Liam O'Mara IV, PhDFeb 4
Since the #WagnerAct legalized #unions, longshore workers in #Hawaii joined and, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1938, went out on #strike. On 1 August, #police were sent out to control them, but strikers threw back tear gas, so they shot 50 in the #HiloMassacre, including two children.
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏Sep 15, 2025

This article argues that U.S. labor unions, which paradoxically have very high public approval and very slow growth (they are effectively shrinking as a % of the labor force), need to start operating as if:

1) the National Labor Relations Board does not exist
and
2) the Democratic Party is not worth donating money to.

https://jacobin.com/2025/09/labor-movement-crisis-pr-strategy

#uspol #unions #labor #organizedlabor #democrats #nlrb #wagneract #jacobin

Labor’s Crisis Is Not a PR Problem

Union approval is at historic highs, yet density keeps falling. The problem isn’t messaging but the lack of strategy that can turn popularity into power.

cobApr 16, 2025

Suite 1935 https://mastodon.social/@cobrate/113526715825137344

(2/5) ... modifier impôt dont taux supérieur de 25% augmente à 79% -> permet de ne pas élargir paiement des impôts au reste de la population qui n'en paye pas selon droit fiscal USA (cf 1941) où seul les 5% les plus riches en paye selon bâreme différents taux = bataille Conservateurs/Libéraux sur ce que doit être le #capitalisme aux USA avec Psdt Roosevelt majorité au Congrès -> promulgation loi #WagnerAct = ...

#year1935 #anthropocene #climat