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applegrove

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Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:09 AM Sep 2022

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Robert Reich

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Unions won 641 elections so far this year — the most in nearly 20 years. The first-ever unionized Trader Joe's. The first unionized Chipotle in the U.S. The first unionized Amazon facility in the U.S. 230 unionized Starbucks stores. This is what a labor uprising looks like.

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Tweet of the Late Night: (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2022 OP
A living wage is approaching $20hr in the eastern US. rubbersole Sep 2022 #1
The powers that be love capitalism? Well, part of that is negotiating for better wages and benefits. Midnight Writer Sep 2022 #2
The USA is lurching forward into the future. Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #3
Gratifying to hear! calimary Sep 2022 #4
Workers waking up? ... Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #5

Midnight Writer

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2. The powers that be love capitalism? Well, part of that is negotiating for better wages and benefits.
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 01:06 AM
Sep 2022

There is not a CEO or high level executive in this country that did not negotiate the terms of their employment.

Why are they so dead set against working folk doing it?

Sky Jewels

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3. The USA is lurching forward into the future.
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 01:59 AM
Sep 2022

Republicans are dinosaurs with peanut-size brains who have no idea that a giant, fiery meteor is headed their way.

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