Nat’l Press Secretary @aflcio ✊ Formerly @newsguild | @cwaunion | @opensecretsdc — all opinions are my own.
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“Patients don’t understand the political and economic limitations. They just understand there’s an opportunity out there that they cannot use. Even though we know the drug is safe & successful, we still cannot use it for the patients,” - Rydell Alvarez, researcher in Havana – at Austin, TX
ALT Medical researcher presents to audience on Cuban medical advancements
(8/) An economic system that burdens the the youngest and most educated sections of its workforce with $1.6 trillion in debt before they even get chance to begin their careers is a system that is bound to be combated by those it exploits.
nytimes.com/interactive/2022… – at Louisiana, USA
ALT Graph showing the large gap between student debt held by millennials and the lesser debts of older generations.
(5/) Original reports attributed the Walker donation to Home Depot itself, spurring the company to clarify in a tweet that the almost $2 million donation contribution was from their former CEO and not the company itself. – at Louisiana, USA
ALT Home Depot tweets: “Hi Nathalie, the company has not contributed to this campaign. The contribution was from our co-founder Bernie Marcus, who left The Home Depot more than 20 years ago.”
(3/) Marcus’s attack on the much-needed student loan forgiveness program is one of his many historical initiatives to harm the working class by throwing his billions behind anti-working class policy and right-wing candidates. – at Louisiana, USA
ALT Bernie Marcus appears on Fox News to advocate for the infamous 2017 Trump tax cuts for the rich.
(2/) The recent lawsuit that halted Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was filed by a right-wing advocacy group founded by Bernie Marcus known as the Jobs Creators Network Foundation (JCN). – at Louisiana, USA
ALT Job Creators Network billboard criticizing AOC for her role in keeping Amazon’s HQ2 out of Queens in 2019.
@Shut_downAmazon in Texas for the @AFLCIO YALL summit! (@TXUNIONSYALL)
Smalls says you can’t organize labor in this country without the south. Yes, Texas is notoriously hard to organize in but it’s young militant workers are ready.
And, if we don’t get it…
SHUT IT DOWN!✊🏼 – at Austin, TX
