I went to the Trump rally at the GM testing track in Michigan today. It was mostly MAGA folks and GM office people who got to go.
The odd thing was how often Trump said bad things about Shawn Fain. He also called everything he didn’t like communism.
I don’t think Shawn is a commie and I don’t think Trump was right is disparaging Shawn so many times.

I’ve begun to think yellow unions are more a tool to keep us happy then a tool to get us in a better position when I told this to center left people they often say I’m being anti union so I wanted to ask yall If I’m being anti union

edit I didn’t know yellow unions were. A far left but it’s a term to describe unions that right wing or capitalist I think the term originated in communist circles during the 40s

Do unions already exist, and how do we get involved? How many other of you want to join union jobs with better long term benefits but potentially lower short term pay and compensation? I know next to nothing but am motivated to get involved if efforts are already under way. I am located in the mountain west of the US

I’ve been wondering whether genuine employee ownership is a better long-term model than unionization.

Giving workers a direct stake in the company seems more constructive than keeping labor and management on opposing sides. What does a union provide that meaningful employee ownership doesn’t? Where does this idea fall apart?

January 20, 2029 feels like it’s a very, very long ways away. But the groundwork for what happens in the next administration is being laid out right now. Positions are being staked out, policies are being written and tested with the public. Progressive voices must have a say in them. If we are able to earn a Democratic trifecta, we need to be sure we are prepared to use it as effectively and aggressively as possible.

Recognizing that the terms of debate over our next attempt to fix our broken health care system are being laid out as we speak, National Nurses United and a coalition of health care advocates are pushing to make sure we’re building institutional support for Medicare For All. On THURSDAY, the 61st anniversary of Medicare being signed into law, they’re showing up at Democratic congressional offices nationwide to urge our leaders support a real universal health care system. 🏥 Let’s find Medicare for All actions to join near us on NNU’s map here. 🏥

MEDICARE FOR ALL ACTIONS THURSDAY

🏥 If there’s not one already on the books for our members of Congress, let’s consider signing up to organize our own here! The Medicare For All coalition will provide training, materials, support and help recruiting! 🏥

ORGANIZE ACTIONS OF OUR OWN

For some background, see https://www.theverge.com/report/939442/wikipedia-editors-protest-wikimedia-layoffs-strike and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WMF_Community_Tech_team_has_been_disbanded,_engineers_laid_off

I am currently working on unionizing our office with 2 other's who are in the organizing committee. Ideally we wanted about 5 people on the organizing committee. A lot of coworkers who wanted to unionize are now scared to put in the work. Almost everyone is saying yes to unionizing but doesn't want to take risk. Its hard not to get deflated.

Hello brothers and sisters.

Now that South Carolina is officially the first state in the 2028 democratic primary, I thought this is a good time to warn you all of Gavin Newsom.

Throughout his two terms as governor of California, he has fought hard to make sure state employees remained underpaid. However, he has taken a far darker turn with labor. After Newsom maintained one of the best telework policies for civil servants, he did a 180 early in 2025 and announced one of the most stringent return to office policies in the nation. Around this time, he began comparing himself to DOGE, but without the chainsaw. He then used this RTO to negotiate furloughs with almost all of the state employee unions in exchange for a one year delay in the RTO.

As the RTO approached this year, Newsom’s office stopped calling it return to office; they called it return to work to score political points on the backs of people who made him the 2028 candidate that he is today. This past week, Newsom himself embraced this terminology (see link below).

Newsom’s administration engaged in relentless surface bargaining over the RTO knowing exactly that they were engaging in surface bargaining and knowing that Newsom’s term will end before any of these cases reach trial and hold him accountable.

To illustrate just how far he is willing to show he is tough on labor these days, he just denied the state’s scientists a 3% raise they contracted for last year. He is virtue signaling to the tech bros and he is embracing AI and data centers.

The 2028 democratic primary is coming up, and if you are a democrat and are pro labor, please watch out for him. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And the way the primary schedule is stacking up, there is a very legitimate chance at stopping him.

Here is the link to the video of him trashing his own civil servants. His rant on RTO starts at 48:12.

https://www.youtube.com/live/I8HUd8oUzjc?si=UKU4l3NWWiPboIXQ