#Labor

Osaretin Victor Asemota

asemota

My cousin is starting a new retail business in Lagos and employing a lot of underpaid people who currently have jobs elsewhere. A particular guy who had worked 10 years

Nikkita Oliver

NikkitaOliver

The Uncle Ike’s protest last night presents us with a microcosm of a much larger issue when it comes to racialized capitalism in the United States on Turtle Island. From

Dr. Milksteak & Jellybeans!

Tallulahs_Ghost

I don’t think Bernie sat down to be an example of class solidarity. He *is* that, and I don’t think that’s conscious for him. It’s also great that women who

Joe Meadows

median_joes

The most frustrating thing to me about UMich's response to the strike led by @geo3550 is that the university now suddenly considers us to be employees rather than trainees. 1/5

Daniel Gross

dgorganize

Quick thread on some questions/misconceptions about solidarity unionism! (1) A solidarity union, as the name implies, is a union model of workplace change. Solidarity unionists believe a labor union is

Melinda Byerley

MJB_SF

Lately, I think a lot about how modern business management principles were perfected by slave owners (per @CC_Rosenthal “accounting for slavery”) And wonder if capitalism can ever be unbound from

Andrea Garnero

AGarnero

Great new report by MIT @workofthefuture task force: "History and economics show no intrinsic conflict amongtechnological change, full employment, and rising earnings... but we must foster institutional innovations that complement

Vala Afshar

ValaAfshar

People work very hard to put food on our tables The next time you enjoy radishes in your salad, remember the farmworkers who harvest the food that we eat. The

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gr4d

This headline is like saying that electronically-published newspapers aren't worth a damn because they're not printed on paper, and all of the effort that goes in publishing the stories is

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: January 24, 1848. Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Let's talk about how the California Gold Rush reflected the intersection of race, gender,

February 1st is InternationAl Day 🌷

warendenkform

Kind of want to expand on this idea, because I remember an Amber A'Lee Frost appearance (Chapo? Red Scare?) where she played normie-whisperer and dumped on people whose political engagement

Clive Mansa

clivemansa

There's a very good reason we don't let politicians set interest rates or the money supply: they're short-sighted and constrained by the whims of constituents. This is not an insult,

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

OlufemiOTaiwo

Apparently we're debating whether or not the term "wage slavery" is racist. @Nessanihil posted these of Lucy Parsons, Frederick Douglass, and Dr. King, which give you a sense of how

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

One of the most propagandized, weaponized & misunderstood concepts in economics is inflation.It’s also one of the most important.In this thread, we will cut through the lies about inflation &

Kim Kavin

thekimkavin

1/14 @TheDemocrats I am begging you to read this thread.In 2019, when those of us who choose to earn a living as independent contractors realized your plan was to roll

mik

wholemik

wild how i was taught for years that female prohibitionists were solely religiously motivated when they were actually also fighting domestic violence and familial instability. they were desperate and have

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