#RobertoClemente from a floating island of garbage? Hell no!
Arriba Puerto Rico‼️
Arriba Puerto Rico‼️
Sylvia Allegretto 🎶
@Sly21
Sr. Economist, Center for Economic & Policy Research. 15 years (2007-2022) as chair, Center on Wage & Employment Dynamics. University of California, Berkeley.
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It shouldn’t be so damn hard to exercise our right to form a union & get to the bargaining table!
.@Heritage is championing policies that undermine US workers' efforts to unionize—like banning card checks through #Project2025.View quoted post on X
@sly21 and @hayleycbrown explain why card checks must be codified immediately before it's too late.
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“Nothing against actuaries (median salary: $113,990), but isn’t helping a first-grader learn to read as valuable as assessing insurance premiums on your Hyundai Elantra?”
I couldn’t agree more‼️
I couldn’t agree more‼️
📚 A high-quality teacher is the most crucial factor in student success.View quoted post on X
It's time for a serious jolt: Why not a $100k base salary for teachers? ⚡️
wapo.st/3I3w5lV
Sectoral collective bargaining!
According to @sly21, over 12M food service workers are in the US, but just 1.7% have a union.View quoted post on X
Building worker power takes time.
Working with @ActSecJulieSu, we could end the tipped minimum wage overnight—rescuing millions from poverty wages.
cepr.net/the-subminimum…
Teachers in private schools make much less
@EileenAppelbaum @geraldmcgrew2 @Sly21 Teachers' pay lowest since 1960 -View quoted post on X
Not in private schools, of course
Shouldn't we start calling 'private schools' ' commercial schools'; they're a business after all
