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If we donāt organize and either get living-wage laws passed, or minimum wage drastically increased, [all] of these gains, especially adjusted for inflation, are just going to be lost.ā
“Educators and institutions from around the world have come forward, as part of a vibrant and growing international movement in opposition to Israeli colonization and apartheid. We call on others to join us.”
Ilhan Omar is calling for them to be suspended
Right now there is a movement of workers across the country who are taking back their power at a scale we have not seen in recent memoryā
Mechanics at American Airlines are threatening to strike if a new contract isnāt negotiated, and the union president has declared that employees are prepared for the dispute to erupt into āthe bloodiest, ugliest battle that the United States labor movement ever saw.ā
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