The Democratic Party abandoned labor law reform during the Carter Administration - they've had plenty of chances to give us that (Clinton's first term, Obama's first term, the first half of Biden's term) and they never delivered
We've fallen from 24% union density under Carter to an anemic 6% today - continuing to support the Democrats is a path to failure - O'Brien turning his back on the Dems is a good first start
As for the NLRA, it's the worst thing that ever happened to private sector unions - it restricts our freedom of speech, right to protest and right to strike, makes us beg employers and the government for permission to organize and it got America's unions into that cesspool of corruption known as the health insurance industry - repeal the NLRA and let us go back to fighting it out on the picket line
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Shawn Fain would have been upset if he found out he did not get to have his selfie taken with ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. You did the right thing.
Solidarity forever. Those of you who read my posts regularly know that our Union contract, which was OVERDUE by almost a year, was ratified. Last paycheck in December, we got paper checks for back pay, which got deposited same day. I've been on the job for five years and it's time to leave for a better one, which may end my days as a Union maid. I'm looking for something much closer to home; I'm done with five day a week travel to and from The South Bronx. I'll miss some of my clients, and a number of my coworkers, and I'm not leaving until a) I have another job, and b) I use up the rest of my vacation time, since payout is 50%.
I gotta say I never was a union member worker. I was just a worker in the system. I had big bosses, little bosses, corporate bosses, all kind of bosses. I never really got to boss anyone around but I didn't really care, if I asked someone to do something, they did it, or not. None of us were union members, especially in the white collar world. There already was a certain amount of inherent worker rights. That's what the unions created in the beginning and it became the standard if you were union or not. That's why I support all unions, unequivocally!
From what I've seen in the last year, it appears that there are many primates who will vote to fuck themselves over given the right ooga booga thump a few sticks and drums yakkity yak. (Insert standard dumbass right wing nonsense here)
I'm supposed to be impressed by the human race? LMAO - no.
Hey don't forget the New York Times tech guild strike, and in solidarity we didn't do Wordle or NYT Connections puzzles for a week or so. The strike did get the workers enough attention from the owners to force progress in the negotiations.
Things aren't going great for yr faithful Thrustwell. I can pehaps go into some details later. But there may be some hope and/or silver linings yet. Happy New Year, you DILFs, MILFs, GILFs and SPILFs*, and may the odds be ever in your favor.
Union today. Union tomorrow. Union forever.
The Democratic Party abandoned labor law reform during the Carter Administration - they've had plenty of chances to give us that (Clinton's first term, Obama's first term, the first half of Biden's term) and they never delivered
We've fallen from 24% union density under Carter to an anemic 6% today - continuing to support the Democrats is a path to failure - O'Brien turning his back on the Dems is a good first start
As for the NLRA, it's the worst thing that ever happened to private sector unions - it restricts our freedom of speech, right to protest and right to strike, makes us beg employers and the government for permission to organize and it got America's unions into that cesspool of corruption known as the health insurance industry - repeal the NLRA and let us go back to fighting it out on the picket line
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Well, it's a new year so have some facts!
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/g4933/new-years-facts/
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ 2015 '๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช' ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.
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Well, it's a new year so have some facts!
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/g4933/new-years-facts/
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 50 ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต 3,000 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ!
Holy cow! Dune Part Two is on Netflix! Guess I know what Iโm doing tonight.
I bought that from AppleTV last weekend. I bought Part 1 a few weeks ago from Fandango.
Shawn Fain would have been upset if he found out he did not get to have his selfie taken with ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. You did the right thing.
Solidarity forever. Those of you who read my posts regularly know that our Union contract, which was OVERDUE by almost a year, was ratified. Last paycheck in December, we got paper checks for back pay, which got deposited same day. I've been on the job for five years and it's time to leave for a better one, which may end my days as a Union maid. I'm looking for something much closer to home; I'm done with five day a week travel to and from The South Bronx. I'll miss some of my clients, and a number of my coworkers, and I'm not leaving until a) I have another job, and b) I use up the rest of my vacation time, since payout is 50%.
GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!
Change is good. Knowing when to change is better. Having the guts to follow your heart to something better is best. All the love, Z.
Namaste to you Love Birds....
Happy New Year
I gotta say I never was a union member worker. I was just a worker in the system. I had big bosses, little bosses, corporate bosses, all kind of bosses. I never really got to boss anyone around but I didn't really care, if I asked someone to do something, they did it, or not. None of us were union members, especially in the white collar world. There already was a certain amount of inherent worker rights. That's what the unions created in the beginning and it became the standard if you were union or not. That's why I support all unions, unequivocally!
A rising boat trickles down all tides!
The vote for speaker is Friday. The counting and certification of electoral votes Monday. The crystal ball says:
Popcorn!
I pop mine slowly in an actual covered pan with extra virgin and slab of butter. Salt, lemon pepper and hint of grated Parmesan.
Best get poppin bitches!
Do you use low heat or high heat? I always seem to get that wrong.
Start med high. Starts to pop I turn it down med low and shake.
The popping grasshopper. The popping slows as it almost stops pull it.
Shake a little togarashi powder in there and we're good to go.
Done. Soon as I get to the store.
Thanks, always open.
Oh WhatCulture. Never change.
They did a list of 10 Japanese Horror Movies You Have to See Before You Die.
They put Ju-On at number one. Over both Ringu AND Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Kairo (Pulse).
They put Pulse at NUMBER EFFING NINE.
Just...damn.
"They did a list of 10 Japanese Horror Movies You Have to See Before You Die."
But which ones do you have to see *after* you die?
Godzilla Ate Siskel and Ebert.
Duran Duran praises
"The Union"
https://youtu.be/n6p5Q6_JBes?si=UoOn4UlbqHopnF-1
From what I've seen in the last year, it appears that there are many primates who will vote to fuck themselves over given the right ooga booga thump a few sticks and drums yakkity yak. (Insert standard dumbass right wing nonsense here)
I'm supposed to be impressed by the human race? LMAO - no.
Good luck motherfuckers.
KoKo the gorilla wept.
I thank God for the union everyday.
Yes. Are you NEA?
UFT, but yeah, under NEA.
Oh...lol, because my brain *meant* UFT, but the fingers had other ideas.
Hey don't forget the New York Times tech guild strike, and in solidarity we didn't do Wordle or NYT Connections puzzles for a week or so. The strike did get the workers enough attention from the owners to force progress in the negotiations.
Will we get a post from our Canadian boyfriend? I was saving Burton Cummings's birthday for that, but we're running out of time.
"These Eyes" goes through more key changes in one song than an entire Manilow show.
What day do they celebrate Canadadian New Year's?
We've got a way to go yet, surely?
Legislative Shitmuffin and Badass of the year for two.
oof, Shitmuffin...it's near impossible to choose just one.
Right? I think the Pig Fucker should be in there somewhere. Note I didn't say which one!
Oh, yeah! I completely forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder!
Things aren't going great for yr faithful Thrustwell. I can pehaps go into some details later. But there may be some hope and/or silver linings yet. Happy New Year, you DILFs, MILFs, GILFs and SPILFs*, and may the odds be ever in your favor.
*Single People I'd Like to Firmly handshake.
Keep the faith, Lance, we're rooting for you!!
Crossing fingers for you, Thrustwell