"My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” Because this is not what I voted for. I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the most dangerous place for workers in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country." -- Aftyn Behn. #TN07 #Tennessee #1u

"My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” Because this is not what I voted for. I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the most dangerous place for workers in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country." -- Aftyn Behn. #TN07 #Tennessee #1u

The AEI is in panic because only 61% of 12th grade girls say they want to get married as of 2023 compared to 83% in 1993. Maybe it's because the very people the AEI is championing want a society where motherhood is frowned on and women are denied equal pay for equal work. Support motherhood? Join the movements for unions, #MedicareForAll, #Housing for all, and #BasicIncome so people can afford to get married and have kids. #1u

Someone asked if people are willing to pay $8 for their coffee at Starbucks if the union gets its way. Someone bought me a coffee at Starbucks recently, and it was $6.50. I suspect they would. #1u

The Starbucks CEO is paid $95.8 million a year. The median worker at Starbucks makes $14,674 a year, which is barely enough for a living wage here in the middle of nowhere, let alone #NYC or #California. (Americans for Tax Fairness) #1u

The AEI is in panic because only 61% of 12th grade girls say they want to get married as of 2023 compared to 83% in 1993. Maybe it's because the very people the AEI is championing want a society where motherhood is frowned on and women are denied equal pay for equal work. Support motherhood? Join the movements for unions, #MedicareForAll, #Housing for all, and #BasicIncome so people can afford to get married and have kids. #1u

Someone asked if people are willing to pay $8 for their coffee at Starbucks if the union gets its way. Someone bought me a coffee at Starbucks recently, and it was $6.50. I suspect they would. #1u

The Starbucks CEO is paid $95.8 million a year. The median worker at Starbucks makes $14,674 a year, which is barely enough for a living wage here in the middle of nowhere, let alone #NYC or #California. (Americans for Tax Fairness) #1u

The #KansasCity Tenants Union jumped into action when they learned SNAP benefits would be delayed thanks to the #Trump shutdown. They went door to door to feed people. Thousands of people were fed. #Missouri #1u (Cinemarxism)

The #KansasCity Tenants Union jumped into action when they learned SNAP benefits would be delayed thanks to the #Trump shutdown. They went door to door to feed people. Thousands of people were fed. #Missouri #1u (Cinemarxism)

Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays. They also cut pay for hourly store workers. (Bloomberg) #1u

#Trump is now threatening to dock the backpay of air traffic controllers who didn't show up to work during the shutdown that he created. It is illegal to dock workers pay like this. We need to give government workers the right to strike and stop treating them like second-class citizens. #1u

#Trump is now threatening to dock the backpay of air traffic controllers who didn't show up to work during the shutdown that he created. It is illegal to dock workers pay like this. We need to give government workers the right to strike and stop treating them like second-class citizens. #1u

NINETY TWO PERCENT of Starbucks union members just voted to authorize a strike, kicking off on 13 November unless they (finally) get a fair contract: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/starbucks-workers-union-strike-november-13-red-cup-day/

#labor #1u

NINETY TWO PERCENT of Starbucks union members just voted to authorize a strike, kicking off on 13 November unless they (finally) get a fair contract: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/starbucks-workers-union-strike-november-13-red-cup-day/

#labor #1u