Scenes from day one of the ILA strike, Port of Houston. A few observations: -ILA locals from along the Texas coast showed up in solidarity despite brutal heat -Estimated 1,000+ folks present -Multiple ILA members told me "you should get a job here," and almost everyone was proud of the work they do
There's gonna be all kinds of dipshit news stories if the International Longshoremen's Association (the dockworkers' union) calls a work stop at midnight when their contracts expire on the East and Gulf coasts, which they've said they'll do (and good for them). Some prebuttals:
HEY FREELANCERS - California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988). The gist: Clients have to provide you a contract with scope of work and pay, they gotta pay you in 30 days (or else pay double damages), and they cannot retaliate for trying to get paid. nwu.org/governor-new...
Looking to start a union in the private sector? The Democratic led NLRB is making it easier to do so! Agencies matter in making lives easier or harder for regular folks. (A GOP NLRB would be an absolute disaster for unions and workers - and historically has been bad)
PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off
É cachaça feita de caju, ou caju embebido em cachaça? O feni é feito de caju próprio. Gostaria provar essa cachaça de caju!
Fazem feni, ou aguardente de caju em Goa, na Índia. Tem um sabor... adquirido.
On sabbaths you shall rest your bones until they feel like your bones again, and brew the coffee dark and deep, and if in season there shall be apple fritters, and good hounds frolicking, and cats mewing for their own breaking of the fast, god save their uncanny souls. A scripture, somewhere.