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Workers Defense Project

@workersdefense

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Mar 15

Workers at the Travis County

@Tesla

Gigafactory endured unsafe working conditions, injuries, and heat stroke. Instead of receiving promised OSHA safety training, some workers were given fake OSHA certifications but no training.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Unemployed Workers United

@UWUnited_

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Mar 25

On Thursday, March 23rd, we lobbied with #Texas organizations,

@FeyJusticiaWC

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@crecenhtx

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@UBCJA_Official

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@TexasAFLCIO

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@workersdefense

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@LIUNA

in front of the state's leaders to protest the passing of HB 2127.

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State Rep. Venton Jones

@VentonJonesTX

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Mar 25

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This week, I enjoyed meeting with constituents from HD100 representing Workers Defense Project (

@workersdefense

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Southwest Laborers District Council (SWLDC)

@SSwldc

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Mar 24

Thanks to

@LIUNA

@LIUNAmidwest

VP David Frye for speaking at the

@workersdefense

rally!

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 24

David Frye, @LIUNA Midwest Region Vice-President joined us today to demand fair pay, worker protections, and dignity. Thank you for standing with us! #txlege

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Gus Bova

@gusbova

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Mar 23

At

@workersdefense

press conference where advocates are opposing state preemption bills that would undo local labor protections and supporting some pro-labor bills #txlege

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Sheryl Cole

@SherylCole1

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Mar 24

It was great getting to meet with representatives from

@workersdefense

today!! I have been and continue to support workers' rights, and please know that I will always be your champion here in the #txlege!!

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Organizing Mamiii

@PuroGTO92

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Mar 23

In today’s episode of *Living in Late Stage Capitalism* we are lobbying to protect rest & water breaks for construction workers in Texas with

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‼️ Water is Life 🌎 and the ppl who literally build our state deserve that aaaaand more 💪🏼 #StopHB2127

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Dani

@daaaani07

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Mar 24

OSHA DOES NOT REQUIRE WATER BREAKS. ITS A MERE RECOMMENDATION. Workers have had to fight at the local level to win mandatory rest breaks. Workers die due to heat illness on the job. All we’re asking is for workers to not die, and return home in the same condition they left.

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 23

WATCH: This bill is critical because neither state nor federal law requires employers to give construction workers rest breaks. See for yourself.

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 24

Workers showed up in numbers and in strength. We left making it clear we expect more from lawmakers. HB 2127 and others like it will get a fight at every turn. #txlege

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 24

HB 4673 is long overdue. Thank you for working with us to introduce this bill,

@VoteLuluFlores

. Like everyone else, construction worker deserves to make it home safe to their family at the end of the day. #txlege

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 24

Workers Defense member Maynor wants to make it safely to the home he's built with his wife. Workers shouldn't have to fear being injured at work or even not returning. Worker protections are necessary. HB 2127 would undo the few they have. Take action: https://act.newmode.net/action/workers-defense-action-fund/hb-2127-attack-workers-and-all-texans-0…

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 24

David Frye,

@LIUNA

Midwest Region Vice-President joined us today to demand fair pay, worker protections, and dignity. Thank you for standing with us! #txlege

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 24

That's right,

@RepWalle

! We're proud to call you,

@VoteLuluFlores

, and

@jamestalarico

some of our fiercest champions. Workers are in good hands with you on our side. #txlege

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Gus Bova

@gusbova

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Mar 23

.

@RepWalle

here. "These scaffolds are a symbol," he's saying, not just of the Capitol roof that needs fixing but of the repairs that need to be made here b/c lawmakers don't keep in mind the kind of workers who do construction.

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Hannah Alexander

@hannicalex

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Mar 23

@WDActionFund

Lobby Day #WeBuildTexas #ConstruimosTexas

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 23

Thank you for taking the time to meet with workers and hear about issues critical to our community,

@RepRamonRomero

. Let's continue to work together to build a better Texas. We can do that by stopping HB 2127 that aims to undo worker protections. #txlege

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 23

WATCH: We know HB 2127 aims to undo local ordinances that provide rest and water breaks. Mark, a supporter of HB 2127, finds them problematic. According to him OSHA already requires them to provide rest periods and water breaks. They don't. #txlege

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Center for Popular Democracy Action

@CPDAction

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Mar 23

You read that right: working class people who literally *build our communities* would be subjected to even more hazardous working conditions thanks to #HB2127. So today, our Economic Justice Team and member leaders went down to tell lawmakers to get real.

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 23

HAPPENING NOW: Workers Defense members from across the state are at the Texas Capitol to protect their hard-won protections from bills like HB 2127. #txlege #WeBuildTexas

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Center for Popular Democracy Action

@CPDAction

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Mar 23

HB 4673 would create an advisory panel of workers, public health, worker safety, and employer experts to create heat illness prevention standards, which will include education requirements, anti-retaliation provisions, and penalties for bad actors.

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 23

We're telling lawmakers that instead of attacking our freedom to have a say in how the places we live and work are governed, they should fight for workers by supporting bills like HB 4673. Take action: https://act.newmode.net/action/workers-defense-action-fund/hb-2127-attack-workers-and-all-texans-0…

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Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO

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Mar 23

No state or federal law requires employers to give construction workers rest breaks. That's why local gov. must be able to do what's right for workers & pass basic protections. Tell the House State Affairs committee to vote NO on HB 2127: http://bit.ly/3lICb3z #txlege

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SEIU Texas

@SEIUTX

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Mar 20

Making our voices HEARD 🗣️ We, the DFW airport workers, spoke in front of the Dallas Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and raised the issues we're experiencing in our workplace. Without us, air travel isn’t possible. When we stand UNITED, we can WIN. #GoodAirports

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Austin DSA

@austin_DSA

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Mar 16

Capitalists like Elon Musk never earn their billions. They get rich by sacrificing workers' health and safety and draining public money from our communities. Workers turn their vulnerability into strength through solidarity in open conflict with the boss.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Jordan Zakarin

@jordanzakarin

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Mar 16

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing a new bill that would negate any and all worker protections enacted by cities and counties. The kind of flagrant abuse that Tesla inflicted on immigrant workers would happen everywhere, all the time.

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@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 16

Local leaders have passed worker protections like water breaks when Republicans did nothing. With #HB2127, they want to undo those protections AND strip away local leaders' power to address local concerns. #txlege

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Luanne Platter

@fabalasays

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Mar 16

I signed this.

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Workers Defense Project

@workersdefense

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Mar 15

As the developer of the @TravisCountyTX Tesla Gigafactory, Tesla should have ensured that the workers on their site were safe. Tesla failed them and caused lasting mental and physical harm to countless workers. SIGN AND DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY https://actionnetwork.org/forms/we-demand-justice-for-the-workers-who-built-tesla-gigafactory/…

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Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO

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Mar 16

It is unacceptable that

@Tesla

could not guarantee the workers to whom it owes its wealth a right so basic as returning home in the same condition they left the house. Proud of our friends at

@workersdefense

for not letting their voices be silenced.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Matt Gonzales

@mgonzales58

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Mar 16

Texas remains one of the worst states for construction worker safety. This is a prime example of how employees are expendable to them as they focus on profits. Elon has plausible deniability, but this culture starts from the top.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Our Revolution

@OurRevolution

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Mar 16

"Self-made" billionaire just self-made himself a $64 million government grant paid for by Texas tax payers.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 16

But organized labor and local leaders are already fighting back. Listen below to how lives depend on labor protections that cities and counties have passed. /4

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Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO

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Mar 15

Ivonne Gonzales, @workersdefense member, speaking against HB 2127. Rest breaks for construction workers are a matter of life or death in severe weather conditions. These breaks are one of many critical protections for workers HB 2127 would immediately erase. #txlege

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 15

Extreme heat kills. The solution: rest and water breaks. Local lawmakers know that and stepped up when Republican state leaders failed to put workers first. If Republicans have their way, Texans will suffer. Vote no on #HB2127 and save water breaks. #txlege

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Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO

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Mar 15

Ivonne Gonzales,

@workersdefense

member, speaking against HB 2127. Rest breaks for construction workers are a matter of life or death in severe weather conditions. These breaks are one of many critical protections for workers HB 2127 would immediately erase. #txlege

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Workers Defense Action Fund

@WDActionFund

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Mar 15

Water breaks are basic but life-saving worker protection. In this #txlege session, Republicans are threatening to undo them. Workers & advocates are testifying NOW. Join them by calling the State Affairs Committee and telling them to vote NO on #HB2127. https://act.newmode.net/action/workers-defense-action-fund/call-state-affairs-committee-and-ask-vote-no-hb2127…

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Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO

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Mar 15

WATCH: President @RickTxAFLCIO testifies against HB 2127 #txlege

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MOVE Texas

@MOVE_texas

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Mar 15

We are proud to join our allies at

@TexasAFLCIO

,

@EveryTxn

,

@workersdefense

,

@TexasAppleseed

,

@GroundGameTX

(+many more orgs🤠), local elected champions, and faith leaders to protect our communities and testify against HB 2127! #txlege

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Texas AFL-CIO

@TexasAFLCIO

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Mar 15

WATCH: President

@RickTxAFLCIO

testifies against HB 2127 #txlege

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Cristóbal Gutiérrez

@que_es_que

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Mar 15

When

@elonmusk

talks about entrepreneurship, he is really talking about corporate welfare, abusing his position by exploiting people who cannot afford to prioritize their health over their livelihood, and not creating decent and safe jobs.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Jill Manrique

@JillManrique

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Mar 15

Elon Musk makes his wealth off the backs of workers everyday. They deserve better. They deserve health and safety at work. He deserves to be held accountable for this violence.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Vail PROhnert-Yount // #PassThePROAct

@vailkoyo

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Mar 15

This should be required viewing for all Texans. Texas politicians gave Elon Musk (a billionaire!) & Tesla $64 million of our money in tax breaks—what we got in return is worker abuse & exploitation.

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More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

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Mar 15

NEW: When Texas gave Elon Musk $64 million to build Tesla’s new gigafactory, he promised to keep workers safe. Instead, many suffered heat strokes, serious injuries, wage theft, and retaliation. Now those workers are speaking on camera for the first time.

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Hannah Alexander

@hannicalex

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Mar 15

Workers and Travis County residents deserve better than this! ⬇️ Sign the petition in the tweet thread below.

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Workers Defense Project

@workersdefense

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Mar 15

Workers at the Travis County @Tesla Gigafactory endured unsafe working conditions, injuries, and heat stroke. Instead of receiving promised OSHA safety training, some workers were given fake OSHA certifications but no training. twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/…

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Workers Defense Project

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@EveryTxn

@CPDAction

@GregCasar

@UAW

@TexasAFLCIO

@gcaflcio

@SEIUTX

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