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Hector J Figueroa

Hector J Figueroa

@figue32bj

Boricua Dad. SEIU 32BJ Pres. Jackson Hts/Queens resident. Hoping one day to ride a Tardis. Personal account. Opinions my own. Retweets not always = endorsement.

Up and down the East Coast Katılım Ağustos 2013
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Hector J Figueroa
Hector J Figueroa@figue32bj·
Not our view of the world. Thanks for engaging.
Vote Commey@VoteCommey

@figue32bj It starts with personal responsibility, if workers are complaining that they are not making enough money it's their responsibility to increase their income. Small business owners have already made adjustments and sacrifices by becoming employers instead of remaining employees.

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Hector J Figueroa@figue32bj·
Trump is about waging war on ALL immigrants regardless of status or contributions to our economy, culture & politics.
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Hector J Figueroa@figue32bj·
Or for small business owners to adjust & pursue a high road perhaps with help from government as they pay better. It’s a minimum wage. Workers can barely make it in NY with $15. NY DOL has data on this. Why workers & not business should adjust? We’ll keep organizing for good jobs
Vote Commey@VoteCommey

@figue32bj Rising rents are a factor and property taxes are part of that problem, and a $15 minimum wage increases power of national chains at the expense of small businesses. As for keeping workers poor a logical solution for low wage workers is to pursue higher paying jobs.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor·
This is a policy of fear and division — and more proof that we need to abolish ICE. Our city is stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever BECAUSE of our immigrant communities. We will do EVERYTHING we can to protect them. nyti.ms/2XDOxNt
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NPR@NPR·
8/ Released in 1963, the Bob Dylan classic "The Times They Are a-Changin'" was embraced by the civil rights and anti-war movements. Decades later, young people are finding it vibrates with new meaning. n.pr/2YORzuv
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Steven Greenhouse
Steven Greenhouse@greenhousenyt·
UNION MEMBERSHIP BOOSTS POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE -- "Union members, particularly those with less formal education ... are significantly more politically knowledgable than their non-union counterparts," writes political scientist David MacDonald of Florida State psmag.com/news/union-mem…
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Hector J Figueroa@figue32bj·
Making these jobs good paying union jobs, building homes for workers w/o displacing others, addressing subway delays & congestion remain a challenge. Past HQ2 debates we must work on those issues, find money & ways for growth to benefit working families, not just try to stop it.
Michael Kink@mkink

Google, Facebook, Uber, and Amazon — yes, Amazon — accelerate NYC expansions, adding jobs with NO public subsidies or tax giveaways wsj.com/articles/new-y…

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Hector J Figueroa@figue32bj·
Another possible jobs program that can benefit many people in places where economic growth & good union jobs are needed: systematic reforestation and maintenance of forests. Not all we need to do. Keeping fossil fuels on the ground is key. But there are plenty others.
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Hector J Figueroa@figue32bj·
Discussing DHS reorganization, creation of a new agency(ies) to protect human rights & constitutional rights in our country is long overdue. Legitimate issue. We can’t ignore DHS or ICE abuses. TY for pushing. Immigrant rights, human rights, constitutional rights=worker rights.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC

It’s really not that radical. When DHS was 1st formed by Bush 17 years ago, many members of Congress were concerned - incl GOP - that we were setting up a ticking time bomb for civil liberties erosion & abuse of power. Discussing reorganization shouldn’t be out of the question.

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Lindsay Beyerstein
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein·
My first piece for @TeenVogue is live! It's about wage theft: How to tell if your boss is stealing from you and what you can do about it! bit.ly/2S9HplH
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Sarah Betancourt
Sarah Betancourt@sweetadelinevt·
INBOX from @32BJSEIU: @MIT custodial & trades workers win wage hikes. By the end of the contract, most will be making slightly more than 53k a year. Paid paternity leave goes from five days to 20.
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Melissa DeRosa
Melissa DeRosa@melissadderosa·
As someone whose big sister played & coached D1 Soccer & Lax, watching as the entire country cheered on #USWomensSoccerTeam today was incredible -- and Gov Cuomo signing the pay equity bills the Council on Women & Girls advocated for was the cherry on top cnn.com/2019/07/10/pol…
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