I curated a (mostly) exhaustive list of Juneteenth celebrations across the country. Chances are there’s one near you!
The federal government arrested and indicted 15 people on conspiracy charges over the protests and massive strike against ICE in Minnesota last winter. The Minneapolis 15 include union carpenters, electricians, teachers, university staff, and nursing home workers. labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
Juneteenth marks the day when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. I curated a list of events and one may be near you!
Much attention in recent years has focused on the negative effects of technologies like AI for consumers and white-collar workers, writes @lfelizleon.bsky.social. Less attention gets paid to warehouse workers.
"The standard narrative: Beijing picked winners, poured in subsidies, and created EV champions. We show that this is largely a misperception--Central policy actually BLOCKED most cities and private firms from the auto industry for decades."
Superb article! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
This month, in multiple settings, including the AFL-CIO convention, Minnesota's labor movement has been honored and given awards for standing up to ICE. Now trade unionists are among those being targeted by the federal govt, which is citing participation in worker assemblies as proof of conspiracy.
Here is what a fact-finding team established at the scene: there was no emergency exit. There was no exhaust vent – not a single opening through which smoke could escape. There was nothing.
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Minnesota trade unionists active in worker assemblies are among the 15 people indicted by the federal government today, as part of a sweeping crackdown on organizing in opposition to the ICE and Borde...
- A sea of Knicks fans at an evening watch party erupted into cheers after the team clinched the championship! 5/5
Delaney Hall is a 1,000-bed private detention center in Newark where immigrants are jailed without due process.
@lfelizleon.bsky.social reports that 300 detained workers are refusing food and labor to demand medical care, release for vulnerable people and freedom for all.
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- The largest international coalition of Amazon workers in history united to share frontline organizing stories and develop strategies for taking on the global logistics behemoth. 2/5
Immigrants detained at Delaney Hall say they have been denied medical care, served food with worms and forced to work for as little as $1 an hour, or for no pay at all.
@lfelizleon.bsky.social reports 300 detained workers are on strike demanding freedom.
While the introduction of robotics at Amazon is still in an early phase, the technological transformation underway continues existing practices of work intensification, degradation, discipline, and displacement.
We are not asking for the impossible. We are asking for fire exits. We are asking for ventilation. We are asking for the right to refuse work in conditions that are medically dangerous.
