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realphilgold.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 11:09pm

do not invade the pitch at a union game video.twimg.com/amplify_vide...

JLjacklint.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 11:04pm

The sad thing about Trump saying he hated paying overtime is the one group that consistently get overtime are law enforcement, probably because they have a really strong union

KUsaoirsedragon.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:54pm

On a rail in the Valley.

An aerial photograph of the Union Pacific rail terminal in Lathrop, CA.

Sspacediscojeff.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:53pm

#MyYearInMix #MusicChallenge youtu.be/Jv5j_Lx2R4g?...

Scontrabassic.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:53pm

this is how you know cops aren’t union workers

CTgrenadine.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 9:32pm

Marathon refinery workers in Detroit have been striking for the first time in 30 years and DPD has been forcing them to let scabs cross the picket line, per this Detroit Will Breathe post on IG from 3 days ago.

Screenshot of a text post from Detroit Will Breathe’s Instagram. The text reads:

SUPPORT MARATHON'S STRIKING WORKERS.
Marathon refinery workers are on strike in Detroit for the first time in 30 years. Workers, organized in Teamsters Local 283, are striking for cost of living raises, safer working conditions, better healthcare, and to make the refinery a fully union shop.
As soon as the workers went on strike, Detroit police were deployed to the scene, and it wasn't long before cops broke the picket to force trucks through to the refinery. The power of the strike comes from the potential of the workers to stop or slow production, by withholding their labor and stopping materials and goods from flowing in and out of the refinery. When the workers try to flex this power and stop the flow, it's the cops, whose role it is to protect private property of the ruling class, that intervene on the side of the employer.

Screenshot of a text post from Detroit Will Breathe’s Instagram. The text reads:

SUPPORT MARATHON'S STRIKING WORKERS.

Another job of the police is to enforce the capitalist order by cracking down on dissent. About two dozen DPD officers are continuously stationed across the street from the picket to break the strike, and it's no coincidence that they are from the DPD's Mobile Field Force. These are the very same officers that are routinely deployed to attack and surveil social movement protests, and have been harassing and breaking up block parties and parades across the city all summer. When the police force tanker trucks through a picket line, attack a block party, or beat and arrest protestors, they expose their real role in society. The enemy of the working class are those that exploit their labor, attack their unions, and keep them divided.

Screenshot of a text post:

Social divisions such as racism are also used by capitalists to weaken the unity of the working class, but the labor movement and social justice movements are natural allies. It is the people in workplaces, such as the Marathon refinery, that have the power to bring the economy to a halt. A strong working class, able to strike both for wages and for social gains, is essential to win the kind of radical change we need to end police violence and free Palestine. The labor movement and the social justice movements strengthen each other when they take up each other's causes in solidarity, and come to each other's defense.
We stand in full solidarity with striking Teamsters at the Marathon refinery! We urge activists in the social justice movements, and the broader community, to join the workers on the picket line. The picket line goes 24/7 and the main gate to the Marathon plant is at 12800 Toronto St. in Southwest Detroit. We hope to see you there!

Screenshot of a text post from Detroit Will Breathe’s Instagram. The text reads:

DIRECTIONS:
Fort St (or I-75 Exit 45) to Schaefer Rd
Park along Fort St by the park
Walk ¼ mile along Fort St under the highway to reach picket line.

A map is included. An arrow shows to park on Fort Street by the park containing Kemeny Rec Center and to walk northeast along Fort, under the freeway underpass to reach the picket on the other side.

HIhistoricalimages.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:48pm

1989, mass demonstrations against Soviet Union in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

Ssports.skyfleet.blueSep 29, 2024 10:45pm

Women's Rugby Union

HGhdgregg.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:37pm

Tenant Union Federation said tenants organizing in NC , MI, IL, SC, KY, MT & IIL are preparing to join the picket line and vote in the coming weeks on withholding rent from corporate landlords that similarly benefit from federally guaranteed financing.

sompra.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:31pm

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Ssuept.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:31pm

I’ve pointed out that the RR union thanked Biden for getting workers what they wanted out of that strike. That success didn’t get the same coverage. Oddly enough. www.ibew.org/media-center...

‘We Never Stopped Applying Pressure’: Hard-Fought Success on Rail Sick Days

After months of negotiations, the IBEW’s Railroad members at four of the largest U.S. freight carriers finally have what they’ve long sought but that many working people take for granted: paid sick da...