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decolonize-the-left · 2 months

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it's also realizing that these movies existed because adults felt like those ants. They wanted to organize and do something and they felt like they couldn't so they made those movies for us. So that the next generation of workers would understand their fate and power and be motivated to change our reality.

I'm an anticapitalist because some people at Pixar a long time ago put all of their faith and hope into teaching kids, that we deserved better. And that one day we'd be big enough to fight for it.

I've grown.

And I'm ready to punch some crickets in the face.

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 1 year

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#politics #trade union #trade unionism #labour movement #workers movements #socialism #join a union

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sailoreuterpe · 1 year

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iww-gnv · 6 months

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Play your part in the fight against the bosses and their system! Unionise the fight, join the IWW today wherever you work or live.

IWW.ORG/JOIN

[Image description & plain text: A black graphic with white text that reads, "This Halloween give your boss a fright, join a Union!" Above the text there is an edited version of the IWW logo that includes Halloween clipart like graves and bats. The typed caption below the image reads, "Play your part in the fight against the bosses and their system! Unionise the fight, join the IWW today wherever you work or live." End description.]

#originals #iww #industrial workers of the world #unions #union strong #join a union #unionize #union #union proud #unionize now #labor rights #labor organizing #the iww

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scavengedluxury · 1 year

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Hang on Rishi, you were perfectly happy to ask ordinary families up and down the country to pay an extra £1,570 more per year for gas and electricity to meet the demands of energy company bosses?

#uk politics #cost of living crisis #rishi sunak #conservative party #tory scum #join a union

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grackleink · 5 months

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Being in a union is fucking amazing in theory, but in practice you actually have to do all the work. You have to organize within your union, you have to engage in politics and deal with difficult personalities. You have to manage funds and get the membership involved. Otherwise you end up with a boomer union president acting as a despot refusing to use the union's money - your money - for anything valuable and hoarding it instead. Refusing to step up and demand better pay and working conditions because he got his. You can't just join a union and then assume everything is fine. You have to join a union and then get involved in the union. You have to fight for it.

#unions #join a union #unionization #union #labor union #labor rights #workers rights #labor unions

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trans-girl-azzi · 3 months

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Hey you see that person shoplifting?

No you didn’t.

You see someone sleeping in their car?

No you didn’t.

People are already struggling don’t make it worse.

#lgbtqia+#transgender #transgirl #queer #anarchy #help the poor #shoplifting #you didn’t see anything #help each other #let it go #join a union #equal rights #help the homeless #it is the individual’s job to protect the community it’s the community’s job to protect the individual #black lives matter #do something #hope

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poliesther · 3 months

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I did a thing.

So as a way to support local organizing efforts in restaurants of my area I have coordinated with some fellow workers to find resources for me to translate to Spanish.

Take on consideration that I am not a professional by any means, just want to help.

Also, I tried to add some footnotes to add a bit of info of words that are not that common outside labour circles.

Good luck and Solidarity, here is How to fire your boss in Spanish.

#iww #IWW #Solidarity #I.W.W.#join a union #unionize #organize!#direct action #syndicalism

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solarmagickstar · 4 months

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I've been hearing a lot of "gen alpha can't read cause they're iPad kids."

But like are we asking them what they *can* do?

Or how *they're* feeling even?

I distinctly remember adults when I was a kid saying we'd all be "brain dead" because of tv or texting or the Internet or some shit. And we couldn't defend ourselves cause we were literally children.

It's like this every time.

And every time each generation has to prove they're worthy of adulthood.

And this gen isn't even all in middle school yet and y'all are calling them failures right in front of their faces. It's not ganna help. If anything it'll make this much much worse.

I'm a Gen Z (well I'm in the transitional area between millennial and Z but most millennials tell me I'm gen z so fine.) I have gen alpha kids. And a lot of them (classmates and the like) are anxious asf about the world.

I wonder if they're putting up a tough front to keep the only control they have in the world as children.

Or living free before they have to become the overworked adults they see in their lives.

Or ya know death by school shootings if they're in America.

Or idk die from a once in a century plague cause their parents won't let them get vaccinated.

Or maybe it's something we could never describe or understand since we're not in that position.

Honestly every commentator I've seen on this topic hasn't asked a child how they literally feel. Like you don't have to put them on camera obviously (maybe don't actually for their safety) but like just ask? Or find ways to ask, kids can be shy about their true feelings sometimes. Especially if we keep pretending like we know them.

Teachers are over worked, parents are over worked. But haven't they always been? (Maybe we should actually do something about that? Like a lot have already been saying, but like actually do it? Maybe baby sit your friend's kid or go to the grocery store with them to help chaperone them? And try and do it for them for free, I get it if you can't but those who can should. I'm also not saying your should steal baby supplies, I'd never say that, I'd also never say to just steal food and hand them out, or to steal teaching and school supplies and just give em away or anything of course not! And I wish I could put the proper tone marks on this but for legal purposes I am being sarcastic.)

And doesn't each generation come with more problems or perceived problems because that's life? We're always going to find something wrong with the younger generation, we're constantly evolving and we're constantly looking for ways how.

Last thing.

What is intelligence?

Is it *really* being able to read?

Is it *really* scoring high on tests for studies?

Didn't we *just* talk about how standardised tests are wild and are often not very good at displaying what kids can actually do? Or are often hard to grade because of lack of staffing? Something something Pearson? Something something my history text book was older than me something something "Bill Clinton the president everyone is looking forward to!" Written on the back page Something something coming home to see late night TV making jokes about his shitty behaviour but making it more about the person who was literally harmed by this and making fun of her well into the 2000s..... (Oh has our education system and environment for kids always been kinda shitty? No way almost like it's a never ending battle.)

Have we truly figured out if the kids are alright?

Have they ever been?

Do we even know what that fucking means????

#gen alpha #gen z #gen z culture #millennials #generational trauma #the kids are alright #the kids are not alright #parenting #teachers #union strong #join a union

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28whitepeonies · 2 years

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Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has been in the media all day talking about the rail strikes and god what a great spokesperson he has been for them.

Here he is handling some ridiculous line of questioning from Kay Burley who is trying to suggest the union will be encouraging violence on the picket lines and referencing the 1980’s miners strikes, which is pretty absurd for a whole host of reasons:

Here he is calling Chris Philp, a Tory MP and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport a liar approximately 900 times for spouting nonsense on Newsnight (I can only post one vid so these will be links)

Here he is telling Richard Madeley he’s talking “twaddle” for asking him if he’s a Marxist, which tbh I think was polite because imo Richard Madeley is just a c u n t xx

And if you’ve any uncertainty as to why rail workers are striking, these two clips will be a good place to start

#join a union #don’t scab #and remember why it matters #solidarity forever #fuck the tories #never cross a picket line #mick lynch #rmt #rail strikes #union reps

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 2 years

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#strikes #join a union #general strike #uk politics

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nando161mando · 15 days

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Join a union

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creatrixcymraes · 2 months

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Your internet friend who was fired for being disabled & pregnant says: JOIN A FUCKING UNION

#join a union #before you need them #i am so serious #“but its illegal to-” guess what your boss doesnt fucking care

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iww-gnv · 3 months

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For over a decade, fears and hesitation trumped support to form a union at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. But the tide may be starting to shift, thanks to major labor victories in Hollywood and the auto industry in 2023. "Momentum this time is way better than the first two times we've tried to unionize," said Yolanda Peoples, who works in assembly at the Volkswagen plant. She said that's been especially true among her Black peers at the plant. "Among African American women, there has been a boost as far as getting it organized this time," she said. "I see a big change."

#news #labor news #us news #uspol #us pol #unions #union strong #unionize #unionize your workplace #join a union

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scavengedluxury · 2 years

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This is just what I’ve been doing anyway my entire working life lol

#quiet quitting #work to rule #join a union

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thismustbetheblog · 5 months

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Imagine getting roasted like this by the TUC x

#join a union #and fuck laurence fox

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