Historian. International labor rights activist. Author, Conservative Counterrevolution
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2008
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TulaConnell retweeted
BREAKING:
Uber says workers make $37 an hour. That's a blatant lie.
We found Denver workers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash merely make $5.49 after expenses.
That's 35% of the city minimum wage ($15.87) &officially puts workers below the poverty line.
theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
What a scam! @netflix automatically signed me up for its service without my permission and the charged my card for a month when I canceled (which I did within minutes of getting a Netflix email telling me I had *subscribed.*) Note to Netflix: This is illegal.
A supermajority of @sruuaw Student Researchers chose to form a union. Tell @UofCalifornia to respect their democratic decision and recognize them now! #SameResearchSameRights #UnionBustingIsDisgusting bit.ly/SRUpetition
Thank you @mkorman for not selling out like the others @MoCoCouncilMD
Employers' latest scam: Forcing workers to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in training if they leave the job even before 3 yrs in some cases--while many find excuses for firing the *trainees* and pocketing the cash.
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TulaConnell retweeted
Over the past few days, you all sent more than SIX HUNDRED emails to Duke & DUP management urging them to respect the results of our election! 🙌 We're incredibly grateful for your support. If you haven't signed yet, there's still time: actionnetwork.org/letters/ur…
No. Shame.: 77 oil and gas companies received $8.24bn from the Cares Act tax refunds while laying off nearly 60,000 employees.
theguardian.com/us-news/2021…
TulaConnell retweeted
Today we submitted the “District of Columbia Full Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers Amendment Act of 2022” at @Vote4DC #BetterRestaurantsDC
Even as demand picks up, drivers for @Uber & @lyft are paid less: Robert Eaton, a full-time Uber driver for 2+ yrs in Nevada works 16 hours, noon to 4am to provide for his family
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TulaConnell retweeted
Inspired by tech workers organizing to positively shape their workplaces, we are proud to stand with a majority of @Mapbox as the @MapboxUnion.
We ask management @Mapbox to voluntarily recognize us—the majority of workers looking to build a better company together!
The Senate filibuster has to go as a relic of a bygone era. Worldwide, about 41 national legislatures have some supermajority rules but nearly all are only used for constitutional amendments, not routine legislation (like establishing the Jan 6 commission)
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The Electoral Integrity Project uses expert surveys to evaluate the quality of national elections around the world since 2012 & found US elections score next to last among the world’s liberal democracies, ranking about 45th of 166 nations worldwide.
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The US economy pre-pandemic was dependent on an abundance of low-wage, low-hours jobs--a combo that yielded low prices for the comfortably middle-class & wealthy & low labor costs for bosses, but spectacularly low incomes for tens of millions of workers nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opini…
Want workers? Provide decent pay: 50%+ of restaurant workers surveyed are considering leaving their jobs, w/ 76% citing low wages/tips. Most respondents say having a “full, stable, livable wage” would help keep them in the industry. @onefairwage @rocunited dcist.com/story/21/05/25/d-c…
How low can you go? Ask Koch, who's been pushing to end eviction moratoriums during #COVID19 while investing big bucks in distressed housing. @davidsirota @KochFreeZone @UnKochCampus
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News of Central America rarely appears in US media. Central Americans fleeing the carnage are only seen as embodying the border crisis w/ little regard as to what sent them north. Rarely acknowledged is the past & current role of the US in Central America.
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
Average CEO pay increased by 29% from 2020-2019, while workers saw a 2% decrease. That is, if they were lucky enough to have a job. @IPS_DC
theguardian.com/business/202…
Because we have never (properly) called the South's attack on the US treason. Without a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or its equivalent to address the Civil War, it will continuously re-emerge in various forms in a perpetually bifurcated nation.
theguardian.com/us-news/2021…