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Language matters. No person is illegal. Stop the dehumanization.
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#robert reich#inflation reduction act#republican assholes#traitor trump#crooked donald#never Trump#maga morons#IRS#TAX THE RICH#oligarch assholes own the Republicans
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#dropout tv#dropout#college humor#game changer#um actually#breaking news#watcher tv#Robert Reich#Sam Reich#Internet polls#polls#tumblr poll
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#robert reich#never trump#republican assholes#corporate greed#late stage capitalism#1% greed#traitor trump#crooked donald#monopolistic capitalism#corrupt corporations#corrupt oligarchs#Republican oligarchs are killing us#republican party
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BREAKING: Liberal icon @robertreich tells all about his media magnate son, @samreich
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Why Do We Have Weekends?
Ladies and gentlemen…the weekend. Why do we have it?
The short answer: unions!
In the late nineteenth century, many workers labored 7 days a week, sometimes up to a grueling 100 hours in poor conditions.
Workers were fed up. Many began to unionize and take to the streets in protest.
Violence against them at the hands of corporate union busters and law enforcement was common. Many lost their lives. But they didn’t relent.
Organized labor kept up the pressure. Workers in the mining, printing, and railroad industries eventually won 8-hour-work days. Major corporations, most notably Ford Motor Company, began to heed calls to institute 5-day work weeks.
But most workers across the country were not guaranteed these benefits.
Then came Frances Perkins — President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Labor Secretary and the first woman cabinet secretary.
Before agreeing to the position, Perkins met with FDR to secure a guarantee that he would support her pro-labor agenda.To her surprise, FDR backed her.
In 1938, thanks to her advocacy and the momentum built by organized labor, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act — which among many things ultimately established a 40-hour work week by forcing employers to pay time and a half for any hours worked beyond this limit.
And thus, created the weekend.
While many workers now enjoy weekends won by organized labor, the fight continues for those who don’t.
A rising number of contract employees, sometimes known as “gig workers,” are putting in backbreaking hours without the protections afforded to full-time workers.
Now is the time to renew the historic call of unions to make sure ALL workers are afforded the dignity — and time off from work — they deserve.
And who knows — maybe one day we’ll move to a three day weekend?
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Capitalism is built on the illusion of scarcity.
How can we possibly pay workers? We have no money after we gave the millions in stolen labor value to the CEO.
Don't fall for the tired lies. Stop CEO greed.
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Walmart funds everything you are against. Walton family political operatives literally write the anti-abortion and other legislation that you protest. If you boycotted them for a few weeks instead of giving them your money we’d start to see some changes.
Don’t want to sacrifice? Think of all the pregnant women fleeing Texas, the trans youth being denied health care, the lgbt being legislated out of existence, and the African-American suffering from persecution and police brutality.
#boycott walmart#republican assholes#Robert reich#price gouging#price gouging is driving inflation#Walmart funds the Republicans
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I was today years old when I found out Dropout.TV's head, Sam Reich, is the son of former US Secretary of Labor and active Tumblr user @robertreich. Oh my GOD. Anyways, stream Dropout America 2 S6E1
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seeing robert reich's cameo in the simpsons musical number about the declining middle class due to rampant unchecked corporate greed and bad policies was honestly really enlightening. not because of the economic stuff i knew that already. but it was like. ohhhhhhhh. THATS where sam gets it from.
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#Robert Reich#republican assholes#project 2025#traitor trump#crooked donald#maga morons#Christian nationalism#separation of church and state
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"14 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day."
- Robert Reich
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