Reposted by HPBUnionKSHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 28/02/2026“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, internationalism is the antidote, always.” —Robin D. G. Kelley 121887
Reposted by HPBUnionKSLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 14/02/20264,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospitals are still on strike at their hospitals in upper Manhattan since they first walked out on January 12. They're calling for support on the picket lines from other nurses, union members, and the public labornotes.org/2026/02/nurs... 1/5labornotes.orgNurse Strike’s Focus Moves to Manhattan’s Richest Hospital Complex as Contracts Settle ElsewhereThe largest and longest nurses strike in the city’s history will continue at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospitals after nurses there decisively rejected the hospital chain’s contract offer 3,099 to 867. Abo... 24013
Reposted by HPBUnionKSSEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 14/02/2026Since 1989, nearly all net job growth in America has occurred under Democratic presidents — about 97% of the 52 million jobs created. That’s not spin. That’s the data. 119291
HPBUnionKS @hpbunionks.bsky.social · 14/02/2026A few of our comrades spoke with The Pitch about our recent union victory! www.thepitchkc.com/half-price-b...thepitchkc.comHalf Price Books Westport ratifies union contractHalf Price Books in Westport // Photo by Samantha Russell Two years ago, workers at Half Price Books in Westport won their vote to unionize. Only now have contract negotiations with the corporation be... 001
Reposted by HPBUnionKSLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Workers are increasingly seeing union contracts as a means to win the basic needs and protections being snatched away. They're also recognizing how robust contract campaigns can build up the labor movement to resist the Trump admin's broadside attacks labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-contra... 0105
Reposted by HPBUnionKSHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 30/01/2026We are many, they are few 215136
Reposted by HPBUnionKSDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 29/01/2026I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors 645018959
HPBUnionKS @hpbunionks.bsky.social · 28/01/2026We're going to be talking at The Hearland Labor Forum tomorrow night at 6pm! Tune in @ kkfi.orgkkfi.orgKKFI 90.1 FMYour choice for local music and public affairs radio shows broadcast on KKFI 90.1 FM, Kansas City Community Radio 000
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Over 20,000 New York nurses could strike to ring in the new year. 97% of the nurses at 12 NYC hospitals have voted to authorize a strike. And their contracts expire on December 31st. 6551120
HPBUnionKS @hpbunionks.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Our Westport store just voted unanimously to ratify their union contract!media.tenor.coma man in a green elf costume is standing in a hallway with his mouth open and screaming .Alt: Buddy the elf is so excited that Wesport HPB has a union contract 011
Reposted by HPBUnionKSStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 28/11/2025Starbucks knows where we stand. We’ve been clear: more take-home pay, better hours, & resolution of 100s of ULPs. Bring us NEW proposals that address these issues so we can finalize a contract. Until then, we'll keep escalating. See you on the picket line! www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/s...cnbc.comStarbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black FridayThe Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities. 014651
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMissouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 28/11/2025Remember Black Friday 2022? Amazon #STL8 workers went on a historic strike to demand safer work, higher pay, and more! By coming together, workers won *five* OSHA citations and FORCED management to address their safety violations 💪 #MOworkers #AmazonHurts #MakeAmazonPay 161
Reposted by HPBUnionKSUAW Archivist @uawarchivist.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Don't judge a book by its cover...Who would guess these cutesy scrapbooks contain dramatic history of the early @uaw.org? From the John Eldon Papers at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social, they're scrapbooks of news clippings about 1930s autoworker organizing. 📰🐶 archives.wayne.edu/repositories... 0123
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/11/2025 Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets." 9402429251
Reposted by HPBUnionKSClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 07/11/2025Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this. 221521798
Reposted by HPBUnionKSStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 05/11/2025BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting. If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.cbsnews.comStarbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contractUnion members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then. 6034821315
Reposted by HPBUnionKSLiz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Rent is due. Bills are mounting. There’s no money for groceries. It’s been a month since federal workers across the country were locked out of their jobs to break the Affordable Care Act. And it's way past time for Congress to put working people first. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...act.aflcio.orgCALL: Stop the Shutdown and the Cuts to Working FamiliesThe federal government is shutting down because the Trump administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Countless jobs, the essential government services we all rely on and the econ... 053
Reposted by HPBUnionKSKNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question. 706172306941
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 31/10/2025In most states open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance starts Nov. 1. This year 22 million people are about to see their premiums more than double, on average. At the heart of the government shutdown is the battle to keep these huge costs down. 10312114
Reposted by HPBUnionKSRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Friends — these are terrible times, to be sure. But I believe we will triumph. Here’s why. 15449351653
Reposted by HPBUnionKSThe Pitch @thepitch.bsky.social · 10/10/2025KC Sipps: Two drink-centered openings, 10 years of Heirloom Bakery & Hearth, and a beerfest www.thepitchkc.com/kc-sipps-two...thepitchkc.comKC Sipps: Two drink-centered openings, 10 years of Heirloom Bakery & Hearth, and a beerfestFood Editor Sarah Sipple shares timely restaurant news and events for Kansas City. 032
Reposted by HPBUnionKSLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 08/10/2025@uaw.org president Shawn Fain laid out four priorities for a workers’ political program ✅Fair wages ✅Health care ✅Retirement ✅Winning back our time ...and a strategy to fight for those essential needs: building toward a mass strike in May 2028 labornotes.org/2025/10/labo... 1/2labornotes.orgLabor Needs an Independent Political Program, Says UAW’s FainUnited Auto Workers President Shawn Fain recently laid out four priorities he says should form the nucleus of a workers’ political program. And he said that a broad strike in May 2028 is one way to fi... 1207
Reposted by HPBUnionKSRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2025AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value. This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025. Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment. Be warned. 1602137952
Reposted by HPBUnionKSLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The Italian General Confederation of Labour, Italy’s largest labor confederation, called a general strike for October 3 “in defense of the Global Sumud Flotilla, constitutional values, to stop the genocide, and in support of the people of Gaza.” labornotes.org/2025/10/mill...labornotes.orgMillions of Italians Join General Strike for GazaMore than 2 million people filled public squares across Italy on October 3 during a one-day general strike in support of the people of Gaza and against the ongoing genocide there. The strike, called b... 0158
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich. itep.org/trump-tax-la...itep.orgWell, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the DeficitCorporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop. 18725360
Reposted by HPBUnionKSAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 10/10/2025Federal workers are locked out of their jobs or working without pay. These workers inspect our food, make it safe to fly and so much more. They’re not political pawns—they’re the backbone of our country. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first. 21636273
Reposted by HPBUnionKSKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Starbucks unions are practicing picketing as the company abuses its workers and denies them a fair contract. This is your reminder to not cross a picket line and support workers! NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE. 25285412116
Reposted by HPBUnionKSRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move. 1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year. Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. 855157215898
Reposted by HPBUnionKSPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.whatimreading.netAssata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has diedAssata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9544691988
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Soon millions of domestic workers may lose their right to demand even the federal minimum wage—a mere $7.25 per hour—or any overtime. Trump’s Department of Labor is moving to rescind a 2013 rule, leaving millions of domestic workers without wage and hour protections.texasobserver.orgTexas Domestic Workers Face Trump Attack on Minimum WageAdvocates warn a proposed rule by the Department of Labor will deepen the country’s “crisis of care.” 8341144
Reposted by HPBUnionKSThe Kansas City Defender @kcdefender.bsky.social · 14/08/2025North St. Louis is in the middle of a climate warzone. A tornado wiped out 5,000+ homes. Black residents are relying on mutual aid to survive. We went to document climate collapse, ICE kidnappings, and the people fighting back in a city that once sparked a global revolution. youtu.be/BhQjYxBcqxwyoutu.beThe Tornado That Could Destroy St. Louis’ Black CommunityYouTube video by The Kansas City Defender 0166
Reposted by HPBUnionKSMissouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 28/08/2025MO lawmakers robbed us of our paid sick days, and now they want to reject the will of the people AGAIN with their illegal ploy to redraw our districts and deny us the freedom to choose our leaders! 111
Reposted by HPBUnionKSRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025This Labor Day, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest. We must continue standing together to show Trump that we, the people, have the power – not his billionaire buddies and corporate cronies. bit.ly/4lMgKaR 542276807
Reposted by HPBUnionKSHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 02/08/2025Worker Power is the Heart of Democracy 🌱 Power is never given freely—it must be taken. Join MCF Summer School on Tuesday, August 5th for a conversation w/ Carmen Rojas, @lenorepalladino.bsky.social, Brendan Walsh, and @faiz.bsky.social RSVP: caseygrants.hubspotpagebuilder.com/worker-power... 14520
Reposted by HPBUnionKSG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 02/08/2025An awful, awful gut punch in an already profoundly shitty year www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down following funding cutsTrump’s successful campaign to strip federal money to NPR and PBS effectively ended the public media middleman. 1032885
Reposted by HPBUnionKSRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2025What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job? Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.youtu.beThe Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)YouTube video by Robert Reich 431353446
Reposted by HPBUnionKSSEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 25/07/2025ICYMI: The rich have class solidarity. So should we. #SolidaritySeason 03011
Reposted by HPBUnionKSStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/07/2025“You don’t expect to see this here,” said a guest from Colorado. “But honestly, I support them. If they’re not being treated right, they should speak up. Even if it’s in the middle of Disneyland.”disneydining.comDowntown Disney Starbucks Workers Leave Their Jobs Without Notice | Disney DiningStarbucks workers at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney just walked off the job. What sparked the protest—and what comes next—might surprise you. #Disneyland #Starbucks #WorkerStrike2025 317236
Reposted by HPBUnionKSLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Women in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters said they've been infuriated by union brass shutting down longstanding union support for Sisters in the Brotherhood, the official women’s committee, along with smaller Black, LGBTQ, and Latino member groups 1/3 12211
Reposted by HPBUnionKSThe Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 26/07/2025ICYMI: The Read Bookshop is launching the inaugural Holmfirth Children’s Book Festival, a not-for-profit children’s book festival with a mission to promote reading for pleasure among children 👇 #BookSky ebx.shHolmfirth Children's Book Festival launches to promote reading for pleasureThe Read Bookshop has launched the inaugural Holmfirth Children’s Book Festival, a not-for-profit children’s book festival with a mission to promote reading for pleasure among children. 0122
Reposted by HPBUnionKSSEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 28/06/2025Arely Westley is a beloved trans Latina organizer and RFK Human Rights Award winner. She's spent her life fighting for others—and now she’s in an immigration detention facility in Basile, LA, without access to the care she needs. This Justice Journey is for her. #SolidaritySummer 04724