#get those job protections

[ibringyouasong89]

My friend and co-worker (we work in retail together) was directly impacted by this. Her boyfriend works for UPS and was almost out of a job before the negotiations were finally agreed upon. My poor friend was riddled with anxiety and highly stressed out because they depend more upon his income to pay rent, bills, and help buy food for them. She had been trying to convince him to look into working for DoorDash, as a driver, while the strike was going on (had the contract’s deadline not been met and Teamster and UPS not come to any agreements). She obviously was not going to tell him to cross the line and work while hundreds of thousands of people - including his friends and co-workers - were all out, still on strike, over things like air conditioning units for the trucks, better pay, better work environment, and more work-life balance needs being met.

I sat and watched, read and highlighted, and prayed with her about the outcome of these meetings between the UPS and Teamster's unions. I talked her down when the stress was mounting as the deadline’s date got closer and closer. When the news came out that the negotiations had gone well and the contract renewed, I found out before her, and texted her the good news. She was in disbelief and basically googled to see if it was true (which it obviously was/is) and then proceeded to hug me, when she’s not a touchy-feely person (like me), out of sheer relief and exhaustion. Like, she doesn't even do high-fives, even when she's happy (it's cool, I respect that).

AND THIS IS WHY UNIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT!

Yes, they are obviously, and incredibly, NECESSARY for the workers…but they are also incredibly necessary for the FAMILIES of those workers too. It’s 2023 and we are still having to fight the fights so that blue/brown-collar workers deserve fair treatment and pay…but we also, as a nation, DESERVE to have unions of every kind so that ALL WORKERS, of whatever-colored-collar-they-wear, get the same equal pay, rights, benefits, environmental and technological upgrades, AND PROTECTIONS that is afforded to police, EMTs, teachers (or soon-to-be-one's like me), postal service workers, mechanics, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, etc.... If not for those professions, unions would be non-existent, and once upon a time, it was UNIONS that brought forth such a change to Americans and working life, it became a song decades later. "Working For the WEEKEND," by Loverboy. Look it up; it's a good, catchy song from the 81'. That’s how remarkable and life-changing unions can be.

This has literally been the “Summer of Strikes” and, in all honesty, I hope to see more because it’s time for this nation of hardworking people (no matter the shape and color of the collar; class, gender, non-gender, sexual or religious identity, or ethnicity) to get what they deserve! It’s time to organize and unionize! PSA: Also, start looking into CREDIT UNIONS...which are better, and safer, than banks!

#Everything is better when it's part of a union or unionized #Because it's FOR the people #BY the people #OF the people

UPS has reached an agreement with the Teamsters union to equip its iconic brown delivery trucks with air conditioning for the first time for new units.

The agreement, announced by UPS on Tuesday, comes as the delivery giant and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters negotiate the terms of a new contract for more than 330,000 U.S. employees. (source)

Unions work, unionize.

[twiggyrogue]

If it wasn't for the TMAGP ARG snippets I probably wouldn't be as obsessed about Sam but oh my goddd with what tiny we know about him I'm not over it. He's got a canon birthday (!!! He's 33 at the start of the show! It's p cool to know that tbh!) so we know when the Institute burned down, he was 9 year old. So at nine, maximum, he went through the Institute's child experiment. That's age he went through potentially a version of the Milgrim experiment! Mr. Spider whom, this child might have actively tortured someone because he was told to?? And that's probably the terrible event that was brought up in the interview but maybe it wasn't! Maybe it's something worse!! Oh no!!!

The guy scored the highest in empathy in the entire test group at 98% and now his job is experiencing other people's horrors like of course he can't help but look into them, of course he can't help but internalize them when Alice has warned him of what can happen, I'm so worried about this man!!!

[ilovedthestars]

i understand and appreciate the sentiment behind them but god, as someone in the process of getting an art degree and intending to pursue a career in art, those "don't get a job doing what you love because you'll start to hate it" posts are depressing

[leosgreyfringe]

literally can’t get my mind off the match. I already obsess over poor arsenal results but this one included MY LITTLE GUY….

[thebookworm0001]

anyway hi stop fucking saying voting doesn’t matter because as a public school English teacher in Texas it absolutely fucking does

[fiona-fififi]

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[myreia]

✦ B L A C K M A G E

Black magic. The tempest of fire and ice and thunder that has been with her for as long as she can remember. Her control over it made her a force to be reckoned as a youth, the key to the specialized unit her parents staked their lives on. It has been many years since then. She has lost her strength and her focus to an enemy, clawed it back and reclaimed it in the aftermath, continued to grow with every step of the journey.   Though she has moved on in many ways, she will always return to her roots. —level 90 compendium

[geeky-nightphilosopher]

Hardison's; "He should be shot."

And Eliot's; "I mean- yeah- I-I can."

Is probably my favorite two lines of the boys wanting to protect Parker. She was hurt and in pain- and they wanted to make her feel better. The boy's at this point probably have learned some of her history. But they know her well enough to know she's not allowed to get hurt.

[firebirdsdaughter]

Have I mentioned today…

… how much I love Nate and Eliot?

[puzzledemigod]

So let me get this right

Edgeworth had a quarter of life crisis, went to Europe to find himself, realised Phoenix gave his life meaning, and came back ready to confess.

Meanwhile Phoenix, who used to openly admire, be worried about and even give excuses to Edgeworth even when he was kinda mean, was so personally offended by how much it hurt him to think he was dead that when he came back Phoenix completely shut down every good emotion he felt towards him and started acting like a petty teenager with a grudge.

And now Edgeworth is the one reaching out and questioning his morality and acting hurt when Phoenix is mean to him. Interesting.

[utaite-mun]

[NOTE: this is not to be used as any evidence towards any anti-bakugou/bakugou hate rants, this is neither the intent behind its creation or its posting in a public space. I know these words will mean nothing to some people, and I will block you as is my right. Thank you for understanding.]

i wouldnt say ultra impact provides anything of major substance to any of bnha, and of course you run into any issue of arguing its canonicity.

but i do feel very strongly that it is very good at portraying the characters, like the writers get the essence of a character even if nothing of bombast is being done with them.

yes this is entirely because i am consistently happy with what materials the game provides for 1B, we got a 1B monoma-centric event which understands both that he is a competitive little prick who really would like to stick it to 1A, while also being intensely aware (in a very humble way) that he is NOT better at utilizing the quirks of his classmates after pulling off a fairly complicated strategy

Of course, he immediately undercuts himself by going back to his, "and with this we will be better than 1-A" schtick, but that too is part of his character.

[cherphadetseuk]

Joke, Arun, Tattoo and Hoy better go burn this rich a$$ sh!t from the inside. Go right to the core of it and blow it all up.

[foxy-kitsune]

took them long enough but FINALLY!!!!!!!

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

Mel for the unhinged character bingo!

yessss YEEEESSSSSSSSS

[nexus-nebulae]

love watching weather science videos but like. why am i 1000x more interested in tornadoes over hurricanes. they're both spinning air

[beepbeepmfkr]

"I can't get everything I want from this politician so obviously the solution is to throw a tantrum and not participate! That'll show them!" - person who is very likely not at personal risk of being murdered or hate crimed by an institution getting pushed further right than it already is.