Yoko Kuramoto-Eidsmoe
yoko-k-e.bsky.social
Yoko Kuramoto-Eidsmoe
@yoko-k-e.bsky.social
Cat lover, rabble rouser
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Scootch over, I’m joining your zoom. I have some input for the team. Unmute me
November 15, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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🚨NEW: After 6 long years of negotiations, journalists at the Chicago Tribune finally secured a first contract from Alden Global Capital.

“We won because we fought, and we fought because we believe in the work we do for Chicago,” said Unit Chair Jake Sheridan.

newsguild.org/chicago-trib...
Chicago Tribune journalists secure first contract after six years of negotiations | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
The Chicago Tribune Guild won its first contract from Alden Global Capital after six years of bargaining, securing economic gains and workplace protections.
newsguild.org
November 19, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Who made this? Ahahaha
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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Casual reminder to ignore the anti-union propaganda from corporate America. If unions were actually bad for workers, corporations wouldn't need to spend millions of dollars on union-busting.
November 15, 2024 at 4:07 AM
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Don't even joke!
Dick Van Dyke Has Hilariously Dark Response After He Was Asked About Trump's 2nd Term
Don't even joke!
www.comicsands.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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This is such an obvious bill to pass that it's supported by Jim Jordan, @wyden.senate.gov, and everyone in between. It's absolutely bonkers that Schumer won't let it come to a vote, and every single person in NY who works as a journalist or with journalists should be lighting up his switchboard.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Nov 14
NEW: Legislation that would bar the United States government from spying on journalists—except under rare, specific circumstances—is currently stalled in Congress.

Now, with only weeks left to legislate, press advocates are urging Senate Democrats to pass the bill, known as the PRESS Act.
Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism
The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the House—but it’s unclear whether the Senate will take it up.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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"There's nothing in his record that suggests that he stands up for working people. Especially working people in unions." - @sharblock.bsky.social on the track record Trump set in his first term, as we near a second. Read more from Axios & @emilypeck.bsky.social:
www.axios.com/2024/11/07/t...
How Trump's win could end the new era of labor power
Trump may have been a pro-union candidate, but whether he'll be a pro-union president is dicier.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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Today, the Board ruled that, going forward, an employer will violate the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees to attend “captive-audience” meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization under threat of discipline or discharge.

www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...
November 13, 2024 at 5:57 PM