Anna Canning
@annacanning.bsky.social
Communication/campaigns. I talk a lot about labor, human rights, & calling out corporate nonsense. Also making gardens, woolen things, attempts at a better world through food systems. Portland, OR
For all the Gap does to talk about "Empowering Women," they won't even do the bare minimum: stop the illegal firing of women union leaders & pregnant workers.
It's not like corporate hypocrisy is surprising, but the demand is so basic.
dignityandrights.org/2025/11/gap-...
It's not like corporate hypocrisy is surprising, but the demand is so basic.
dignityandrights.org/2025/11/gap-...
Gap Inc. Fails to Protect Pregnant Women, Human Rights in Haiti – Partners for Dignity & Rights
dignityandrights.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
For all the Gap does to talk about "Empowering Women," they won't even do the bare minimum: stop the illegal firing of women union leaders & pregnant workers.
It's not like corporate hypocrisy is surprising, but the demand is so basic.
dignityandrights.org/2025/11/gap-...
It's not like corporate hypocrisy is surprising, but the demand is so basic.
dignityandrights.org/2025/11/gap-...
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Join me for this starting at noon ET!
We'll hear from leaders in the Guatemalan workers' union as well as advocates in the US about how we took on an opaque, private equity-backed fashion brand - & won!
Consider it your dose of good news for the day.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll hear from leaders in the Guatemalan workers' union as well as advocates in the US about how we took on an opaque, private equity-backed fashion brand - & won!
Consider it your dose of good news for the day.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join the webinar: Together We Win: Research, Organizing, & Solidarity for Real Corporate Accountability. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Corporate power is on the rise. But a recent win with garment workers in Guatemala shows that when we organize and act in solidarity across borders, we can win.
Join us for a webinar conversation wi...
us02web.zoom.us
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join me for this starting at noon ET!
We'll hear from leaders in the Guatemalan workers' union as well as advocates in the US about how we took on an opaque, private equity-backed fashion brand - & won!
Consider it your dose of good news for the day.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We'll hear from leaders in the Guatemalan workers' union as well as advocates in the US about how we took on an opaque, private equity-backed fashion brand - & won!
Consider it your dose of good news for the day.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Rainforest Alliance announced a new regenerative coffee certification with Nestle's Nespresso as the first company.
This piece does a great job contrasting the latest corporate spin w/ the small farmer co-ops who have long made the connection, "If the soils are rich, farmers will have abundance”
This piece does a great job contrasting the latest corporate spin w/ the small farmer co-ops who have long made the connection, "If the soils are rich, farmers will have abundance”
Can regenerative agriculture save coffee? It is much lauded by corporations as the latest solution to the climate crisis, despite farmers practising the same techniques for generations.
So is regenerative agriculture anything more than yet another corporate sustainability slogan? #CoffeeSky
So is regenerative agriculture anything more than yet another corporate sustainability slogan? #CoffeeSky
Regenerative Agriculture: Climate Solution or Yet More Coffeewashing?
As the climate crisis intensifies, regenerative agriculture could play a key role in sustaining and strengthening the global coffee industry. That is, if it can escape becoming just another corporate ...
www.thepourover.coffee
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Rainforest Alliance announced a new regenerative coffee certification with Nestle's Nespresso as the first company.
This piece does a great job contrasting the latest corporate spin w/ the small farmer co-ops who have long made the connection, "If the soils are rich, farmers will have abundance”
This piece does a great job contrasting the latest corporate spin w/ the small farmer co-ops who have long made the connection, "If the soils are rich, farmers will have abundance”
91% of people living outside say they need rental assistance.
Instead, they're getting criminal charges-& the mayor is ramping up enforcement the same day SNAP benefits cut off.
These are the kind of policy choices that drive people to do desperate things.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10...
Instead, they're getting criminal charges-& the mayor is ramping up enforcement the same day SNAP benefits cut off.
These are the kind of policy choices that drive people to do desperate things.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10...
City of Portland Begins Enforcement of ‘Public Camping’ Rules This Weekend
This weekend, the city of Portland is resuming enforcement of its local laws governing when, where, and how homeless Portlanders can live in public spaces. Mayor Keith Wilson announced that enforcemen...
www.portlandmercury.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
91% of people living outside say they need rental assistance.
Instead, they're getting criminal charges-& the mayor is ramping up enforcement the same day SNAP benefits cut off.
These are the kind of policy choices that drive people to do desperate things.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10...
Instead, they're getting criminal charges-& the mayor is ramping up enforcement the same day SNAP benefits cut off.
These are the kind of policy choices that drive people to do desperate things.
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10...
"It's good to be reminded we all have skin in the game...But the freedom to keep buying off-season strawberries on the East Coast is very different from the freedom to walk outside & not fear ICE chasing you, or to stand up for your rights as a worker" [email protected]
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
More Than Their Work - Offrange
In calls to recognize immigrants as people, too often they’re reduced to what they produce and how they support our economy.
ambrook.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"It's good to be reminded we all have skin in the game...But the freedom to keep buying off-season strawberries on the East Coast is very different from the freedom to walk outside & not fear ICE chasing you, or to stand up for your rights as a worker" [email protected]
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
ambrook.com/offrange/per...
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When Industrial Hana, a subcontractor for several major brands, abruptly shuttered in October 2023, nearly 250 workers were left without $1.5 million in owed severance.
Lucky Brand Joins American Eagle Outfitters, Puma in Compensating Guatemalan Workers
When Industrial Hana, a subcontractor for several major brands, abruptly shuttered in October 2023, nearly 250 workers were left without $1.5 million in owed severance.
sourcingjournal.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When Industrial Hana, a subcontractor for several major brands, abruptly shuttered in October 2023, nearly 250 workers were left without $1.5 million in owed severance.
Reposted by Anna Canning
Excellent news!! An important reminder that workers need the pay and severance they have built up after a factory closes and that brands are responsible for unpaid workers in their supply chain.
#PayYourWorkers
#PayYourWorkers
Good news! Lucky Brand to pay $500,000 to garment workers.
This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices.
dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...
This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices.
dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Excellent news!! An important reminder that workers need the pay and severance they have built up after a factory closes and that brands are responsible for unpaid workers in their supply chain.
#PayYourWorkers
#PayYourWorkers
Good news! Lucky Brand to pay $500,000 to garment workers.
This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices.
dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...
This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices.
dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Good news! Lucky Brand to pay $500,000 to garment workers.
This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices.
dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...
This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices.
dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...
Reposted by Anna Canning
I want to do a little breakdown of this investigation I published today for @prismreports.org about gender-based violence in the H-2A agricultural visa program.
She managed to get a farmworker visa. Once in the U.S., she endured abuse.
A Prism investigation reveals that women are routinely shut out of the H-2A program. Those who get in report doing non-agricultural labor and facing sexual violence and trafficking
prismreports.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I want to do a little breakdown of this investigation I published today for @prismreports.org about gender-based violence in the H-2A agricultural visa program.
Starting soon! We'll be hearing from women who sorted frankincense in doTERRA's supply chains, as well as the advocates who pursued the forced labor import ban because the abuses were so egregious.
Register to join - & share with the essential oil fans in your life
: bit.ly/HealingForWhom
Register to join - & share with the essential oil fans in your life
: bit.ly/HealingForWhom
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Starting soon! We'll be hearing from women who sorted frankincense in doTERRA's supply chains, as well as the advocates who pursued the forced labor import ban because the abuses were so egregious.
Register to join - & share with the essential oil fans in your life
: bit.ly/HealingForWhom
Register to join - & share with the essential oil fans in your life
: bit.ly/HealingForWhom
Essential oil MLM doTERRA has built a $2B brand on women's health & empowerment.
By now, we're all used to corporate hypocrisy, but the human trafficking & forced labor documented here is next level.
& so far, doTERRA's solution has been to cut & run.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/dote...
By now, we're all used to corporate hypocrisy, but the human trafficking & forced labor documented here is next level.
& so far, doTERRA's solution has been to cut & run.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/dote...
doTERRA Fails to Remedy Sex Trafficking, Human Rights Abuses in Frankincense-Gathering Communities – Partners for Dignity & Rights
dignityandrights.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Essential oil MLM doTERRA has built a $2B brand on women's health & empowerment.
By now, we're all used to corporate hypocrisy, but the human trafficking & forced labor documented here is next level.
& so far, doTERRA's solution has been to cut & run.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/dote...
By now, we're all used to corporate hypocrisy, but the human trafficking & forced labor documented here is next level.
& so far, doTERRA's solution has been to cut & run.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/dote...
Reposted by Anna Canning
This is the shame-the-consumer ploy that the fossil industry has been running for years: 'You need to use stuff more efficiently...'
But it was the packaging industry that invented it, long before that: 'The problem is that you (personally) don't recycle...'
But it was the packaging industry that invented it, long before that: 'The problem is that you (personally) don't recycle...'
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
ketanjoshi.co
August 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is the shame-the-consumer ploy that the fossil industry has been running for years: 'You need to use stuff more efficiently...'
But it was the packaging industry that invented it, long before that: 'The problem is that you (personally) don't recycle...'
But it was the packaging industry that invented it, long before that: 'The problem is that you (personally) don't recycle...'
Good news: there's an AI solution for everyone's main Excel use case: summarizing a survey of how people feel about their office coffee.
Bad news: it shouldn't be used for anything "high stakes" like the financial reporting that most people actually use Excel for
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
Bad news: it shouldn't be used for anything "high stakes" like the financial reporting that most people actually use Excel for
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Good news: there's an AI solution for everyone's main Excel use case: summarizing a survey of how people feel about their office coffee.
Bad news: it shouldn't be used for anything "high stakes" like the financial reporting that most people actually use Excel for
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
Bad news: it shouldn't be used for anything "high stakes" like the financial reporting that most people actually use Excel for
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
Trump's Executive Order promises to “Democratize Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.”
Nothing about this EO supports democracy. It’s pure kleptocracy, granting the wealthiest billionaires new opportunities to pick working people's pockets.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/anot...
Nothing about this EO supports democracy. It’s pure kleptocracy, granting the wealthiest billionaires new opportunities to pick working people's pockets.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/anot...
Another Billionaire Bailout: Private Equity Grabs Working People’s Retirement Savings – Partners for Dignity & Rights
dignityandrights.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump's Executive Order promises to “Democratize Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.”
Nothing about this EO supports democracy. It’s pure kleptocracy, granting the wealthiest billionaires new opportunities to pick working people's pockets.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/anot...
Nothing about this EO supports democracy. It’s pure kleptocracy, granting the wealthiest billionaires new opportunities to pick working people's pockets.
dignityandrights.org/2025/08/anot...
Salsa season is here.
August 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Salsa season is here.
Food stamp cuts will hit food system workers hard.
Not sure which is more grotesque:
*Work reqs for people who live where there are no jobs to apply for
*Walmart & corporations paying workers so little they rely on food stamps
*Like 10 other facts in this story
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Not sure which is more grotesque:
*Work reqs for people who live where there are no jobs to apply for
*Walmart & corporations paying workers so little they rely on food stamps
*Like 10 other facts in this story
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Low-wage workers reeling over Trump’s looming Snap cuts as food prices rise
Experts predict changes to ‘food stamps’ program affecting millions of Americans will cause poverty and hunger to rise
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Food stamp cuts will hit food system workers hard.
Not sure which is more grotesque:
*Work reqs for people who live where there are no jobs to apply for
*Walmart & corporations paying workers so little they rely on food stamps
*Like 10 other facts in this story
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Not sure which is more grotesque:
*Work reqs for people who live where there are no jobs to apply for
*Walmart & corporations paying workers so little they rely on food stamps
*Like 10 other facts in this story
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Anna Canning
The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/
The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sili...
The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sili...
August 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/
The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sili...
The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sili...
Reposted by Anna Canning
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
"If employers have easy access to workers who don’t really have rights, it makes it harder to push for better wages or safety...
The real solution, then, is not deportations but full rights for all workers. That means not only citizenship rights but labor rights too"
inthesetimes.com/article/farm...
The real solution, then, is not deportations but full rights for all workers. That means not only citizenship rights but labor rights too"
inthesetimes.com/article/farm...
The Battle for the Future of Farmwork
Trump’s immigration crackdown and a growing union effort are transforming Upstate New York into a battleground over who will grow our food and under what conditions.
inthesetimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"If employers have easy access to workers who don’t really have rights, it makes it harder to push for better wages or safety...
The real solution, then, is not deportations but full rights for all workers. That means not only citizenship rights but labor rights too"
inthesetimes.com/article/farm...
The real solution, then, is not deportations but full rights for all workers. That means not only citizenship rights but labor rights too"
inthesetimes.com/article/farm...
Reposted by Anna Canning
The Tel Aviv stock exchange has surged 179% since the start of Israel’s military assault on Gaza. I spoke with Lydia de Leeuw @somoamsterdam.bsky.social on the corporate architecture that sustains and profits from occupation.
🎧Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
🎧Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Tel Aviv stock exchange has surged 179% since the start of Israel’s military assault on Gaza. I spoke with Lydia de Leeuw @somoamsterdam.bsky.social on the corporate architecture that sustains and profits from occupation.
🎧Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
🎧Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Reposted by Anna Canning
The @foodchainworkers.bsky.social just sent out a newsletter and it is clear that the ICE raids are also an attack on organized labor.
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The @foodchainworkers.bsky.social just sent out a newsletter and it is clear that the ICE raids are also an attack on organized labor.
Reposted by Anna Canning
BREAKING: 7 directors from Chiquita Brands convicted in Colombian courts over financing paramilitary groups
Initial sentence: 11 years and 3 months in prison
Initial sentence: 11 years and 3 months in prison
July 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
BREAKING: 7 directors from Chiquita Brands convicted in Colombian courts over financing paramilitary groups
Initial sentence: 11 years and 3 months in prison
Initial sentence: 11 years and 3 months in prison
These changes include cutting overtime & minimum wages for home health workers & protections from retaliation for guest workers reporting abuses.
They're critical protections for some of the lowest wage & most vulnerable workers.
Basic rights & dignity are not "obsolete."
apnews.com/article/labo...
They're critical protections for some of the lowest wage & most vulnerable workers.
Basic rights & dignity are not "obsolete."
apnews.com/article/labo...
Trump's Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces
The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations adopted under previous presidential administrations.
apnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
These changes include cutting overtime & minimum wages for home health workers & protections from retaliation for guest workers reporting abuses.
They're critical protections for some of the lowest wage & most vulnerable workers.
Basic rights & dignity are not "obsolete."
apnews.com/article/labo...
They're critical protections for some of the lowest wage & most vulnerable workers.
Basic rights & dignity are not "obsolete."
apnews.com/article/labo...
"The point of these raids is to demonstrate that no one, no matter what they contribute to the community, will be spared arrest...
Ultimately, neither “good” immigrants nor “good” protestors can use their goodness as a shield from ICE’s violence."
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
Ultimately, neither “good” immigrants nor “good” protestors can use their goodness as a shield from ICE’s violence."
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
ICE Is Making an Example of California
The repeated targeting of California workers is a deliberate spectacle, meant to show the rest of the country what to expect if we don’t fall in line.
newrepublic.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"The point of these raids is to demonstrate that no one, no matter what they contribute to the community, will be spared arrest...
Ultimately, neither “good” immigrants nor “good” protestors can use their goodness as a shield from ICE’s violence."
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
Ultimately, neither “good” immigrants nor “good” protestors can use their goodness as a shield from ICE’s violence."
newrepublic.com/article/1980...