#Unions

I think this is broadly right - maybe “disaster” is a bit stronger than I’d want & probably “might well be necessary”. To argue as if there are no downsides
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A fantastic article by @tinagroeger on why education expansion isn’t enough to drive economic equality & social mobility.The connections she makes reflects something I’ve said about the connections of school
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THREAD Agrarian History with context of Farmers Unions. Revival of Farmers Unions is long awaited & good for Indian Agriculture. Unity among Farmers Unions is also good for mass mobilisation
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Breaking news: Federal judge shuts down NYC police unions' attempt to block public release of misconduct records. Judge Polk says unions failed to show that publishing records of discipline would
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There is a shift among some of these white collar unions that mirrors the shift in student activism over the past few years, where often they're used to police their
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[Thread] I took a break from Twitter for my mental health and because my personal life took a nose dive (yet again), but since re-joining I can't help but notice
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If you don't send your kids to school I can't see a legal defence against fines. Fine for middle class parents who may just take a punt on keeping kids
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How safe is your workplace? Almost half of all workers view the risk of Covid-19 transmission at their place of work as ‘high’ or ‘very high’(All data sourced: ‘Failed Safe?’
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So, proposed full reopening is 6 work days away.In the interest of moving forward I think it's important it's clarified as soon as possible for all involved (staff, parents, pupils)
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Part of the ecosystem we need to contend with is that the federal grants from which many research assistants and postdocs in science are paid set the pay for RAs
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I'm always bewildered with Dippers who defend the Social Contract in Ontario. There was never a technocratic solution to the crisis. The only victory would have been political: an orderly,
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Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world's largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald
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A lot of leftists are into the Richard Wolff style 'convince everyone to join a coop' method of building support for Socialism, which I do totally get - any leftist
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1/- Just realized that I kind of treat anarcho-capitalist literature the way some people (usually not libertarians) talk about Econ 101. As in, read all this, digest it & only
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"#Coders behind bars: The #prisoners training for future tech jobs"Uptake of #automation has been accelerated by design. "Around 40 million US jobs were lost in the early stages of the
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Been reflecting more on this call by the head of the US #creditunion federation to end Field of Membership. In addition to the governance issues I raised in response to
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