Because we have never (properly) called the South's attack on the US treason. Without a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or its equivalent to address the Civil War, it will continuously re-emerge in various forms in a perpetually bifurcated nation. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a…

Average CEO pay increased by 29% from 2020-2019, while workers saw a 2% decrease. That is, if they were lucky enough to have a job. Institute for Policy Studies theguardian.com/business/2021/…

News of Central America rarely appears in US media. Central Americans fleeing the carnage are only seen as embodying the border crisis w/ little regard as to what sent them north. Rarely acknowledged is the past & current role of the US in Central America. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…

How low can you go? Ask Koch, who's been pushing to end eviction moratoriums during #COVID19 while investing big bucks in distressed housing. David Sirota KochFreeZone UnKoch Everything amp.theguardian.com/ous-news/2021/…

Want workers? Provide decent pay: 50%+ of restaurant workers surveyed are considering leaving their jobs, w/ 76% citing low wages/tips. Most respondents say having a “full, stable, livable wage” would help keep them in the industry. One Fair Wage ROC United dcist.com/story/21/05/25…

The US economy pre-pandemic was dependent on an abundance of low-wage, low-hours jobs--a combo that yielded low prices for the comfortably middle-class & wealthy & low labor costs for bosses, but spectacularly low incomes for tens of millions of workers nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opi…

The Electoral Integrity Project uses expert surveys to evaluate the quality of national elections around the world since 2012 & found US elections score next to last among the world’s liberal democracies, ranking about 45th of 166 nations worldwide. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Senate filibuster has to go as a relic of a bygone era. Worldwide, about 41 national legislatures have some supermajority rules but nearly all are only used for constitutional amendments, not routine legislation (like establishing the Jan 6 commission) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Inspired by tech workers organizing to positively shape their workplaces, we are proud to stand with a majority of Mapbox as the Mapbox Workers Union. We ask management Mapbox to voluntarily recognize us—the majority of workers looking to build a better company together!

Today we submitted the “District of Columbia Full Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers Amendment Act of 2022” at DC Board of Elections #BetterRestaurantsDC

Even as demand picks up, drivers for Uber & Lyft are paid less: Robert Eaton, a full-time Uber driver for 2+ yrs in Nevada works 16 hours, noon to 4am to provide for his family theguardian.com/technology/202…

No. Shame.: 77 oil and gas companies received $8.24bn from the Cares Act tax refunds while laying off nearly 60,000 employees.  theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…

Hello, Andy Jassy As Amazon CEO you have the chance to improve its reputation by improving policies to show greater respect for your workers. I hope you’ll act on requests from those of us—customers and workers—who are the key to Amazon’s success. ITUC

Over the past few days, you all sent more than SIX HUNDRED emails to Duke & DUP management urging them to respect the results of our election! 🙌 We're incredibly grateful for your support. If you haven't signed yet, there's still time: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-d…

Employers' latest scam: Forcing workers to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in training if they leave the job even before 3 yrs in some cases--while many find excuses for firing the *trainees* and pocketing the cash. forbes.com/sites/elenabot…

Thank you Marc Korman for not selling out like the others Montgomery Council

A supermajority of Student Researchers United-UAW Student Researchers chose to form a union. Tell University of California to respect their democratic decision and recognize them now! #SameResearchSameRights #UnionBustingIsDisgusting bit.ly/SRUpetition

What a scam! Netflix automatically signed me up for its service without my permission and the charged my card for a month when I canceled (which I did within minutes of getting a Netflix email telling me I had *subscribed.*) Note to Netflix: This is illegal.

BREAKING: Uber says workers make $37 an hour. That's a blatant lie. We found Denver workers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash merely make $5.49 after expenses. That's 35% of the city minimum wage ($15.87) &officially puts workers below the poverty line. theguardian.com/us-news/2022/n…