#Unions

OK, let's do this."The Statement" - a threadStatement issues by Ministers Foley and Madigan this evening, in response to union request to rethink school reopening Thursday morning (36 hrs time)
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Today, @unisontheunion is launching 'Care After Covid: A Vision for Social Care' which sets out how the fragmented, crisis-riven care sector could be transformed into a national care system. 'Care
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Damning statement from joint general secretary of the NEU Kevin Courtney, confirming the union will advise members to refuse face to face teaching on health and safety grounds, calls Gov
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Among the most pervasive lies about capitalism is how capitalism rewards workers.Capitalism does NOT reward:• Productivity• Value• Hard work, effort, sacrifice or duration of workAs we will prove, these lies
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Everyone Shut up. I don't normally share my thoughts on important topics because I hate confrontation, but y'all have irritated me to the point of vocality. Want to amplify black
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History is repeating itself. After the Civil War, the North largely stood down (except for a soft Southern occupation thru 1876).Former Confederates ratcheted up a campaign of massacres and terror.
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(1/9) Meet Ange. She is 27, she’s a mum and a cleaner. Ange is just one the countless frontline workers who have had to work throughout this pandemic keeping us
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These are questions leftists are spewing all over social media to try to push back reopening of society until after the election.The reality is that the poor 'essential' workers are
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Since it's AGMA referendum day, it's as good a day as any to get on my favorite soapbox: AGMA is terrible. Pull up a chair! First, to acknowledge the
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This situation in India is joint venture of China and Pakistan.How they have done this?Let me introduce all the characters behind Farmer protest.Just be ready for rideThread Last year UK’s
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one way socialists at the state/local level can improve the lives of their constituents is entering the stream of commerce. States can run banks & utilities. Cities can run grocery
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Back at work today (1 minute walk to my office in the conservatory), earlier than expected as shortened leave to focus on @councilofdeans urgent priorities. Here they are : 1/
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Textile Mill Strike and Vasant Sena again :In January 1982, the great textile workers strike began in Mumbai under Datta Samant's leadership. The Girni Kamgar Union (GKU), had led militant
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The conference is beginning. “We have seen and heard some of the consequences of students not being in school.” Lists academic, medical, mental, etc. Acknowledges the CDC coming out last
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It's not even clear that countermajoritarian institutions advantage conservatism in general, as opposed to providing temporary tactical advantages to some elements of the coalition.https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/128923467296313
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New: Even before White House debuts school reopening guidance, ~64% of K-8 students nationwide are already back in the classroom in some form. GOP states w/in-person learning are pushing past
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