Chris Aikin
@chrisaikin.bsky.social
Texpat, Mets Fan, Union Organizer, Sci-Fi Enthusiast, Ordained Minister (ULC), Playlist Obsessive, New Deal Democrat, Unlikely Beach Bum, Cocktail Waitress, Middling Cook.
Francisco Lindor homering against the Phillies is my love language.
April 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Francisco Lindor homering against the Phillies is my love language.
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What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while re...
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fun, instructive history from @shaunrichman.org
LaGuardia: the pro-union mayor: Today’s City Hall contenders must follow Fiorello’s labor agenda
In New York’s mayoral election, plenty of candidates claim to be the anti-Trump. But, when it comes to protecting workers’ rights and reducing economic inequality, the better question is who will b…
www.nydailynews.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fun, instructive history from @shaunrichman.org
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People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
When (some) people talk about bringing back manufacturing, they mean "bring back steel & auto jobs that someone can take right out of high school, and live a middle class life"
The worst part of this is that even if manufacturing jobs came back because of this (they won’t)
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
and even if Americans retooled for those jobs (they won’t) those jobs sucked! It’s like demanding to return to being a farming society. People fled that life the instant they could, in the millions!
April 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
People don't miss manufacturing jobs. They miss the effects of having 30+ percent union density. And we can build worker power again, with good policies, for the jobs most working class people actually have today rather than hoping mumbo jumbo will make it 1955 again.
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The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO (WGAE), Executive Director Sam Wheeler:
![Last night President Trump issued an unlawful Executive Order purporting to strip nearly two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights. This illegal attack on roughly 700,000 federal workers and their unions is an assault on the entire labor movement and all American workers.
It's not surprising that the billionaires in the Trump Administration hate unions. Unions are a bulwark against tyranny, both in the
workplace and in civil society.
Right now, federal union members are defending the American people from Elon Musk's reckless and unconstitutional dismantling of the federal government. [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dxphnrtri3v6a2lyl2khufyv/bafkreievnufnim4nktwhuv7whwuxtkz2pu4mvwqovphcga5qsgyogek444@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO (WGAE), Executive Director Sam Wheeler:
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage