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Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA)
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Alliance of 34 food worker orgs, organizing across the supply chain! Read our report: bit.ly/COVIDfrontlines πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸŒΎ 🏭 πŸ“¦ πŸš› πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ³πŸπŸ₯‘πŸš΄πŸΎβ€β™‚οΈπŸ›’
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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 member Jonathan Hernandez. Please donate and share to support his family. β€οΈπŸ•―οΈ
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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
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"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
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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)
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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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πŸ”₯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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Biggest πŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎ to these NY construction workers β€” 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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πŸ‘πŸ‘Congratulations to 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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Biggest πŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎ to these NY construction workers β€” 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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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.
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β€œThey 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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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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"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/
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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 & the Waltons to pay us $25 to thrive. Stand with us for a livable wage:
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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. πŸ•―οΈ
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How to help shooting victims, farmworker community: Ayudando Latinos a SoΓ±ar 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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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. Β  The Secure Jobs Act would #EndUnjustFirings!
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Our Co-Director (and 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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@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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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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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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