Michael Sainato
@msainato.bsky.social
Labor reporter @TheGuardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-sainato
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Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year
www.theguardian.com
I spoke with workers about their experiences with ICE in Maine as Senator Collins claimed to have halted the operation as she faces re-election this year
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
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Inbox: Union workers with ProPublica, Texas Tribune, and the Austin American-Statesman picketing downtown today:
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Inbox: Union workers with ProPublica, Texas Tribune, and the Austin American-Statesman picketing downtown today:
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Do you have a passport? Over half of Americans don't.
Do you have a birth certificate and photo ID with the same last name? Nearly 70 million married women don't.
If you answered no to both, you would not be able to vote under the SAVE Act. This is voter suppression, not protection.
Do you have a birth certificate and photo ID with the same last name? Nearly 70 million married women don't.
If you answered no to both, you would not be able to vote under the SAVE Act. This is voter suppression, not protection.
Rep. McGovern on the SAVE Act: "I have news for Republicans, Americans don't want to be saved by you, they don't want you screwing up the next elections... Republicans have looked to find fraud, and you know what they found? Someone is more likely to get struck by lightning than to vote illegally"
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Do you have a passport? Over half of Americans don't.
Do you have a birth certificate and photo ID with the same last name? Nearly 70 million married women don't.
If you answered no to both, you would not be able to vote under the SAVE Act. This is voter suppression, not protection.
Do you have a birth certificate and photo ID with the same last name? Nearly 70 million married women don't.
If you answered no to both, you would not be able to vote under the SAVE Act. This is voter suppression, not protection.
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Reposted by Michael Sainato
A new analysis found NLRB union elections dropped 30 percent in 2025 as the Trump administration hobbled the agency and shed staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US union elections declined in 2025 after Trump hobbled labor board
Both the number of workers participating in union elections and the success of elections dropped off
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
A new analysis found NLRB union elections dropped 30 percent in 2025 as the Trump administration hobbled the agency and shed staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A new analysis found NLRB union elections dropped 30 percent in 2025 as the Trump administration hobbled the agency and shed staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US union elections declined in 2025 after Trump hobbled labor board
Both the number of workers participating in union elections and the success of elections dropped off
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
A new analysis found NLRB union elections dropped 30 percent in 2025 as the Trump administration hobbled the agency and shed staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The US extracted the wealth from Puerto Rico through sugar/tobacco plantations for decades while paying farm laborers almost nothing. The Jones act has taxed Puerto Ricans to prop up a US shipping cartel for a century. The only parasites are the wealthy Americans extracting wealth from the island.
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The US extracted the wealth from Puerto Rico through sugar/tobacco plantations for decades while paying farm laborers almost nothing. The Jones act has taxed Puerto Ricans to prop up a US shipping cartel for a century. The only parasites are the wealthy Americans extracting wealth from the island.
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The Trump administration is planning to terminate $600M of CDC grants to CA, CO, MN, and IL. We're publishing the full list.
They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media. 🧵 1/5
grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media. 🧵 1/5
grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
grant-witness.us
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The Trump administration is planning to terminate $600M of CDC grants to CA, CO, MN, and IL. We're publishing the full list.
They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media. 🧵 1/5
grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media. 🧵 1/5
grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
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BREAKING: ~10,500 NYSNA nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, & Mount Sinai Morningside/West reached tentative agreements late Sun/early Mon.
Nurses won: enforceable safe staffing, maintain their health benefits, workplace violence protections, and more!
www.nysna.org/press/victor...
Nurses won: enforceable safe staffing, maintain their health benefits, workplace violence protections, and more!
www.nysna.org/press/victor...
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
BREAKING: ~10,500 NYSNA nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, & Mount Sinai Morningside/West reached tentative agreements late Sun/early Mon.
Nurses won: enforceable safe staffing, maintain their health benefits, workplace violence protections, and more!
www.nysna.org/press/victor...
Nurses won: enforceable safe staffing, maintain their health benefits, workplace violence protections, and more!
www.nysna.org/press/victor...
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Sowwy, the rules say you can't hurt my feewings!
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
February 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Sowwy, the rules say you can't hurt my feewings!
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I spoke with workers about their experiences with ICE in Maine as Senator Collins claimed to have halted the operation as she faces re-election this year
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I spoke with workers about their experiences with ICE in Maine as Senator Collins claimed to have halted the operation as she faces re-election this year
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is what great reporting looks like. Bravo, @us.theguardian.com. Here in downeast Maine we feel the tide turning against authoritarian, inhumane Trumpism. But @grahamformaine.bsky.social (or Janet Mills) will still need a lot of national financial support to defeat Susan Collins.
I spoke with workers about their experiences with ICE in Maine as Senator Collins claimed to have halted the operation as she faces re-election this year
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is what great reporting looks like. Bravo, @us.theguardian.com. Here in downeast Maine we feel the tide turning against authoritarian, inhumane Trumpism. But @grahamformaine.bsky.social (or Janet Mills) will still need a lot of national financial support to defeat Susan Collins.
I spoke with workers about their experiences with ICE in Maine as Senator Collins claimed to have halted the operation as she faces re-election this year
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I spoke with workers about their experiences with ICE in Maine as Senator Collins claimed to have halted the operation as she faces re-election this year
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tonight San Jose McDonald’s workers are ON STRIKE after management told workers McDonald’s WILL NOT do anything to prevent ICE from entering the store, and that if ICE enters the store, *workers should run out of the store to their cars*
Thank you to community allies for joining tonight’s caravan 🧵
Thank you to community allies for joining tonight’s caravan 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Tonight San Jose McDonald’s workers are ON STRIKE after management told workers McDonald’s WILL NOT do anything to prevent ICE from entering the store, and that if ICE enters the store, *workers should run out of the store to their cars*
Thank you to community allies for joining tonight’s caravan 🧵
Thank you to community allies for joining tonight’s caravan 🧵
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At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets @msainato.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future
At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in pallets @msainato.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Before and after the tour, you are surveyed by Amazon about their treatment of workers and safety, after they bombard you with how great it is to work there throughout the tour
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Before and after the tour, you are surveyed by Amazon about their treatment of workers and safety, after they bombard you with how great it is to work there throughout the tour
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Amazon was not happy about it and still do these same tactics and more
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Amazon bullies, manipulates, and lies to reporters
The company's cutthroat corporate culture cripples critical coverage—and your right to know.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Amazon was not happy about it and still do these same tactics and more
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Amazon was not happy about it and still do these same tactics and more
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Amazon bullies, manipulates, and lies to reporters
The company's cutthroat corporate culture cripples critical coverage—and your right to know.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Amazon was not happy about it and still do these same tactics and more
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Michael Sainato
Before and after the tour, you are surveyed by Amazon about their treatment of workers and safety, after they bombard you with how great it is to work there throughout the tour
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Before and after the tour, you are surveyed by Amazon about their treatment of workers and safety, after they bombard you with how great it is to work there throughout the tour
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The NUJ stands in solidarity with all workers impacted by the appalling, cataclysmic cuts at the Washington Post.
We agree wholeheartedly with @newsguild.org that a newsroom cannot be hollowed out without compromising its credibility, its reach and its future.
We agree wholeheartedly with @newsguild.org that a newsroom cannot be hollowed out without compromising its credibility, its reach and its future.
Jeff Bezos gave $75 million to support Melania Trump's vanity film, but he doesn't have the money for the hundreds of journalists he laid off at The Post today.
Democracy dies with Bezos – unless we fight back. Here's how you can help:
newsguild.org/mass-layoffs...
Democracy dies with Bezos – unless we fight back. Here's how you can help:
newsguild.org/mass-layoffs...
Mass layoffs at Washington Post; hundreds of journalists cut as Bezos gives millions to Melania Trump | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
The Washington Post on Wednesday announced a devastating number of layoffs to journalists, decimating one of the most important newsrooms in the country.
newsguild.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The NUJ stands in solidarity with all workers impacted by the appalling, cataclysmic cuts at the Washington Post.
We agree wholeheartedly with @newsguild.org that a newsroom cannot be hollowed out without compromising its credibility, its reach and its future.
We agree wholeheartedly with @newsguild.org that a newsroom cannot be hollowed out without compromising its credibility, its reach and its future.
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"