Jason Frantz
@jasonfrantz.bsky.social
Rank and file union organizer, shop steward and bargaining rep. Takoma DC out of southern MD. Labor, politics, history. Opinions my own
Pretty solid erasure of European history prior to the postwar welfare state. But its just a post.
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Pretty solid erasure of European history prior to the postwar welfare state. But its just a post.
Mayor goat
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration sent letters to over 60 delivery app companies, warning they must comply with new regulations.
Mamdani Warns Delivery Apps to Follow New Worker Protection Laws — Or Else - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration sent letters to over 60 delivery app companies, warning they must comply with new regulations.
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Mayor goat
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fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
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"What if the military comes?"
The work continues.
"What if the military turns on ICE and joins with the People?"
The work continues.
"What if the military sides with ICE and oppresses the People?"
The work continues.
The work continues.
"What if the military turns on ICE and joins with the People?"
The work continues.
"What if the military sides with ICE and oppresses the People?"
The work continues.
I’m hearing people freak about a military deployment to Minneapolis but it doesn’t change much. It’s scarier but the same. We still outnumber them 100 to 1. They have more guns than us either way. They can shoot us either way. They’ll probably be easier to find and follow if they’re in a tank.
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"What if the military comes?"
The work continues.
"What if the military turns on ICE and joins with the People?"
The work continues.
"What if the military sides with ICE and oppresses the People?"
The work continues.
The work continues.
"What if the military turns on ICE and joins with the People?"
The work continues.
"What if the military sides with ICE and oppresses the People?"
The work continues.
Almost like when your entire governing philosophy has been formed on microblogs
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Almost like when your entire governing philosophy has been formed on microblogs
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There is a nonzero chance this all ends with the Virginia and Maryland National Guards occupying DC along with defecting DC Guardsmen, and every member of the Trump cabinet dead or in exile.
CIA governor perhaps thinking of certain contingencies
January 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
There is a nonzero chance this all ends with the Virginia and Maryland National Guards occupying DC along with defecting DC Guardsmen, and every member of the Trump cabinet dead or in exile.
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Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency services), no school, and no shopping” on January 23 @lfelizleon.bsky.social reports 🧵1/7
The beating heart of a fighting labor movement is in Minnesota. One of the key battles for the future of working people will be determined there. Trump’s goons are treating their assault on the state as a workshop for what to do next. Solidarity is the answer.
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic...
labornotes.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency services), no school, and no shopping” on January 23 @lfelizleon.bsky.social reports 🧵1/7
Wow.. would increase the local's membership by about a third, no..
BREAKING: 990 employees for the Metropolitain Museum of Art are unionizing with @uaw.org Local 2110.
January 17, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Wow.. would increase the local's membership by about a third, no..
Would be wilder if it took 70 years for anyone to figure this out?
it would be wild if the way to get around Taft-Hartley turned out to be just lying when asked 'is this a general strike'
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Would be wilder if it took 70 years for anyone to figure this out?
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The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal.
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal.
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
Ohhh shit been here many times visiting the in-laws
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Ohhh shit been here many times visiting the in-laws
the AI nailed the effects of cocaine at least
The total NSF budget was 9 billion. I doubt they spend 89% of it on quail.
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
the AI nailed the effects of cocaine at least
Interesting.. strongly reminiscent of the balloon scene in The Great Dictator but predates its release slightly?
August 20, 1939
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman
"It's a good act but it's hard on the spectators..."
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman
"It's a good act but it's hard on the spectators..."
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Interesting.. strongly reminiscent of the balloon scene in The Great Dictator but predates its release slightly?
Fucking epic
In the grand scheme this is not the most important thing that happened today.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
But "protesters eagerly sift through the equipment and papers left behind by the regime's routed elite security forces" historically happens at a much later stage of regime collapse than this.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Fucking epic
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
Something to watch!
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Something to watch!
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It’s Stalingrad and we will outlast these motherfuckers
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
It’s Stalingrad and we will outlast these motherfuckers
Theyre doing alot of shit that makes zero political sense. Im not convinced they believe they'll never give up power so I'm just left with "oops all instant gratification for the worst people in American history"
I truly do not understand why they think continuing to go after Kelly, Slotnik, et al is a political winner. The only thing I can think of is that this is being driven by a Trump personal vendetta, or this is Miller and Hegseth preemptively raging against someone questioning their authority.
January 14, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Theyre doing alot of shit that makes zero political sense. Im not convinced they believe they'll never give up power so I'm just left with "oops all instant gratification for the worst people in American history"
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House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
🔥 🔥 🔥
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
🔥 🔥 🔥
*imagines filing this grievance*
UPDATE: TJ Sabula, the worker who shouted "pedophile protector" at Trump, has been suspended - WaPo
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 AM
*imagines filing this grievance*
Oh come ON they're amending FLSA of all things..
Some House floor drama as Republicans are currently losing a vote on a bill to let employers to exclude workforce education and development training from minimum wage and overtime calculations. Labor-friendly R's (there are a few, sometimes) voting no, Johnson huddling with them for ~30 mins now
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Oh come ON they're amending FLSA of all things..
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Organizers at the Teamsters have filed to hold a union election for themselves
www.nlrb.gov/case/05-RC-3...
www.nlrb.gov/case/05-RC-3...
International Brotherhood of Teamsters | National Labor Relations Board
www.nlrb.gov
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Organizers at the Teamsters have filed to hold a union election for themselves
www.nlrb.gov/case/05-RC-3...
www.nlrb.gov/case/05-RC-3...