Jeanette FrankelJul 1, 2023
Robert Reich

RT @rbreich
Starbucks fired 150 pro-union baristas and closed a dozen unionized shops.

Chipotle shuttered a store in Maine when workers petitioned for a union.

Amazon spent millions to beat back union organizing campaigns at its warehouses.

Common theme: they're terrified of worker power.

Mar 3, 2023 at 9:32pmWeb
Show threadBigsmiffyMar 3, 2023

@rbreich

It’s bizarre

Such tactics in other countries would be illegal

Show threadjoe•iuculano Mar 3, 2023

@rbreich

People should calculate the value of every effing #espresso, double-double, #latte, #cappuccino, etc, that they drink, save up the cash, buy their own #coffee machine, and tell #Starbucks to kindly go fuck itself!

#UnionizeNOW

Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich hey … what bill have the Dems championed to help unions?
What have they passed?
You know like in the last 2 years when they had both house senate & White House 🤷‍♂️
Show threadjoeMar 3, 2023
@voron @rbreich Your question is about as disingenuous as saying the Dems controlled the Senate.
Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich @Smokinjoe No it’s really not, Considering Biden broke a strike the railway unions worked 8 years to make happen and forced them back to work without a single sick day
Show threadjoeMar 3, 2023
@voron @rbreich then just say what you want to say instead of asking a question you know the answer to
Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich @Smokinjoe Well that’s no way to have a conversation 😂
Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich @Smokinjoe Btw I don’t ascribe to the “the Dems couldn’t pass it because of Manchin & Sinema” because I’m aware how presidents like Johnson smacked the hell out of senators to force their votes in the past
Show threadjoeMar 3, 2023
@voron @rbreich Oh yes LBJ, what a timely reference that demonstrates understanding the political climate of 2023
Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich @Smokinjoe Feel free to expand on your premise of how the ability to leverage the power of the presidency and the party in power to pass valuable legislation is a bad thing rather than using logical fallacies to attempt to shift the argument in a disingenuous way (you are familiar with that word right?)
Show threadjoeMar 3, 2023

@voron @rbreich How about you show me where I originally said it was a bad thing?

I don't like dealing with people who can't even address things I've said, and instead replace my opinions with their own straw men.

Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich @Smokinjoe dude you hoped on my messages an acted like a dick and continue to do so …block
Show threadjoeMar 3, 2023

@voron @rbreich I guess I'm sorry for not taking the intellectual troll bait

Nothing of value was lost. Oh well.

Show threadVoronMar 3, 2023
@rbreich @Smokinjoe Dems will give you a whole list of reasons why they can’t even try to do anything while the GOP still seems to drive the agenda from the minority don’t give me that the Dems just can’t crap…if they are that inept then that’s a damn problem
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023
@voron @rbreich The House passed the PRO act but not enough votes in the Senate.
Show threadVoronMar 4, 2023
@Str8nger @rbreich I’m aware, the Dems for 30 years never really seem to be able to deliver
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023
@voron @rbreich #GOPTraitors won the House in past midterms & 1/2 the country doesn’t even bother to vote. We ultimately get the govt we deserve. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Show threadVoronMar 4, 2023
@Str8nger @rbreich That’s what I hear a lot from Dem party diehards. Which is odd because if Pepsi yells at consumers they won’t sell a single additional can of Pepsi, if they change their product & their marketing they will. People have been screaming at Dems for decades they don’t listen
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023
@voron @rbreich they’re not the only ones who don’t listen. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Show threadVoronMar 4, 2023
@Str8nger @rbreich If the goal is to get people to vote, that doesn’t happen by magic, or by scolding, it happens by listening to what they want not just giving them the same thing over and over they’ve been not showing up for then being surprised when they don’t show up again
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023
@voron @rbreich agreed… listening is very impossible. 👂
Show threadVoronMar 4, 2023
@Str8nger @rbreich don’t mind me I’m just grumpy
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023
@voron @rbreich believe me, I get it! Venting is necessary… almost as much as listening. 😉
Show threadDavid ReinertsonMar 3, 2023
@rbreich Do you think the Fed raising interest rates will curtail Union-buster inflation?
Show threadUwelefthandedMar 3, 2023
@rbreich star by the begining, who gives money for overpriced junk!
Show threadIris Richardson Fine Art 🇩🇪🇺🇸📷Mar 4, 2023
@rbreich So how can workers be helped to get unions in place?
Show threadAyaMar 4, 2023
@rbreich slaves revolting. We are all Spartacus
Show threadChris MingusMar 4, 2023
@rbreich they read enough history to know what happens when the people realize who really has power.
Show threadJay LeonhartMar 17, 2023
@rbreich keep those workers down. Slavery 2.0.
Show threadJeanette FrankelJul 1, 2023
@rbreich
This is wrong. Amazon, must we put away our pocketbook and simply go back to local shopping? Silly Amazon!