Gregory Butler
@gregoryabutler.bsky.social
EXCEPT NOT REALLY
just another person who sells my labor power for wages
Radical Union Guy ("all power to the working class")
workerist not leftist
"dissecting union struggles, Syrian politics & snake-loving jobs with a sharp, no-nonsense edge"
just another person who sells my labor power for wages
Radical Union Guy ("all power to the working class")
workerist not leftist
"dissecting union struggles, Syrian politics & snake-loving jobs with a sharp, no-nonsense edge"
Pinned
DISUNITED BROTHERHOODS: ...race, racketeering and the fall of the New York construction unions
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DISUNITED BROTHERHOODS ...race, racketeering and the fall of the New York construction unions by Gregory A Butler
DISUNITED BROTHERHOODS ...race, racketeering and the fall of the New York construction unions by Gregory A Butler
On Veterans’ Day, Remember James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran" - Hero of the Red Scare
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On Veterans’ Day, Remember James Kutcher, Hero of the Red Scare
More than 75 years ago, one veteran fought the U.S. government’s right-wing blacklists. Today, we should learn from his example.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On Veterans’ Day, Remember James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran" - Hero of the Red Scare
www.currentaffairs.org/news/on-vete...
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Betrayal at the Top. Labor Activist Takes on Trump-Aligned Teamsters Boss.
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Betrayal at the Top. Labor Activist Takes on Trump-Aligned Teamsters Boss.
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
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November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Betrayal at the Top. Labor Activist Takes on Trump-Aligned Teamsters Boss.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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AFL-CIO Fights for Veterans Amid Attacks on Their Jobs, Health Care and Freedoms
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AFL-CIO Fights for Veterans Amid Attacks on Their Jobs, Health Care and Freedoms | AFL-CIO
On Veterans Day, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement:
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November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
AFL-CIO Fights for Veterans Amid Attacks on Their Jobs, Health Care and Freedoms
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Why is it when you talk to a certain kind of White male leftist about how they can deal with other Whites who are racist, they always want to babble on about PUNCH NAZEES?
Do they really think they can change another's mind by beating them up?
Do they really think they can change another's mind by beating them up?
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why is it when you talk to a certain kind of White male leftist about how they can deal with other Whites who are racist, they always want to babble on about PUNCH NAZEES?
Do they really think they can change another's mind by beating them up?
Do they really think they can change another's mind by beating them up?
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James Watson was an extreme misogynist and racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s DNA research. Full Stop.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
James Watson was an extreme misogynist and racist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s DNA research. Full Stop.
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I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I see James Watson has died.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
What did Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.
Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.
www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...
“The Greatest New York City Mayor of All Time” –
Fiorello La Guardia, Zohran Mamdani and the New York City working class - Spectre Journal
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Fiorello La Guardia, Zohran Mamdani and the New York City working class - Spectre Journal
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“The Greatest New York City Mayor of All Time” – Spectre Journal
Keith Rosenthal looks back on the historical record of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in order to reexamine the relationship between social movements and their elected officials.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“The Greatest New York City Mayor of All Time” –
Fiorello La Guardia, Zohran Mamdani and the New York City working class - Spectre Journal
spectrejournal.com/the-greatest...
Fiorello La Guardia, Zohran Mamdani and the New York City working class - Spectre Journal
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It's election day in NYC - you have until 9:00 PM to go out and vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #nocuomo
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's election day in NYC - you have until 9:00 PM to go out and vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #nocuomo
Think tank encourages states to protect and expand worker protections
www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/275...
www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/275...
Think tank encourages states to protect and expand worker protections
Washington — State policymakers can maintain or bolster worker rights and safety and health protections – which are “under acute threat” – via a three-step plan, the Economic Policy Institute says in ...
www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Think tank encourages states to protect and expand worker protections
www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/275...
www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/275...
Reposted by Gregory Butler
Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.
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KENYA: Women trade unionists urged to push for end of child-labour in Kenya’s tea, coffee sectors saccoreview.co.ke/women-trade-...
Women trade unionists urged to push for end of child-labour in Kenya’s tea, coffee sectors - Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya
The Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya (COTU-K) has urged women trade unionists in the country to take a frontline role in ending child labour
saccoreview.co.ke
November 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
KENYA: Women trade unionists urged to push for end of child-labour in Kenya’s tea, coffee sectors saccoreview.co.ke/women-trade-...
Cuomo, Who Cut Public Worker Pensions, Joins Mayoral Candidates Calling to Boost Them www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/t...
Cuomo, Who Cut Public Worker Pensions, Joins Mayoral Candidates Calling to Boost Them
More than a decade after reducing benefits for newly hired “Tier 6” public workers, the ex-governor says the city can afford to lower the retirement age. Workers and budget watchdogs remain skeptical.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Cuomo, Who Cut Public Worker Pensions, Joins Mayoral Candidates Calling to Boost Them www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/t...
Graham Platner Is Not Going to Be Senator
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Graham Platner Is Not Going to Be Senator
Bad choices sometimes have consequences
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October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Graham Platner Is Not Going to Be Senator
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CANADA / USA: New USW leaders prepare to take office usw.ca/new-usw-lead...
New USW leaders prepare to take office - USW Canada
Pittsburgh – A historic new slate of officers will take over leadership of the United Steelworkers (USW) in March following the union’s regular four-year nomination and election process that took plac...
usw.ca
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
CANADA / USA: New USW leaders prepare to take office usw.ca/new-usw-lead...
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A fundamental problem with left defenses of Platner is that he has not responded to the events of the last week in the way that someone with a rigorous and deeply held left ideology would.
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A fundamental problem with left defenses of Platner is that he has not responded to the events of the last week in the way that someone with a rigorous and deeply held left ideology would.
OPINION: America is overdue for a general strike
Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it?
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Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it?
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OPINION: America is overdue for a general strike - The Labor Tribune
Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it? By A.J. SCHUMANN “May Day 2028 will be the defining moment of our generation,” United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain d...
labortribune.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
OPINION: America is overdue for a general strike
Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it?
labortribune.com/opinion-amer...
Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it?
labortribune.com/opinion-amer...
Graham Platner let me down | Opinion www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/25/g...
Graham Platner let me down | Opinion
With hope in desperately short supply, we don't need any more fecklessness.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Graham Platner let me down | Opinion www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/25/g...
What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.
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Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.
www.theatlantic.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Left Put Its Faith in Graham Platner. Will He Break Its Heart?
theintercept.com/2025/10/25/g...
theintercept.com/2025/10/25/g...
The Left Put Its Faith in Graham Platner. Will He Break Its Heart?
Support for the Maine Senate candidate suggests that voters are so sick of what the establishment has to offer, they might look past a Nazi tattoo.
theintercept.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Left Put Its Faith in Graham Platner. Will He Break Its Heart?
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theintercept.com/2025/10/25/g...
Note to the Democratic Party - "working class" does NOT mean "bigoted White millionaire small business owner without a college degree" - half the actual working class is women, 40% are minority, 20% are immigrant most of us have some higher education
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Note to the Democratic Party - "working class" does NOT mean "bigoted White millionaire small business owner without a college degree" - half the actual working class is women, 40% are minority, 20% are immigrant most of us have some higher education