somecanuckchickFeb 28

Quite the wake-up call.

~44% of #paramedics say they are either planning to change their profession or retire in the next five years, according to a survey by the paramedics’ union.

~17% of the survey respondents said they will continue working as paramedics.

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/half-paramedics-to-quit-montreal/

#firstresponders #essentialworkers #montreal #polMTL #polQC #MTLpoli #QCpoli #CAQASTROPHE

'A wake-up call': Nearly half of Montreal paramedics considering leaving their job, survey finds

About 44 per cent of paramedics say they are either planning to change their profession or retire in the next five years, according to a survey by the paramedics’ union. Only about 17 per cent of the survey respondents said they will continue working as paramedics. The union representing more than 950 Urgences-santé paramedics, who […]

CityNews Montreal
Simo19Dec 25
For the first time in years I'm not working , but here's my annual shout out to those for who today is just another working day , whether you're in the emergency services , medical workers, utility industry, marine industry, armed forces, retail , hospitality and anyone else who finds themselves at work while the rest of us are enjoying time with our family and friends. All the best and thank you for keeping things going. Enjoy your time off when you do get it. #ChristmasWorkers #AnotherWorkingDay #EssentialWorkers #ThankYou 🎄🤘
jaimedavid327Nov 10

The Left’s Shameful Hypocrisy in the Government Shutdown: Anti-Worker Politics Disguised as Progressivism

The current government shutdown has exposed something deeply disturbing about the state of so-called progressivism in America. As the federal government teeters on the brink of chaos, there are voices, voices that claim to be on the left, calling for the shutdown to continue. They present it as some kind of moral or political strategy, a way to "punish" the administration or make a political statement. But what they fail—or refuse—to acknowledge is the human cost of this so-called […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/10/the-lefts-shameful-hypocrisy-in-the-government-shutdown-anti-worker-politics-disguised-as-progressivism/

A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Nov 1

“At a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and SNAP is at risk, Trump’s celebration of his marble bathroom was so tone deaf it seems likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.”

#Politics #USPolitics #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #SNAP #GovernmentShutdown #FederalWorkersFurloughed #EssentialWorkers #LettersFromAnAmerican

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-31-2025

October 31, 2025

Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Letters from an American
Natz 🏴‍☠️ ☮️ 🌱Oct 26

SHOCKING: In the first two days of 2025 the CEO of Shell earned more than the average NHS nurse earns in a year.

One saves lives. The other destroys lives.

Anyone else think this is just wrong?

#GreenpeaceUK #WealthInequality #TaxWealthNotWork #NHS #SaveOurNHS #EssentialWorkers #PolUK

Coach Pāṇini ®Oct 22
It’s always the #EssentialWorkers who get tasked with participatory #leadership.
https://kind.social/@mattia/115413117763780216
mattia (@[email protected])

Maybe we don't need a general strike in #uspol Maybe we just need a strike of as many workers as possible who are directly supporting the top 1% (or even 0.1%) in the US If every nanny, housekeeper, cleaner, driver, trainer, executive assistant, etc currently supporting an obscenely rich person went on strike... I think shit would change

Be More Kind
California Politics HuddleOct 14

CPH Daily Bulletin 10/14/2025

#California’s #IncarceratedFirefighters to see ‘historic’ pay increase in laws Newsom signed

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/10/prison-firefighter-new-laws/

#Firefighters #MassIncarceration #wages #Wildfires #MinimumWage #EmergencyResponse #EssentialWorkers #Prison #CalFire #SadeElhawary

California's incarcerated firefighters to see a ‘historic’ pay increase in laws Newsom signed

Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities.

CalMatters
Show threadNonilexJun 10, 2025

#Trump issued an #ExecutiveOrder on his first day in office freezing #ForeignAid…, & a month later, furloughed most #USAID employees. Virtually the entire person workforce, once 10k people strong, will be laid off permanently this summer….

The move highlights the many unforeseen [by them] challenges facing the Trump admin’s efforts to cut the #federal workforce, including a dearth of #EssentialWorkers. It comes as the admin plans to eliminate all overseas positions by Sept 30….

#law #idiocracy

MCDOTMay 21, 2025
It's #NationalPublicWorksWeek, and to celebrate, we've been introducing #MontgomeryCountyMD residents to some of our #HighwayServices employees all week.
“We don’t wear a suit and tie👔every day, but our uniforms🦺 are just as slick!" #NPWW #APWA #essentialworkers #PeopleMatter #WeArePublicWorks #people #purpose #presence #maryland #MCDOT
The-14Apr 22, 2025
Canada’s new immigration policy favours construction workers but leaves the rest behind
#Canada #Immigration #MigrantWorkers #DomesticWork #ImmigrationReform #EssentialWorkers #Agriculture #Unions #Workers #ConstructionLabour #Caregiving #Racism #Politics
https://the-14.com/canadas-new-immigration-policy-favours-construction-workers-but-leaves-the-rest-behind/
Canada’s new immigration policy favours construction workers but leaves the rest behind | The-14

Canada’s new immigration policy helps construction workers but excludes others, highlighting deep inequalities in how migrant labour is valued and recognized.

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