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🐲 University of Alabama at Birmingham 🐲🌹 Young Democratic Socialists of America🌹✊️ A world for people, not profit! ✊️
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05-09-2018 17:25:04
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For my latest Teen Vogue column, I profiled the Union of Southern Service Workers, a revolutionary new worker-led union. "Our goal is to transform our underpaid, unlivable, unsafe service jobs into good union jobs,” Union of Southern Service Workers's Jamila Allen says. teenvogue.com/story/united-s…
Congratulations to our neighbors to the North, DSA North Alabama, for being approved by our National organization as an *official* DSA chapter!
A family in Kansas City is demanding answers after a white man shot their Black child in the head when he accidentally rang the doorbell of the wrong home, and then shot him again The man was taken to police station to make a statement and then released kansascitydefender.com/justice/kansas…
Jordan Neely was murdered. But bc Jordan was houseless and crying for food in a time when the city is raising rents and stripping services to militarize itself while many in power demonize the poor, the murderer gets protected w/ passive headlines + no charges. It’s disgusting.
.Alabama Democrats are feuding over the proposed bylaws, which would eliminate the youth, LGBTQ+, and disabled caucuses and give the Chair the sole power to appoint new committees. There are voting members outside who are told they can't come in because they didn't pay a $50 fee.
The Atlanta Solidarity Fund has provided essential bail and legal support for protestors for years. These arrests are outrageous and intended to suppress political dissent. The Solidarity Fund organizers should be released immediately.
BRAKING: Our next Brake Light & Fuse Replacement Clinic is Sat 7/29 from 4-7PM at Beloved Community! We'll be joined by Bham's chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice! We'll talk with our neighbors about pressuring Brasfield & Gorrie to #DropCopCity. Register to volunteer at bhamdsa.org/calendar.
The Trader Joe's union (Trader Joe's United) has filed what appears to be the first charge under the recent NLRB ruling that says if a union demonstrates majority support and bosses proceed to union-bust, the board can scrap the election and force the company to negotiate.