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- Seattle Paraeducator #unionstrong - DSA member (@dsarandr caucus) - Labor for Black Lives - anti-zionist ✡️ - mtg - my tastes are basic AF fam - T1D

Joined February 2011
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Stop calling all Democrats socialists. It’s offensive. To socialists.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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!✊
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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
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Proud to have been part of the team that computationally analyzed the New York Times' biased coverage of Israel and Palestine. This is part of a broader effort by Writers Against the War On Gaza @wawog_now, who released today a tour-de-force exposé of NYT: newyorkwarcrimes.com/
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It’s been one week since the Israeli military launched airstrikes on the over 1.5 million Palestinians trapped in Rafah, during the Super Bowl. Following that attack, the Israeli military has killed an additional 711 people in Rafah, and injured another 941. 🧵
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Constituents have decided to sit in at Adam Smiths office in demand of a #CeasefireNOW
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Q: Do you condemn Netanyahu using the phrase “from the river to the sea”? White House spokesman John Kirby: We don’t recommend using the phrase because it’s connotation with Hamas Q: But this wasn’t Hamas, it was Netanyahu Kirby: I understand–I don’t have anything more on that
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Starbucks Workers United stands with Palestine.
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