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Nik Moran
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Organizing in the Hudson Valley. Fighting Amazon and building a union with SWF1United
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hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Like nearly 40% of all New Yorkers, I wasn’t born in this country. I moved here at age 7. It’s my home. And I’m proud to be a citizen, which means standing up for our Constitution. Councilmember Paladino might consider reading it.
June 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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fightforaunion.bsky.social
Starbucks' CEO Brian Niccol earned $100,000,000 in his first 4 months on the job.

That's a rate of $590 per minute.

It took 33 minutes for him to earn $20,000.

👇👇👇 #UnionsForAll
March 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
It's 100 days until the Democratic primary and we're wrapping up a week with more than 50 different volunteer events across New York City.

This is a grassroots campaign unlike any other.
Several dozen volunteers in a group photo in Bedstuy. Six volunteers pose with Zohran for NYC palm cards. 10 volunteers pose with Zohran for NYC palm cards and clipboards in front of a restaurant in Manhattan. A couple dozen volunteers pose in front of the Brooklyn Public Library.
March 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
In town halls across the country, Republicans are scrambling to reassure voters and play down Elon Musk’s comments about Social Security
Voters Flood Town Halls With Fears Of Social Security Cuts, Putting Heat On GOP Over Musk And DOGE
People across the political battleground of Michigan and elsewhere in the U.S. say they're worried about cuts to Social Security.
www.huffpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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demsocialists.bsky.social
dsausa.org/join
Design of an eagle with an ICE shield across its body holding barbed wire in one claw and handcuffs in the other, with hands picking feathers off if its wings. Underneath reads ABOLISH ICE, Democratic Socialists of America
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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astra.bsky.social
Good news.
democracyforward.org Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · Mar 15
UPDATE: Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Trump from Removing Some Immigrants in U.S. Using Alien Enemies Act

“We will work to ensure those impacted by this dangerous move — to invoke war time powers when the nation is not at war — are protected.” said CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social bit.ly/4iSwAzD
March 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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socialists.nyc
🎶 Oh my god I will vooote

I will vote

Chuck Schumer out 🎶
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · Mar 14
Trump, Musk, and DOGE would use the power of a shutdown to shift into overdrive.

And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.

We can’t let this happen.
March 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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theenragedbuddhist.bsky.social
In case anybody's looking for a place to shout obscenities, here's Schumer's currently scheduled book tour events:

Mon 3/17 Central Library, Baltimore (7pm)
Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC
Th 3/20 The Weizman, DC (7pm)
Sun 3/23 Moss Theatre Santa Monica (3pm)
Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta (7:30pm)
March 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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mhvdsa.bsky.social
Hey @pkryan.bsky.social and Josh Riley, are you fighting Trump's fascism or not? Shameful to not find your names on this letter with over 100 of your colleagues.
jayapal.house.gov Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · Mar 14
🚨BREAKING: With @raskin.house.gov & @scanlon.house.gov, I’m leading 100+ House Democrats in demanding answers on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest.

Trump’s attempt to deport Khalil is authoritarian & an attack on the First Amendment. We won’t sit quietly as his administration tries to dismantle free speech.
March 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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fetterman.senate.gov U.S. Senator John Fetterman @fetterman.senate.gov · Mar 14
My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.

My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.

I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
 
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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daisy-pitkin.bsky.social
I have some new followers, so here I am with the paperback version of my book. Read it! Especially if you like stories about working people fighting and winning, or if you like to think about union democracy, labor history, and the transformative nature of resistance.
March 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Chicago landlord ordered to pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenants
Chicago landlord ordered to pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenants, a first under 2019 state law
An Illinois circuit court judge ordered a Chicago landlord last month to pay $80,000 to former tenants after threatening to call ICE on them during a verbal dispute in June of 2020, according to co…
www.chicagotribune.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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mhvdsa.bsky.social
We like our coffee like we like our unions, STRONG! 💪
We’re still buzzing over Town of Ulster Starbucks workers' recent vote to unionize & join
@sbworkersunited.bsky.social. Now we’re showing up to support other not-yet-union stores ahead of the company’s shareholder meeting next week.🤢
The image is a digital poster with a green background and illustrations promoting an event. At the top left, there is a drawing of a takeaway coffee cup. To the right, two circular logos are present: the left one reads "Mid Hudson Valley DSA" with a graphic of a rose and river; the right one says "Starbucks Workers United" featuring a hand gripping a coffee tamper. Large, bold white text in the center reads "Solidarity Sip-In!" Below, on a beige oval, smaller green text states, "Show support for Starbucks baristas." At the bottom, event details are listed in white: "Sat Mar 8, 2:30 PM, Poughkeepsie" and "Mon Mar 10, 1:00 PM, Kingston (Lake Katrine)." A fist holding a rose is depicted on the lower right side of the poster.
March 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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demsocialists.bsky.social
Billionaires like Bezos are terrified that people will learn the truth: the rich and powerful run our political system and only the organized working class can overthrow them
February 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Meet other union members to talk about organizing with your coworkers to change your union culture into one where leaders respect and serve the membership.

Sign up here: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
A graphic for the Labor Notes Workshop, "What to do when your union breaks your heart," coming up on March 11, from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET. A cartoon Norma Rae holds up a sign with a red broken heart.
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
HUNDREDS of Starbucks partners signed up for our last teach-in, "Civil Disobedience & The Labor Movement."

We continue our Political Education Series on Monday at 6pm ET / 3pm PT! We're excited to continue discussion on the legacy of this powerful tactic. ✊

RSVP - bit.ly/TrainSBWU
1Starbucks Workers United presents Civil Disobedience & The Civil Rights Movement - March 3rd, 6pm ET / 3pm PT. RSVP at bit.ly/TrainSBWU
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Almost 40% of the thousands of government contracts being canceled by DOGE will produce no savings, the AP reports.
February 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
niklasmoran.bsky.social
Agreed! Correctional officers wanting to repeal the HALT Act shows their true colors. They want to be able to brutalize and do whatever they want to incarcerated people without any accountability. Disgusting. Tear it down!
sarahana.bsky.social Sarahana @sarahana.bsky.social · Feb 25
I support the right of public sector workers to strike, but the demand of the correctional officers to repeal the HALT Act is a non-starter. While the economic & overtime conditions for the officers are not ideal for any job, the strike is designed to uphold a racist, anti-poor carceral system. 1/2
STATEMENT ON THE ONGOING CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WILDCAT STRIKE The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act (HALT) was enacted on March 31, 2021 to place restrictions on the use, duration, and circumstances of solitary confinement as punishment for misbehavior. According to the State’s Inspector General report, the law was partially inspired by the United Nations’s Nelson Mandela Rules, which centers the following principle: “All prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings. No prisoner shall be subjected to, and all prisoners shall be protected from, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, for which no circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification. The safety and security of prisoners, staff, service providers and visitors shall be ensured at all times.” Specifically, the HALT law doesn't allow anyone over 55 years old or under 21 or pregnant or disabled to be in solitary confinement, limits solitary confinement to 3 consecutive days, or 6 days in any 30-day period, with exceptions for conduct that are considered heinous or destructive, in which case, the limit is 15 consecutive days, or 20 days in any 60-day period. Repeal of HALT is one of the primary demands of the correctional officers’ strike. MY STATEMENT: “As someone who firmly believes in the right of all workers to strike, and as a cosponsor of a bill to repeal the Taylor Law and allow public sector workers to strike, I find the ongoing correctional officers’ unauthorized strike to have little to do with the rights of workers and everything to do with distracting from the increased scrutiny correctional officers are under, not only due to the recent lynching of Robert Brooks at the hands of such officers, but also due to ongoing and horrific violations inside prisons that we legislators have long been aware of—conditions so bad that our constituents who have a family member in prison often ask us not to intervene, since retaliation would be more or less guaranteed if we did. The strike comes almost four years after the HALT Act went into effect, and it comes at a time when the legislature is in the midst of passing laws that would strengthen the oversight of correctional officers, and, more importantly, a day before the unsealing of indictments charging officers with Brooks’ murder. We are right to find the timing suspect, and we are right to find the demand to repeal the HALT law to be in bad faith, given that the law already allows people to be locked in their cells if it’s deemed necessary during a facility-wide emergency. The assertion that unregulated solitary confinement, including that of the elderly, the pregnant, the young, and the disabled, is a necessary condition to keep correctional officers safe is a non-starter.
February 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Ballot petitioning starts on Tuesday and we need your help to get 10,000 signatures in the first six days. Sign up for a shift at zohranfornyc.com/events ✍️✍️✍️
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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"ICE wants to project far more strength than it has and hopes people will remove themselves from public life or self-deport. A lot of organizers I'm talking to are saying, 'spread power, not panic,'" @nataschaelena.bsky.social said today on The Valley Labor Report:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUiN...
A screenshot from a clip posted today by The Valley Labor Report, which features Labor Notes writer and organizer Natascha on a graphic of a television box with TVLR and Labor Notes stickers on the frame.
February 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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mhvdsa.bsky.social
Fire Elon Musk, not federal workers!

Yesterday we rallied in Newburgh in support of federal workers, who deliver our mail, keep our parks open, ensure we have safe food and water, and so much more.
A group of people stands on the front steps of a United States Post Office building, characterized by a brick facade and a prominent white stone entrance. Two large black street lamps flank the group, which is holding various protest signs. The steps are covered with light snow. The participants display a variety of expressions, from smiles to serious looks, with some wearing winter clothing like coats and hats. The signs they hold include phrases like "Support Federal Workers," "Fire Elon," and "Fight the F/Elon," indicating a protest against a prominent individual named Elon.
February 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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fedworkersunited.bsky.social
THREAD: 🚨 Happening TODAY: Federal workers and allies are taking action to defend the public services we all rely on—Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ care, and more.

Find a rally near you in the graphics below or at go.savepublicservices.com. #SaveOurServices

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February 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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strongly agreed with Cara. some of y'all talk like you have hidden a spare population of unproblematic, unpropagandized people to build a mass movement out of under your couch cushions or something.
clbergpowers.bsky.social Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · Feb 17
It reminds me of my first labor organizing job when my trainer said "The thing that's different about labor is that you just have to organize who's here" and to some extent, the older I get, the more I realize that's true everywhere.
February 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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mhvdsa.bsky.social
Yesterday, our chapter members rallied with @sarahanaforassembly in Albany to launch the Rent Emergency Stabilization Act (REST Act), a bill that will make it much easier for upstate municipalities to adopt rent stabilization.
The image shows a diverse group of people gathered on the steps of a building, seemingly for a protest or a rally. They are holding various signs advocating for housing rights. The individuals are wearing casual attire, with some wearing winter hats, indicating a possible cold climate. In the foreground, a woman stands at a podium, speaking into a microphone. To her left, a man in a gray suit stands with his hands clasped. Architectural details, such as ornate columns and stonework, frame the scene, suggesting a historic or governmental building. The group appears engaged and attentive.
February 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM