Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
174 followers · 3152 posts · Server sfba.socialFrom Wolin to Rand: Once we knelt before the dictates of the #marketplace and lifted #governmentregulations, slashed #taxes for the #rich, permitted the flow of money across #borders, destroyed #unions and signed trade deals that sent #jobs to sweatshops in Mexico and China, the world would be a happier, freer and wealthier place. It was a con. But it worked.
#Ideas, however esoteric they may appear to the #public, matter.
#AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs
https://scheerpost.com/2023/09/10/chris-hedges-the-pedagogy-of-power/
#marketplace #governmentregulations #taxes #rich #borders #unions #jobs #ideas #public #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
174 followers · 3149 posts · Server sfba.social
#BipartisanTrickleDown: Defining #poverty as a #cultural rather than an #economicproblem comported with the #ColdWar #propaganda that extolled an American #wayoflife in which the promise of #endlessgrowth had supposedly overcome class tensions
#RightToWork #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #guaranteedbasicincome
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/inequality-poverty-unemployment-johnson/
#bipartisantrickledown #poverty #cultural #economicproblem #coldwar #propaganda #wayoflife #endlessgrowth #righttowork #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs #guaranteedbasicincome
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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Vietnam War, bad idea in '55, like the China 'conflict' today:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/10/world/biden-vietnam-g20-summit
#StrongmanCapitalism #DemocracyIsntProfitable #PetroOligarchsAreRICO #ExportingEmissions #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #CapitalismIsKillingThePlanet
#strongmancapitalism #democracyisntprofitable #petrooligarchsarerico #exportingemissions #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs #capitalismiskillingtheplanet
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
167 followers · 2985 posts · Server sfba.socialhttps://www.levernews.com/labor-days-secret-history/
Working #people are not content to reminisce about their #past accomplishments, or let them fade into obscurity. They are still fighting for a #revolutionary #future
#InstitutionalizedPoverty #CRTisHistory #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #LaborIsAnExploitableCommodity #GreenNewDealJobs #CapitalismCreatesOligarchs
#people #past #revolutionary #future #institutionalizedpoverty #crtishistory #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs #laborisanexploitablecommodity #greennewdealjobs #capitalismcreatesoligarchs
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
165 followers · 2870 posts · Server sfba.socialIf #King and Randolph's plea for a $2 ($19 in 2023 dollars) federal #minimumwage remains unmet 55 years later, it serves as a stark reminder that our commitment to #equity must be unwavering and forward-thinking. We must understand the difference between #povertywages, nonprofit industrial complex wages, and wages that provide #economicsecurity.
#AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #LaborIsAnExploitableCommodity
From: @rosanita
https://mstdn.social/@rosanita/110967755672809927
#King #minimumwage #equity #povertywages #economicsecurity #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs #laborisanexploitablecommodity
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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#GreedIsBad: the root #cause of #poverty is #exploitation. #People are poor because other people benefit from the #presence of poverty: “To understand the causes of poverty, we must look beyond the poor. Those of us living lives of #privilege and #plenty must examine ourselves.”
#TragedyOfEnclosure #InstitutionalizedPoverty #WarOnSubsistence #DegradedScapes #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #LaborIsAnExploitableCommodity #StateSanctionedViolence
#greedisbad #CAUSE #poverty #exploitation #people #presence #privilege #plenty #tragedyofenclosure #institutionalizedpoverty #waronsubsistence #degradedscapes #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs #laborisanexploitablecommodity #statesanctionedviolence
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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“#Employers are operating with no consequence”: #Wagetheft was also a problem in the #healthcare industry ($28.4 million); #construction ($27.6 million); #janitorial services and #retail stores ($5.9 million each); and supermarkets and convenience stores ($5.8 million).
#CareEconomy #BetterWorld #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs
#CapitalismExploitsLabor #capitalismiskillingtheplanet
https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft
#employers #wagetheft #healthcare #construction #janitorial #retail #CareEconomy #betterworld #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs #capitalismexploitslabor #capitalismiskillingtheplanet
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
162 followers · 2683 posts · Server sfba.social
#ManufacturingPoverty: #poverty persists because it is lucrative for everyone who doesn’t experience it themselves. The #poor experience poverty—but it is the rest of us who help #generate and #sustain it.
#GreenNewDealJobs #CapitalismCreatesOligarchs #FossilFuelsDegradeSubsistence #AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #booksofmastodon #Bookreview
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond/
#manufacturingpoverty #poverty #poor #generate #sustain #greennewdealjobs #capitalismcreatesoligarchs #BooksofMastodon #bookreview #fossilfuelsdegradesubsistence #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
154 followers · 2356 posts · Server sfba.social
Thousands of L.A. city workers to strike Tuesday https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-04/thousands-of-l-a-city-workers-to-strike-tuesday
#livingwage: The city #work stoppage comes amid a frenzy of organized #labor activity in Los Angeles and across the country, including the first simultaneous strike of Hollywood writers and actors since 1960. Los Angeles and Orange County hotel workers have also engaged in intermittent work stoppages
#livingwage #work #labor #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
154 followers · 2342 posts · Server sfba.social
As thousands of workers prepare to strike, Bass says L.A. is ‘not going to shut down’ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-07/thousands-of-l-a-city-workers-poised-to-strike-just-after-midnight-disrupting
Labor’s year: Service Employees International #Union Local 721, which represents more than 7,000 city #workers, said its members would launch their strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday to protest what they described as unfair labor practices by city negotiators and a failure by management to remain at the bargaining table.
#union #workers #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
107 followers · 1287 posts · Server sfba.socialA new #trades program will be coming to South San Francisco #HighSchool next school year, becoming the first program to build a trades #pathway into #jobs like #electrician, plumber, carpenter, estimator and building inspector.
#trades #highschool #Pathway #jobs #Electrician #greennewdeal #livingwage #alljobsshouldbeunionjobs
Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
39 followers · 326 posts · Server sfba.social#AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs: “If he’s hearing firsthand that these workers are being paid subminimum wage … why is that not being investigated?” she said. “There is a crime going on right in front of the governor.” Less than 1% of farms are unionized.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/living-in-shipping-containers-making-9-an-17742337.php