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Workers Won’t Be Silent

@workersnotsilent.bsky.social
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Injured-worker, patient & immigrant-family rights. Federal workers’ comp standards, due process, accountability & AMNESTY. Natural + AI-assisted music and video for peaceful public testimony. —Darren Fonzseau workerswontbesilent2025.substack.com

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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 5h
I CALL FOUL. “Low Priority”—For Whom? My new film and op-ed ask Washington lawmakers to hear injured workers and mixed-status families. Preserve the record. Name who will act, and when. Watch, read and share: polite-oyster-74gk.here.now/low-priority/
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“Low Priority”—For Whom? An Injured Worker Calls His Own Party to Account
An injured worker calls his own party to account. Read Darren Fonzseau’s op-ed and watch I Call Foul.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 11h
Healthcare, rights AFTER injury, and family unity belong together. My short film, Calling Out Sheepdog Sanders, calls for federal workers’ comp standards, and broad immigration amnesty. youtu.be/dZWbzGFyPog @murray.senate.gov @repricklarsen.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov
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CALLING OUT SHEEPDOG SANDERS
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 11h
Healthcare, rights AFTER injury, and family unity belong together. My short film, Calling Out Sheepdog Sanders, calls for federal workers’ comp standards, a permanent national commission, and broad immigration amnesty. Watch, question and share: youtu.be/dZWbzGFyPog
AI-created illustration: a shaggy black-and-white sheepdog stands before a flock of sheep with the U.S. Capitol at sunset. Text: CALLING OUT SHEEPDOG SANDERS. A FREE BOOK & AUDIOBOOK FILM. DARREN RAYE FONZSEAU. INJURED WORKERS • HEALTHCARE • FAMILY UNITY. WORKERS WON’T BE SILENT.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 12h
CALLING OUT SHEEPDOG SANDERS. Free book, full audiobook movie, trailer and op-ed. Healthcare. Rights after injury. Family unity. Read. Watch. Share. quaint-maple-bfnh.here.now @sanders.senate.gov @our-revolution.bsky.social
AI-created book promotion: a shaggy black-and-white sheepdog stands before a flock of sheep, with the U.S. Capitol at sunset behind it. Large ivory and gold title: CALLING OUT SHEEPDOG SANDERS. Supporting text: A FREE BOOK & AUDIOBOOK FILM. DARREN RAYE FONZSEAU. INJURED WORKERS • HEALTHCARE • FAMILY UNITY. WORKERS WON’T BE SILENT.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 12h
CALLING OUT SHEEPDOG SANDERS is here. My free book, full audiobook movie, trailer and op-ed are together. Healthcare. Enforceable rights after injury. Family unity. Put them on the same table. Read it. Share it. quaint-maple-bfnh.here.now
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Calling Out Sheepdog Sanders Publication
A collection of books, films, and op-eds by Darren Raye Fonzseau advocating for injured worker rights, healthcare reform, and immigration legalization.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sen. @sanders.senate.gov: Amazon workers’ testimony deserves enforceable rights AFTER injury. Will you champion federal workers’ comp minimum standards and a permanent national commission? We need health care AND income protection. My new film: youtu.be/sXYptYOcvs8 #WorkersRights
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SANDERS WHERE ARE OUR FEDERAL RIGHTS
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NIGHT WATCHMAN’S REPORT • Sept. 29 Injured workers and families need enforceable rights. Today’s questions cover black lung, Washington workers’ comp, immigration and Social Security. Who will put federal workers’ comp minimum standards and a permanent national commission on the agenda?
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE CALL FOUL FROM THE BOTTOM is now on YouTube. I’m an injured worker asking for enforceable federal protections, broad legalization and a real voice for our families. Watch the 15:39 film. Share it. Ask who will act. youtu.be/XRpL1UWsZBU #WorkersRights #ImmigrantRights #1u
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE CALL FOUL FROM THE BOTTOM. My new film + op-ed asks Washington leaders to put injured workers and mixed-status families on the same policy table. Federal protections. Broad legalization. Written commitments. devoted-knoll-2xz2.here.now #WorkersRights #ImmigrantRights
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WE CALL FOUL FROM THE BOTTOM
The film and the op-ed. Workers and immigrant families belong on the same policy table.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Which Side Are You On? (2024 Edition) — my song with The AI Troubadours. For injured workers, immigrant families, and everyone asking whose side our leaders are on. Listen and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1-... #Labor #WorkersRights #ImmigrantRights
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"Which Side Are You On? (2024 Edition) | Tribute to Jackson Browne & Labor Rights"
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
SUNDAY MORNING SERMON: Who is really being selfish? I ask leaders and clergy to hear injured workers and mixed-status families. Put universal health care, federal workers' comp standards and broad legalization on the same table. Watch my 22-minute film: youtu.be/iqUJFc6dZOs
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Sunday Morning Injured-Workers Sermon: Who Is Really Being Selfish?
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEW OP-ED + FILM: The Hard Questions. @jayapal.house.gov @murray.senate.gov: Will you back federal minimum workers’ comp standards alongside Medicare for All and broad legalization for mixed-status families? Please answer in public. polite-oyster-74gk.here.now/the-hard-que...
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The Hard Questions: Put Workers and Immigrant Families on the Same Table
Put Workers and Immigrant Families on the Same Table. An op-ed and film by Darren Raye Fonzseau.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW FILM + OP-ED: SAY THE WORD: AMNESTY. Workers need status, rights and family unity. I’ve asked Amnesty International for years to say it. Democrats and clergy must put legalization on the table too. Read the sources and watch together: polite-oyster-74gk.here.now/say-the-word...
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW OP-ED + FILM: Two Empty Chairs. I want healthcare for all, enforceable rights after a work injury, and a lasting path for mixed-status families. Read the full sourced essay and watch the six-minute film together: polite-oyster-74gk.here.now/two-empty-ch...
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Two Empty Chairs: Free Care Is Not the Whole Bargain
Healthcare, injured-worker rights and family unity belong on the same table. A sourced op-ed and six-minute film by Darren Fonzseau.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov @agdanrayfield.bsky.social @newyorkstateag.bsky.social: My new film asks AGs to support enforceable rights for injured workers and durable family unity. Will you help put both on the public agenda? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbl...
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Two Empty Chairs | Darren Fonzseau
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@atg.wa.gov Please watch my new film. I ask for a public response on federal minimum rights for injured workers and broad family-unity reform. What can your office support or refer to Congress? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbl...
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Two Empty Chairs | Darren Fonzseau
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW FILM: Two Empty Chairs. Health care, enforceable rights after a work injury, and family unity all belong on the same public agenda. Watch and ask leaders to answer the proposals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbl...
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Two Empty Chairs | Darren Fonzseau
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
HOW IS THIS ETHICAL, WASHINGTON? 22 years of marriage. A decade asking for federal worker protections and AMNESTY. “Move on” is not a plan for our families. My op-ed’s argument and the records behind it 🧵 Watch: youtu.be/dwAbiltDq5Q
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WE CALL FOUL, JULIO | Representation Requires an Answer
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WORKERS WON’T BE SILENT. My videos, songs and writing now have a permanent home. Injured workers’ federal rights. Amnesty. Family unity. A human voice. Watch, read and share: polite-oyster-74gk.here.now #WorkersRights #Immigration #Music
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Workers Won’t Be Silent | Films, Songs & Writing
Watch. Listen. Read. Selected work by Darren Raye Fonzseau on injured workers, immigrant families, and the power of a human voice.
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW REPORT: FEDERAL RIGHTS. THE RECORD. I’ve asked county and state human-rights officials for help for over a decade. My 2018 recording and WSHRC’s own federal-policy record are here. Before the Sept. 24 meeting, watch and share: youtu.be/I0kyBhDtraM #HumanRights
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Federal Rights. The Record. | A Decade Asking Human Rights Commissions for Help
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WE CALL FOUL: Ten Years Fighting for Workers’ Rights and Amnesty. My new report brings documents and recorded exchanges together. I’m asking for federal workers’ comp standards, broad legalization and public answers. @murray.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov youtu.be/9Y6HVAaKljs
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We Call Foul: Ten Years Fighting for Workers’ Rights and Amnesty
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the music purists: here is another ORIGINAL performance. Technology may polish the presentation, but it cannot replace the HUMAN heart behind a song—the memories, hurt and truth begin with the person singing it. youtu.be/6_YVusT8U7Q #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #IndieMusic #HumanVoice
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Doorway (Live Recording)
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For the music purists: here is the ORIGINAL—before enhancement, before polish. Technology can help shape a later version, but it cannot invent the HUMAN heart and feeling behind the song. That part is mine. youtu.be/CBBQeIORr8o #OriginalMusic #SingerSongwriter #IndieMusic #HumanVoice
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Domestic Why Not One More Try
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ROMANCE. RECOVERY. REGRET. I wrote and sang this journey through memory: the “could have been” and “should have been” questions left blowing in the wind, still standing in doorways. Music folks—please listen and share. @billboard.com #Songwriter youtu.be/GztDQp60rdc
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Standing in the Doorway
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I wrote this and sang it myself. AI helped enhance the presentation—but the truth comes from a human heart and the hurt bullying can leave across a lifetime. Technology may polish the sound; it cannot invent lived pain. Please listen and share. youtu.be/R4InGPumGoU
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Why This Song Exists And Why “One More Try” Is Sometimes the Most Dangerous Lie We Tell
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
America, hear this: injured workers and mixed-status families deserve federal rights—not silence. Put federal workers’ comp minimum standards AND broad legalization/amnesty on the table. Please watch and share. @sanders.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov youtu.be/G-8hiADaH38
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
POTUS: AMNESTY WINS WARS. America does not have an immigration crisis. It has a political-courage crisis. End the war on mixed-status families created by 1996 laws. Put broad legalization, family unity and repair of the 3- and 10-year bars on America’s table. youtu.be/P7G6hjYHmwY #POTUS
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Trump, Amnesty Wins Wars — Obama Will Hand You the Nobel If You End the One America Started in 1996
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT before the Washington State Human Rights Commission meets Thursday, Sept. 24. My video documents 10 years of asking for help as an injured worker and U.S. citizen in a mixed-status family. I allege Washington closed doors instead of amplifying us. youtu.be/BvmK7vqirfc
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Washington Human Rights Commissions: 10 Years of Asking for Help and Denials
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Liberal America: WHY—after a decade of evidence that state workers’ compensation was being demolished—was Whole Washington sold as the answer while injured workers were told our federal HUMAN RIGHTS could not even be put on the table? @repdelbene.bsky.social
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WA human-rights bodies: I asked for help for 10 years. Today WSHRC again answered “No further action.” Limited jurisdiction does not excuse refusing to preserve, educate, route, or publicly address two federal human-rights issues. WE CALL FOUL. youtu.be/BvmK7vqirfc
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Washington Human Rights Commissions: 10 Years of Asking for Help and Denials
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@drdavidmichaels.bsky.social @nationalcosh.bsky.social—Edwin Starr asked: “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” After 10 years, injured workers ask: TRUTH—what good is it if no one puts the federal solution on the table? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJR...
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@redeemerkenmore.bsky.social: Faith leaders: family unity and dignity at work are moral questions. Will you stand with injured workers and mixed-status families—and call for federal workers’ rights and broad legalization? Film: youtube.com/shorts/suecR...
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A TALE OF TWO FAMILIES We Call Foul
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@ufw.bsky.social: Health care cannot replace workers’ comp’s full bargain: care, wage replacement, retraining, disability benefits, due process and employer accountability. Will labor fight for enforceable federal minimums? Film: youtube.com/shorts/suecR...
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A TALE OF TWO FAMILIES We Call Foul
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@nilc.org: Families need more than crisis response. Please put broad legalization, family unity, and repair of the 1996 immigration laws back on the national table. My mixed-status family has waited a decade for lawmakers to act. Film: youtube.com/shorts/suecR...
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW FILM: A TALE OF TWO FAMILIES. State jurisdiction is not an excuse for silence when injured workers and mixed-status families seek federal human rights. Rep. Julio Cortes and the WA Legislative Ethics Board should answer the record. youtube.com/shorts/suecR... #WAleg
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Workers are not asking for charity. We demand the full Grand Bargain: REPAIR, RETRAIN, or RETIRE—and enforceable federal minimums. State denial and delay shift costs to SSDI, Medicare, and families while employers keep immunity. youtube.com/shorts/yYxk8...
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WE CALL FOUL 54 Years of Delay
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Sixteen Tons” still tells the truth: workers give their bodies, corporations take the profit, and the system leaves families carrying the pain. I sang this for every miner and injured worker America has pushed aside. WORKERS WON’T BE SILENT. youtu.be/E7iHcSA_gPc #Labor #WorkersComp
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Sixteen Tons
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW FILM: “Do You Have to Be Dead?” Coal miners with black lung are forced through years of delay while their lungs fail. I turned Michael Sainato’s @us.theguardian.com report into a narrated workers’ film with real footage and music. Watch: youtu.be/qS_vzTMh5ew #BlackLung
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BLACK LUNG REPORT REVISED NATURAL MALE REAL FOOTAGE
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Coal Dust Nation” is my musical tribute to miners fighting black lung and a benefits system that can take longer than their lungs can last. Hear it, share it, and stand with injured workers: youtu.be/hyXDJ0UQc9g #ProtestMusic #BlackLung #LaborMusic
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Coal Dust Nation Anthem for the Miners Powerful Folk Rock Protest Song
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Coal miners and injured WORKERS are told to trust “the process”—even when it delays, denies and wears families down for years. Medicare for All matters, but it will not end the class war on labor. Only enforceable federal standards can do that. A musical tribute. 🧵 #BlackLung
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
INJURED WORKERS should not have to die or give up to end a claim. A miner with diagnosed black lung spent 12 years fighting for benefits. 40% of approved claims reviewed were disputed; median appealed claim: 3+ years. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
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‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge
Trump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW MUSIC VIDEO: “Two Empty Chairs — We Call Foul.” I sing for injured workers and mixed-status families left out of America’s promises. We need BOTH: federal workers’ comp standards and broad legalization that keeps families together. 🎶✊ youtu.be/jTeV0ynWqI0
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Two Empty Chairs We Call Foul REAL FOOTAGE POWERDIRECTOR CUT
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sen. Sanders, I sang “Write It Down in a Song” for you—NO AI, just my real voice. My mental-health therapist encouraged me to sing instead of turn to rage and anger. Please hear this injured worker’s peaceful call for federal rights. youtu.be/CKshhEnvDzA @sanders.senate.gov
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Write It Down In A Song
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From my garage: my cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” honoring 29 workers who never came home. Music carries working people’s memory. @aflcio.org @atucomms.bsky.social @laborradionet.bsky.social @moreperfectunion.bsky.social youtu.be/FWBySgQbr6o #FolkMusic
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI-assisted song. Human truth. “Jail the Boss, Not the Dreamer” asks why working people and immigrant families pay the price while powerful employers escape accountability. youtu.be/Nq0baDVhyIE Rep. Julio Cortes and Washington lawmakers: hear us. #ImmigrantRights #LaborRights
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Jail the Boss, Not the Dreamer | Country Protest Song for Working America
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No AI. No studio polish. Just me, my garage and a microphone, singing “It Ain’t Over Yet.” 🎙️🎶 youtu.be/8yBEChOtA4s Music folks: @idislikestephen.bsky.social @totalvibration.bsky.social @brittneymckenna.bsky.social #LiveMusic #IndependentMusic
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It Ain't Over Yet Cover
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW FILM — LEFT OUT, Episode One: The Grand Bargain Left Behind America calls workers essential—until we are injured. Employers keep immunity while injured workers face fifty unequal state systems. Put enforceable federal rights on the table. youtu.be/7sltrKABrhA
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LEFT OUT Episode 1 The Grand Bargain Left Behind
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW FILM — WE CALL FOUL, JULIO A peaceful public demand for answers from Rep. Julio Cortes and Latino lawmakers: why are broad legalization, federal injured-worker rights, and universal healthcare still not on the same national table? youtu.be/O9Z_7w2aPYg
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WE CALL FOUL JULIO CORTES LATINO LAWMAKERS HUMAN VOICE
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Workers Won’t Be Silent @workersnotsilent.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@jbarab.bsky.social Kentucky black-lung claims can turn on B-reader X-rays. Why no enforceable federal minimums, modern National Workers’ Comp Commission, IME/denial-doctor accountability or protection from cost shifts to SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, families and taxpayers? Will you press Congress?
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