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 San Jose, CA
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"Proposition 36 on the Nov. 5 ballot would disproportionately hurt Black and Brown TGI (Transgender, Gender-variant, and Intersex) communities by pushing more of us into incarceration while leaving the programs that keep us safe severely underfunded." 48hills.org/2024/10/prison-o…
Prison—or programs that actually work? - 48 hills

Prison—or programs that actually work? - 48 hills

Prop. 36 would lock more people up—and undermine proven solutions that break the cycle of crime and incarceration.

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HAPPENING NOW: We're joining fellow @SEIU members from across the region, @CA_WFP, and community allies to rally outside our members' McDonald's in San Jose and calling out industry efforts for funding a PAC to the sum of $800,000 in support of a BoS candidate.
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This is outrageous. But not surprising. Fast food bosses have been throwing out numbers indicating that CA workers getting a minimum wage bump to $20/hr. has forced layoffs. The numbers are completely fake. Jobs in the industry have only gone up since the raise. #UnionsForAll
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More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS18 Jun 2024
Fast food corporations really want you to be mad that workers in their industry now have a $20/hr minimum wage in California. They want your anger so much that they're lying to you about the results of raising the wage.
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Today fast food workers as well as our allies in labor and our communities are at San Jose City Hall to demand Council supports the #FastFoodFairWork Law, creating a path for essential Know Your Rights Trainings and Paid Time Off. The state isn’t going to solve these issues.
Workers at City Council

ALT Workers at City Council

Workers at City Council

ALT Workers at City Council

Workers at City Council

ALT Workers at City Council

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BREAKING: #InternationalWorkersDay strike in San Diego as @BurgerKing workers have walked off the job due to excessive heat and other workplace safety issues. Workers have filed with CalOSHA. 🧵 #MayDay
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Fight for a Union@FightForAUnion16 Apr 2024
Meanwhile news outlets keep telling us fast food workers don't deserve $20/hr
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Workers on strike today learned their rights through our union, but with half a million fast food workers in California, we need every worker to Are you a California fast food worker or know someone who is? Join our #CAFastFoodWorkersUnion: californiafastfoodworkersuni…
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@rooseveltinst16 Apr 2024
"[H]ere in the United States, we are captives to a turbocapitalist narrative that questions even the most miniscule gains for workers, while giving egregious corporate greedflation a pass." Great op-ed from @helaineolen on CA's new fast food minimum wage: msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opin…
Outrage over California’s new fast-food minimum wage is hard to stomach

Outrage over California’s new fast-food minimum wage is hard to stomach

When it comes to the fast-food industry, we've made it normal to equate cheap and disposable food with cheap and disposable workers.

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Fight for a Union@FightForAUnion20 Mar 2024
Is this the wage hike they're talking about?
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@KTLA20 Mar 2024
McDonald's franchise owner: 'You can't raise prices enough' to cover minimum wage hike ktla.com/news/local-news/mcd…
McDonald’s franchisee ‘can’t raise prices enough’ to cover minimum wage hike

McDonald’s franchisee ‘can’t raise prices enough’ to cover minimum wage hike

As the owner of 21 McDonald’s franchises in California, Kerri Harper-Howie is naturally frustrated by the state’s new minimum wage law – just not for the reasons you might expect. Start…

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Today fast food workers, progressives, and labor allies are showing up at San Jose City Hall to call on Council to STAND with the 13,000+ fast food workers in our city and OPPOSE paid industry lobbyists whose actions will keep workers in the dark about our rights.
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @unitehere19 @seiu1021 @SJSpotlight
"We're here in solidarity with fast food workers. Budgets are a statement of our values and #SanJose should value protecting our most vulnerable workers." Kathy Tran @IFPTE21 – at San Jose, CA
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @SVRising @tacobell @McDonalds @Wendys @seiu1021
Our campaign director & #FastFoodCouncil councilwoman Maria Maldonado talks about the importance of a #FastFoodFairWork Ordinance for not just us, but our families & our community. We won't allow paid lobbyists by greedy bosses & global corporations to decide our city's agenda!
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @SVRising @tacobell @McDonalds
"Since I've worked at @Wendys my rights as a worker have been run over." Romualda Alcazar #FastFoodFairWork #UnionsForAll – at San Jose, CA
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @SVRising @tacobell
"At work we're facing abuses because we don't know our rights. Our employers don't want us to know about our rights because they don't want to be responsible for their workers." Jose Perez, @McDonalds worker.
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @unitehere19 @seiu1021
"I don't understand why these corps and wealthy fast food business owners and their lobbyists are afraid of workers knowing their rights. The #FastFoodCouncil cannot legally address the issues the workers are asking for today." Read more in @SJSpotlight: sanjosespotlight.com/silver-… – at San Jose, CA
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @unitehere19 @seiu1021
Thank you Amigos de Guadalupe for your support for a #FastFoodFairWork Ordinance in San Jose! – at San Jose, CA
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Jeffrey Buchanan@JRBinSV19 Mar 2024
Amazing at a San Jose City Council meeting, immigrant women of @CAFastFoodUnion bare their souls about the troubling conditions in the industry, describing miscarriages at work and horrendous conditions and City Councilmembers just stare at their phones, don’t make eye contact.
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"This is common sense to ensure workers know their rights. We've all heard heartbreaking stories from fast food workers and we need you to stand with the workers." Sarah Julian @unitehere19 – at San Jose, CA
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Replying to @CAFastFoodUnion @SVRising @SEIU2015 @wpusanews
"I'm talking about the 13,000 San Jose fast food workers. The industry has hired 4 of the largest contract lobby firms in the city, all that to try to scare you away from thinking about working with workers to know their rights." @JRBinSV @SVRising – at San Jose, CA
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