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amazing that inheriting daddy's company is twisted here into a bootstrap story

1.Internal emails from Liberty University Law School, obtained by Popular Information, reveal how the Trump admin hires interns. Students were informed about "exciting" legal internships at Labor Department. “You MUST be aligned politically with President Trump… GPA is not a strong factor.”

"We must simply trust" bzzzt wrong bootlicker

One reason why consultants and pundits want to make Taylor Rehmet's victory solely about Trump. It is because he won his campaign without needing to raise an absurd amount of money, not relying on the donor class or fattening the wallets of those who get rich from campaign spoils

NLRB judge issued a decision yesterday in which he concluded that a Starbucks manager who was testifying for the company was not credible because he spoke in "corporate speak" including calling a dirty store a "cleanliness opportunity." 😂

I’ll never forget that Michael Brooks flew to Brazil, interviewed Lula in jail and the interview ended up being one of our worst performing videos of the year. You really can’t confuse numbers with quality

Yooo im omw to DC! Will be there all week, gonna have some time and would love to hang with some cool union and dsa folks. Holler at me if you're in the area!

🚨 UAW ENDORSES INDEPENDENT DAN OSBORN IN NEBRASKA U.S. SENATE RACE 🚨 The UAW has voted to endorse Dan Osborn, an Independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Nebraska. “Dan Osborn is one of us. A union member who came up through the ranks to fight for economic and social justice for the working class,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “We don’t need another lawyer or corporate hack who only cares about the richest Americans in the U.S. Senate, we need independent blue-collar fighters like Dan. Wealth inequality is out of control in our country. The rich continue to take all the profits while the affordability crisis leaves working class people scraping to get by paycheck to paycheck. If we’re going to change this system, we need to elect working-class people to the halls of Congress who understand this. We’re proud to stand with Dan Osborn and ready to elect him to take on corporate greed and our rigged political system.” "UAW Region 4 is on the front lines of the class war on blue collar America, and Dan Osborn is right there with us," said UAW Region 4 Director Brandon Campbell, whose region covers the state of Nebraska. "Dan is an independent, who is loyal only to the working class. From his leadership in the Kellogg strike to taking on Tyson as they try to devastate the Midwest with another massive plant closure to pad Wall Street's bottom line, Dan has proven he's got the guts and the experience to take corporate America head on, and working Nebraskans are ready to elect him to the U.S. Senate.” "The United Auto Workers helped build this country and ushered in our nation's greatest eras of prosperity for working people," said Dan Osborn. "With their leadership and working class representation in the Senate, we can return to that prosperity and level the playing field for workers once again. I am honored and humbled by their endorsement, and I will always be a fighter for them and all working people in the U.S. Senate." The UAW will convene for its biannual Community Action Program Conference in Washington DC, February 8-11, where @osbornforne will address hundreds of UAW members. For more information, visit https://t.co/OM75QS3KNg

The National Right to Work Foundation thinks they can get away with union-busting in Butte, America. Is Mountain West Holding Company helping them? 1/4 #mtnews #mtpol #mtleg

🚨 UAW REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH VOLKSWAGEN IN CHATTANOOGA, MARKING HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH FOR SOUTHERN AUTOWORKERS 🚨 Autoworkers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant have won a historic tentative agreement with the company. After making history as the first Southern autoworkers outside the Big Three to join the UAW, the 3,200 workers at Volkswagen Chattanooga have won a tentative contract deal that provides 20 percent across-the-board wage increases, affordable health care, real job security, and more. After workers voted 3-to-1 to join the UAW in 2024, they elected a 20-member negotiating committee of their peers. After months of negotiations, the tentative deal marks a breakthrough for non-union autoworkers and manufacturing workers across the South. The tentative deal ensures that Volkswagen workers have a legally binding and enforceable agreement that guarantees fair pay, more affordable health care, safer working conditions, and clear protections against favoritism. “For years, Chattanooga workers were told to settle for less while Volkswagen made record profits. So, the workers stood together and won their union—and now they’ve secured a life-changing first agreement,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “This deal proves what happens when autoworkers stand up and demand their fair share. People said Southern autoworkers could never form a union or win a union contract. Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga said, ‘Watch this.’” For workers like bargaining committee co-chair Steve Cochran, a skilled trades worker and co-chair of the Bargaining Committee, the agreement represents a turning point. “A strong contract makes sure promises are delivered. Respect and security shouldn’t be up for negotiation—and now they won’t be.” The tentative agreement is especially significant given Volkswagen’s recent record-breaking profits. In 2024 alone, the world’s second-largest automaker reported $20.6 billion in profits—even as Chattanooga workers struggled under substandard health coverage and rising out-of-pocket costs. Key Wins in the Tentative Agreement: • Major Wage Increases – 20% GWI Substantial raises that begin to close the gap with industry standards and reflect Volkswagen’s record profits. • Improved High-Quality Health Care with No Increases Lower out-of-pocket costs, improved coverage, and protections that ensure no worker must choose between medical care and basic needs. • Big Bonuses Initial bonuses equaling $6,550 per worker upon ratification and additional annual bonuses of $2,550 for the life of the agreement. Thousands of dollars of additional compensation for each worker. • Job Security Protections Strong language against unilateral job cuts, shift reductions, and outsourcing—making sure VW keeps good union jobs in Chattanooga. • Stronger Health & Safety Standards Enforceable safety rules, dedicated union safety representatives, and a greater worker voice in identifying and fixing hazards on the job. • Paid Time Off & Scheduling Protections Guaranteed paid leave, fair scheduling requirements, and safeguards against forced overtime and favoritism. • Fair Discipline & Grievance Rights Clear, enforceable protections against unfair discipline and a transparent, worker-centered grievance process. • A Real Voice on the Job Rights that ensure workers have a say in day-to-day decisions that shape their work, their safety, and their future. This historic agreement reflects significant improvements over the company’s last proposal in October, including: • New product commitments • Enhanced right-to-strike protections • Key newly won Job Security agreements, including protections against outsourcing • Thousands of additional dollars of annual compensation per worker • Key Skilled Trades issues addressed •Stronger safeguards against plant closures or the sale of operations Workers will receive details of the tentative agreement in the coming days, followed by a ratification vote. “This contract is proof that if you stand up and stick together, you can win a better life,” said Kelcey Smith, a worker in the paint department. “No matter where you live, or where you work, autoworkers deserve a union contract, whether at the Big Three or Volkswagen, from Detroit to Chattanooga. Volkswagen workers are showing the whole country what’s possible.” The Chattanooga victory signals a profound shift in the Southern auto industry, as workers across the region stand up to global corporations, demand their fair share, and build a future where autoworkers—no matter where they live or what company they work for—have a collective voice and a seat at the table.

Alex Pretti was a VA nurse and dues paying member of AFGE Local 3669 at the Minneapolis VA hospital

The feds think they can kill you for carrying a gun...

@mattmurphyshow @RepJeffries where does this video show the guy who was killed drawing his weapon

Somebody tell @RepJeffries to a) watch this video and b) shut his damn mouth. His violent rhetoric is going to get more people killed.

Breaking: One day after tens of thousands of Minnesotans hit the streets to peacefully protest and demand ICE leave their state. An ICE agent shot another observer.

Request for public power historians, esp in TVA area: Can anyone recommend any articles, dissertations, etc that shines light on the Public Power League of Chattanooga that formed in the 1930s? Please RT to signal boost. 🙏

Really powerful conversation between the @MNAFLCIO President and North Alabama Area Labor Council President @JacobM_AL on our movement's response to the violence and fear ICE is spreading in Minnesota and around the country.

Productivity doesn’t rise because workers suddenly “work harder.” It rises because capital investment improves tools, processes, and technology. If you work in a pizza shop and the owner buys a better oven that cooks twice as many pizzas per hour, the oven is what raised productivity. The owner paid for it, maintained it, and took the risk. You’re still being paid for your labor, not for owning the oven. Wages are tied to the market value of labor, not to total output. Output is shared among: • wages • capital costs • reinvestment • risk and losses If workers automatically received the full gains of productivity increases, no one would invest in capital in the first place. And without capital, productivity collapses. Marxists look at the result and erase the cause. They see higher output and pretend it came from labor alone. It’s entitlement with a graph.

Thankful for the labor movement today. Great conversation @dskamper @JacobM_AL

reading @dskamper's new book and this was a crazy thing to realize, why IS the uaw (and other unions) under federal supervision while the companies aren't?? wtf!

I gave a perfect speech and they indicted me