Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 5, 2023

[thread] trade unions, labor movement
[2/x] https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113618429999197635

Labour movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_movement
* 2 wings: trade/labor union movement; political labor movement

Trade union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union
* trade/labor union: org. of workers intent on maintaining/improving conditions of employment

Precarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precarity
* precarious existence, lacking predictability, job security, material/psychological welfare

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism

Labour movement - Wikipedia

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 5, 2023

Addendum 1

[thread] Billionaires, existential risk from
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111002623984509563

To Fight the “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Organize a Union
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007385093642160

Excellent:

Canadian Workers, Social-Ecological Crisis & Alternatives
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007701577041244
1 post summary: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111013317276223683

Socialist Project Labour Movement Platform
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007720747994738

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 5, 2023

Addendum 1 cont'd

Martin Luther King Jr’s 1962 Speech on Civil Rights Unionism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007827547365424

A Labor Day Like No Other
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007860873128677

Young Workers Can Provide Organizing Energy That Unions Desperately Need
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007772939441309

Relevant re: preceding item (i.e. young activists):

U.S. Youngest Party Chair Has Plan for Attracting Voters, Winning Battleground State Elections
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111014382376065699

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 5, 2023

Addendum 1 cont'd 2/

How the labor movement is showing up for LGBTQ+ rights
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110628907322263172

Which Way Forward, Socialist?
Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of U.S.' largest socialist organization
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110827225077846895

Unionizing Made Me a Different Person
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110622793631399902

Unions, Native People Fight Mining “Reforms” & Police Repression in Argentina
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110648231751326239

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism #lgbt

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 5, 2023

Addendum 1 cont'd 3/

States are weakening child labor restrictions
New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110648292241537553

905 library strike block party in Bradford 👍️
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110928452784040950
* Striking library workers f. CUPE Local 905 visited their local councilor's block party to talk turkey with local residents

#unions #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #precarity #socialism #capitalism #CUPE #ChildLabor

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 7, 2023

Addendum 2

After month-long strike Canadian union grocery workers ratify contract that improves wages, enhances benefits, sets major precedent for sector
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/metro-grocery-store-unifor-strike-part-time-work-wages

* Unifor announced 3,700 members of Local 414 ratified new contract
* ending a month-long strike at 27 Metro grocery stores in Greater Toronto Area

#Canada #Unifor #MetroInc #TradeUnion #grocers #unions #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #inflation #FoodSecurity #profiteering #WorkersRights

Striking Canadian Grocery Workers Went Toe to Toe With Fat Cat Bosses

After launching a monthlong strike this summer, union grocery workers in Toronto have ratified a contract that improves wages, enhances benefits, and sets a major precedent for the sector.

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 7, 2023

Addendum 2 cont'd

Context

* ongoing cost-of-living crisis, persistent food price inflation, grocery sector profiteering
* political, economic flash point

Unifor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unifor
* Canadian general trade union, largest private sector union

Metro Inc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Inc.
* Canadian food retailer operating in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. The

https://persagen.com >> search: Unifor

#Unifor #MetroInc #unions #inflation #profiteering #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations

Unifor - Wikipedia

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Addendum 3

Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other
Film & television workers find support f. fellow workers: hotel employees to Teamsters
https://therealnews.com/summer-of-strikes-summer-of-solidarity-la-workers-lean-on-each-other

* Los Angeles a hotbed of labor activity 2023
* picket line creates gathering space wh. coworkers & fellow workers meet / congregate in person, outside of work
* atmosphere of fellowship, newly found common ground.

#HotelWorkers #TradeUnions #unions #Teamsters #LosAngeles #WGA #SAGAFTRA #SEIU #IATSE

Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other

As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue, cross-industry supporters from hotel workers to the Teamsters are joining the picket lines.

The Real News Network
Sep 9, 2023 at 12:51amWeb
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 9, 2023

Addendum 4

Strike at Chevron reinvigoratee union movement
https://www.economist.com/business/2023/09/07/a-strike-at-chevron-shows-a-reinvigorated-union-movement

* rising public support for unions: 67% approval rate, U.S.
* strikes proliferating: 16 big ones in U.S. 1st 7 months 2023; up f. 11 same period 2022, most since 2005
* Hollywood writers/actors in months-long standoff with studios ...
* workers at 2 Chevron plants producing LNG in Australia may halt work
* the 2 Australian plants together made $7 billion net profit 2022

#Chevron #TradeUnions #unions #unions

A strike at Chevron shows a reinvigorated union movement

Workers are taking on more American firms—at home and abroad

The Economist
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 12, 2023

Addendum 5

NBC Nightly News Spreads Anti-Union Propaganda
Coverage of pot. United Auto Workers strike checks off every anti-labor trope
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/anti-union-propaganda-media-nbc-strike-uaw-consumerism

United Auto Workers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Auto_Workers
NBCUniversal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCUniversal
* division of Comcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast
Brian L. Roberts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_L._Roberts

#NBCnews #propaganda #TradeUnions #UAW #RightToStrike #WorkersRights #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #neoliberalism #Comcast

NBC Nightly News Is Spreading Anti-Union Propaganda

Rather than seizing the opportunity to cover one of the most important labor stories of our time, NBC Nightly News’ coverage of the potential United Auto Workers strike has checked off pretty much every anti-labor trope in the book.

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 13, 2023

Addendum 5 cont'd

Automakers Hand Billions To Shareholders While Stiffing Workers
Big Three car companies authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks
https://www.levernews.com/automakers-hand-billions-to-shareholders-while-stiffing-workers/

* in past 12 mo. Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford, Stellantis - auth. $5 billion in stock buybacks
* gives billions of dollars to shareholders that could have gone to autoworkers

Big Three: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_(automobile_manufacturers)

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires

Automakers Hand Billions To Shareholders While Stiffing Workers

The Big Three car companies have authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks over the past year.

The Lever
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 13, 2023

Addendum 5 cont'd 2/

[2023-09-13] Big Three Autoworkers Getting Ready to Strike As Negotiations Come Down to Wire
United Auto Workers’ contract w. the Big Three automakers expires tomorrow at midnight
If no agreement is reached, UAW ready to strike to recoup concessions made over past 2 decades, end tiers, & boost wages
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/big-three-auto-industry-strike-deadline-uaw-wages-tiers

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires

Big Three Autoworkers Are Getting Ready to Strike As Negotiations Come Down to the Wire

The United Auto Workers’ contract with the Big Three automakers expires tomorrow at midnight. If no agreement is reached, the UAW is ready to strike to recoup concessions made over the past two decades, end tiers, and boost wages.

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 15, 2023

Addendum 6

UAW on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/15/uaw_strike_big_three_automakers

* 1st time in history, United Auto Workers launched simultaneous strike against Big Three U.S. automakers: Ford; General Motors; Stellantis (parent company of Chrysler)
* UAW President Shawn Fein (https://uaw.org/executive-board-2-2/uaw-president-shawn-fain/) announced targeted strikes at 3 facilities

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein

<span class="caps">UAW</span> on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once

For the first time in history, the United Auto Workers has launched a strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler — all at once. UAW President Shawn Fein announced targeted strikes at three facilities: a General Motors plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Stellantis complex in Toledo, Ohio; and a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan. The action could grow to more locations in the coming days to ramp up pressure on the companies. “The members are fired up, and we’re ready and we’re united,” says electrician Marcelina Pedraza, a member of UAW Local 551 at a Ford assembly plant in Chicago. “This is an important moment in history for us to win back a lot of the things we’ve lost in these past few years.” As the three auto companies made a combined $21 billion in profits in the first six months of 2023, the UAW is looking to take back contract benefits they conceded in the 2008 financial crisis so manufacturers would not go bankrupt. “That partnership was a poison pill for workers. The UAW new leadership knows that,” says labor reporter Alex Press, who sees this strike as the labor movement “not just clawing back concessions, but going on the offensive.”

Democracy Now!
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 15, 2023

A6 cont'd

United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-strike-shawn-fain-big-three-automakers/

* UAW launched historic strike, 2023-09-15
* workers at 3 plants across Big Three walking out
* UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring an "all-out strike is possible"
* 1st time UAW has struck all three major automakers simultaneously

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein

The United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun

The UAW launched a historic strike this morning, with workers at three plants across the Big Three walking out and UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring that an

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 15, 2023

A6 cont'd 2/
See aldo A5 cont'd

Big Three Autoworkers Striking Against Concessions While Shareholders Reap Bonanza
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-uaw-strike-big-three-automakers-stock-buyback-shareholders/

* 2023-09-15 UAW launched landmark strike vs. Big Three automakers for inadequate pay, job security
* m/w automakers auth. $5 billion stock buybacks

U.S. auto strike expected to affect Canada in deeply integrated industry
https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/u-s-auto-strike-expected-to-affect-canada-in-deeply-integrated-industry-1.6563010

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein

Big Three Autoworkers Are Striking Against Concessions While Shareholders Reap a Bonanza

This morning, the United Auto Workers launched a landmark strike against the Big Three automakers for their refusal to provide adequate pay and job security. Meanwhile, over the last year, the automakers have authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks.

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 15, 2023

A6 cont'd 3/

UAW Members Are Striking Against Corporate Power. Americans Overwhelmingly Back Them
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-members-strike-corporate-power-union-public-opinion-backing-autoworkers

* United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said “We fight for the good of the entire working class”
* Americans believe him. In massive numbers, they tell pollsters they back UAW over Big Three auto companies

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein

UAW Members Are Striking Against Corporate Power — and Americans Overwhelmingly Back Them

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain has said, “We fight for the good of the entire working class,” and Americans seem to believe him. In massive numbers, they tell pollsters they back the UAW over the Big Three auto companies.

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 16, 2023

A6 cont'd 4

UAW President Shawn Fain: “It Is Long Past Time to Stand Up for the Working Class”
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/shawn-fain-speech-uaw-stand-up-strike-working-class-unions-uaw/

* speech to United Auto Workers members, Shawn Fain laid into the Big Three
* explained the UAW's new “stand-up strike"

* [Oy! 🤨 ] invoked Bible to declare their battle a righteous fight for justice 🤦‍♀️

#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein #populism

UAW President Shawn Fain: “It Is Long Past Time to Stand Up for the Working Class”

In a speech to United Auto Workers members on Wednesday, Shawn Fain laid into the Big Three, explained the UAW's new “stand-up strike,” and invoked the Bible to declare their battle a righteous fight for justice. We print his prepared remarks here in full.

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 18, 2023

Addendum 7

WildBrain Union
https://wildbrainunion.ca

* WildBrain forming union w. IATSE Local 938: Canadian Animation Guild

WildBrain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WildBrain
* Canadian media, animation studio, production, brand licensing company
* mostly associated as entertainment company
* known for owning largest indep. library of children's television programming

#unions #TradeUnions #WildBrain #WildBrainUnion #IATSE #Canada #animation

Poster noted yesterday 2023-09-17 on walk c. Carm in Vancouver, B.C.

WildBrain Union

WildBrain Union
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 22, 2023

Addendum 8

When Auto Workers Stand Up, Here's How to Stand w. Them
https://labornotes.org/2023/09/when-auto-workers-stand-heres-how-stand-them

* United Auto Workers' "Stand Up Strike" could be turning point for U.S. labor movement
* cross-union solidarity turns up heat on Big 3 to end tiers, make green jobs
* boosts strikers’ morale & builds enduring connections

Tips
Find a picket near you
On the picket line
If you’re far from a picket

#unions #TradeUnions #UAW #WorkersRights #solidarity #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations

When Auto Workers Stand Up, Here's How to Stand with Them

The likely Auto Workers (UAW) strike, which the union is dubbing the "Stand Up Strike," could be a turning point for the U.S. labor movement—and all of us across the movement can lend a hand to help the strikers win. Cross-union solidarity can turn up the heat on the Big 3 to end tiers and make green jobs good jobs. It can also boost strikers’ morale and build connections that endure for years to come.

Labor Notes
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 4, 2024

Low Wage Work Is Bad for Employees/Hurts Customers
Companies cut corners on wages/safety: execs cash in wh. putting workers/customers at risk
https://otherwords.org/low-wage-work-isnt-just-bad-for-employees-it-hurts-customers-too

*hard to keep passion for service at Dollar General
* like workers at many big retailers we were short staffed/poorly trained
* impossible to give good customer service

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_General#Controversies

#poverty #labor #precarity #capitalism #corporations #DollarGeneral #sportswashing #TAXCtheRich #unionize #TradeUnions #LaborUnions

Low Wage Work Isn’t Just Bad for Employees — It Hurts Customers, Too - OtherWords

When companies cut corners on wages and safety, executives cash in while putting workers and customers at risk. I saw it first hand at Dollar General.

OtherWords
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 4, 2024

Rise of Pro-Labor Conservatism
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/04/the-rise-of-pro-labor-conservatism

* Teamsters president Sean O’Brien at RNC
* outrage f. all corners of pro-labor establishment

* highlights Trump efforts to lure working-class voters
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/15/teamsters-president-rnc-speech-trump-00168473

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O%27Brien_(labor_leader)

#unionize #TradeUnions #LaborUnions #WorkersRights #TAXtheRich #capitalism #EnablingFascismn #GOP #RNC #Trump2 #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #authoritarianism #libertarianism #Teamsters #IBT #SeanOBrien #FarRight #billionaires #corporations

The Rise of “Pro-Labor” Conservatism - EXPOSEDbyCMD

Championing labor has long been the purview of progressives, despite recent rhetoric from Republicans who claim to represent working class America.

EXPOSEDbyCMD
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 4, 2024

[Vancouver Canada]
East Van Workers Assembly: United in Struggle
https://unitedinstruggle.ca

Platform Point 6: Unions Out of Mainstream Political Parties
https://unitedinstruggle.ca/2024/08/01/platform-point-6-unions-out-of-mainstream-political-parties

* need unions out of mainstream political parties
* identifying NDP as the Problem

#Canada #Vancouver #EastVanWorkersAssembly #EVWA #unionize #LaborUnions #TradeUnions #WorkersRights #capitalism #corporations #libertarianism #BCconservatives #BCunited #BCNDP #democracy #socialism

United in Struggle

Our Land, Our Labour, Our Lives

United in Struggle
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 11, 2024

New Democratic Party (NDP) run by consultants geared toward capitulation
https://breachmedia.ca/the-ndp-is-run-by-a-consultant-class-geared-toward-capitulation

* unimaginative advisors, not interested in major change, set party’s direction
* bereft of coherent opp. plan/distinct political vision
* settled for vague concessions f. Liberal gov., propped up for 3y

#Canada #Vancouver #EastVanWorkersAssembly #EVWA #unionize #LaborUnions #TradeUnions #WorkersRights #capitalism #corporations #libertarianism #BCconservatives #BCunited #BCNDP #democracy #socialism

The NDP is run by a consultant class geared toward capitulation ⋆ The Breach

Liberal-NDP pact reveals core tenets of the unimaginative advisors setting the party’s direction

The Breach
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 11, 2024

Buy nothing: PSAC wants federal workers to boycott Ottawa businesses
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/buy-nothing-psac-wants-federal-workers-to-boycott-downtown-ottawa-businesses-1.7034142

* union representing federal employees asking members to bring lunch to work
* retaliation against downtown Ottawa businesses as return-to-office protocols begin
* PSAC asking members to min. spending on in-office days; buy f. local biz in own neighborhood

Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Service_Alliance_of_Canada

#Canada #Ottawa #WorkersRights #ReturnToWork #TradeUnions #LaborUnions #PSAC

'Buy nothing': PSAC wants federal workers to boycott downtown Ottawa businesses

A union representing federal employees is asking its members to bring their own lunch to work, in an apparent retaliation against downtown Ottawa businesses as new return-to-office protocols begin.

Ottawa
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 12, 2024

'Buy Local': PSAC changes shopping message amid backlash for asking workers to boycott downtown Ottawa businesses
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/buy-local-psac-changes-shopping-message-amid-backlash-for-asking-workers-to-boycott-downtown-ottawa-businesses-1.7035221

#Canada #Ottawa #WorkersRights #ReturnToWork #TradeUnions #LaborUnions #PSAC

'Buy Local': PSAC changes shopping message amid backlash for asking workers to boycott downtown Ottawa businesses

A federal public service union is now encouraging its members to "buy local" and support neighbourhood businesses, one day after a social media post suggested federal workers boycott downtown businesses in an apparent retaliation for the return-to-office mandate.

Ottawa
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 26, 2024

In swing states that once voted Trump unions organize to prevent repeat
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/25/in-swing-states-that-once-went-for-trump-unions-organize-to-prevent-a-repeat

* Dems counting on union workers in swing states Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
* unions there influential even
* Many labor union leaders working hard to oppose Trump
* AFL-CIO endorsed Harris
* Teamsters executive council would not endorse either ticket, cited support of majority members for Trump

#2024USelections #SwingStates #unions #Trump #GOP #AFLCIO #Teamsters

In swing states that once went for Trump, unions organize to prevent a repeat • Ohio Capital Journal

As the Nov. 5 presidential election nears, Democrats are counting on union workers to deliver voters, particularly in the swing states of Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where unions have remained an influential bloc.

Ohio Capital Journal
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 8, 2024

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[1/x] trade unions, labor movement
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113618429999197635

Show threadTyler SmithSep 11, 2024

@persagen

I understand the motivation, but this feels like a divisive move. Regardless of the impact, it will alienate downtown business owners.

We do need to shift to a new way of revitalizing the downtown that doesn't happen on the backs of civil servants. But I think we'll get there by building coalitions, not taking sides.

Show threadPete Anderson 🚲Sep 11, 2024
@plantarum @persagen Downtown business owners definitely picked this fight with their lobbying, I don't mind the union having a campaign that includes supporting local businesses (presumably where people live, not where their offices are).
Show threadHuntn00Sep 16, 2023
@persagen Quote: Autoworkers are not the problem. Corporate greed is the problem. I’ll add, “Capitalism is the problem; CEO made $17M last year”. Case closed…⚡️🤔
Show threadMartha HowellSep 16, 2023
@Huntn00 @persagen
Presuming a 40-hour week, that's over $8100/hr. Feels like a lot to me...
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 16, 2023

@MHowell @Huntn00

Unconscionable, but still a small fish. Cf:

Elon Musk, $269.3 billion USD net worth 2023-09-11
* If Musk spent $1 million/day would take 736.5 CENTURIES to deplete wealth
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111049297750914546

#capitalism #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires

Show threadHuntn00Sep 17, 2023
@persagen @MHowell that much money has an adverse effect on individual human beings. And in any society that is not corrupted, the majority of that money could be used to fix many of our problems, name it, Infrastructure, public education, social welfare. Sadly the rumor which is not hard to believe is that Capitalism needs a slave class to keep the tycoons rolling in obscene wealth. ⚡️
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Sep 16, 2023

@MHowell @Huntn00 @persagen

“Price is what you pay, value is what you get.”

The question for boards and shareholders is: did they get a lot *more* than $8,100/hr of value for that wage.

Show threadJonathan D. Cope, Esq.Sep 13, 2023
@persagen Corporations by law are to maximize profits, not increase salaries. That is a stupid mentality. Blame Milton Friedman along with greedy CEOs and the S/Hs who write their checks, give them stock options, etc.
Show threadRichy222Sep 9, 2023
@persagen