We call on the powers that be to release the students and employees who have been arrested, and if you can’t take the outcry, stop supporting this war.

Next up: nail techs march across the Brooklyn Bridge

Death count for Latino workers is growing. They have the highest workplace fatality rate: On-the-job deaths has declined over time for white people, & slightly increased for Black people but fatalities for Latino workers are rising sharply.
inthesetimes.com/article/latino…

Brandeis just sent out an email to students with 'guidelines for demonstrators' which among many restrictions allows protest activity 'in a designated area only.' This coming from the university that served as headquarters for the 1970 national student strike against Vietnam...

The right has one storyline here and around the world: divide in order to conquer. They cast an ever-evolving set of scapegoats for us to blame so we will look the other way while they seize their freedoms and ours alongside. Dems readily take their bait...

Note to Journalists: This is not a FREAK work accident.

Hundreds of workers are killed every year getting trapped in machinery. There are #OSHA standards to prevent workers from getting trapped in machinery.

nypost.com/2024/04/11/us-…

LA Times obituary on Peter Schey latimes.com/politics/story…

Trump's casual use of 'Migrant Crime' to smear large classes of immigrants should be covered as a national scandal. As Trump's rally in Michigan showed, his deranged, malicious, hateful public conduct is *itself* the real story here.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/180404…

On OSHA_DOL Walkaround Rule: 'successful labor enforcement comes “desde abajo” or from below, with the leadership and participation of workers who know their workplaces best and their organizations.” #healthandsafety #DALE

This is 100% true. Patricia Campos Medina gave us the visual of what the line looks like in action.

Five white guys deciding who can't be involved in New Jersey politics.

Important, heartfelt interview from Maximillian Alvarez on Democracy Now!:

“What does this story actually show us? That immigrants are filling our potholes at night so we can have a smooth drive to work in the morning… & the contractors who employ them & exploit the...” 1/2

not surprised that all (or most) of the people missing after the Baltimore bridge collapse are immigrant workers; we’ve been here before

The trend continues in the latest appropriations deal - too much money spent on immigration enforcement and not nearly enough on enforcing labor standards and protecting workers:
epi.org/publication/im…

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We’re doing a study on undocumented migrant workers from Mexico, over 62 years of age and currently working or retired and living in the United States.

The purpose of the study is to better understand the living conditions of the elderly population. 1/2

📣 The Labor Action Tracker Annual Report 2023 is officially here, courtesy of Labor Action Tracker, Cornell ILR School, and LER at Illinois!

Check out the link below for the full report or take a look at the overview in the following thread! #1u

ilr.cornell.edu/faculty-and-re…

'Destitute people trying to cross the border to find a better life are not our enemy. They are not taking your jobs. When I see these people, I see my grandparents. Our job as leaders is to eradicate poverty everywhere, that is our challenge.”

hls.harvard.edu/today/united-a…