| trying to post about | stuff i’m reading, mostly history and political theory, sometimes sci fi and fantasy |
| actually posting about | working in the needle trade, at home sewing projects, and anti-prison struggles |
I’m back with another rice cooker meal! This quinoa, corn, lentil & mushroom rice cooker meal is budget-friendly and an easy hands-off kinda meal. I’ve been making more of these set-it-and-forget-it kind of meals because as a toddler-mom, I just don’t have the time to stand by the stove to stir as much as I […]
Re: garment industry workers organizing in the wake of sexual violence and murder of a co-worker, how women worker organizing can lead to big changes in working conditions, but they don't matter as much as they could when the factory is struggling to get enough orders... the age old story of union shops having a hard time getting contracts and international brands that don't care about the people on the production line, especially when it's women in the global south. How sometimes organizing can have wins that make a big difference but then you get laid off and end up at another shop that is worse...
“There are lots of brands that will not source from a factory where there’s a collective bargaining agreement or a labour management agreement because they think that’s not a good thing [for business],” he says. “Somebody will say: ‘Oh, they can go on strike any time.’”
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