Or Shay
@orshay.bsky.social
PhD student at Cornell ILR. Interested in industrial relations, labor policy, unions, and teacher labor. Before that, I was a labor lawyer.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes being tortured in the El Salvador mega prison, where Trump sent him without due process — admittedly by mistake.
As un-American as it gets. And others are still there.
As un-American as it gets. And others are still there.
July 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes being tortured in the El Salvador mega prison, where Trump sent him without due process — admittedly by mistake.
As un-American as it gets. And others are still there.
As un-American as it gets. And others are still there.
Good.
A federal judge rightly rejected one of the Trump administration’s very first illegal, and consequential, acts: abolishing the federal role in education. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/nationa...
Judge halts dismantling of Education Department, orders fired workers to be reinstated
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun said the announced cuts would "likely cripple" the agency.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Good.
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Teachers will be laid off. Class sizes will grow. And students with the fewest resources and greatest needs will pay the highest price.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...
www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...
RANDI WEINGARTEN: Trump's decision to gut the Education Department is not only illegal, it's wrong
It is hard to imagine how 7.5 million kids with disabilities, 26 million kids from low-income families or 13 million young people who get financial aid for college won’t be disserved.
www.foxnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Teachers will be laid off. Class sizes will grow. And students with the fewest resources and greatest needs will pay the highest price.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...
www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...
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💡New article out on strikes! I draw on interviews with ever inspiring Starbucks union activists and data from the @laboraction.bsky.social to demonstrate how workers and union activists organize different types of strikes in the United States.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
💡New article out on strikes! I draw on interviews with ever inspiring Starbucks union activists and data from the @laboraction.bsky.social to demonstrate how workers and union activists organize different types of strikes in the United States.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Oh, okay. Thank goodness, I was getting a bit worried.
April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oh, okay. Thank goodness, I was getting a bit worried.
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The momentum we continue to build in opposition of Trump’s reckless policies and in support of economic opportunity for all Americans continues to grow. bsky.app/profile/aftu...
On April 5, AFT members across the country stood with the nearly 4 million across the country to tell Trump and Musk hands off our schools, hands off our social security, hands off our Medicaid, hands off our future. #ProtectOurKids #HandsOff
April 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The momentum we continue to build in opposition of Trump’s reckless policies and in support of economic opportunity for all Americans continues to grow. bsky.app/profile/aftu...
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SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit.
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit.
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
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Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
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April 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Being able to heat your home in the winter is not a luxury. It is a matter of life and death.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
April 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Being able to heat your home in the winter is not a luxury. It is a matter of life and death.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.
The fact that this atrocity isn't the main headline of this news cycle just shows what a clusterfuck we're living through
The president is wielding a cudgel of billions in federal aid to tens of millions of children of all races & ethnicities to force educators to kowtow to his politics and ideology. It won’t stand, in the classroom, court of law or court of public opinion. apnews.com/article/dei-...
K-12 schools must sign certification against DEI to receive federal money, administration says
As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to they're following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusi...
apnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The fact that this atrocity isn't the main headline of this news cycle just shows what a clusterfuck we're living through
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Who’s standing up and speaking out on April 5? The people who work for a living.
Across all 50 states, we’re saying Hands Off our jobs and our unions.
Find an event near you: handsoff2025.com
Across all 50 states, we’re saying Hands Off our jobs and our unions.
Find an event near you: handsoff2025.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Who’s standing up and speaking out on April 5? The people who work for a living.
Across all 50 states, we’re saying Hands Off our jobs and our unions.
Find an event near you: handsoff2025.com
Across all 50 states, we’re saying Hands Off our jobs and our unions.
Find an event near you: handsoff2025.com
Who would have thought. An anti-union rich guy gets elected president and appoints an anti-union labor secretary who supports anti-union laws. I'm shocked.
Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Turns Out to Be Super Anti-Labor
Surprise, surprise: Former representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer supports anti-union “right to work” laws and rejects a national minimum-wage hike.
www.thenation.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Who would have thought. An anti-union rich guy gets elected president and appoints an anti-union labor secretary who supports anti-union laws. I'm shocked.
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.@AFGENational has its members’ backs.
We stand with them.
This is an appalling, illegal abuse of power by a billionaire who gets $$ of federal largesse. A billionaire who doesn’t need federal services.
Should Presidents try to make things more efficient? Yes.
This is not that. It’s evisceration
We stand with them.
This is an appalling, illegal abuse of power by a billionaire who gets $$ of federal largesse. A billionaire who doesn’t need federal services.
Should Presidents try to make things more efficient? Yes.
This is not that. It’s evisceration
American Federation of Government Employees president Everett Kelley on Musk's insane email:
“AFGE will challenge any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country.”
“AFGE will challenge any unlawful terminations of our members and federal employees across the country.”
February 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
.@AFGENational has its members’ backs.
We stand with them.
This is an appalling, illegal abuse of power by a billionaire who gets $$ of federal largesse. A billionaire who doesn’t need federal services.
Should Presidents try to make things more efficient? Yes.
This is not that. It’s evisceration
We stand with them.
This is an appalling, illegal abuse of power by a billionaire who gets $$ of federal largesse. A billionaire who doesn’t need federal services.
Should Presidents try to make things more efficient? Yes.
This is not that. It’s evisceration
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NEW: 2,400 Grocery store workers for Tony's Fresh Market across 22 stores throughout Chicagoland are unionizing with @ufcw.bsky.social Local 881.
February 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
NEW: 2,400 Grocery store workers for Tony's Fresh Market across 22 stores throughout Chicagoland are unionizing with @ufcw.bsky.social Local 881.
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WHY IS MUSK GETTING AMERICANS PRIVATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION?
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
WHY IS MUSK GETTING AMERICANS PRIVATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION?
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"Many of my good friends have their funding withdrawn or frozen based on the DEIA wording such as 'diverse microbes'" a scientist reliant on federal research grants told me, adding NSF proposals with terms including 'disabilities' and 'female' have been put on hold
February 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Many of my good friends have their funding withdrawn or frozen based on the DEIA wording such as 'diverse microbes'" a scientist reliant on federal research grants told me, adding NSF proposals with terms including 'disabilities' and 'female' have been put on hold
Next step: firing the rest of the education department employees because they know how to read
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Next step: firing the rest of the education department employees because they know how to read
Republicans came up with a strategy: every time they want to take down a part of public education, they repeat the magic words "Marxism," "transgenderism," and "green new deal."
Not sure if it's a winning strategy, but it's a strategy.
Not sure if it's a winning strategy, but it's a strategy.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Republicans came up with a strategy: every time they want to take down a part of public education, they repeat the magic words "Marxism," "transgenderism," and "green new deal."
Not sure if it's a winning strategy, but it's a strategy.
Not sure if it's a winning strategy, but it's a strategy.
If there were only two genders, homeboy wouldn't have to sign executive orders against all the other genders 🤷♂️
Two Gender Executive Order Signed by President Trump: Explained
President Donald Trump's executive order essentially eliminates all genders other than male and female amongst other topics. The order also aims to eliminate gender ideology.
www.turnto23.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If there were only two genders, homeboy wouldn't have to sign executive orders against all the other genders 🤷♂️
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Let’s be clear: not in schools. The anxiety this has caused all parents, educators & children is cruel & counterproductive . That’s why we wrote the President & asked him to change course. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
As schools brace for Trump's immigration raids, Dems split over how to respond
A mixed response underscores the political challenges some of the largest Democratic enclaves are facing as they confront Trump’s toughened immigration actions.
www.politico.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Let’s be clear: not in schools. The anxiety this has caused all parents, educators & children is cruel & counterproductive . That’s why we wrote the President & asked him to change course. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Our @aftunion.bsky.social members have a responsibility to all children. We don’t question the immigration status of our students or patients. We're respectfully asking President Trump to restrict ICE arrests at sensitive locations such as hospitals and schools. www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten on President Trump’s Deportation Plans
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security said it would end a policy restricting U.S.
www.aft.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Our @aftunion.bsky.social members have a responsibility to all children. We don’t question the immigration status of our students or patients. We're respectfully asking President Trump to restrict ICE arrests at sensitive locations such as hospitals and schools. www.aft.org/press-releas...
Good. Do it. We're all waiting.
Hardline Israeli minister Ben-Gvir threatens to quit over Gaza deal
Israel's hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday he would resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government if it ratifies the ceasefire deal in Gaza, which he has strongly opposed.
www.reuters.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good. Do it. We're all waiting.
At this point, SCOTUS is just trying to turn the US into a parody of how other nations view the US.
Also, they're a cult of death eaters.
Also, they're a cult of death eaters.
A real crowd pleaser! Thanks, SCOTUS!
Supreme Court could be coming for free cancer screenings
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/13/2296688/-Supreme-Court-could-be-coming-for-free-cancer-screenings
#SCOTUS #cancer #aca #affordablecareact #obamacare #USpol #johnroberts
Supreme Court could be coming for free cancer screenings
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/13/2296688/-Supreme-Court-could-be-coming-for-free-cancer-screenings
#SCOTUS #cancer #aca #affordablecareact #obamacare #USpol #johnroberts
Supreme Court could be coming for free cancer screenings
Last week, the United States Supreme Court decided to hear Becerra v. Braidwood , a challenge to the constitutionality of some Affordable Care Act preventive-care requirements. Now, a court ...
www.dailykos.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At this point, SCOTUS is just trying to turn the US into a parody of how other nations view the US.
Also, they're a cult of death eaters.
Also, they're a cult of death eaters.