McDonald’s reported $1.9B in Q1 profits yet is 2nd only to Walmart on employees who receive welfare.
This class warfare against working people is another reminder that the USA isn't $34T in debt because the poor rely too much on welfare & pay too little tax—but because billionaires pay too little tax & rely too much on corporate welfare. #TaxBillionaires
@QasimRashid And to be clear, McDonald's & Walmart are viciously anti-union and crushingly exploitative because they know that WORKERS GENERATE ALL THE WEALTH. Managers do some work, and owners are useless. The pandemic made that extremely clear, although it was always true.
It's vital to the owners' continued power and status to keep the people who actually make all the money from being able to organize against them and create something equitable and just.
The overwhelming capitalist pressure on bosses--from floor supervisors to owners--is to HATE workers, to feel that emotion towards them, and that's because bosses are terrified of the fact that they can't live without workers because workers are the ones who generate all the profits.
SESSION CLIPS: We are working on getting our 101 sessions broken into clips that are more easily digestible & referenceable. Accompanied by Chris Blankenhorn & @thegreengarret.
I realized something today. I think HR departments exist to pretend to offer the same protections to employees as a union would. That is, HR's job is to give the impression you don't need a union while of course not providing the actual protections of one.
I left my #union job a few weeks ago. More or less good work, just not a good fit for me.
Here's the kicker though: I'll still be insured through them for MONTHS because of money left in my health and wellness account. This is a stark contrast to leaving a job and having to pay huge shakedown prices for something like COBRA coverage.
The moral of the story is #ORGANIZE, my fellow workers. #DirectAction gets the goods that begging capitalists NEVER WILL.