#workingpeople — Public Fediverse posts
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Toronto Renters Just Formed The First City-wide Tenants Union #renters #TenantsUnion #union #workers #WorkingPeople #Toronto youtube.com/watch?v=0T93...
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Out of an extreme sense of charity, I am not going to name the NDP leadership candidate I just received an email from with the Subject Line:
“Final Payment is Due / Le paiement final est à rendre”.But… not a good look for a union man… 👎
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp #ndpLeader #workingpeople #affordability #advertisement
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#MayDay protesters will rally nationwide against the 'war on working people'
Emma Bowman, April 30, 2025
"Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets nationwide on Thursday in May Day rallies opposing the #Trump administration.
"May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as #InternationalLaborDay, occurs on May 1 each year. This year, activists in the U.S. aim to build on the momentum of recent widespread grassroots protests against policies implemented by the Trump administration.
"#AntiTrump protesters have expressed a range of concerns regarding the administration's recent actions, including the elimination of thousands of federal #jobs, #immigration raids, and billionaire Elon #Musk's involvement in downsizing the U.S. government.
"A protest against the Trump administration's 'war on #WorkingPeople'
"On May Day, protesters are honing their message to decry what they say are attacks on the working class and immigrants. Organizers for the effort, called #MayDayStrong, say the administration and its billionaire allies pose a threat to labor rights, public services, and the safety of immigrants regardless of their legal status. Organizers have stated their opposition to violent forms of protest.
"' This is a war on working people,' organizers said on the May Day Strong events web page.
" 'They're defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence,' they added. 'We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They've ruled for too long.'
"The White House did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment.
"The U.S. does not officially observe the labor holiday, due to what historians say is an enduring resistance to working-class unity. Despite that resistance, America's working class has found ways to commemorate May Day since the 19th century."
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#Journal, Day 1866
Monday, 28 April 2025
Ukraine War: Day 1172
Hamas-Israel War: Day 568
Mass shootings in the USA in 2025: 89
Days of OSG in office: 99
Days until Midterm Elections: 554#canadianelection #liberalpartyofcanada #workingpeople
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83H1LEoZP28
How Dem Establishment is Blocking #WorkingPeople from Running for Office
#GabrielCornejo speaks with Status Coup
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#SmallBusinesses—the Engines of #Rural #Economies—Need a Fair #TaxSystem
#Taxbreaks for #corporations and the #ultrarich hurt #workingpeople
https://barnraisingmedia.com/small-business-rural-america-tax-plan-reform/
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#SmallBusinesses—the Engines of #Rural #Economies—Need a Fair #TaxSystem
#Taxbreaks for #corporations and the #ultrarich hurt #workingpeople
https://barnraisingmedia.com/small-business-rural-america-tax-plan-reform/
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#SmallBusinesses—the Engines of #Rural #Economies—Need a Fair #TaxSystem
#Taxbreaks for #corporations and the #ultrarich hurt #workingpeople
https://barnraisingmedia.com/small-business-rural-america-tax-plan-reform/
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#SmallBusinesses—the Engines of #Rural #Economies—Need a Fair #TaxSystem
#Taxbreaks for #corporations and the #ultrarich hurt #workingpeople
https://barnraisingmedia.com/small-business-rural-america-tax-plan-reform/
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#SmallBusinesses—the Engines of #Rural #Economies—Need a Fair #TaxSystem
#Taxbreaks for #corporations and the #ultrarich hurt #workingpeople
https://barnraisingmedia.com/small-business-rural-america-tax-plan-reform/
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Last year Dan Osborn, a former union president and strike leader, almost won a Senate seat in deep-red Nebraska as a populist independent. Osborn has now started a PAC to recruit, train, and support more blue-collar candidates for public office.
https://jacobin.com/2025/01/osborn-nebraska-working-class-independents
#news #USnews #politics #government #union #strike #labor #WorkingPeople #organizing #WorkingClass
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#BernieSanders Says There Is No Choice: 'We Must Defeat the #Oligarchs'
The U.S. Senator from Vermont is asking big questions about how to achieve—even in the face of #Trump's return—an "economy and government that works for all, not just the few."
by Jon Queally, Nov 30, 2024"With the progressive movement in the United States still grappling with how best to respond to president-elect Donald Trump's victory earlier this month, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement Saturday clarifying his belief that confronting the ruling oligarchy over the 'coming months and years' will be the key battle for anyone who wants to build an economy and political system that puts the interests of everyday #WorkingPeople ahead of those of #SuperWealthy elites.
"The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont suggested Trump's victory was the direct result of a political economy largely controlled by the nation's richest individuals and powerful #corporations and a situation in which massive wealth inequality has also created an incredible power imbalance.
"'This is what Oligarchy looks like,' Sanders said. 'Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, three multi-billionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.'
"With a 'greater concentration of ownership than we have seen since the #GildedAge,' Sanders continued, from healthcare and financial services to the food, transportation, and housing sectors—'fewer and fewer giant corporations control what is produced and the prices we pay.'
"Sanders slammed a corporate media system in which corporate consolidation has led to an information and entertainment ecosystem in which an estimated '90% of U.S. media is controlled by just six huge global conglomerates,' and a political system 'increasingly controlled by the #BillionaireClass' that is allowed to inject nearly limitless amounts of money into elections, most of it secretly and without accountability.
"'In the recent elections,' Sanders bemoaned, 'just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion to get their candidates elected.' Such a reality, he said, must be challenged.
"'Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.'
"How can such a defeat of these powerful forces be achieved? Sanders' latest statement did not reveal a prescription, but in a series of recent missives, social media posts, and interviews over the last week, the two-time presidential candidate has said that focusing on building working-class power is the key.
"In a letter to supporters last week, Sanders said the question of 'where do we go from here?' is a 'very serious' one that demands deep scrutiny in the coming weeks and months. And he asked a series of more specific questions that he said must be addressed, including:
• How do we expand our efforts to build a multi-racial, multi-generational working-class movement?
• How do we create a 50 state movement, not politics based on the electoral college and 'battleground' states?
• How do we deal with #CitizensUnited and the ability of billionaires to buy elections?
• How do we recruit more working-class candidates for office at all levels of government?
• Should we be supporting Independent candidates who are prepared to take on both parties?
• How do we better support union organizing?
• How do we put together listening sessions around the country that intentionally seek input from people who did not vote for Democrats in the last election?
• How do we best use social media to build our movement and combat the lies and disinformation coming from the billionaire class and right-wing media?"In a subsequent interview with The Nation, Sanders it is 'absolutely' necessary to find ways to challenge both the #DemocraticParty and the #RepublicanParty, both of which are dominated by #CorporateInterests and #WealthyDonors.
"'We just cannot sit back and accept candidates who are not prepared to stand up to #BigMoney interests and fight for the working class,' Sanders said. 'We cannot continue to do that. So, in one way or another, we have got to bring forth candidates who [will stand up to Big Money].'"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy
#USPol #Oligarchy #Oligarchs #GlobalOligarchy #USPol #Corporatocracy #Oligarchs #CorporateFascism #HungerGames #StillSanders #Duopoly #EndCitizensUnited #WealthInequality
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“‘My late husband always said that the only way to make money out of poor people is by keeping them poor.’”
Terry Pratchett; Making Money
#Discworld #ThereMayBeTroubleAhead #BusFareCapHit #WorkingPeople #FirstLabourBudgetIncoming -
A song from our recording session in February:
Who liveth so merry - an anonymous #Tudor #ballad describing a variety of #workingpeople.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NxO2FDztk8&ab_channel=Passamezzo
#earlymusic #earlymodern #tudors #16thCentury #17thCentury #socialhistory #folk #folksong #lute #histodon #histodons #history @histodons @earlymusic @earlymodern @earlymodernmaritimestudies
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The #Harris campaign distributed a ~80-pg white paper called "A New Way Forward for the #MiddleClass," on #economic #policy, to the VIPs & reporters. There are 13 chapters, including “Cut Taxes for #WorkingPeople” & “Invest in #SmallBusinesses That Drive #Growth #Innovation & #Jobs.”
#OpportunityEconomy #economy #KamalaHarris #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
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Keir Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerity | Labour | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/21/keir-starmer-vows-to-protect-public-services-from-fresh-austerity#Starmer
#Austerity
#PublicServices
#WorkingPeople
#Gray
#SueGray
#Leaks
#Donations
#Clothes
#Labour
#Tories
#NHS
#Unions
#WinterFuelAllowance
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Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commonsAlarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’
UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
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Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commonsAlarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’
UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
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Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commonsAlarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’
UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
#GTTO -
Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commonsAlarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’
UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
#GTTO -
Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commonsAlarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’
UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
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Editorial: Tories set on making life even more miserable for working people | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tories-set-making-life-even-more-miserable-working-people#WorkingPeople
#Cameron
#Tories
#Austerity
#Benefits
#Hunt
#WorkingClass
#PoorPay
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From Robber Barons to #Bezos: Is #History Repeating Itself?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmq7QqqY4vo
We’re now in the Second #GildedAge. As in the first, #America’s #wealth is in the hands of a few, conspicuous #consumption exists alongside #homelessness and #hunger, #monopolies crush competition, money corrupts #politics, and #workingpeople are abused and #exploited.
The good news? Just like back then, we can fix it. -
All workers should be watching these strikes to see what corporations see is possible with AI. Business owners large and small will be looking for ways of replacing employees and using real people's real talents for free. If ever there will be something that could cause and warrant a strike of all workers all around the world this is it.
"background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay"
#Strike #AI #Workers #Creators #WAG #actors #workingpeople
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights -
Owners of the most polluting cars to pay double for parking across England | Transport | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/18/owners-of-most-polluting-cars-to-pay-double-for-parking-england#Parking
#Pollution
#EmissionsBasedParkingFees
#Emissions
#DieselSurcharge
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Working people are being ‘pushed to breaking point’ | Morning Star
#WorkingPeople
#TUC
#Unemployment
#TakeHomePay
#Tories
#ToryMinisters
#ONS
#LongTermIllness
#LongTermSick
#Inflation
#Hunt
#PublicServices
#Trains
#NHS
#Labour
#Over50s
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Working people are being ‘pushed to breaking point’ | Morning Star
#WorkingPeople
#TUC
#Unemployment
#TakeHomePay
#Tories
#ToryMinisters
#ONS
#LongTermIllness
#LongTermSick
#Inflation
#Hunt
#PublicServices
#Trains
#NHS
#Labour
#Over50s
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Working people are being ‘pushed to breaking point’ | Morning Star
#WorkingPeople
#TUC
#Unemployment
#TakeHomePay
#Tories
#ToryMinisters
#ONS
#LongTermIllness
#LongTermSick
#Inflation
#Hunt
#PublicServices
#Trains
#NHS
#Labour
#Over50s
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Editorial: Working people deserve better than Austerity 2.0 from Labour | Morning Star
#Labour
#Austerity2
#WorkingPeoplehttps://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/working-people-deserve-better-austerity-20-labour
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#Fascism – America's DNA
He speaks fast but #GabrielRockhill knows what happens when #government, #bankers and #corporations unite to abuse #workingPeople. In 29 minutes this guy covers a lot!
https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/508038-rockhill-fascism-america-dna/
Thanks for reminding us about #RT @bohofromthegetgo.
#ChrisHedges #OnContact #TooBigToExist #HitlerProject #WWII #Germany #America #history #KKK #racism #CIA #FalseFlagTerrorism #shadowGovt #executiveBranch #notMyDeepState
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#DickSmith predicted these #protests four years ago, from #Australia.
He was so worried the pitchforks would come out that he spent $1million from his relatively small #aussieGrown #foodBusiness to produce and air televised commercials.
In them he said government needed to stop abusing #workingPeople, #offshoring and degrading our #environment.
Sadly, govt ignored Dick's #FairGo. Some ridiculed him.
We didn't.
We setup a supporters group on #Failbook (now on #Fediverse).
