Reposted by Michael SainatoBen Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 2hEven if you've never been a union member, the attacks on unions have cost you money. The typical worker would be earning $5,000 more a year if unions were as strong today as they were five decades ago 39838
Reposted by Michael SainatoAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 2hI don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1 15348151181
Reposted by Michael SainatoAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 3hThanks to New Jersey State AFL-CIO's leadership, New Jersey is the next state that can lead the fight on AI guardrails to protect workers’ jobs and rights. NJ workers need a say in how AI is used on the job. That’s why lawmakers must pass the FAIR AI Regulations Act! fairactnj.org 1248
Reposted by Michael SainatoJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 3hBecca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont) 8502147
Reposted by Michael SainatoOrion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 5hChrista Pike was set to be Tennessee’s first woman executed in 200 years. She survived. This is Tennessee’s second failed execution attempt this year.19thnews.orgChrista Pike was set to be Tennessee’s first woman executed in 200 years. She survived.Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs, her attorneys say. This is Tennessee’s second failed execution attempt this year. 1103
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 5hThe Trump admin loses again, with the case against David Hearn, the canoeist used as a scapegoat for Trump's reflecting pool debacle, is dismissed with prejudice www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...democracydefendersfund.org 000
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A new report from the Government Accountability Office found key data is missing in the effort to combat child labor violations, including for more than half of the child workplace fatalities in the US from 2013 to 2023 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comKey data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report findsOver half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked 01412
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A new report from the Government Accountability Office found key data is missing in the effort to combat child labor violations, including for more than half of the child workplace fatalities in the US from 2013 to 2023 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comKey data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report findsOver half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked 01412
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's conspiracy theory crumbles in real time 040
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026EPA workers' union sues the federal agency over the termination of its union contract www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comEPA union sues Trump administration to restore collective bargaining contractFederal workers’ union alleges EPA illegally terminated agreement with the goal of repressing political dissent 02914
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026EPA workers' union sues the federal agency over the termination of its union contract www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comEPA union sues Trump administration to restore collective bargaining contractFederal workers’ union alleges EPA illegally terminated agreement with the goal of repressing political dissent 02914
Reposted by Michael SainatoLorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. 323378811
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Alpha School she is talking about www.the74million.org/article/insi...the74million.orgInside Alpha School’s ‘Bootcamp’: Heart Monitors, Unpaid Labor & Many, Many TweetsStudents at the AI-powered private school are chronicling grueling tests of composure, endurance and grit. 2237
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Alpha School she is talking about www.the74million.org/article/insi...the74million.orgInside Alpha School’s ‘Bootcamp’: Heart Monitors, Unpaid Labor & Many, Many TweetsStudents at the AI-powered private school are chronicling grueling tests of composure, endurance and grit. 2237
Reposted by Michael SainatoStephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Shining a spotlight on this never ending crime: Three deaths, three states, 24 hours www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comThree deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surgeThese men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign 01212
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/202652 cents out of every dollar in income gains for American households is going toward debt tcf.org/content/repo...tcf.orgHalf of Every Dollar: How Household Debt Eats Into Workers’ Income GainsExecutive Summary For years, the headline economic data describing workers’ well-being have been weak: over the year ending in August, the most recent 044
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 29/09/202652 cents out of every dollar in income gains for American households is going toward debt tcf.org/content/repo...tcf.orgHalf of Every Dollar: How Household Debt Eats Into Workers’ Income GainsExecutive Summary For years, the headline economic data describing workers’ well-being have been weak: over the year ending in August, the most recent 044
Reposted by Michael SainatoLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Of course he is. Abusers convention in D.C. presiding over the health of our most vulnerable people. Rape. Culture. 39329
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The company had initially promised to make the steel mill in Minnesota a decade ago, but filed for bankruptcy instead. They were brought back out by Virginia billionaire Tom Clarke, who lost it in 2018 www.startribune.com/thomas-clark... www.mprnews.org/story/2016/0...mprnews.orgEssar files for bankruptcy after Dayton ends its bid to build Iron Range mine, plantIt's a shocking fall for a company that fewer than 10 years ago promised to build not only the state's first new taconite mine and pellet plant in decades, but also Minnesota's first ever steel mill b... 11012
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The company had initially promised to make the steel mill in Minnesota a decade ago, but filed for bankruptcy instead. They were brought back out by Virginia billionaire Tom Clarke, who lost it in 2018 www.startribune.com/thomas-clark... www.mprnews.org/story/2016/0...mprnews.orgEssar files for bankruptcy after Dayton ends its bid to build Iron Range mine, plantIt's a shocking fall for a company that fewer than 10 years ago promised to build not only the state's first new taconite mine and pellet plant in decades, but also Minnesota's first ever steel mill b... 11012
Reposted by Michael SainatoJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc... 2253394831
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AutoZone workers have won their union election yesterday, despite the corporate campaign against it 123070
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is bad reporting @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social 4223
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is bad reporting @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social 4223
Reposted by Michael SainatoHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ctrl-F “Laquan McDonald” <Not found>nytimes.comRahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 PlayThe longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028. 28981199
Reposted by Michael SainatoSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147371728
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AutoZone workers have won their union election yesterday, despite the corporate campaign against it 123070
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We were all clamoring for insight into Mark Zuckerberg's style evolution, we can finally sleep well at night now 050
Reposted by Michael SainatoGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026Watch the official trailer for NAZA, an award-winning documentary produced by the Guardian that details the systems behind Israel’s mass killings in Gaza. It will be released in cinemas in more than 50 countries in the coming weeks, and then will stream on the Guardian’s website, for free.youtu.beNAZA - official trailerYouTube video by The Guardian 1217147
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I spoke with @juliesulabor.bsky.social and workers in New York City about the urgent need for heat protections in the workplace www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozenTrump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths 073
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I spoke with @juliesulabor.bsky.social and workers in New York City about the urgent need for heat protections in the workplace www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozenTrump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths 073
Reposted by Michael SainatoTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322235587
Reposted by Michael SainatoJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"After its run in cinemas, the film will stream on the Guardian’s website, for free, as part of the news organisation’s commitment to the dissemination of independent journalism."theguardian.comGlobal release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZATheatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website 18128
Reposted by Michael SainatoDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is correct - personal experiences of needing social services makes people, including policymakers, more opposed to imposing administrative burdens (which is how they are breaking SNAP and Medicaid) academic.oup.com/jpart/articl... 10705173
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Stephanie Cutter, who Kalshi hired as a policy advisor in April, produced the past 2 DNC Conventions 0123
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump's push to freeze the pay of federal workers comes as his own net worth while in office since January 2025 grew by $2.7 billion www.forbes.com/sites/danale...forbes.comThe Definitive Net Worth Of Donald TrumpWhat’s Donald Trump really worth? Forbes picks apart the president's balance sheet to uncover the answer. 156
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comStung by Trump, machinists union campaigns for affordability in midtermsOne of the largest labor unions in the US targets eight battleground states in ‘workers v billionaires’ campaign 1178
Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comStung by Trump, machinists union campaigns for affordability in midtermsOne of the largest labor unions in the US targets eight battleground states in ‘workers v billionaires’ campaign 1178
Reposted by Michael SainatoMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 22/09/2026Even after the CDC changed the way it counted measles deaths, it should now have updated numbers - but still nothing. My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comWhy the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease 07035
Reposted by Michael SainatoDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I don't have the energy to rebut everything in this piece, but it reaffirms the impression that these people did not know or care how government works and never bothered to find out. The reporter's framing is pretty credulous "many people disagree" with stuff that is easy to fact check. 281397341
Reposted by Michael SainatoStephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comBrendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’Carr was a member of the group in his teens and 20s. There is no evidence Trump’s powerful FCC chair participated in any inappropriate conduct 44524
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026These allegations are a bombshell: the FBI informant claims Collins was in a pay-to-play scheme where donors to her Super-PAC were rewarded with government contracts. Trump stopped the investigation when he came into his office second term. As Collins would say, "concerning" 411595529
Reposted by Michael SainatoPSU AAUP @psuaaup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Solidarity with SEIU 503 classified workers who delivered their 10-day strike notice with District 3 City Councilor Angelita Morillo's support to PSU President Cudd and the Board of Trustees' FA&A committee yesterday. 12710
Reposted by Michael SainatoAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 19/09/2026Working people are tired of being left behind. We need elected leaders who understand the struggles workers face every day. How do we do that and create an economy that works for all of us? We elect our union family up and down the ballot nationwide.theguardian.comRevenge of the labor movement: Democrats with union backgrounds aim to retake CongressMeet the candidates with labor ties vying for Senate and House seats in midterm races. Most of the nominees are Democrats as the party looks to rebuild support among working-class voters 35927
Reposted by Michael SainatoEqual Justice Initiative @eji.org · 21/09/2026On this day in 2011, Georgia executed Troy Davis despite new evidence of his innocence. The evidence was so compelling that three of his jurors urged the government to stop the execution.calendar.eji.orgSep. 21, 2011 | Troy Davis Executed in Georgia Despite Evidence of InnocenceLearn more about our history of racial injustice. 2161111
Reposted by Michael SainatoPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/202615 years ago today, Troy Davis was murdered by the state of Georgia. I still think of him today. I wonder if he knows how many people were transformed by his life and death. 8401116
Reposted by Michael SainatoGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026Several workers say they’re opting to go without health coverage due to premium costs soaring this yeartheguardian.comStarbucks baristas reel from surges in health insurance costs: ‘I’m considering a second job’ 22520
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Starbucks workers are reporting being priced out of Starbucks' health insurance coverage, with premiums more than doubling in some cases www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comStarbucks baristas reel from surges in health insurance costs: ‘I’m considering a second job’Several workers say they’re opting to go without health coverage due to premium costs soaring this year 1268
Reposted by Michael SainatoMichael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Congress currently has very few reps who have worked union jobs or have any background with the labor movement This election cycle, over 3 dozen candidates for the House and Senate come from the House of Labor www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comRevenge of the labor movement: Democrats with union backgrounds aim to retake CongressMeet the candidates with labor ties vying for Senate and House seats in midterm races. Most of the nominees are Democrats as the party looks to rebuild support among working-class voters 27526