feb 1

Save the dates‼️ FREE Print Workshops at Venceremos! 🖼️🎨

Warehouse Worker Resource Center

@wwunited

Jan 31

"New warehouses are being built at a rate that’s five times the Inland population growth rate," in a letter from more than 60 groups states to Gov. Gavin Newsom in support of a warehouse moratorium. #OurHealthisNotForSale

sbsun.com

Inland Empire warehouse moratorium pitched to Gov. Gavin Newsom

“We have a right to not be made sick by the air we breathe,” read a letter signed by more than 60 organizations.

Workers at Hooters-Style Restaurant Strike, Protesting Racist Sexist

Jan 31

Workers walked out of the Hooters-style Twin Peaks restaurant in Brentwood, TN on Saturday, January 14. They say their employer is serving up of a toxic brew of racism and sexism:

labornotes.org

Latino immigrant kitchen workers and a group of racially diverse women servers walked out at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Brentwood, Tennessee, on Saturday, January 14. They say their employer is

Advocates push for Unemployment Bridge Program

Carina of

told

: “We’re looking beyond crisis, we’re looking for a permanent alternative” Temporary fixes aren’t enough, we need a permanent repair to the unjust holes in our safety net now! #ExcludedNoMore✊ 👉

rochesterfirst.com

Workers all across the state are pushing for the Unemployment Bridge Program, which would provide permanent compensation to workers who are ineligible for unemployment insurance. Advocates are aski…

Amazon tells Minnesota it will shut down Shakopee center, lay off 680 workers

The Awood Center

@AwoodMpls

Jan 31

We believe that Amazon's decision to close this facility is wrong & retaliatory based on the powerful efforts of workers who have been organizing w/ Awood Center & demanding better working conditions, particularly.... (1/3)

mprnews.org

Amazon told the state its sprawling fulfillment center in the southwest metro area will shut effective March 31. It did not say why.

Food Empowerment Project

@FoodIsPower

Jan 30

Among the developing details of the Half Moon Bay tragedy, where seven farm workers were killed, the living conditions of farm workers on sight have been at the center of recent media coverage. But the reality is, this is not anything new.

CARuralStudies

@CARuralStudies

Jan 30

Without income, farmworkers are struggling to pay rent and essentials like food, utilities or health care. Please donate and share. All donations will go directly to farmworkers. #farmworkers #mutualaid #share #donate Venmo: @MercedFarmworkersFund

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More Perfect Union and 9 others

COSH Network

@NationalCOSH

Jan 27

🚨🚨🚨 Attention all unsafe employers! You may find yourself on this year's Dirty Dozen report. Workers, unions, & COSH groups -- fill out this form with basic info details about your terrible workplace and we'll do the rest. nationalcosh.org/DD-2023-Nomina

Chicago Food Policy

@ChiFoodPolicy

Jan 6, 2022

📢 A THREAD: Below, read Pembroke Environmental Justice Coalition's statement on the Illinois Commerce Commission's unanimous decision to allow a pipeline to be built through Pembroke Township, a community in Illinois: (1/6)

AUA Chicago and 9 others

Alex Han

@alex__han

Jan 27

These workers watched their co-worker killed by police for no reason then had to FINISH OUT THEIR SHIFT. What are we even doing here

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We demand justice for Chiewelthap Mariar, who was killed by police on the shop floor of his job at a Seaboard Foods pork plant this month. Chiewelthap was a 26-year-old Sudanese refugee – the kind of vulnerable person that meat companies rely on to do hazardous, underpaid work. twitter.com/msainat1/statu…

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ALIGN

@ALIGNny

🔥AMAZING news! Congratulations to the newly recognized workplace health and safety committee! Worker committees created through the NY HERO Act help workers organize their workplaces, build democratic structures, and bring their employers to the table. Big win!!

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to these NY construction workers — they succeeded in getting their employer to recognize their workplace safety committee! While their workplace is far from safe, this recognition is the 1st step to achieving their vision of what their workplace could be #WorkedUp

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👏👏Congratulations to

@LWC_workers

and all the members of the Cabricanecos campaign on getting their health & safety committee recognized by their employer! This campaign is not over -- workers are still demanding better wages and recovering the money owed. Stay tuned!

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COSH Network

@NationalCOSH

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We join UFCW 2 in calling for a federal investigation of this killing. Our most vulnerable populations already bear the brunt of police violence and exploitation at work. This tragic incident reminds us that those are not two separate problems, but one system of oppression.

A worker eyewitness told the press that Chiewelthap was not threatening police, and the weapon in his hand was a company-issued band cutter. According to new reports, four workers at the plant have now been fired for posting about the incident on social media.

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“They made him out to be a danger when they said he had a knife in his hand, when it wasn’t. And that’s wrong on so many levels." Workers are upset, UFCW Local 2 has called for a federal investigation after police killed a meat plant worker in Oklahoma theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j

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Burgerville Workers Union

@BVWU_IWW

Self organization, independent worker democracy, music to our ears. As we get closer to bargaining with BV, our May 1st contract reopening, we want to reiterate that we don't stand alone, proudly a part of the Pacific Northwest labor movement.

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Labor Notes

@labornotes

"Self-organizing a union on a shoestring? Winning the supposedly unwinnable? Workers at a local burger chain out of Portland, Oregon, were doing it before it was cool." labornotes.org/blogs/2023/01/

Migrant Justice

@MigrantJustice

Still accepting applications: Apply today!

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Migrant Justice

@MigrantJustice

Jan 3

The Milk with Dignity Standards Council is hiring a new Executive Director! This is an incredibly exciting and unique opportunity to support the human rights organizing of farmworkers through the implementation of the #MilkWithDignity Program. milkwithdignity.org/executive-dire

Farmworker Assoc. FL

@FWAFL

FWAF Statement on the Half Moon Bay Shooting

Walmart: A Higher Poverty Wage Isn’t Enough

United for Respect

@forrespect

Jan 24

Earlier today, Walmart announced a starting wage increase from $12 to $14. But guess what? That STILL ISN'T A LIVING WAGE! We're calling on

@Walmart

& the Waltons to pay us $25 to thrive. Stand with us for a livable wage:

act.united4respect.org

Add your name today if you think it’s time for the Waltons – America’s richest family – to pay the people powering their profits a livable wage!

Ximena

@Ximena_Bustillo

Okay post 40-minute panel on

@KQED

regarding farmworker labor conditions and the violence in Half Moon Bay I feel like there’s more context needed as to why the focus of the panel was on the labor sector of the victims and crime. So a thread on the politics and layers:

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WJCNY #FundExcludedWorkers

Hundreds of workers are in Albany today to demand that New York raise the minimum wage to $21.25 and index it to inflation and worker productivity! #RaiseTheWage

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@WorkerJusticeNY

We are at #RaiseUpNY’s Rally urging @GovKathyHochul to raise the #MinimumWage to $21.25 in her budget. The #MinimumWage is #FrozenAt15 and workers deserve more! #RaiseTheWage

Seven people killed. All of them were farmworkers; many were migrants. We mourn this tragic loss of human life, and while we do not know the victims individually, we lift up their memory as farmworkers who put food on our tables - often under harsh and isolating conditions. 🕯️

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Jessica Flores

@jesssmflores

Jan 24

How to help shooting victims, farmworker community: Ayudando Latinos a Soñar is accepting donations through its "Half Moon Bay Strong Victims Fund." "This fund will directly support our Farmworker community and those that innocently lost their lives." sfchronicle.com/crime/article/

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Teamsters JC 16 #PROAct

@TeamstersJC16

Watch out Albany! A bus full of

@804_local

@Teamsters

are on our way to #RaisetheWage. New York has been stuck at $15/hr for too long!

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New bill proposal aims to establish checks and balances for workplace firings

A new study by

reveals that 90% of workers fired in NYC say they were fired without warning. 60% say their bosses gave them no reason or an unfair or inaccurate reason before firing them. The Secure Jobs Act would #EndUnjustFirings!

bronx.news12.com

According to a new study led by Data for Progress, 90% of workers fired in New York City say they were fired without warning.

Why Farmworker Legalization Failed

David Bacon (

) on the failure of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a victory for many immigrants rights & worker advocates who fought against it for years

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act’s failure to become law reveals critical divisions within the immigrant rights movement.

Teamsters JC 16 #PROAct

@TeamstersJC16

Jan 24

Corporations are making record profits, yet minimum wage workers haven’t had a raise in 4 years. Workers deserve their fair share. It’s time to #RaiseUpNY! Join us in Albany to rally to #RaisetheWage. 🗓️ Jan 25 ⏰ 11:30am 📍Capitol Concourse Entry

Jan 23

Our Co-Director (and

@NLGnews

president) Suzanne Adely joins this panel on February 6 to discuss the interconnected fights for worker, animal, and environmental rights in our food system: nlg.org/civicrm/event/

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Zane McNeill

@zane_crittheory

Jan 23

@NLGnews Building a More Equitable Animal Advocacy Movement: Exploring the Intersections of Labor Rights and Animal Advocacy" on Thursday, February 2nd at 6 PM ET.

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WJCNY #FundExcludedWorkers

@WorkerJusticeNY

Jan 23

The cost-of-living crisis is impacting underpaid workers the most. We’re fighting for a $21.25 #MinimumWage that will increase to keep up w/ rising costs & productivity. Join us in Albany to rally to #RaisetheWage. 🗓️ Jan 25 ⏰ 11:30am 📍Capitol Concourse Entry #RaiseUpNY

coalition members are gathering now at City Hall Park to kick off our campaign launch and rally! 🔥 Laundry Workers Center is here and ready to call on the City Council to #EndUnjustFirings and pass the Secure Jobs Act!

CNY group pushes unemployment program aimed at helping non-traditional workers

Jan 20

"There's nothing they can apply for, there's no benefit coming. There's no safety net." -

@WorkersCNY

@WorkerJusticeNY

and others call on NY lawmakers to put $500M into the Unemployment Bridge Program for excluded workers #ExcludedNoMore

waer.org

Advocacy groups across the state are proposing $500 million for an Unemployment Bridge Program that would run parallel to the NY's unemployment insurance system

ROC United

@rocunited

A better world is possible & spoiler alert, it doesn't include the National Restaurant Association. Check the vid to learn about how you can get involved!

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BreakThrough News

@BTnewsroom

Restaurant workers are taking training courses that then fund the industry’s anti-worker lobbying efforts against minimum wage increases. Teo Reyes w/ @rocunited explains the scam and the fight for a complete wage for all workers WATCH: youtu.be/Jr6dRe9wJpk

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Edgar Franks

@edgarfranx

The Ag industry and their friends in WA legislature have presented a bill that would deny farmworkers of the right to overtime. They seek a 12 week exemption that the boss can choose to work people to the ground. We oppose any attempt to take away a phased in OT.

Heidi Shierholz

@hshierholz

However, MORE THAN 60 MILLION WORKERS WANTED TO JOIN A UNION, AND COULDN’T. How do we know that? Survey data show that 48% of nonunion workers—more than 60 million workers—would vote for a union in their workplace if they could. 2/

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Heidi Shierholz

@hshierholz

Union membership numbers from 2022 were released this morning by

@BLS_gov

, showing that 200,000 more workers were represented by a union in 2022 than in 2021. There are now more than 16 million workers represented by a union in the U.S. 1/

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Exploring U.S. Food System Workers’ Intentions to Work While Ill during the Early COVID-19 Pandem...

Caitlin Ceryes

@CaitSeries

Jan 16

⚠️ New #research published in

@IJERPH_MDPI

details U.S. food system working conditions and workers' #presenteeism intentions during early COVID-19 pandemic #openaccess

With “stay at home” orders in effect during early COVID-19, many United States (U.S.) food system workers attended in-person work to maintain national food supply chain operations. Anecdotally, many...

Why Farmworker Legalization Failed

Jan 12

Proud of our farmworker members and their work to oppose the #FarmWorkforceModernizationAct featured here. A great overview of what's at stake when we talk about farmworkers and immigration reform:

thenation.com

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act’s failure to become law reveals critical divisions within the immigrant rights movement.