@RichardAMinter1

Husband, Father, Grandfather, Son - Workers United Organizing Director & Vice-President. Changing the world one worker conversation at a time! Views are my own.

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Joined January 2021
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Replying to @jamieson @RWDSU
5 times we voted before me and my coworkers won our Union!!! It took 25 years and many votes to win Victory for workers at Cannon Mills!!! One thing is certain...We NEVER Give Up!! #WUNoMatterWhat @WorkersUnited
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Liz Shuler@LizShulerAug 25
Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a first contract for five years. So we’re joining @SBWorkersUnited workers across the country to #BoycottStarbucks stand-alone corporate stores nationwide until baristas win the fair contract they deserve. boycottstarbucks.net/

BOYCOTT STARBUCKS

Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: starbucksworkersunited.contr…

No Contract, No Coffee Pledge

 Baristas are the most important part of the Starbucks experience. Baristas open the stores every morning and close them every night. They greet customers, make the coffee, clean up the spills, and...

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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: End union busting in the fashion supply chain!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/en…

End union busting in the fashion supply chain!

By adding your voice to this Warehouse Workers Uniting Digital Action, you can help us win union recognition and justice for logistics workers who make the global fashion industry work. Fill out your...

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A selfless hero. We need more like him
Community Notes & Violations
@CNviolations15 Jul 2025
This teen saved 4 lives without hesitation.
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April Verrett@SEIUPres12 Jun 2025
Senator Alex Padilla had every right to speak up for his constituents. This is authoritarianism. Plain and simple. And this is how Democracy dies.
Jacob Soboroff
@jacobsoboroff12 Jun 2025
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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April Verrett@SEIUPres9 Jun 2025
ICE agents injured and detained @seiucalifornia President David Huerta - an American citizen - while he was advocating for immigrant workers. Let's be clear: we WILL defend our First Amendment right to protest. Free David Huerta. End Ice Raids Now.
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🚨BREAKING: We just surpassed 600 UNION ELECTION VICTORIES! CONGRATS to Starbucks partners who won their unions in a NEAR UNANIMOUS LANDSLIDE!! ✊ABQ, NM - Coors Bypass & 7 Bar L - [15-0] ✊Moon Township, PA - Moon Township - [13-0] ✊Richmond, VA - North Robinson Rd - [10-1]
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April Verrett@SEIUPres1 Jun 2025
I know y’all heard that! Union power belongs everywhere. Even here. From the stage to the streets, the fight continues.
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SEIU
@SEIU3 May 2025
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Marco Foster
@MarcoFoster_1 May 2025
HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE crowd has gathered in Philadelphia outside City Hall for a May Day protest against Donald Trump (Video: @NBCPhiladelphia)
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SEIU
@SEIU1 May 2025
Our unity is our power. #MayDay #WeMakeAmericaWork
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Staying quiet is not an option !!
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Rest in power and peace, Sam. You will always be remembered for your service, your courage, your grace, and your unwavering dedication. So many lives were changed for the better under your watch — your impact will never be forgotten! #WUNoMatterWhat
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OnPattison
@OnPattison10 Feb 2025
This is the best Eagles winning the Super Bowl video of Broad Street. Video: @billykyle
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discoverPHL@discoverPHL18 Jan 2025
Philadelphia bleeds green. 💚 #FlyEaglesFly #discoverPHL 🎥: N. Bayona
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Madison Starbucks workers join national strike on Christmas Eve day channel3000.com/news/madison… via @WISCTV_News3 @opinunion

Madison Starbucks workers join national strike on Christmas Eve day

MADISON, Wis. -- On Tuesday, unionized baristas picketed outside the Starbucks on East Main St. calling for greater wages and a contract.

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Philly Workers United@PJBWU26 Dec 2024
‘Twas the Strike Before Christmas photo dump! Philly SBWU walked the picket line for three days to join over 300 union locations on a nationwide weeklong strike!
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Daisy Pitkin@daisypitkin21 Dec 2024
Don't cross the picket line! No Starbucks from now through the 24th!
Starbucks Workers United@SBWorkersUnited20 Dec 2024
🔥 TWAS THE STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! 🔥✊ Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵
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⚠️BREAKING: 98% of SBWU baristas voted to authorize a ULP strike, if necessary - just DAYS before our emergency campaign call Thursday @ 8:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET 🔥✊ Our union is STRONG - and we’re READY. 🧵
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Starbucks workers are entering the final phase of negotiations at the bargaining table- and each month, more and more are organizing unions. In fact, 150+ stores unionized this year alone! Today, 11 more stores are announcing their union efforts- with more TBA soon🧵
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