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The @MLKLabor union federation just voted to kick out the Seattle Police Officers Guild!
This is the beginning of organized labor unshackling itself from an alliance with oppressors so that it can be free to stand in solidarity with all working people. #blacklivematter #spogout
Best way to spend Yom Kippur, supporting Starbucks workers fighting the wrongs of their bosses. They stood together for living wages, stood against their boss's complicity in genocide in Palestine, stood as David against Goliath the past 4 years. Contract now! @SBWorkersUnited
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Noisy Creek bought us, promised more resources, but refused an interim agreement to raise unit wages. Now they want to hire a new reporter for more than they pay current staff. If the company can't afford to pay workers a wage we can thrive on, we can't afford new reporters.
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NEW: Seattle-based advocate Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi's partner released a statement shaming President Joe Biden for not calling Eygi's family several days after Israeli forces killed her.
I don't know who's winning the debate, but I do know we're losing #debate2024
- both support genocide
- both want fracking
- both want to build a wall
- both want WWIII with China
The withdrawal from Afghanistan was one of the best things that the Biden-Harris admin did. The Taliban took over because the US army went INTO Afghanistan, not because they pulled out.
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Seattle honors local advocate Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, demands an independent investigation into her killing, and vows to realize her vision of a free Palestine. thestranger.com/news/2024/09…
You can't be "working around the clock for a ceasefire" while you are actively funding the fire you say you want to cease. #Debate2024
Trump evokes CHOP in Seattle, asking "when are they going to be prosecuted!?" CHOP was so well maintained, when it rained there was a person sweeping the rain into the gutter. One of my biggest regrets is not taking a picture of that. Prosecute what? #Debate2024
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NEW: Cherry Street Coffee House owner complained to City Council that paying minimum wage may force him to close stores. Outraged, the workers shut down one of his stores anyway. Business may have power in City Hall, but workers still run the workplace.
thestranger.com/news/2024/08…
You can't be in favor of cease-fire, but oppose cease-funding the very same fire.
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Ahead of this week's Democratic National Convention, the people of Washington say NOT ANOTHER BOMB.
Kamala Harris, it's time for a permanent ceasefire and an arms embargo on Israel! Stop the Gaza genocide! 🇵🇸🌹
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This is one of the most undemocratic moments I’ve seen in Seattle.
25K voters across the city signed a petition to send I-137 to the ballot this November. Today was the deadline. Instead, Council cut public comment short and voted 7-1 to remove I-137 on our agenda.
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Today UAW leaders and rank-and-file members, along with the National Labor Network for Ceasefire, joined the mass mobilization in Washington, DC to oppose Netanyahu’s visit, and to call for an end to all US military aid to this war.
#StandUpUAW
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Seven major labor unions, the UAW, AFA, SEIU, NEA, APWU, UE, and IUPAT have called on the Biden Administration to halt all military aid to Israel
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Last week, HUNDREDS of Starbucks workers representing 425+ union stores participated in bargaining sessions aimed at achieving a foundational framework that is intended to be the foundation of each single-store contract.
The road has been a long one, but its finally happening!✊
ALT A large group of Starbucks Workers United members look up and pose with their fists in the air
ALT A large group of Starbucks Workers United members sit in a ballroom and raise orange folders in the air
ALT About 20 Starbucks Workers United members deliberate in a room, some with their hands up
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Not on our dime! Stand with Washington organized labor in solidarity with the Palestinian people! Our demands are:
1. Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire
2. End US Military Funding to Israel
3. No Escalation in the Middle East!
RSVP Here: actionnetwork.org/events/lab…
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The STARTING salary for cops was raised to $105k, w/ a department budget of over $370 million—the only city department without a hiring freeze.
The Seattle Public Library budget is $86.9 million.
The budgets are connected, & budgets reflect values.
#ThereFixedThat
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🚨 Breaking!!!🚨 It's official. We have ratified a first contract at Homegrown! AND, we got Syd reinstated with back pay! Strike is over, everyone is back at work. Huge thanks to everyone for all the support to get here!
#1u #BringSydBack #WeBroughtSydBack