Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026We must do more to Raise Wages! Join the conversation with us as we generate new strategies lnkd.in/epqDMB44 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026We think Affordability is about Wages, not just Prices. What do you think? Check out our new Workshop Substack and join the conversation workshop1933.substack.com?r=d53u3&utm_...workshop1933.substack.comWorkshop | SubstackWorkshop's mission is to strengthen worker rights. Centering those most directly impacted, Workshop leverages federal expertise and partnerships across government, advocacy, and organizing to advance ... 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o... This is Real.nytimes.comOpinion | Technology Weakens Our Minds. We Can Fix This. 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 08/02/2026MUST READ these women organizing in Minneapolis are AMAZING. Read and share for hope and inspiration (which we all are in desperate need of right now! Organizing works! And everyone has their part to play ❤️🔥🙏 www.glamour.com/story/the-wo...glamour.comThe Women Holding Minneapolis TogetherIn Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron... 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026This is a victory for the Mamdani administration and for enforcement - it is also a victory for ORGANIZING! Bravo Los Deliveristas!! 🔥 000
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellDavid Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Unions work. If they didn’t, the bosses wouldn’t spend so much trying to stop workers from unionizing. 017273
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Brilliant organizers in Minneapolis won this for all of us 🔥🙏 000
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 03/02/2026A former Amazon warehouse in Hutchins, Texas, was reportedly bought by ICE. The building is 1 million square feet and would imprison nearly 10,000 people. The facility underwent $500,000 in renovations at the end of last year for undisclosed reasons.chron.comIs this former Texas Amazon warehouse becoming an ICE detention center?A 1 million square foot Hutchins warehouse has been cited as a possible facility. 316074
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellAlex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Really important analysis from @rooseveltinstitute.org about the structures and decisions that held back a more ambitious Biden Administration agenda that might have resonated more with the public and what should change in a future administration. 1/ rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...rooseveltinstitute.orgBuilding a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt InstituteIn a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re... 24114
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/10/2025UAW workers at Volkswagen's only US assembly plant are holding a strike authorization vote this week. After more than 13 months of negotiations and unfair labor practices, Volkswagen still won't agree to a decent contract. Volkswagen made $20.6 billion in profits last year. 12789230
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 27/10/2025ICE will arrest anyone—even a 16-year-old who just wants to get back to class. Joel Camas may be the first unaccompanied minor detained by Trump this term. 10470172
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 employees, starting tomorrow. The corporate giant made nearly $60 billion in profits last year. 1241475697
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this." 3123191001
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellLynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025 2203148
Reposted by Mary Beth MaxwellApril Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 03/10/2025After a decade of relentless organizing, gig drivers in CA just made history. With #AB1340 signed into law, drivers now have the RIGHT to form a union, bargain with Uber & Lyft, and win real power on the job. This is what worker-led change looks like. #Unions4All #CAgigunion 07820
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u... This is important. We need to look beyond the hype of click-bait headlines to stay grounded in what is true about us and our neighbors. Keep breathing. Keep organizing. Keep reaching out to other people.nytimes.comWhy Support for Political Violence Is Not as High as It May Seem 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2025prospect.org/labor/2025-0... Teamster Solidarity ❤️🔥prospect.orgHow One Teamsters Local Is Striking to Protect Immigrant WorkersThe union wants bosses to turn away immigration authorities unless they show a signed judicial warrant, but resistance is fierce. 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025MUST read from Brilliant Sarah Anderson @inequality.org @ips-dc.org workers are struggling to get buy and CEOs are making out like bandits. 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 16/08/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/m... Love J Wortham for this onenytimes.comStrawberry Picking Is Thankless Work. That’s What Makes It Worth Watching. 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 16/08/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/m... Brilliant piece by J. Worthamnytimes.comStrawberry Picking Is Thankless Work. That’s What Makes It Worth Watching. 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025www.instagram.com/reel/DFN9-3A... Its brilliant new young folks who will help us dig out of this 000
Mary Beth Maxwell @mbmaxwell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Must read by Brilliant @lynnrhinehart.bsky.social 🔥 020