It can be both - Biden admin has objectively done more for workers than most American presidents AND it’s still not enough. Acknowledge both in criticism. Look at the auto workers Union president and see the more balanced approach there - hold his feet to the fire and reserve your endorsement, make them take some action to earn the endorsement, then don’t take the pressure off after giving it.
This just feels like anti labor press working to divide people that are overwhelmingly on the same side. Smalls isn’t trained for this work, he’s organically found himself in this position and he motivates people which is good, but it will always be easy for the machine to use his words against him as he’s not the classic polished, careful representative typically in that spot.
Tesla Inc. notified workers at its California car plant of pay increases across its US factories, the latest bump by a nonunion automaker the United Auto Workers is trying to organize
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”...
No it won’t, you’ll just make slightly less profits, but you’ll still be profitable. If it helps sweetie, you shouldn’t have been making that much profit in the first place, you’re just getting called out on your bullshit now.
These prices have nothing to do with their actual cost. The “inflation” is them raising prices arbitrarily to flirt with the line of when poor people will finally revolt. They are just flying closer to the Sun by choice today, these aren’t in reaction to any real world choice or condition that the business needs to make to “survive”
Feels like this is actually a way to make it seem like less of a gap? Hourly workers (the workers discussed here for the most part) think of wages in, you guessed it… hours. To keep it clear, tell them, “You make $10 an hour, but your CEO makes $6,000 an hour.”
Or even better, “Your CEO makes more in a single day than you do in an entire year of full time work - Almost double what you make in a year in fact. And that day your CEO ‘works’ is a fairly relaxing day with a long lunch break, a private office and air conditioning,”
Conservative groups have crafted a plan for demolishing the federal government’s efforts to counter climate change — and it wouldn’t stop with President Joe Biden’s policies....
Florida, and coastal conservative states… do you want even less homeowner’s insurance? Ignorant chuds.
“I hate socialisms! Anyways, I don’t got no insurance and this cyclone bomb storm flooded and destroyed my uninsurable house, where’s my FEMA money to fix it? I need to get my house rebuilt now so I have a place to fight the socialisms from!!!”
Every damn day ( programming.dev )
Amazon union president knocks Biden: ‘No cavalry coming’ for American workers ( thehill.com )
Tesla Boosts Pay for US Factory Workers That the UAW Wants to Unionize ( www.bloomberg.com )
Tesla Inc. notified workers at its California car plant of pay increases across its US factories, the latest bump by a nonunion automaker the United Auto Workers is trying to organize
The 4-day workweek was a longshot. The UAW isn’t giving up ( www.cnn.com )
Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike ( apnews.com )
Bill Maher has delayed returning to his HBO talk show during the ongoing strike by writers and actors, a decision that follows similar pauses over the weekend by “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”...
McDonald's franchisee group says new $20 minimum wage California fast-food bill will cause 'devastating financial blow' ( www.cnbc.com )
CEOs of top 100 ‘low-wage’ US firms earn $601 for every $1 by worker, report finds ( www.theguardian.com )
These companies paid their employees a median wage of $31,672 in 2022, while their CEOs took home an average $15.3m
Conservatives have already written a climate plan for Trump’s second term ( www.politico.com )
Conservative groups have crafted a plan for demolishing the federal government’s efforts to counter climate change — and it wouldn’t stop with President Joe Biden’s policies....