Andrew Gorry
andrewgorry.bsky.social
Andrew Gorry
@andrewgorry.bsky.social
Unionist in higher ed (umasspsu.org), parent. Now available—What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns. https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1768
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Absolutely true. Not only in relation to sexual labor, but *all* labor
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Average US families now pay $700 more monthly for basics under Trump, as Democratic lawmakers link rising inflation to his tariffs and trade policies.
Average US Family Is Now Paying $700 More Per Month on Basic Needs Under Trump
A report by Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee blames the president’s tariffs for inflation.
truthout.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Pictured: two sandhill cranes not crossing a picket line to buy coffee
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract

*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***

Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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"Last night’s debacle made clear that we can’t wait for our side’s top 'leaders' to start leading. Winning a better country requires a new leadership in the Democratic Party & in organized labor. Anything short of that is a recipe for continued disaster."

www.laborpolitics.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Caved in the Shutdown Fight. Unions Let Them.
Millions of Americans could lose their health care because Democratic and union leaders refused to fight.
www.laborpolitics.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all.

Let's discuss.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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“My friends, the world is changing. It's not a question of whether that change will come. It's a question of who will change it.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

People are choosing real alternatives instead of continuity. Mamdani stands for an antifascist economics in the name of the many. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.

The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.

🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I’m enormously proud of what the socialist left in the United States has accomplished over the past decade. We’ve gone from nowhere to everywhere, working to build a majority coalition that can defeat fascist authoritarianism by transforming everyday people’s material conditions.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Teen Vogue has had some of the most useful coverage of labor, politics and culture under Lex's guidance—and especially because of the audience it reached. This is a real loss, and a shameful act of whitewashing by Vogue.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Robert Bresson with a cat in his lap

#Caturday
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"My salary has never been a living wage, in the six years I’ve worked here." At nearly 500 days since our contract expired, appreciating this coverage from @neatoday.bsky.social on the pay issues that staff at UMass and higher ed across the country continue to face.

www.nea.org/nea-today/al...
UMass Staff Fight for a Living Wage: ‘One Job Should Be Enough.’ | NEA
Union members at the University of Massachusetts Boston/Amherst have been working for almost 500 days without a contract. Why won’t UMass administrators provide them with a living wage?
www.nea.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Ursula Le Guin's 1999 letter to Michael Powell, the owner of Powell's Books in Portland. Powell's workers unionized in 2000 and have faced some union-busting measures since, but were the first contract in ILWU Local 5.
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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When the boss says, "Unions are great, but not for us"

Ask yourself: What’s so different about your workplace? Why would your boss push back on a union?
When the boss says “Unions are great, but not for us”
Ask yourself: What’s so different about your workplace? Why would your boss push back on a union?
workerorganizing.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible.

“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”

ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...
Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors
UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.
ctmirror.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM