#u.s strike

[updatenews519]

President Joe Biden said Monday that more than 30 million borrowers would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease their student loan debt burdens, a fresh attempt by the Democratic president to follow through on a campaign pledge that could buoy his standing with younger voters.

#news #latest news #bbc #the mandalorian #u.s strike #u.s. #art #across the spiderverse #taylor swift #ted lasso

[gwydionmisha]

Well played.

#Uber #Lyft #DoorDash #The U.S. #Strike #Valentine’s Day #Fait Pay #News

[dronescapesvideos]

B-1B #Lancer “The #Bone” #strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of 3 U.S. troops

B-1B Lancer Documentary:

#youtube #aircraft #airplane #aviation #dronescapes #military #documentary #aviation history #b 1 lancer #b 1b #lancer #syria #syria news #iraq #iraqi #retaliation #Rockwell B-1 #air strikes #Jordan retaliation #u.s. #u.s. news

[betty-bourgeoisie]

Honestly I really don't view Alfred as being especially wealthy compared to any of the other nations. The country he represents has a lot of money sure, but he's a government bureaucrat with the same union contract and dental insurance as any other government bureaucrat.

#hws america #aph america #boring Alfred strikes again #this man hasn't touched the stock market since 1929 either #his investments are in U.S treasury bonds if anything #Hetalia

[racefortheironthrone]

Newsom's UI Veto Is a Sign of CA's Dysfunction on UI

Introduction:

While I'm not yet up to a full blogpost, I thought I'd chime in on social media to buttress a point that my colleague Erik Loomis made in regards to Gavin Newsom's veto of the Unemployment Insurance strike bill. While Erik is absolutely correct that Newsom's veto is a pretty nakedly anti-union move, (especially in the wake of a major entertainment industry strike in which management attempted to use the threat of eviction and foreclosure to break the union), I think the veto also reflects the dysfunction in the California Unemployment Insurance system.

California's UI System:

Back when I was a freelance policy analyst in grad school, I had the opportunity to write about a wide range of topics in social and economic policy - and it just so happened that one of those topics was unemployment insurance.

One of the problems with the U.S' social insurance system is that, because UI is a joint Federal-state program that's financed by state payroll taxes that are then forgiven against Federal taxation (or in the case of the pandemic or the Great Recession, Federal loans), there is a powerful incentive for states to under-tax and under-finance their UI systems and rely instead on the Federal backstop to keep the system ticking over.

For all of California's progressive reputation, it actually ranks towards the bottom of the national league tables when it comes to underfunding its UI system:

"Unemployment benefits in California are funded by a payroll tax on businesses, but the tax is so low and generates so little revenue that the state had to borrow $20 million from the federal government to provide benefits during the pandemic. In a veto message, Mr. Newsom said that $302 million in interest is due on the federal loan in September alone. “Now is not the time to increase costs or incur this sizable debt,” he said." (source)

To be fair, California is not absolutely terrible - it's not Texas or Mississippi or Alabama - and a lot of its current predicament has to do with how hard California was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but even in good times, California taxes itself so lightly that it routinely owes the Federal government UI money. This creates another reason/excuse for the state government to not follow the California Labor Federation's lead and transform the UI system into something that can fight not just poverty but all forms of economic exploitation.

State Capacity:

Now, to my mind, this only makes it more imperative for the state to get its act together - and a big part of that is adopting labor's proposal for decoupling strikes and starvation through the UI system. As I see it, that goes hand in hand with raising minimum benefit levels, such that UI plus strike pay should allow people to live with dignity even during a long strike of 5-6 months duration, improved administration so that people don't have to wait three weeks to actually get their hands on their own money, and improved financing so that the system as a whole can actually work as an automatic stabilizer in economic crises.

To me, this is the essence of community unionism: we work to improve the lives of our members, and in so doing improve the lives of the entire community.

#u.s politics #california #california politics #gavin newsom #unemployment insurance #labor unions #trade unions #labor law #wga strike #sag aftra strike #social insurance

[thundergirlzsh]

To you, who think Iran is a terrorist.

Hello. You must think Iran is a terrorist, of course, a terrorist for Israel and U.S. When Israel commits Genocide every minute in Palestine, what do you expect from U.S. government? They baked this bread for Palestine,Iran,Syria. When they instituted ISIS( yes! U.S. instituted ISIS.) they were looking for these crimes too. Iran did what was his right. When his embassy in Syria was attacked and many Iranians were murdered, when Palestine is under phosphorus bombs and rockets, when mother and children are shooted by Israel's snipers, when Hamas only kills the armed Israelians but Israel kills a car full of un armed people with children( or better to say, blows the car up) when Moosad is what U.S. calls a pride but middle east countries call it a crime. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIAS TO SHARE? Try to be informed, just to your information. Iran threatens. Yes, because they are our brothers and sisters. Because U.S. is dying of Islam, because this is genocide. Jodism. Islam, Christians and Bodism. they are all religions but Islam is what they fear most, because it is the truth. Because it suggests a justice which will destroy all their dirty politics and economies. Be ware. This was the first strike. Free GAZA, Free Palestine, Their homecountry is what they posses. May god be with them. Iran revenges for all the murderies they commited, for Palestine, For Syria, For YEMEN, for justice, for Islam.

#iran #free gaza #palestine #israel #U.S. #joe biden #strike for gaza #revenge #revenge era

[defensenow]

#youtube #militarytraining #Ground Maneuvers #Saber Strike 24 #National Security #War #Exercise #Military #Live Fire. #Action #Training #Combat #Tanks #Infantry #Deployment #Army Training #Soldiers #Defense #Military Operations #Armored #Troops #U.S. Army

[kp777]

Is the pendulum of power swinging towards US unions?

The United Auto Workers have scored a major victory. And it could be a sign of more to come for workers – unless the Fed undermines them again

#labor unions #uaw strike #uaw #u.s. economy #federal reserve #robert reich

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

also, on tuesday, the world health organization issued a statement, which it has not retracted, saying this:

The hospital was one of 20 in the north of the Gaza Strip facing evacuation orders from the Israeli military. The order for evacuation has been impossible to carry out given the current insecurity, critical condition of many patients, and lack of ambulances, staff, health system bed capacity, and alternative shelter for those displaced.

france24 also reported this:

Islamic Jihad dismissed Israel’s claims, accusing Israel of “trying hard to evade responsibility for the brutal massacre it committed". The group pointed to Israel’s order that al-Ahli be evacuated and reports of a previous blast at the hospital as proof that the hospital was an Israeli target.

The Anglican bishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, confirmed that the hospital had received at least three Israeli military orders to evacuate in the days before the blast, though he declined to cast blame on either party. The hospital had been hit by Israeli shelling on Sunday, wounding four staffers, he said.

emphasis mine on both. the israeli military also claimed, in the article from france24 linked above, that 450 hamas rockets had fallen back on the gaza strip in the past 11 days (with no evidence). did any of these rockets kill 250 (preliminary estimate of the hospital director) to 471 (current estimate of the palestinian health ministry) people? and why issue THREE warnings for evacuation, days before the blast? why shell the hospital? so they did all that and then coincidentally a PIJ rocket just so happened to explode over the hospital and cause a fuel fire? that killed 471 people, likely more?

al jazeera also put together this assessment of israel’s shifting narratives in the wake of the bombing, in which they and those espousing their narrative have been caught lying or misusing old or irrelevant footage to pin the blame on hamas and PIJ:

#worth noting that now western outlets are putting together #(including the one i linked from france24) #‘what we know about the hospital strike’ articles that essentially restate claims made by israeli and us sources #or former israeli officials now working with nonprofits #and former u.s. military officials #making claims largely based on assumptions #and their ‘evidence’ is claims about craters and radar matching with al jazeera footage #that said outlets cannot independently verify

[the-nomadicone]

Lightning II // United States Marine Corps

#United States Marine Corps #U.S. Marine Corps #USMC #F-35 #F-35B #F-35B Lightning II #F-35 Lightning II #USS Tripoli #Indo-Pacific #Training #Military #Armed Forces #Milblr #Marine Strike Fighter Squadron 121 #VMFA-121 #MCAS Iwakuni #LHA-7 #Sgt. Jackson Ricker

[merluvlee-sims2]

accidentally took a short hiatus there, but stay tuned for more lindenwood posts!

#no one ever told me this but being on strike is EXHAUSTING #also U.S. thanksgiving happened and my partner and i decided to ditch our crazy families and do our own thing...best decision ever tbh

[updatenews519]

#news #latest news #bbc #the mandalorian #u.s strike #u.s. #art #across the spiderverse #taylor swift #ted lasso

[gwydionmisha]

I don't understand why sick leave is considered an unreasonable ask.

#Railroads #Strike #Sick Leave #U.S. Congress #News

[zvaigzdelasas]

13 Jul 23

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

WAR CRIMES DESCENDING FROM THE SKY -- DEMOCRACY? UNCLE SCAM DELIVERS!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an aerial view of the bomb damage and impact craters left filled with water after a US B-52 carpet bombing strike north of Dai Teng, Vietnam, c. 1968. 📸: Tim Page.

"WAR is a black hole to AVOID."

Source: www.flickr.com/photos/13476480@N07/3729158436.

#B-52 Bomber #Air Strike #Vietnam War #B-52 Carpet Bombing #Carpet Bombing #Bombing Strike #Aerial photography #U.S. Military #Military Industrial Complex #Vietnam #U.S.-Indochina War #Bombings #Vietnam Conflict #Bombing #Indochina #B-52 Aerial bombardment #Bomb Craters #Aerial bombardment #Realities of War #War crimes #War photography #War

[thecoffeelorian]

#meidastouch #legacy media's bullshit strikes again #u.s. politics #hard to abandon someone you never voted for #vote blue #Youtube