@lfelizleon.bsky.social
Journalist. Staff writer at Labor Notes. Solidarity! Contact: [email protected]. Substack:
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The largest convening of Amazon workers in the world is happening at the June 2026 Labor Notes conference. Garfield Hylton is an Amazon worker in the UK who built a union with his co-workers through a series of wildcat strikes.
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The largest convening of Amazon workers in the world is happening at the June 2026 Labor Notes conference. Garfield Hylton is an Amazon worker in the UK who built a union with his co-workers through a series of wildcat strikes.
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Former WashPost reporter @ashleyrparker.bsky.social wrote a piece this week for The Atlantic headlined, "The Murder of the Washington Post."
Turns out, that was no exaggeration.
Here you have a group of people offering to save the victim that Bezos was threatening.
And he's killing it off anyway.
Turns out, that was no exaggeration.
Here you have a group of people offering to save the victim that Bezos was threatening.
And he's killing it off anyway.
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Former WashPost reporter @ashleyrparker.bsky.social wrote a piece this week for The Atlantic headlined, "The Murder of the Washington Post."
Turns out, that was no exaggeration.
Here you have a group of people offering to save the victim that Bezos was threatening.
And he's killing it off anyway.
Turns out, that was no exaggeration.
Here you have a group of people offering to save the victim that Bezos was threatening.
And he's killing it off anyway.
DM me if you participated. How was turnout ?
America’s unions are out in force today at the Young Worker March on Washington.
We’re fighting for a better and more secure future for every young worker in this country. When we fight, we win! ✊
We’re fighting for a better and more secure future for every young worker in this country. When we fight, we win! ✊
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
DM me if you participated. How was turnout ?
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How to Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths at Work - important piece by @nataschaelena.bsky.social
How to Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths at Work
Anti-immigrant myths flood our airwaves. They dominate news cycles and our online feeds. And now they’re amplified from the highest halls of power. President Donald Trump has asserted, for example, th...
labornotes.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
How to Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths at Work - important piece by @nataschaelena.bsky.social
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A looming deportation purge in Springfield, Ohio is on pause. But Haitians there are still hiding at home and making plans for who will take care of their kids if they are snatched by ICE and disappeared. A report from the ground:
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/waiting-fo...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/waiting-fo...
Waiting For Judgment in Springfield, Ohio
Harsh times for America's most famous Haitian community.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A looming deportation purge in Springfield, Ohio is on pause. But Haitians there are still hiding at home and making plans for who will take care of their kids if they are snatched by ICE and disappeared. A report from the ground:
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/waiting-fo...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/waiting-fo...
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The @uaw.org has won a tentative agreement from VW nearly two years after workers voted to unionize in Chattanooga.
Over 3,000 workers will get:
- A 20% raise
- Better healthcare
- A bonus of about $6,550 per worker upon ratification
And much more.
Over 3,000 workers will get:
- A 20% raise
- Better healthcare
- A bonus of about $6,550 per worker upon ratification
And much more.
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The @uaw.org has won a tentative agreement from VW nearly two years after workers voted to unionize in Chattanooga.
Over 3,000 workers will get:
- A 20% raise
- Better healthcare
- A bonus of about $6,550 per worker upon ratification
And much more.
Over 3,000 workers will get:
- A 20% raise
- Better healthcare
- A bonus of about $6,550 per worker upon ratification
And much more.
Assaulted as we are by propaganda priming us to hate, conversations around immigration can often feel loaded—and much more so in the workplace. How can misinformation be challenged in a way that builds solidarity with your co-workers? labornotes.org/2026/02/how-...
How to Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths at Work
Anti-immigrant myths flood our airwaves. They dominate news cycles and our online feeds. And now they’re amplified from the highest halls of power. President Donald Trump has asserted, for example, th...
labornotes.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Assaulted as we are by propaganda priming us to hate, conversations around immigration can often feel loaded—and much more so in the workplace. How can misinformation be challenged in a way that builds solidarity with your co-workers? labornotes.org/2026/02/how-...
The Twin Cities strike began in solidarity with immigrant workers and pushed a political demand: ICE OUT OF MN! It’s estimated 75,000 to 100,000 people marched through downtown Minneapolis. The conditions were ripe for an upsurge. labornotes.org/2026/01/twin...
In The Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE
Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore fe...
labornotes.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The Twin Cities strike began in solidarity with immigrant workers and pushed a political demand: ICE OUT OF MN! It’s estimated 75,000 to 100,000 people marched through downtown Minneapolis. The conditions were ripe for an upsurge. labornotes.org/2026/01/twin...
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Sign up here to join May Day Strong's call this Sunday, February 1: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Sign up here to join May Day Strong's call this Sunday, February 1: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.
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The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
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This is a serious escalation. This is very grim and must be loudly opposed. Also, noting she says in this video “my children are here.”
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This is a serious escalation. This is very grim and must be loudly opposed. Also, noting she says in this video “my children are here.”
Breaking: Educators at bilingual schools in Minneapolis did a sickout today. Federal agents continue to kidnap children. Two more students have been taken from Liam Ramos’s Columbia Heights School. Educators are saying enough! Message below is from the district to parents.
January 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Breaking: Educators at bilingual schools in Minneapolis did a sickout today. Federal agents continue to kidnap children. Two more students have been taken from Liam Ramos’s Columbia Heights School. Educators are saying enough! Message below is from the district to parents.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Independent journalist Todd Miller says the Trump administration’s immigration operations in U.S. cities are an “extension” of “policies and practices that we’ve been seeing in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands now for decades,” characterizing Border Patrol culture as one of rampant abuse and impunity.
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Independent journalist Todd Miller says the Trump administration’s immigration operations in U.S. cities are an “extension” of “policies and practices that we’ve been seeing in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands now for decades,” characterizing Border Patrol culture as one of rampant abuse and impunity.
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Potential homebuyers canceled more than 40,000 purchase agreements in December. That's 16.3% of all homes that went under contract, the highest rate since Redfin started tracking it in 2017.
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Potential homebuyers canceled more than 40,000 purchase agreements in December. That's 16.3% of all homes that went under contract, the highest rate since Redfin started tracking it in 2017.
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“This is a call to every healthcare worker, to every union member, to every American, to continue these acts of bravery, to confront ICE, to confront Border Patrol where they show up." Important reporting by Amie Stager. workdaymagazine.org/we-will-not-...
“We Will Not Stop Until ICE Is Abolished”: Nurses Hold Week of Action Following Murder of Alex Pretti - Workday Magazine
Nurses say Alex Pretti was upholding his oath to advocate for and protect his patients and community, and they are demanding the abolition of ICE.
workdaymagazine.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“This is a call to every healthcare worker, to every union member, to every American, to continue these acts of bravery, to confront ICE, to confront Border Patrol where they show up." Important reporting by Amie Stager. workdaymagazine.org/we-will-not-...
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Pointing out the bravery and decency of Alex Pretti is not about finding the perfect victim. It’s relevant because he was attacked and killed for being decent. People all over Minnesota are engaging in this kind of everyday, ordinary heroism and they know they are taking risks when they do so.
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Pointing out the bravery and decency of Alex Pretti is not about finding the perfect victim. It’s relevant because he was attacked and killed for being decent. People all over Minnesota are engaging in this kind of everyday, ordinary heroism and they know they are taking risks when they do so.
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This record of the Twin Cities' Day of Truth and Freedom last Friday has something for everyone: for those of us who watched from afar, a substantive account from the ground; for those who were there, a memento of their herculean efforts; and for students of strikes, a word on how this one was done.
ICYMI: Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore feet. labornotes.org/2026/01/twin...
In The Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE
Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore fe...
labornotes.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This record of the Twin Cities' Day of Truth and Freedom last Friday has something for everyone: for those of us who watched from afar, a substantive account from the ground; for those who were there, a memento of their herculean efforts; and for students of strikes, a word on how this one was done.
ICYMI: Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore feet. labornotes.org/2026/01/twin...
In The Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE
Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore fe...
labornotes.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
ICYMI: Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore feet. labornotes.org/2026/01/twin...
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Grateful to @hammerandhope.bsky.social for recognizing the importance of Dr. King's work with Chicago gangs. Blackstone Rangers leader Jeff Fort stressed what a good listener King was —and how he saw their potential for community leadership & organization. hammerandhope.org/article/mart...
The Martin Luther King Jr. We Don’t Know
His work with gang members in Chicago shows how much he valued the part played by young people in the Black freedom struggle.
hammerandhope.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Grateful to @hammerandhope.bsky.social for recognizing the importance of Dr. King's work with Chicago gangs. Blackstone Rangers leader Jeff Fort stressed what a good listener King was —and how he saw their potential for community leadership & organization. hammerandhope.org/article/mart...
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Secret police add unknown number of agents to new office in undisclosed Atlanta-area location.
“College Park Mayor Bianca Motley Broom said in a statement that federal immigration agencies have not contacted city officials.”
www.wabe.org/ice-opens-sa...
“College Park Mayor Bianca Motley Broom said in a statement that federal immigration agencies have not contacted city officials.”
www.wabe.org/ice-opens-sa...
ICE opens satellite field office south of Atlanta
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has opened a satellite office around College Park to accommodate more administrative officers. ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams confirmed to WABE that more officia...
www.wabe.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Secret police add unknown number of agents to new office in undisclosed Atlanta-area location.
“College Park Mayor Bianca Motley Broom said in a statement that federal immigration agencies have not contacted city officials.”
www.wabe.org/ice-opens-sa...
“College Park Mayor Bianca Motley Broom said in a statement that federal immigration agencies have not contacted city officials.”
www.wabe.org/ice-opens-sa...
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Spoke to @wdet.bsky.social about the resistance in Minneapolis. An impressive city with many righteous people.
wdet.org/2026/01/27/t...
wdet.org/2026/01/27/t...
The Metro: A reporter’s view from Minneapolis with lessons for Detroit - WDET 101.9 FM
A first-hand account from Minneapolis explores how people organize during uncertainty and what Detroit can learn from their response.
wdet.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Spoke to @wdet.bsky.social about the resistance in Minneapolis. An impressive city with many righteous people.
wdet.org/2026/01/27/t...
wdet.org/2026/01/27/t...
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READ THIS! Excellent overview of Jan 23 by @lfelizleon.bsky.social. These are times of extreme treachery and extreme solidarity, and it's captured here beautifully. "If they think they're going to ship people out in the middle of nowhere, we’re still going to go there and fight for them."
In The Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE
Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore fe...
labornotes.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:18 PM
READ THIS! Excellent overview of Jan 23 by @lfelizleon.bsky.social. These are times of extreme treachery and extreme solidarity, and it's captured here beautifully. "If they think they're going to ship people out in the middle of nowhere, we’re still going to go there and fight for them."