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Not all workers get today off! While you enjoy your holiday, many agricultural workers are hard at work planting, harvesting, and packaging the food we eat every day. Today lest honor those workers and thank them for their amazing work. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
This is the best moonwalk performance I've ever seen
What a special interaction 💕
Initially, the telephone company hired boys as operators, starting with George Willard Croy in January 1878. Boys had been successful as telegraphy operators but tended to be impatient and were prone to cursing and pranks, qualities unacceptable for live contact with callers. /2
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1878: Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator, an occupation that would soon be dominated by women. Alexander Graham Bell hired Nutt to work for the Boston Telephone Dispatch Co., where she spent her entire 35-year career. /1
😂🤣🖕@ DT
Yesterday, UFW President Teresa Romero, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, CA AFL-CIO President Lorena Gonzalez and Central Coast Executive Director Jeremy Goldberg joined farm workers at the Central Coast Central Labor Council #LaborDay event held in the heart of Oxnard’s farm worker community.
#ArtOfResistance
Agreed
Trump and Dr. Oz want AI to decide which Medicare patients get care—and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong. Tell Congress to intervene NOW:
Class act!
Most GOP voters are global warming deniers and accelerationists. Their racist willful ignorance and illogic are widely shared among Western conservatives. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
@talesofmoderation harassed me & others. Reported & hope they’re gone …
#History #BlackSky @rwack.bsky.social @deardean22.bsky.social
#History #BlackSky @rwack.bsky.social @deardean22.bsky.social
LTG Honore knows a lot about a lot of things, including how to respond to a disaster and how to conduct military operations in a US city. When the National Guard arrived in NOLA, residents were fearful. "Get your guns down!" As soon as they put away their weapons on his order, it went smooth.
The world will outlast this evolution of the US. I’m really looking forward to seeing the post fall version.
I love watching big cat mamas with their babies. So precious.
The older people get, the earlier it gets late.
He a part of it right but … Make America Gavin Again …
Dress for the job you want. 📸 Aycute99
I would like to marry Jeff Daniels.
I always wanted to marry John Mayall ... 😍
Believe the victims Believe women
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Good game … 🤩
We cannot remain silent in the face of expanding authoritarian assaults. Our democracy depends on us speaking out. We must recognize our collective power to drive change. www.americaamerica.news/subscribe
On May 9, 1970, Reuther, his wife and four others were killed when their chartered jet crashed on approach to a small airport in Michigan. The official cause was an instrument malfunction, but some speculate foul play. Reuther was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. /end
As a liberal Democrat, Reuther was an influential advisor to JFK and LBJ. He helped advocate for landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Peace Corps. A lifelong environmentalist, Reuther and the UAW were crucial in funding and organizing the first Earth Day in 1970. /7
Reuther was a powerful and visible ally of the Civil Rights Movement, marching with Martin Luther King Jr. and helping to fund the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Coretta Scott King later eulogized him, stating, “He was there in person when the storm clouds were thick.” /6
In 1946, Reuther was elected president of the UAW and served in that position until his death in 1970. He transformed the UAW into one of the most progressive labor unions in the U.S. Auto workers’ standard of living doubled under his leadership, with substantial increases in pay and benefits. /5
After returning to Detroit, he became a key organizer for the nascent United Auto Workers union, leading successful sit-down strikes, including a major victory against GM in 1937. He was also famously beaten by Ford’s security guards during the “Battle of the Overpass” in 1937. /4
In the 1930s, Reuther and his brother Victor embarked on a three-year world tour, which included working in a Soviet car factory. This experience made him a fierce opponent of communism, though his opponents often baselessly accused him of being a communist sympathizer. /3
Born into a socialist and union-activist family, Reuther was imbued with a passion for social and economic justice from a young age. After starting as a tool and die maker in his teens, he moved to Detroit and joined Ford Motor Co. He was fired in 1932 for his socialist organizing activities. /2
#ResistanceRoots Walter Reuther was born on this day in 1907 in Wheeling, W.V. A highly influential and progressive American labor leader and civil rights activist, Reuther believed that labor movements should advance social justice and human rights as well as the economic interests of workers. /1
Further reading on the "Battle of the Overpass" in 1937. bsky.app/profile/bamb...
A truly great man … 💔
In order to get a weather forecasting job with the National Weather Service, applicants now have to name at least two Trump Executive Orders and state how they plan to help support them. Which is ridiculous and shame on every MIC that allows that nonsense in their WFO!
It’s been a long day good night, blue sky
What it took to figure out how to make this all work is impressive. Wow! IG: Eric Dane Jaqua “Northern Michigan's One Man Band”
Wonderful 😸
🚨 Tomorrow is election day in Florida for two critical seats! Make your plan to vote for: ☑️ LaVon Bracy Davis, State Senate District 15 ☑️ RaShon Young, State House District 40 (the seat Davis vacated to run for State Senate) These two Democrats are the leadership Florida needs. Be sure to vote!
Brief & succinct... worth reading ... As with all things 45, it's a race to the bottom ... But we're not going with him ...
Read what @drshepherd2013.bsky.social had to say about us in @Forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/marsha... Be sure to check out more about our initiative here: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...
And this ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Hmm, I don't like the look of these charts."
Difference between a husky and border collie... 👀😅🤣 #dog #dogday #bluesky
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
I think LA has always led the League for leaving runners on base ... Take heart ...
Dear god ... Emmett Till was 14 ... We are still remembering his horrifying lynching 70 yrs ago ... I am truly sickened ...
Climate scientists, fired by 45, are continuing their work as a non-profit. They are on Bsky as climate.us ... Follow them ... The life they save might be your own ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This a group of folks who were at NOAA, NASA, etc., who 45 fired. They're starting a new non-profit to fill in the huge gap & potentially save lives .. Look into who they are & what their new mission is ... 💙
Sounds like a win for the Big Cats ... But we all gotta scream, 45, Tear down that Wall ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
As the President remains missing and three dictators gather in India, you gotta wonder what they’re talking about and what their new world order strategy will be…
When all languages fall silent.... Love speaks... pure moments between kids and animals... 😊 #bluesky #nature #animals
A humanoid robot goes off during training. #bluesky
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“The Trump Administration has doubled down on being the most anti-labor, anti-worker administration in United States history,” - Matt Biggs, president of IFPTE www.huffpost.com/ent...
In need of some hope this Labor Day? Scroll through our Bluesky feed. You’ll see countless people across the country who are fed up with the Trump regime and are protesting against this fascist billionaire takeover.
France and Ukraine are coordinating the launch of drone production for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, French Ambassador Gaël Veyssière confirmed. Talks are ongoing with a French company to establish drone manufacturing within Ukraine.
Dogs are amazing! ❤️🐕🐾 #dog #dogday #bluesky
@neverstopthefight.bsky.social 😊
Trump wants to erase Black history stating it’s too “woke,” not enough energy is spent on American "Success" and "Brightness.” Our nation is great because of Black geniuses. There are so many inventions by Black people. Often never receiving proper recognition for their valuable contributions.
Chick-fil-A abruptly begins closing stores as economic crisis accelerates. All across America, restaurants are going dark. “Closed” signs are popping up as jobs disappear. The downturn has come for everyone – even Chick-fil-A. share.newsbreak.com/eswuvvcz?s=i16
Daily "aww" for today... 😊 #dog #dogday #cat #catday #bluesky
East Portland Indivisible #WorkersOverBillionaires
She took steps to avoid the cops - it didn’t work toronto.citynews.ca/2025/08/28/w...
I think this is the same salon I posted about before with a fluffy, white dog: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
#GingerCatAppreciationDay #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/kVDY...
#LaborDay
Be kind. Always. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
I found this picture and love it! It's so true women are often called bitches and we are just strong women standing up for ourselves and others! I've always said to anyone who calls me a bitch that it's queen bitch to you lol 😂
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It wasn’t until 1938—more than a half century after the Haymarket Riot and the national strikes for eight-hour workdays—when Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which limited the workweek to 44 hours, and then amended the law two years later to 40 hours.
Not him
On #LaborDay, we recognize the workers who make so much of our everyday lives possible. And every day, we should have American workers' back by supporting their organized efforts to secure higher wages, good benefits, and safe & dignified workplaces.
The number of Gen Z who are struggling to survive is rising rapidly right now and it will get worse under Trump. What a great way to recruit non political people as Democrats.
The Books Win …
Is it fair to say that White Americans historically received advantages that contributed to a head start over Black and Brown Americans? I say yes. What do you think? #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory
#LaborDay2025
“China always remembers the contribution and sacrifice made to it by the United States and the American people during the World War II,” says an entry on the Flying Tigers memorial page of China’s state-run newspaper People’s Daily Online. www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/c...
#ResistanceRoots In most of the world, Labor Day is celebrated on May 1 to commemorate the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in 1886. If a U.S. event was the historic source for May Day, why does the U.S. celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday in September? /1
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place on Sept. 5, 1882, when about 10,000 workers marched in a parade. A few cities soon followed with similar events. At that time, unions were often contested and strikes were brutally suppressed by law enforcement and the military. /2
Socialist groups and trade unions established May Day in 1889. Matthew Maguire, a machinist who many historians credit with proposing the holiday, was the secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York and ran for vice president on the Socialist Party ticket in 1896. /3
However, President Grover Cleveland was uncomfortable with this link to socialism. Just days after suppressing the Pullman strike, where federal troops killed more than a dozen striking workers, Cleveland signed legislation in 1894 to make Labor Day the first Monday in September. /4
Cleveland acted partly to make a conciliatory gesture to the labor movement but chose the September date to sidestep associations with the socialist- and anarchist-led protests on May 1. The September date could be justified as aligning with holidays already established in some states. /5
Workers weren’t given the right to join unions until the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. By 1953, more than 35% of private sector workers were unionized. Less than 10% are today, thanks in large part to the anti-union efforts of Republicans. Most union members are in the public sector. /end
Shooti’s thoughts: I believe that understanding the true meaning of Labor Day requires recognizing its socialist and radical roots. Ignoring this history sanitizes the struggles and sacrifices that made workers’ rights possible, and paints over the conflicting priorities of workers and businesses.
We the People means All the People #WorkersOverBillionaires
Debunking Zionists favorite lies 🤥
Hey Jake, you have another book to write.
We share this graph as often as we can. #UnionStrong
