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Today is a sad day for America, for those of us who believe in justice, and for those of us who believe that America’s diversity is the bedrock for a thriving democracy.
Today is a sad day for America, for those of us who believe in justice, and for those of us who believe that America’s diversity is the bedrock for a thriving democracy. PowerSwitch Action repudiates the cowardly decision by the Supreme Court to allow Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional executive order ending birthright citizenship to stand in many places across the country. Shame on the Court for yet again enabling the Trump regime’s autocratic push. Trump’s executive order is a white supremacist policy intended to call into question the Americanness of Black and Brown citizens and our right to belong. It’s part of a desire to undo the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. These are foundational principles of freedom forged through the crucible of war to end the crime of slavery. They are not up for debate. This order is part of the Trump regime’s attempt to reinstate a white supremacist notion of America. In LA and across the nation, Trump is sending masked agents backed by soldiers to tear people away from their families. The Court’s choices — to limit judges’ ability to intervene on behalf of everyone in our country, and to not shut down this unconstitutional order — are yet more attacks terrorizing immigrant families and assaulting freedom for all of us. Our communities know what is right, and we know this is wrong. That’s why people all around the country are taking daily actions to protect and support our immigrant families and neighbors. Today’s rulings make even more clear that we must organize at a speed and scale greater than in most of our lifetimes. Courts are an important tool, but they will not be what stops authoritarianism. Our communities will. We won’t abandon our siblings living in states that are, so far, allowing this order to go unchallenged, and we will not abandon each other anywhere — illegal executive orders, inadequate courts, and a Congress that is too busy cutting taxes for billionaires be damned.
June 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Imagine going to work each day not knowing how much you’ll get paid. If you’re an Uber driver, you face that grim scenario every day.

Our new report based on a survey of 2,500 drivers paints a bleak picture of what it's like to work at the whim of AI.

www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...
Uber's Inequality Machine
Data on How AI-Driven Pay is Harming Workers and What We Can Do to Push Back
www.powerswitchaction.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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This is outrageous. ICE just arrested Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, NJ outside a private prison corporation’s $1 billion detention facility that the City says is violating local laws. The Mayor was with Congress members investigating the facility.

www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...
NJ mayor arrested while protesting opening of ICE detention center
The mayor of Newark was arrested Friday at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey where congressional leaders had scheduled an afternoon “oversight” visit.
www.nbcnewyork.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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🚨 Today, as Uber execs celebrate profits, drivers and advocates from across the US and around the world are joining together to release this statement criticizing the corporation for its inaction in the wake of the deportation of UberEats driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez:
As Uber Executives Celebrate Profits, Uber Drivers and Advocates Criticize the Corporation for Inaction in Wake of Deportation of UberEats Driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez “While Uber holds its annual shareholder meeting and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi regales shareholders with speeches and slideshows touting the growth and profitability of the corporation over the last year, Uber drivers are speaking out in solidarity with an immigrant driver recently abducted by the Trump administration.” “Despite actively recruiting and relying on a majority immigrant workforce to make its billions, Uber has failed to even acknowledge the detention and deportation to El Salvador of UberEats driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez while he was driving for Uber in March. Instead, the company has remained silent, failing to take any public steps to protect drivers from abduction and deportation.” “Khosrowshahi has proudly shared his own immigrant story and criticized Trump’s cruel immigration policies during his first term as president, but this go-around it’s clear that Uber’s CEO has made a different calculation. By refusing to stand up for and protect the immigrant drivers who make it profitable, Uber is showing us that literally nothing is more important to them than enriching executives and shareholders — no matter whose lives are destroyed.” The following joint statement the day of Uber’s shareholder meeting was released by: ACE Collaborative of New Virginia Majority Action Center on Race and the Economy Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) Chicago Gig Alliance & The People’s Lobby Colorado Independent Drivers United - CWA Local 7777 Connecticut Drivers United Drivers Union Gig and Platform Services Workers Union (GIPSWU) Gig Workers Rising Los Deliveristas Unidos PowerSwitch Action SEIU Local 26 Tennessee Drivers Union Unión Nacional de Trabajadores por Aplicación UNTA México
May 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Time to put the pressure on the corporations and billionaire CEOs backing Trump's regime!

We're out in the streets with our affiliates and allies in cities all over the country—starting with LA! @laaneorg.bsky.social

#MayDay2025 #MayDayStrong
May 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Elon Musk doesn’t just want federal workers fired.
He wants public services erased.

Social Security, veterans’ care, the Postal Service, the IRS—he wants them gone so billionaires + corporations can profit off our suffering.

2/19 in your city. Join us in fighting back. go.savepublicservices.com
Graphic of Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the oval office with the text “Don’t let billionaires dismantle our government and steal our services” with a day of action of February 19th and a request to find an action near you at go.savepublicservices.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM