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azteclady (herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club)'s status on Thursday, 10-Aug-2023 22:54:56 JST azteclady

Found via Joshua P. Hill on twitter: "I think a lot of us who grew up in this era where unions have been weakened literally don’t know that strong unions can do stuff like reverse you getting fired. And we should."
#SupportUnions #SupportWorkers
ETA: Joshua Hill has a substack titled "newmeans", where he talks a lot about labor.
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1. Tweet by Fuck You I quite: This story should be printed and superglued to every piece of union busting propaganda you see. Via u/Amazing_Mode7321 Text from the screenshot: Corporate is about to learn an expensive lesson. I was hired into a new grad nursing program. I was offered a spot in the ICU. After just 7 weeks of training (training is usually 12 to 16 weeks), I was called on my day off and told it wasn't working out and I was being fired. I have made no medical errors, harmed no patients, had no near-misses, or anything to warrant being fired. Apparently they wanted me to be ready to care for critically ill patients after just 7 weeks of training. Thankfully, there is a union for the nurses. After appealing the wrongful terminations, I'll be getting my job back, with back pay, plus any PTO that would have been accrued. I basically got 9 weeks of paid vacation plus get additional training time when I return. I cannot speak highly enough of the protections a union can give the working class. Fuck those corporate assholes. /end screenshot
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2. Three-tweet thread by Joshua Hill: The response working class people should have to "UPS drivers would make $170,00" is "good". That 170K includes benefits and pension money, which used to be the norm in union contracts and should be the floor of our demands. Your enemy is never another worker getting more. Since Reagan there has been a massive shift in bosses lowering our expectations. Pensions used to be normal. One good union job supporting a household use to be normal. Good benefits used to be normal. We should be increasing our demands and celebrating when other workers win. Again these good union contracts that can come from unions being increasingly willing to fight should just be the beginning. We should keep pushing for more. Ultimately we should push for ownership and control of our workplaces.
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