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Peter Riley<p>Asheville Food &amp; Beverage United / <br>Union of Southern Service Workers </p><p><a href="https://labornotes.org/2024/12/hurricane-ruins-north-carolina-food-workers-organize-and-fight" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">labornotes.org/2024/12/hurrica</span><span class="invisible">ne-ruins-north-carolina-food-workers-organize-and-fight</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foodworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutualaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/northcarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>northcarolina</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asheville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asheville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFBU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFBU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSW</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Thanks <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gainesville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gainesville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wobblies</span></a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/iwwgnv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/iwwgnv</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>&amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@northumbriaIWW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>northumbriaIWW</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organize</span></a> for a thriving wage <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSW</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralStrike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>“… workers at 2000 locations base pay would reach $5.25 per hour in two years; $6.25 in two and a half years; or $7.25 in three years. “ </p><p>Waffle House is a $4 billion company. Its Chair, Joe Rogers Jr., is worth $1.7 billion.</p><p><a href="https://portside.org/2024-06-10/waffle-house-raising-servers-pay-across-country" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">portside.org/2024-06-10/waffle</span><span class="invisible">-house-raising-servers-pay-across-country</span></a></p><p>the tipped wage floor will jump by about $3/hour, to $5.25.</p><p><a href="https://www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/a-major-win-for-labor-in-the-south" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitaldrumbeat.com/p/a-major-</span><span class="invisible">win-for-labor-in-the-south</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaffleHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaffleHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serviceworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>serviceworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightForAUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightForAUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingpoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingpoor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minimumwage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimumwage</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meatpackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meatpackers</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McDonalds</span></a> (No parole if you’re still profitable.)<br><a href="https://inthesetimes.com/article/alabama-slavery-prison-labor-incarcerated-company-exploit-capitalism-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inthesetimes.com/article/alaba</span><span class="invisible">ma-slavery-prison-labor-incarcerated-company-exploit-capitalism-lawsuit</span></a></p><p>Photographs: Guards supervise a group of convict-lease prisoners in Birmingham, Ala. &amp; Convict-lease prisoners at the Banner Mine in Alabama.<br>Source: BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY ARCHIVES<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightLikeHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FightLikeHell</span></a> book cover </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alabama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prisonlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisonlabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RWDSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RWDSU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inthesetimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inthesetimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kimKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kimKelly</span></a></p>