WindyCityWobbly

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I finished my first of hopefully many microscale #legomoc of #chicago . This is Daley Center Tower / Plaza, complete with blue line tracks and station, pedway, and picasso sculpture :)
RT @CaedenCloud
These designs by @rob_sheridan go so fucking hard
The 300+ workers of Colectivo Coffee are unionizing! https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1429902523197005826
More Perfect Union on Twitter

“BREAKING: Workers at Colectivo Coffee have won their election to unionize with @IBEW, the NLRB ruled today. They will now make up the largest cafe workers union in the country, representing 300+ baristas, bakers & other workers across ~20 stores in two states.”

Twitter
stay alert: scammers have been offering to pay you an hourly rate in exchange for you doing tasks for them -- this is a TRICK! They're paying you much less than you're making for them. do NOT fall for this!
Me: actually, this song is critical of the US and that's why it's kickass

Ninety. Fucking. Prevent.

9. 0.

The US is nothing but a murderous empire.

RT @[email protected]

@[email protected] ….

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jgfrmgigfam/status/1420138571541975040

JG on Twitter

“@kenklippenstein ….”

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In which Lori Lightfoot gives $600m MORE to the cops https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/7/26/22594580/chicago-police-union-fop-board-approves-contract-rank-file-vote-retro-pay-lightfoot-catanzara

Mayor Lori Lightfoot didn’t quarrel with the $600 million price tag when asked Monday how she plans to pay for it.
“If you check our budget, we’ve been tucking money away for this, little by little, every year. So we feel prepared to manage the expense that will be incurred. And we can give you more details later,”

meanwhile...
https://southsideweekly.com/cps-layoffs-shock-teachers/

Scabby the Rat can attend boycotts, says NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday said an Indiana union had the right to display a 12-foot inflatable rat and inflammatory banners outside a trade show in order to boycott a business that worked with another company involved in a labor dispute.

Very cool to watch the third most populous state in the country continue this slide into literal fascism

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/

State university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefs

Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students.