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Uncle Joe

(58,389 posts)
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 01:00 PM Jan 2022

Our new year's resolution for 2022: to rise up and fight back Bernie Sanders



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And here is some very good news. While the corporate-owned media may not be actively reporting it, working people all over the country, with extraordinary courage and determination, are taking on corporate greed, and they are winning.

Workers at John Deere waged their first strike in more than three decades, stayed on the picket lines and eventually won a contract with strong wage increases, a ratification bonus and improved health insurance.

Striking nurses in Buffalo won raises that moved all workers to at least $15 an hour and a reduction in staff shortages. These nurses fought not only for themselves, but their patients – and they won.

Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers won a major victory after rejecting a contract that would have given new workers lower wages and benefits.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/04/bernie-sanders-labor-strikes

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Our new year's resolution for 2022: to rise up and fight back Bernie Sanders (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jan 2022 OP
Rise Up. Strike Back. Magoo48 Jan 2022 #1
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