#Labor

U.S. Tech Workers

USTechWorkers

*Thread*Progressives often look to Denmark as a beacon of success & want those successes replicated in the US.What Progressives fail to address is Denmark’s restrictive immigration policies. They have a

Matt Notowidigdo

ProfNoto

One of the goals of #TweetABlackEconomistsPaper is to highlight the work of under-appreciated black economists, so I have to start with Mel Stephens Jr. -- no question about thathttps://twitter.com/dougwebberecon/status/1279142242746281988

Chance Lunceford Is Uncommon

TheUncommonist

My grandpa had orchards.He hired immigrants and his own sons to pick fruit.In addition to wages, my grandpa bought each laborer a pair of good boots and two pairs of

Major Gen. OLUCHI⚡️☠️

General_Oluchi

Being a feminist doesn’t mean to only argue with men on social media or nag about toxic masculinity 247. Real feminists overseas (US), fought for so many changes you see

Matt 🌹🚩

floppymozz

“I love capitalism so much”Tell that to the diabetics who are dying bc they can’t afford insulin bc pharmaceutical companies chose to gouge prices in order to make absurd profits.

j g

jstnglmr

As someone from a "white working class" family in the trades, I can tell you, anecdotally at least, that the emptying of militancy from labor unions has been decisive in

Dr. Gina Neff

ginasue

Today, Biden will sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal workers and contractors to $15/hour. You have a "failed" union campaign -- and its incredible organizer to

'I just want you to know I can see thru your mask'

TimothyS

A THREAD on South Korea and Japan.1. "A major roadblock to reconciliation is the wartime forced labor issue. It came to the fore after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in

Rem Koning

orgRem

Thanks @abhishekn for tagging me and @femonomics for starting the #TweetABlackEconomistsPaper threads.My training is in economics/strategy/sociology so I am going to highlight a black economist, strategy scholar, and sociologist! First

Nash Across the 8th Dimension

Nash076

Going to repeat this for the cheap seats:If all goes well, if everything works out 100% perfect, if the distribution chain and the process are both well planned, then the

Doug Cameron

DougCameron51

I was a member of and Chair of the Senate Environment Committee for over 3 years. Visited the Antarctic and was briefed by climate scientists. Received submissions from eminent scientists

David Brauer

dbrauer

I wrote Nellie’s oral history; here’s her election story: “One day in 1945, this wild man, the Swedish business agent Swan Assarson, said to me, ‘Nellie, you should run for

essentially expendable ✊🏼

rdustin

Administering labor contracts is a monumental drain on union coffers, member dues, time and energy of both staff and member volunteers... the accelerating bureaucracies and their control of the process

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

1. I've seen some people questioning why the Dems/uniparty are picking the 20% issues. Issues that only 20% of the people support. 2. This shouldn't be a surprise. This is

Waleed Shahid

_waleedshahid

Reading Frederick Douglass's response to President Lincoln's first inaugural address in 1861."Threats of riot, rebellion, violence and assassination had been freely, though darkly circulated, as among the probable events to

sneha.

snehasanks

i wasn’t going to weigh in on this ‘cos it’s truly exhausting. but there are some very troubling responses and non-points in the replies here. especially from young designers, so

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