Husband, Father, Grandfather, Son - Workers United Organizing Director & Vice-President. Changing the world one worker conversation at a time! Views are my own.
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5 times we voted before me and my coworkers won our Union!!! It took 25 years and many votes to win Victory for workers at Cannon Mills!!! One thing is certain...We NEVER Give Up!! #WUNoMatterWhat @WorkersUnited
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Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a first contract for five years. So we’re joining @SBWorkersUnited workers across the country to #BoycottStarbucks stand-alone corporate stores nationwide until baristas win the fair contract they deserve.
boycottstarbucks.net/
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: starbucksworkersunited.contr…
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: End union busting in the fashion supply chain!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/en…
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Senator Alex Padilla had every right to speak up for his constituents.
This is authoritarianism. Plain and simple.
And this is how Democracy dies.
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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ICE agents injured and detained @seiucalifornia President David Huerta - an American citizen - while he was advocating for immigrant workers.
Let's be clear: we WILL defend our First Amendment right to protest.
Free David Huerta.
End Ice Raids Now.
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RT @SBWorkersUnited: 🚨BREAKING: We just surpassed 600 UNION ELECTION VICTORIES!
CONGRATS to Starbucks partners who won their unions in a N…
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I know y’all heard that!
Union power belongs everywhere. Even here.
From the stage to the streets, the fight continues.
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HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE crowd has gathered in Philadelphia outside City Hall for a May Day protest against Donald Trump (Video: @NBCPhiladelphia)
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Rest in power and peace, Sam.
You will always be remembered for your service, your courage, your grace, and your unwavering dedication.
So many lives were changed for the better under your watch — your impact will never be forgotten! #WUNoMatterWhat
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This is the best Eagles winning the Super Bowl video of Broad Street.
Video: @billykyle
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Philadelphia bleeds green. 💚 #FlyEaglesFly
#discoverPHL 🎥: N. Bayona
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Madison Starbucks workers join national strike on Christmas Eve day channel3000.com/news/madison… via @WISCTV_News3
@opinunion
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‘Twas the Strike Before Christmas photo dump! Philly SBWU walked the picket line for three days to join over 300 union locations on a nationwide weeklong strike!
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Don't cross the picket line! No Starbucks from now through the 24th!
🔥 TWAS THE STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! 🔥✊
Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵
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RT @SBWorkersUnited: ⚠️BREAKING: 98% of SBWU baristas voted to authorize a ULP strike, if necessary - just DAYS before our emergency campai…
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RT @SBWorkersUnited: Starbucks workers are entering the final phase of negotiations at the bargaining table- and each month, more and more…
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