Here’s what workers in the US South and the colonies were up to from August 1 to August 8 All information on Florida’s public sector union elections comes from McKenna Schueler’s monthly round up of Florida union news. You can check it out on her website, caringclassrevolt.substack.com, where you can get more information about Florida…
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Boss Watch
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Boss Watch: 8/1 – 8/8
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 1, and Friday, August 8 Texas Retaliator A federal whistleblower investigation found that Union Pacific Railroad Co. violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act by terminating a railroad engineer after the employee reported and sought medical care for a work-related injury. The department’s Occupational Safety…
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BBB gives ICE power to engage in nationwide reign of terror: “They’re coming to a city near you.”
“This bill adds $170 billion for immigration enforcement and immigration operations, generally,” Dayen started off. “A lot of that goes to building the border wall and the various security measures at the border, but there is a $30 billion increase in the ICE budget, which is about triple their annual budget, and there’s another $45 billion for the building of detention centers.” (READ MORE)