as i have said before, if you are in #tech you mostly likely were in work environment that looked down on other workers & rejected #labor#unions as unnecessary because, well you don't need them because you make the most money as a worker.
but guess what: you're still a worker. you're still from the working class.
we need y'all high-earners organizing and demanding your #unemployment benefits.
THIS IS POLITICAL PRAXIS. students in campuses are in tents, you're at the unemployment office 🧵
LAID OFF #TECH WORKERS NEED TO ORGANIZE MORE THAN EVER
as high-income earners, you will be encouraged to NOT file for #unemployment, #Medicaid#FoodStamps#HousingRelief even #SocialSecurity. why? you're denying BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to the political kakistocracy who line their pockets with the money y'all don't claim
before you go hustling for new work on these internets and fediverses, if you were laid off, HEAD TO THE CLOSEST #LABOR DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND DEMAND YOUR #UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
🗣️ LEARN #LABOR SOLIDARITY REAL QUICK BY DEMANDING YOUR #UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
we need all the high income workers storming the Labor Department. why? because your employer is obligated to pay the other half portion of your benefits.
YOU ARE LITERALLY GIVING MONEY TO #TECHBROS BY NOT CLAIMING YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
🗣️ IF YOU WERE LAID OFF RECENTLY, PLEASE GO CLAIM YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
do y'all know why these fascistas are trying to bring back #childLabor? to force families to indenture their children if they want any kind of social services; IF THEY OFFER ANY AT ALL.
I'm just about as willing to listen to trolls babble re: how the unemployment and job growth numbers from the Department of Labor are "made up" as I am to listen to Marjorie Taylor Green babble about god and earthquakes and eclipses.
Which is to say, try that with me, and my ears will just close.
The refusal of many Americans to live in the reality-based world portends nothing but disaster if we let those folks sway public discourse.
"According to economist Steven Rattner of Morning Joe, the United States has now had 26 consecutive months—more than two years—of unemployment under 4%, the longest stretch of unemployment that low since the late 1960s.
Rattner pointed out that immigrants have helped to push U.S. growth since the pandemic by adding millions of new workers to the labor market."
Rural job scheme in huge demand, hints at ongoing distress in villages
MGNREGS has generated 40 crore persondays of work more than the pre-pandemic (2019-20) level - suggesting a continuing rural distress, and that job opportunities in the cities may not have returned to normal.
Today in Labor History March 30, 1930: Hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers demonstrated in thirty cities. 35,000 marched in New York City and were violently assaulted by the police. At the time, there was virtually no formal aid available for the unemployed or poor. The ruling elite feared that workers would choose the dole over work if given the choice. So, they opposed unemployment insurance. Even the AFL opposed unemployment insurance because it saw itself as the representative of skilled workers only. It didn’t care about unskilled factory workers. The demonstrations were organized by the Communist Party, with the goal of overthrowing capitalism.