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Laura Wadlin
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Laura Wadlin
@explauratory
Portland, OR, USA
Joined June 2009
- today I canvassed a guy who kinda liked Bernie but didnt wanna register as Dem & was still sad Warren dropped out. I asked him what he liked about Warren and by the end of the convo he was willing to re-register online right in front of me and commit to voting for Bernie 🥰
- DSA new member count Saturday: 81 Sunday: 83 Monday: 91 Tuesday: 481
- lol honey the union railroad workers BACKED UP THE TRAIN when they saw picketers on the tracks. good luck making cookies without the flour and sugar they were gonna deliver! #NabiscoStrike
Strike at NE Portland Nabisco bakery spreads to 5 other facilities, gains national attention trib.al/Ph6FIeK - went in for covid test today. PA saw my Bernie shirt and showed me his BLM pin. we talked about M4A & kidnappings in Portland. I asked if he was union, he said he was trying to get coworkers to join a physicians union. I invited him to a DSA labor training and he said yes 🤩😭
- Wednesday: 867DSA new member count Saturday: 81 Sunday: 83 Monday: 91 Tuesday: 481
- 4 out of 16 Portland city councilors are DSA members BDS Movement called our successful campaign on Intel "the biggest BDS win in history" a union gave Portland DSA $10,000k+ several years in a row because of our solidarity work Portland has a free preschool program bc of DSAThe NYC DSA seems to be the only even vaguely useful/influential DSA in the entire country
- lmao it took just *3 hours* of a credible strike threat to get resultsChicago Public Schools will start the year with all students learning remotely, per source. It comes as the teachers union called a House or Delegates meeting, appearing to threaten job action if forced to return to the classroom. @WGNNews
- We've all seen it: a rich person not paying taxes. It's frustrating, especially when you've paid yours — complaints about people artificially creating poverty and then criminalizing its victims are among the most common we get.We've all seen it: somebody not paying their fare. It's frustrating, especially when you've paid yours — complaints about people hopping on board without paying are among the most common we get. (1/4)
- today was a preview for how "progressives" will act next summer if Teamsters strike UPS
- Bernie isn't even president yet and he already has this much influenceDespite the improvements Democrats secured to better protect workers: I am voting against USMCA. Because it doesn't address climate change, the greatest threat facing our planet.
- DSA's membership bump from Zohran shows we don't have to ONLY wait for external events beyond our control to drive members to us – we can also create those events ourselves. new members the week Trump got elected in 2024: 2613 new members the week Zohran won the primary: 2393
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has just ruled against the NLRB and in favor of Starbuck's effort to undermine organized labor. In an 8–1 ruling the Supreme Court makes it harder for the NLRB to stop unfair labor practices and reinstate workers illegally fired for organizing.
