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tranqualizer: [photo: centered in the photo is a Black woman carrying a child in one arm with her other arm and fist raised. she is in the middle of chanting. there are others around her. a protest sign from the fast food strike in the background reads, “we are worth more. strike for 15. D15” thepeoplesrecord: Fast food strike wave spreads to Detroit, St. LouisMay 10, 2013 St. Louis, and last month’s in New York and Chicago, today’s work stoppage is backed by a local coalition including the Service Employees International Union, and the participants are demanding a raise to $15 an hour and the chance to form a union without intimidation. Organizers say that over a hundred workers joined the St. Louis strike between Wednesday and Thursday. That included a group of Jimmy John’s workers who alleged that management humiliated them by requiring them to hold up signs in public with messages including “I made 3 wrong sandwiches today” and “I was more than 13 seconds in the drive thru.” “Sometimes I walk for more than an hour just to save my train fare so I can spend it on Ramen noodles,” St. Louis Chipotle worker Patrick Leeper said in an e-mailed statement Thursday. “I can’t even think about groceries.” A spokesperson for Jimmy John’s declined to comment on Thursday’s strike; McDonald’s and Wendy’s did not respond to inquiries last night. As I’ve written elsewhere, the fate of the fast food strike wave carries far-reaching implications: Fast food jobs are a growing portion of our economy, and fast food-like conditions are proliferating in other sectors as well. Organizers say the fast food industry now employs twice as many Detroit-area workers as the city’s iconic auto industry. These strikes also come at a moment of existential crisis for the labor movement, a sobering reality that was brought into sharp relief in December when Michigan, arguably the birthplace of modern US private sector unionism, became the country’s latest “Right to Work” state. Along with a shared significant supporter—SEIU—the campaigns in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit have apparent strategies in common. Rather than waiting until they’ve built support from a majority of a store’s or company’s workers, they stage actions by a minority of the workforce designed to inspire their co-workers. Rather than publicly identifying the campaign and its organizers with a single international union, these union-funded efforts turn to allied community groups to spearhead organizing. Rather than training all their resources on a single company, they organize against all of the industry’s players at once. And—faced with legal and economic assaults that have weakened the strike weapon—these campaigns mount one-day work stoppages that are carefully tailored to maximize attention and minimize, but not eliminate, the risk that workers will lose their jobs. Whether these strategies can ever compel a fast food giant to negotiate with its employees remains to be seen. “After what I would consider well over three decades of wage suppression, workers in this particular industry—and then I think it’ll go to others—are realizing that their only way up the wage ladder is through their own organizations,” CUNY labor studies lecturer Ed Ott said Wednesday. Ott, a board member of the community organizing group that spearheaded the New York fast food strike, added, “The only way these workers are going to be able to advance these jobs is through unionization. And I think that idea has finally gotten traction.” Update (9:15 AM Friday): According to the campaign, a walkout by twenty workers at Detroit’s 10400 Gratiot Avenue McDonald’s prevented the store from operating. Some workers brought in as strikebreakers to replace those striking workers chose to join the strike instead. Organizers say that by day’s end, today’s strike could be the largest fast food work stoppage yet, topping last month’s 400-strong strike in New York. Source
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joellecreateswag: Black is beautiful. So pretty…
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I feel like this… We all have our bad days but just because we have our bad days it does not mean that we should have a pity party. Imagine if that cardiac surgeon had that bad day while a patient was on the table for a double by pass. A person would die! Or if that engineer said you know what eff this I don’t give a eff today… THOUSANDS OR EVEN MILLIONS COULD DIE. Moral of the story: Don’t have a pity party. There’s always someone counting on you whether you know it or not!!! :D Peace X Love X Passion

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What if God was a her?/Would I treat her the same?/Would I still be runnin’ game on her?/
In what type of ways would I want her?/ Would I want her for her mind or her heavenly body?…/Couldn’t be jealous if otha brothas worshipped her…” -Common

I KNEW IT!

Can I get this shirt though?!?

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For you and those like you. You will never know how your life being taken ECHOED. NOT forgotten… Never.

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RIP Trayvon Martin

gives me chills

He didn’t do a damn thing wrong

I’m gonna reblog this every time I see it because never forget.

What happened what is this? Someone educate me

bruh… it’s footage from when Trayvon Martin went to 7/11 and bought Skittles & an Arizona prior to being murdered by George Zimmerman’s bitch ass.

I was bout to pass it but something told me read the comments and watch..This gave me the chills.^”George Zimmerman’s bitch ass” you could not of said this any better.If you dont know who or what this footage is about.Go to the muthafuckin Google.com then go in the fuckin search box and type ‘Trayvon Martin’ and learn some shit!! Its definitely gon be part of history…For Each one,teach one

R.I.P. Trayvon Martin

Reblogging again

Always reblog. For all the Black men and boys out there who can’t even be safe in their own neighborhoods.

Makes me sit here and contemplate life as we know it.

Chills foreal reblogging for tge umpteenth time…

Justice for Trayvon Martin

So sad…

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ihartbeat: Me… Lmfao… Where is this at?!? *rubs hands* Maybe Chemistry did come in handy!
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It formed from dust to become this…
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Every drop of sweat exudes my charisma… My determination to succeed… My struggle… My passion that entangles my soul…
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