A Global Movement for Union Solidarity With Palestine Is Underway
From India to Canada to Belgium and many places in between, union members are standing up in solidarity with the Palestinian people, taking action to stop the flow of arms being used by Israel in its destructive war on Gaza.
Every single ‘software engineer’ I know who has ever over-valued their own work over blue collar work has, without fail, turned out to be MAGAs or incels. They tend to be the people who have their self worth wrapped up in their compensation and status, and are quick to anger when transit workers or delivery drivers, who work long hours in ways that are taxing in every way, break their narrative for themselves
@skinnylatte The very notion of certain jobs/work being “no or low-skilled” is very classist and elitist. Someone once said, “if you have to be taught how to do something then that IS a skill.” Most of those snobs upset about the UPS labor agreement would crumble in 15 minutes if they had to do the taxing manual labor snd service work required to keep our nation operating. EVERYONE deserves a living wage.
I will always favor #unionizedworkers but building any kind of #workersolidarity always brings me joy. I let a couple folks from another trade know that their boss and my boss was trash talking them a couple weeks back, then I got sent to another job. Came back to that job today to a warm greeting with smiles on their faces. Warms my heart.
"In this sense, the entertainment industry is just like every other industry operating under America’s rather gruff version of capitalism. If left to their own devices, companies will always try to push labor costs towards zero and executive pay towards infinity. "
Food bank offers free groceries to actors and writers on strike (www.latimes.com)
WGA and SAG-AFTRA members who show their card at World Harvest Food Bank in Arlington Heights can fill a grocery cart with anything on the shelves.