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"As a contribution to the discussion and debate that’s needed at all levels of the labor movement, Labor Notes is soliciting contributions from organizers and scholars on what unions can do besides hide or try to curry favor. "
https://labornotes.org/content/how-can-unions-defend-worker-power-under-trump
"It’s that these pictures, released by the Department of Labor social-media accounts and bearing the department’s seal, are uncomfortably reminiscent of posters from the 1930s. To be more specific: the ‘Heroic Realism’ of Nazi propaganda posters and the similarly stylized patriotic posters later produced in the United States.
Why is this style being used now, and what are these images for?"
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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"Only a few of the images explicitly say. But their purpose is explained in the accompanying captions: They’re promoting the department’s work on Project Firewall, meant to restore 'pathways to the American Dream by ensuring American Jobs go to American Workers.'"
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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"The very AI tools that are adding to today’s employment problems are being used by the Trump administration to chip away at reality, one white-supremacy meme and one fascistic propaganda video at a time."
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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"It’s that these pictures, released by the Department of Labor social-media accounts and bearing the department’s seal, are uncomfortably reminiscent of posters from the 1930s. To be more specific: the ‘Heroic Realism’ of Nazi propaganda posters and the similarly stylized patriotic posters later produced in the United States.
Why is this style being used now, and what are these images for?"
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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"Only a few of the images explicitly say. But their purpose is explained in the accompanying captions: They’re promoting the department’s work on Project Firewall, meant to restore 'pathways to the American Dream by ensuring American Jobs go to American Workers.'"
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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"It’s that these pictures, released by the Department of Labor social-media accounts and bearing the department’s seal, are uncomfortably reminiscent of posters from the 1930s. To be more specific: the ‘Heroic Realism’ of Nazi propaganda posters and the similarly stylized patriotic posters later produced in the United States.
Why is this style being used now, and what are these images for?"
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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"A social-media ad campaign from the Department of Labor is going viral for featuring a dozen or more images of young, blond, white men with strong jawlines and cleft chins, in blue-collared workmen’s shirts and jeans—such great jeans. ...
It’s not the use of AI that’s giving everyone pause, of course."
~ Hannah Yoest
#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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😬 Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/amazon-coventry-gmb-strikes-teamsters-labor/
😬 Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/amazon-coventry-gmb-strikes-teamsters-labor/
"Demand Google Stop Platforming israeli Propaganda Ads
A call to #action from #Google #workers"
" #Israel is deliberately starving millions of #Palestinians in #Gaza, creating a catastrophic #famine confirmed & declared "entirely man-made" by the #IPC. In the face of this atrocity, Google signed a $45 million contract with the israeli #apartheid regime to fuel propaganda that whitewashes its forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza..."
@Mannanan that is the most ignorant and/or intentionally anti-union take I've seen today.
Hold the bosses responsible. They're the ones holding the power in these dynamics. The #unions are just asking for what they deserve - a fair piece of the economic activity for which their #workers are the primary driver!
"Demand Google Stop Platforming israeli Propaganda Ads
A call to #action from #Google #workers"
" #Israel is deliberately starving millions of #Palestinians in #Gaza, creating a catastrophic #famine confirmed & declared "entirely man-made" by the #IPC. In the face of this atrocity, Google signed a $45 million contract with the israeli #apartheid regime to fuel propaganda that whitewashes its forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza..."
Texas #workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s unwillingness to crack down on scofflaw employers. Now, rates of suspected wage theft are increasing and the state #labor law enforcement system is straining to keep up. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-workers-wage-theft-complaints-surge/
Meanwhile in Ireland, a cultural Basic Income (focussed on artists) has moved from pilot to sustained policy, with the confirmation of an ongoing programme of awarding 2,000 artists €18k per annum.
Interestingly the cost of the programme was less than the benefits to the Irish economy, and the artists in receipt of funds were able to switch earnings from non-art activities to work related to their art practice.
A more general lesson here for UBI?
#UBI #workers
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ireland-basic-income-artists-program-permanent-1234756981/
Texas #workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s unwillingness to crack down on scofflaw employers. Now, rates of suspected wage theft are increasing and the state #labor law enforcement system is straining to keep up. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-workers-wage-theft-complaints-surge/
The mayor of #Chicago has called for a #GeneralStrike.
This is big news!
Yes, he's a #liberal, but if organized properly, this could be huge!
https://www.blackenterprise.com/brandon-johnson-calls-for-unity-in-general-strike-against-trump/
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Workers
The mayor of #Chicago has called for a #GeneralStrike.
This is big news!
Yes, he's a #liberal, but if organized properly, this could be huge!
https://www.blackenterprise.com/brandon-johnson-calls-for-unity-in-general-strike-against-trump/
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Workers
The mayor of #Chicago has called for a #GeneralStrike.
This is big news!
Yes, he's a #liberal, but if organized properly, this could be huge!
https://www.blackenterprise.com/brandon-johnson-calls-for-unity-in-general-strike-against-trump/
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Workers
Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against #Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’
With more than 2,700 events planned across the US, one organizer, James Phipps, 75, says: ‘Protest is all I’ve done all my life’
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT
Some of the largest #LaborUnions in the #US are involved in organizing the #NoKings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the #ServiceEmployeesInternationalUnion ( #SEIU) and #AmericanFederationOfTeachers ( #AFT) anchoring events.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-labor-unions?CMP=share_btn_url
#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #TradeUnions #USA #USpol
#news #politics
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