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The fascist murderer in Buffalo was not a ālone gunman.ā He was the product of the vile white supremacist ideology
In cities large and small, people came out into the the streets
āIām astonished that in 2022 weāre still fighting over the right to abortion as healthcare and that itās been turned into such a taboo.”
This is AWUās first victory in a campaign for collective bargaining rights but not the first action by Alphabet workers
This is not a small company struggling in a competitive market ā this is a grocery giant leeching the value of workers to give to wealthy shareholders and corporate executives
A key demand was for accountability ā as the people in charge of the payroll changes have not had to face any accountability
The proposed rule change would be a major upheaval to existing railroad worker contracts
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