I started looking into Project 2025 so I could be more informed about it and...wow. This is really bad, absolutely horrible. They want to get rid of anything that benefits citizens and protects children and workers.
Today I have spent most of the day's active hours sewing a bunch of lingerie. I had already done half the work before, have sewn a bunch before, and was doing it in batches...
And it STILL took so very long to make just six pants and two bras. Lingerie making is fucking witchcraft and an almost entirely new skill set from other sewing, very fiddly and precise!
Fucking pay garment workers more, they deserve it!
Fav sign from a few years ago (sorry there isn't a better pic).
The state says,
"Labour Day" is in September
So the people won't remember
That corporations, cops, courts and politicians collude to dismember
The People
And yet,
We remember!
Happy Labour Day / May Day / International Workers' Day y'all!!!
If you live in Canada or the US you ought to have this day off.
In 2023, we broke the story of #Texas Department of #Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's transphobic dress code. One year later, employees are still suffering under this policy.
Bad news about beloved Trader Joe’s: The company “outsources inspiration for new products by targeting emerging brands under the guise of recruiting them to manufacture private-label items.” More like Pirate Joe’s, amirite? https://tastecooking.com/we-need-to-talk-about-trader-joes/
"Shadow minister Ed Miliband says Labour will review the agreement if it wins power to 'deliver the justice to which miners are entitled'."
The word "review" is doing a hella lot of the heavy lifting there. The same level of scrutiny will be applied to the claims of the WASPI women, no doubt. 🙄 😡
Previously: “OSHA is ineffective because it has been starved of resources from the start and really never got proper funding and staffing and saw reductions during the Trump years. Even today, now that it’s more than a half-century old, it is still ridiculously understaffed.”
Property and Contract in #Economics: The Case for Economic Democracy by David Ellerman
This book makes 2 arguments.
The employment contract is the core of the #capitalism rather than private property
The employment contract is invalid because it violates #WorkersRights to #democracy in the firm. All firms should be structured as worker #coops for economic justice
Cancer factories: Toxic chemicals remain a well-documented, potentially lethal threat to workers thanks to a weak OSHA and lax standards, says #Texas investigative reporter in a new book. Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen interviewed the author. https://www.texasobserver.org/cancer-goodyear-dupont?utm_campaign=mastodon
Cancer factories: Toxic chemicals remain a well-documented, potentially lethal threat to workers thanks to a weak OSHA and lax standards, says #Texas investigative reporter in a new book. Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen interviewed the author. https://www.texasobserver.org/cancer-goodyear-dupont?utm_campaign=mastodon
#TraderJoes United, the independent labor union for Trader Joe's employees, is currently not calling for a boycott in response to management's attack on the constitutionality of the #NLRB (National Labor Relations Board).
Right now they are "asking folks to support Trader Joe’s United by signing on in solidarity and letting us know you’ll stand with us if we call for a customer strike!"
Haha.. I just got threatened with a defamation suit on Fetlife, because I pointed out that advertising for a submissive to come work as your carer in exchange for the carer's pension (instead of paying them) was unethical.
the person was saying someone would get $1100/fortnight
** you have to be a "constant carer" of someone with a "severe disability" to receive that amount, otherwise you get like $80/fortnight
*** the person who was asking for this doesn't meet the criteria, and wasn't being honest about not meeting the criteria
**** it sucks arse that disabled people can't get the support we need, but exploiting people looking for a D/s relationship isn't the answer
***** go ahead and sue me. Not only don't you have a case, but I have no money and no assets. You're welcome to my collection of half finished cross stitches and my MASH DVDs as damages.