Reposted by Work Stoppage Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 5hIRAQ UPDATE: Today the Iraqi government officially increased the Iraqi Dinar to US Dollar exchange rate from 1320 IQD for 1 USD to 1520 IQD for 1 USD. Iraq's economy has been suffering for quite a while especially after America's illegal war on Iran and America's total control of our oil dollars. 1337
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 5hIf we are ever going to have a functioning society it's going to require confronting the fact that millions of our neighbors have been radicalized into racist inhumanity. Coddling their feelings only cements fascist rule. Fascist hate-mongering has to come with political disenfranchisement. 041
Reposted by Work Stoppage David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 20hNow That's What I Call Cops Vol. XVII 231868371
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ep 328 - Tenants Need Unions Too www.patreon.com/posts/171595... tinyurl.com/WSEP328 200k home workers unionizing, NYU, MLPS Public Schools, European Dockworkers fight for Palestine, child labor industry, France, Spain, NYC Taxi crisis, Los Deliveristas Unidos fight wage theft 021
Reposted by Work Stoppage Patrick De Oliveira @plso.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Academic freedom in the U.S. has arguably reached a new nadir—maybe worse than the 50s. This is not only due to the scale and range of the assault on higher ed, which is targeting everything (individuals' views on Gaza, DEI initiatives, the curriculum, collaborative research with other countries)... 46440
Reposted by Work Stoppage LaborLab @laborlab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every time an employer hires an outside consultant to persuade employees on how to vote in a union election, federal law requires the union-busting consultant to disclose that arrangement on a Form LM-20. LaborLab tracks every one of these filings. laborlab.us/3800-a-day-a...laborlab.us$3,800 a Day at Prime Healthcare, Plus Two More Late Filings After Election Wins: Union-Buster Watch - LaborLabEvery time an employer hires an outside consultant to persuade employees on how to vote in a union election, federal law requires both the employer and the consultant to disclose that arrangement on a... 042
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026They've been negotiating for months and CVS has refused to address any of the workers' concerns. A strike is almost never a first option, and in this case has become the *last* option available to the workers to secure their livelihoods. CVS are the ones forcing the strike. 100
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026People can civilly disagree on all sorts of things. Tax policy, infrastructure choices, whether to build a school or a power plant, etc. But the people who celebrate attacks on immigrants are actively dangerous and can't be a part of any productive human society. 020
Reposted by Work Stoppage Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column. 771580644
Reposted by Work Stoppage Mama twins @hi-its-alaa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Very intense Israeli bombardment is targeting Gaza City at this very moment, with warplanes and helicopters filling the skies of Gaza, alongside the heavy buzzing of reconnaissance drones. Do not forget Gaza, for it is being violently bombarded, and its blood is being shed 23731
Reposted by Work Stoppage More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The richest 0.1% of Americans have more than doubled their immense wealth since 2019 — per WSJ. 12446173
Reposted by Work Stoppage brent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026remarkable thing to admit 712361321
Reposted by Work Stoppage Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 01/10/2026Even 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 412747
Reposted by Work Stoppage The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 01/10/2026On “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print: by @ahjohnson.bsky.socialtherealnews.comDemocrats aren’t ‘breaking from Israel’—they’re rebranding the status quoOn “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print. 18023
Reposted by Work Stoppage Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 125311169
Reposted by Work Stoppage Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 01/10/2026Starbucks workers have organized and won over 700 union elections. Why? Because working people know companies CAN do better, but choose not to. We know it's time to push back against corporate greed! CONGRATS to partners who recently won unions in ✊Ponca City, OK ✊Jasper, IN 18122
Reposted by Work Stoppage 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 Work Stoppage 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
Reposted by Work Stoppage Stephanie 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 Work Stoppage 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 Work Stoppage Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20566633357
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ep 327 - Real Unions Don't Need AI Signs www.patreon.com/posts/170902... tinyurl.com/WSEP327 Mass General B, Prime Healthcare, Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, Sam Adams Brewery, AutoZone, Canadian Taft Hartley, AFA, Colombia, surveillance, company unions 032
Reposted by Work Stoppage SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 28/09/2026Hats off to 150 Allina hospital doctors who won a tentative agreement on their first labor contract that ensures pay increases and better benefits!seiu.coUnionized doctors reach deal with Allina Health after strikeThe union representing about 150 Allina hospital doctors announced on Wednesday a tentative agreement on a first labor contract covering wages and benefits. 0235
Reposted by Work Stoppage Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They cited nobody, and I wondered what kind of a monstrous sociopath would welcome this. Folks, 43632171
Reposted by Work Stoppage The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 28/09/2026ICE agents terrorized this suburban neighborhood in Frederick, Maryland, and beat peaceful protestors while local cops just watched. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social speaks with an eyewitness who saw and filmed everything.therealnews.com'Like the Gestapo': ICE brings terror and violence to MarylandICE agents terrorized this suburban neighborhood in Frederick, Maryland, and beat peaceful protestors while local cops just watched. We speak with an eyewitness who saw and filmed everything. 13324
Reposted by Work Stoppage Heather 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 Work Stoppage Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 26/09/2026Starbucks is ending their DEI initiatives nationwide. If you’re a customer, BOYCOTT STARBUCKS. If you’re a Starbucks worker, organize your union to protect you and your coworkers before things get even worse. 618588
Reposted by Work Stoppage Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103644414
Reposted by Work Stoppage Amir Khafagy @amirkhafagy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Scoop 🚨 Why is one of New York's most notorious union-busters forming independent unions? Cesar Alarcón, an anti-union consultant, showed up at Golden Krust with a new union, Local 311. Was it a sham? New investigation for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2026/09/23/u...documentedny.comCesar Alarcón Dismantles Unions — Why Is He Now Creating Them?Golden Krust workers had issues with their union. Then a seasoned anti-union consultant showed up. 3109
Reposted by Work Stoppage Cathy Otten @cathyotten.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In 2025, Omer Shatz and colleagues submitted a second communication to the ICC: "European officials suspected of Crimes Against Humanity against ‘migrants’ on the Central Mediterranean route" www.crimesagainsthumanity.eu/encrimesagainsthumanity.euEU Crimes Against HumanityExposing Crimes Against Humanity of European Officials 0149
Reposted by Work Stoppage More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nearly 190,000 home health workers in New York could unionize in one of the biggest U.S. labor drives in decades. SEIU Local 1199 says they've gotten almost 70,000 signatures, enough to trigger a union vote, and now the union has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election. 4451110
Reposted by Work Stoppage University of Oklahoma AAUP @uoklahomaaaup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.oudaily.com/news/aaup-su... "A log of responses from Oklahoma professors shows 64% of respondents reported they would not recommend working in Oklahoma to colleagues or graduate students."oudaily.comAAUP survey reveals growing concerns of political influence in higher education among instructorsAn American Association of University Professors survey of faculty in southern states, now including Oklahoma, reveals growing concerns about political influence in university curriculum. 11610
Reposted by Work Stoppage The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 22/09/2026A “forensic method” scientists call unreliable helped convict Moira Akers of killing her newborn. Prosecutors planned to use it again—even though the Maryland Department of Health has officially disavowed the practice.therealnews.comMaryland used discredited “science” to convict a woman of murdering her fetus. Reproductive rights groups are raising alarms.A “forensic method” scientists call unreliable helped convict Moira Akers of killing her newborn. Prosecutors planned to use it again—even though the Maryland Department of Health has officially disav... 1178
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ep 326 - Lawless Lawmen www.patreon.com/posts/170260... tinyurl.com/WSE326 Amazon, Samsung, Howard House Manufacturing, the entire French economy, Bradford White, CharterCARE, Allina Health, CVS looming strike, beverage distribution union busting, class struggle against ICE 120
Reposted by Work Stoppage AAUP @aaup.org · 22/09/2026"The elimination of entire departments to achieve relatively modest short-term savings risks long-term damage to research capacity, student enrollment, and institutional reputation." – Todd Wolfson, AAUP Presidentjournalstar.comFaculty group urges AAU to deny UNL readmission over budget cutsThe American Association of University Professors called the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's push to gain readmission to the AAU into question following last year's program and position eliminations. 02715
Reposted by Work Stoppage Michael 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" 411594529
Reposted by Work Stoppage Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 22/09/2026And we can do without this company running anything to do with our NHS in the UK, too! 054
Reposted by Work Stoppage alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026THREAD. Did you know that Minneapolis police deployed 101 personnel to a 7-person vigil held one morning at Renee Good's memorial? The cops generated $1.92 million in overtime cash for themselves. 101424519
Reposted by Work Stoppage Amberger @naughtynocturn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Democracy is when people ignore marginalized groups having their rights ripped from them and instead do whatever the fuck this is to defend a building 112925
Reposted by Work Stoppage Michael 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 Work Stoppage The Intercept @theintercept.com · 20/09/2026Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants you to know he has spent “decades” supporting the Palestinian people. But The Intercept dug into his claim and found that he actually has spent years donating to.... Friends of the IDF and AIPAC? buff.ly/0Msn7t7 1818996
Reposted by Work Stoppage Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Most of the point of this shit is to render monstrous choices more easily and less accountably available to institutional authorities so we should expect this kind of thing, and if left to their own devices the people developing and pushing it will never ever course correct. 1175
Reposted by Work Stoppage Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is eugenics 301657775
Reposted by Work Stoppage Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Canada succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics giant labornotes.org/2026/09/cana...labornotes.orgCanadian Walmart Workers Make History: A Union ContractEight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics g... 7579270
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Receipts: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comEffects of international sanctions on age-specific mortality: a cross-national panel data analysisSanctions have substantial adverse effects on public health, with a death toll similar to that of wars. Our findings underscore the need to rethink sanctions as a foreign-policy tool, highlighting the importance of exercising restraint in their use and seriously considering efforts to reform their design. 020
Work Stoppage @workstoppage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Everyone hyperventilating about the uncontroversial fact that the US has slaughtered orders of magnitude more people than every non-state actor in history are just doing genocide denial. Even leaving out the 10 million+ killed violently in US wars, whole generations have been killed by sanctions. 110
Reposted by Work Stoppage lumie's dad @classhuggle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026But why set aside the actual merits? They matter! Like, the argument against what Piker said depends on you not having eyes or a functioning brain. If you have either of those things, then you can clearly see what's happening every day on your television. 1162
Reposted by Work Stoppage The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 14/09/2026“This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.”therealnews.com‘Actively malevolent’: Trump EPA to eviscerate rules on planet-heating pollution from power plants“This is full-throated climate denial while the climate crisis happens in real time and a shocking betrayal of the American public.” 02520
Reposted by Work Stoppage UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Lou Leon Guerrero is the Governor of Guam, a US territory. But she and the rest of the people there have no say in who mines its waters. Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump's deep-sea mining ambitions in the Pacific. grist.org/energy/deep-...grist.orgShe governs a US territory. But she has no say in who mines its waters.Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump's deep sea mining ambitions in the Pacific. 02311