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Alexis Florence retweeted
BIG NEWS: The staff at @BattleAxeDig have unionized with @CWALocal2336 to form BattleAxe Workers United!
Today marks the beginning of our journey as we join workers across our industry in building a better future for everyone powering digital advocacy and campaigns.
#CWAStrong
Alexis Florence retweeted
There’s no excuse for unsafe staffing. See you all on the line at 6:45 tomorrow morning. #StrikeForStaffing
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We joined housing advocates in challenging landlord policies in Cook County that automatically reject potential tenants who have any prior connection to an eviction case. These policies are most likely to adversely impact Black renters, especially Black women.
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Very grateful for the opportunity to discuss with my colleagues the need for a mental health crisis response and prevention model that can make Chicago safer. Now we go to the table and build it together.
blockclubchicago.org/2023/07…
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Leaders STOP has developed are everywhere -- including the front page of the @washingtonpost !
Read for a powerful account of today's fight against South Side displacement: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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40 migrants locked in a detention center in the border city of Ciudad Juárez burned to death. Now, survivors and guards tell @LuisKuryaki that the migrants were jailed during the fire because they couldn’t pay a $200 to $500 bribe to be released.
More: tiktok.com/t/ZTR3FmEXC/
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Allow us to reintroduce ourselves. We are United Working Families and we fight #ForTheMany, not the few.
Join our work by becoming a UWF member today. we need to you to expand the landscape of what is possible 👇👇👇unitedworkingfamilies.org/be…
If you aren’t ready to talk about and take action on the real barriers to young people voting then I don’t want a fucking lecture.
@GKMC18 is doing the work to get young people involved support them!
We’re really excited & nervous about getting youth out to the polls to #Vote because after speaking with over 100 teens about voting we’ve seen striking similarities. 1. Barriers to voting like not having bills in their names, $ to get a State ID, having no home address 🧵👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Alexis Florence retweeted
BREAKING: This afternoon, Graduate Students United’s vote to unionize passed with 92 percent support. Now, all eyes are on how the University administration, which challenged the previous election vote in 2017, will respond.
chicagomaroon.com/38525/news…
Alexis Florence retweeted
The count is in! 1696 YES - 155 NO. 92% margin of victory! LET'S GOOOO!!!!!!
Alexis Florence retweeted
Our schools are supposed to be preparing us for our future. But unless we take things into our own hands, there's not much of a future to prepare for.
That's why we're launching ☀️Sunrise Summer Camp✊ to train the next generation of leaders to take over.
Alexis Florence retweeted
In July, @_KellyGarcia__ reported that Vallas spoke at a fundraiser for Awake Illinois, a far right group opposed to public school policies like accommodations for trans students, covid-safety measures, & discussion of the US legacy of systemic racism. chicagoreader.com/news-polit…
From the Editorial Board:
"Chicago is in need of a turnaround. In Paul Vallas, the Editorial Board endorses a smart, passionate and experienced candidate for mayor."
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Rather eat a jean jacket than talk to people on the phone? (I see you #GenZforBrandon)
Too cold to door knock?
Host a text party to elect @Brandon4Chicago!
Music in the background, some good falafel and a room full of people ready to build a #ChicagoForTheMany at our South side text partying.
We’re telling everyone why #BrandonisBetter 🔥
ALT Around 30 people in a crowded coffee shop, sitting and standing holding signs that say “Brandon Johnson for Chicago”.
Idgaf about dem slave-owning ancestors, people are dying now
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Literally removing some the great Black feminist writers who have personally changed my life.
Disgusting.
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Alexis Florence retweeted
Polls are officially open!! It's finally time to go vote GSU YES!
ALT Two grad workers hold a sign that says UNION YES
ALT Three grad workers hold signs that say FOR A LIVING WAGE, I'M VOTING YES!
ALT A group of grad workers hold signs that say I'M VOTING YES
ALT GSU-UE Union Election Information. Dates: Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2023. Times: 10am-2pm, 4pm-8pm. Location: Regenstein 122A (Hum, Div, Crown); BSD & PME: Eckhardt 102; PSD: GRAD HQ third floor bookstore; SSD, Harris, Booth: Ida Noyes Cloister Club.
