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Half Price Books Workers United (MN) @hpbunionmn.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Happy to see this guy on the news so much recently! Tim Walz has always been friend to labor, including when he stopped by our booth at the State Fair last summer to help us in our fight for a fair contract! ✊ #Walz #HPBUnion #1u #UFCW

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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

Congratulations to the Half Price Books Union on their victory!!

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Half Price Books Workers United (MN) @hpbunionmn.bsky.social · 29/07/2024

Time for some THANKS! We could never have gotten our first contract ratified without the support of the literary community; thank you to all these authors for speaking up and standing with us. Your support means so much! ✊📚 (going to try to tag folks in comments🧵) #UFCW #1u #HPBUnion

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@leilasedai @leilasedai.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Proud to support @hpbunionmn.bsky.social in their fight for fair wages from Half Price Books ✊ Support booksellers!

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 27/10/2023

This seems like a moment to shout out a message of support to the Half-Price Books Union, and to booksellers in general getting a fair shake.

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Katharine Duckett @katharineduckett.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

I’ve heard from the unionized workers at Half Price Books, who are fighting for a fair contract from the largest family-owned bookstore chain in America. I stand with @hpbunionmn.bsky.social, because everyone, including the knowledgeable and experienced booksellers at HPB, deserves a living wage.

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T. Thorn Coyle they/them @thorncoyle.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Are you a reader? A writer? Both? The workers at Half Price Books are organizing for a living wage, and you can send a note of support for the workers to the company here: p2a.co/ua5jyxr @hpbunionmn.bsky.social #union #labor #books

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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Shoutout to the unionized workers at Half Price Books, the largest family-owned bookstore chain in America, who were recently told at the bargaining table while negotiating their first contract that the company COULD afford to pay them better wages, but they WON'T. @hpbunionmn.bsky.social

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

BURY YOUR GAYS cover has been released today and theres something TRULY INCREDIBLE about it, something that bends timelines and melts away the edges of the void and brings tears to my eyes. can you see it? let me explain in a thread as you PREORDER NOW... tornightfire.com/catalog/bury...

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

I stand with the union workers of Half Price Books who’ve been trying to negotiate a contract for a year and a half now. Come one, CEO Sharon Anderson, pay your workers a living wage!

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

I just want to shout out the Minnesotan union of Half Price Book store. They are currently bargaining for a raise in wages. HPB stores is only willing to give them %1 annual raise and that is effing ridiculous when the price of living is so high. tcbmag.com/half-price-b...

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Half Price Books Workers Strike at Four Minnesota Stores

The workers joined local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in early 2022. Here's what we know about the strike.

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Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

My great-grandfather, grandfather, and father all fought Pinkertons or Union-Busters. As a fourth generation Keene, you're damn right I support HPB Workers Unite in the struggle to get a FAIR wage from Half Price Books. You can support them too at UFCW.org/HPBpay Solidarity.

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 14/10/2023

I have a great HPB near me, too. I, too, stand with with HPBWorkersUnite and the local @hpbunionmn.bsky.social

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

I have always loved shopping at the Half Price Books in Highland Park--their staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and even my picky self finds gems every time. But it's the staff that makes the store, friends. That's why I stand with HPBWorkersUnite and the local @hpbunionmn.bsky.social .

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librarian chrisp @oxalot.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Booksellers from the Minnesota Half Price Books locations recently unionized and they need more support. Recent negotiations had the company propose a 1% wage increase (equaling a ridiculous $0.15/hr) — let their CEO know this is unacceptable!

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msandromeda @sarahkeliher.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Independent bookselling is skilled work and the whole book ecosystem suffers when experienced workers have to leave the field to find a living wage. Booksellers deserve fair pay and Half Price can afford to give it.

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Lish McBride @lishmcbride.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

As a former bookseller, I can tell you that most of them are ridiculously underpaid. For people that do so much to support literacy, build community, and support authors, they don’t get what they’re worth. Everybody deserves to make a living wage. I support @hpbunionmn.bsky.social

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Unionised workers at Half Price Books, the largest family-owned bookstore chain in America, were recently told while negotiating their first contract that the company COULD afford to pay them better wages, but they WON'T. This isn't good enough. People in every walk of life deserve fair pay.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 11/10/2023

Half Price Books workers union is negotiating their first contract and the company will only give them 1% raises, not enough for the cost of living. The company has stated that it can afford to pay higher wages, but it just won't. You can support the workers union here: p2a.co/ua5jyxr

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Half Price Books, Pay Workers a Living Wage!

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