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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

The settlement also confirms that Barstool was behind a Twitter account calling itself the Barstool Sports Union that purported to be 'the labor movement inside Barstool Sports.' The account was really a ploy to uncover employee union support, attorney David Rosenfeld said.

Andrew Wallender

@AndrewWallender

5 years

NEW: Barstool Sports reached a settlement with the federal labor board over its founder's anti-union tweets this past August. The company said the tweets and other anti-union material would be deleted:

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4 years

for comparison, Kellyanne Conway 1. violated Hatch Act at least 10X, per OSC 2. said of those violations “blah blah..let me know when the jail sentence starts" 3. refused to show at Congress hearing for violations, then defied subpoena 4. had her termination recommended by OSC

Keith Boykin

@keithboykin

4 years

I am no fan of Lynne Patton, and she clearly violated the Hatch Act. But so did Kellyane Conway, Ivanka Trump, and nearly everyone else in the Trump administration. Why is the Black woman the only one being punished?

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4 years

BREAKING: a tweet tweeted by The Federalist founder Ben Domenech that lots of ppl said looked illegal was illegal. Elon Musk and Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy are other notable business ppl who've broken federal law via tweet.

The Federalist Publisher's Tweet Was Unlawful: NLRB Judge (2)

The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist broke federal labor laws when he tweeted last year that he’d send employees “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize, a National...

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6 years

BREAKING: Workers at San Francisco's 123-yr-old Anchor Brewery have just WON an election to form the first union at a U.S. craft brewery. The workers @anchorunionsf voted 31-16 in favor of unionizing.

Anchor Beer Workers Win Union Vote (Corrected)

A microbrewery that produced the first domestic India pale ale and calls itself America’s “oldest craft brewery” has added another record: Anchor Brewing Co. has just become the first unionized craft...

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4 years

Sen. Whitehouse asks Attorney General Merrick Garland to "facilitate proper oversight" of an apparently "politically-constrained & perhaps fake FBI investigation into alleged misconduct by now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh" under Trump.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

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5 years

BREAKING: The federal labor board is proposing a rule that will exclude graduate assistants/other student workers from their statute's definition of "employee," which means those workers won't have rights to organize & join unions. It'll be published Mon.

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@hassankanu

4 years

how will we describe *this* fist bump?

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5 years

BREAKING: we got details of the still-anonymous charge alleging Bernie Sanders' campaign broke fed labor laws that protects workers in/who want a union. Content suggests it may indeed have come from a (ex?)staffer, & *allegations* are pretty serious 👇🏾

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5 years

BREAKING: it looks like the labor board will soon issue a rule that says *most if not all* graduate/student workers are not legal "employees," which would mean they don't have rights to organize in the workplace & join unions, among other things.

Labor Board Plans Rules on Worker Protests, Student Organizing (1)

The National Labor Relations Board plans major new rulemakings in 2019 that could curb union power while it also continues to work on a controversial regulation to limit companies’ liability for...

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@hassankanu

7 years

Police officers do generally like referring to themselves as "the biggest gang in this (any) city."

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@hassankanu

2 years

Moore is Maryland's first black governor, and the third black person to ever be elected governor in the U.S.

Taniel

@Taniel

2 years

RESULT ( @AP ): Democrats flip the Maryland governorship: Wes Moore will be governor. This gives them control of Maryland's state government for the first time in 8 years.

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4 years

“‘I heard someone else say something,'” Michigan Judge Cynthia Stephens said on Thursday, summing up an affidavit submitted by the Trump campaign. “Tell me how that is not hearsay. Come on now!”

Adam Klasfeld

@KlasfeldReports

4 years

ICYMI, the Trump campaign's back-to-back losses: The Georgia ruling: "‘Come on Now’: Michigan Judge Scoffs at and Tosses Trump Campaign Lawsuit Backed by ‘Hearsay’ Evidence"

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@hassankanu

5 years

NEW: Anchor Brewery workers approve their first union contract by a 49-3 vote. Here's what the the union says they'll get.

Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

6 years

BREAKING: Workers at San Francisco's 123-yr-old Anchor Brewery have just WON an election to form the first union at a U.S. craft brewery. The workers @anchorunionsf voted 31-16 in favor of unionizing.

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5 years

BREAKING: the federal labor board just revoked workers' right to use company e-mail & other comms systems for organizing & union-related purposes. A Democratic Board granted the right in 2014 to employees who already have access for work-related reasons.

Companies Can Ban Use of Work Email in Union Organizing (1)

Businesses can ban workers from using company email for union and other organizing purposes, the National Labor Relations Board decided in a Dec. 17 decision.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

Biden's trying to fire Peter Robb, who played a pivotal role helping Reagan fire like 11,000 air traffic controllers who'd gone on strike over pay, etc. Watching the president fire ppl on TV from the Rose Garden had a real impact on U.S. labor relations.

Biden Fires NLRB General Counsel After He Refuses to Resign (3)

President Joe Biden fired Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, after Robb refused a request from the new administration to resign.

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@hassankanu

4 years

5. was more senior than Lynne Patton 6. is white, as noted

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@hassankanu

5 years

BREAKING: CNN just agreed to pay $76M to settle allegations of anti-union firings way back in '03—the largest settlement in Labor Board history. Bears noting that CNN (& Des Moines Register) will host a Democratic presidential debate next week.

CNN to Pay $76 Million to Settle Decade-Old Labor Case (3)

The federal labor board on Friday approved a roughly $76 million dollar offer by CNN to settle a long-running labor dispute with camera operators who accused the news organization of canceling their...

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

Hi. You may recall this here tweet from a co-founder of conservative publication The Federalist. greater odds you saw a LA Times reporter noting Domenech may have tweet-crimed. Or a Princeton historian mocking the ill-advised post. well, it didn't end here on Twitter--a thread:

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BREAKING: The federal labor board has just released an opinion saying Uber employees are contractors, not legal employees, i.e. they're not entitled to union membership, can't file complaints if Uber retaliates for organizing, etc.

Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Labor Board's Top Lawyer Says (1)

Uber drivers aren’t legal “employees” for the purposes of federal labor laws, the U.S. labor board general counsel’s office said in an advisory memo released May 14.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

7 years

The level of corruption & racism in policing isn't believable til u experience, see, or hear frm those who have. Shaun King did; read this.

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@hassankanu

4 years

Michiganders are shocked, sympathetic, nonplussed that feds arrested their neighbors for a plot to kidnap the governor & start another Civil War. The sheriff says nbd--citizens arrest laws allow ppl to take elected officials into custody if they think their policies are illegal🙃

Ross Jones

@rossjonesWXYZ

4 years

This interview with a sitting sheriff in Michigan is absolutely wild.

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@hassankanu

2 years

"One hospital allegedly told a physician not to treat an ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured, which puts patient health at serious risk. Two others may be directing doctors to send pregnant patients home to 'expel the fetus' when their water breaks too early."

Allie Morris

@MorrisReports

2 years

The Texas Medical Association has asked regulators to step in after several hospitals allegedly prevented doctors from treating patients with serious pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban. #txlege

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5 years

BREAKING: the feds want the publisher of conservative magazine The Federalist to delete his apparently anti-union tweets. A different unfair labor practice charge based on those tweets was dropped at filer's request, but the NLRB is prosecuting this one.

The Federalist Hit With Labor Complaint Over Founder's Tweets

The federal government wants the publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist to delete his apparently anti-union June 6 tweet.

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@hassankanu

5 years

The NLRB's lone Democrat says in her dissent that there's "no good basis – in law, in policy, or in fact" to deny labor-law/union rights "to tens of thousands of student employees," asking her colleagues to reverse course:

Lauren McFerran

@NLRBMcFerran

5 years

In rulemaking facts must govern, and the facts on the ground are clear: through organizing and collective bargaining student employees have achieved better pay, health insurance, child care, and more – without harming the academic prerogatives of the universities they serve. 2/3

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

6 years

Another: "Exactly as the special interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political integrity before the Civil War, so now the great special business interests too often control and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit."--Teddy Roosevelt.

Kevin M. Kruse

@KevinMKruse

6 years

And this is an actual line from Teddy Roosevelt: "The citizens of the United States must effectively control the mighty commercial forces which they have called into being."

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Hassan Ali Kanu

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2 years

NEW: The Biden admin is defending rules that let judges increase sentences based on alleged crimes even if a jury found the accused not-guilty of that conduct. There's no real justification, just part of the pre-election pivot back to 'tough-on-crime.'

U.S. Justice Dept takes a hard line on sentencing reform

The U.S. Justice Department is opposing a bipartisan proposal to restrict judges’ ability to impose longer sentences based on alleged crimes even if a unanimous jury has acquitted the defendant of...

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

this PERSONAL NEWS thing *is* as fun as it looks: v excited to say I'm starting a new role @Reuters , where l'll be writing a column on access to justice/ equality under law in the U.S. I hope you'll join me in thinking about the obviously depressing & important issues/questions!

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@hassankanu

5 years

Prosecutors to potential tipsters: "You'll be asked if this is representing a major case in the country. The answer is yes..You'll then be driven to the top of the list, & the Jeffrey Epstein matter is #1 on the major case list in the country when you call that 1-800 FBI number."

Adam Klasfeld

@KlasfeldReports

5 years

Continuing investigation.

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@hassankanu

5 years

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta probably isn't done dealing with questions about his role as lead prosecutor in an earlier case against Epstein for teen sex trafficking. Old records in that case were unsealed this past week, and now this.

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@hassankanu

4 years

bit of backstory:

Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

Hi. You may recall this here tweet from a co-founder of conservative publication The Federalist. greater odds you saw a LA Times reporter noting Domenech may have tweet-crimed. Or a Princeton historian mocking the ill-advised post. well, it didn't end here on Twitter--a thread:

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@hassankanu

5 years

Some said the tweet was almost an invitation for some person, employee or not, to file a complaint, &, well..yes. I got the documents. Someone filed an unfair labor practice charge w the federal labor board against the Federalist, citing its co-founder's anti-union tweet:

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@hassankanu

4 years

“First of all, I’m a Christian,” Hursey said, his voice rising and falling with a preacher’s practiced cadence. “Second of all, I’m a Republican. And in that order.” Later the same day, Hursey drove a pickup truck through Elon, shouting “White power!”

Carli Brosseau

@carlibrosseau

4 years

. @newsobserver cross-referenced multiple photos and videos and found that Jesse Hursey was among the people who shouted "white power" during a Trump truck convoy this past weekend in Alamance County.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

BREAKING: The 9th Cir. has just ruled that the Calif. Supreme Court’s 2018 Dynamex decision, which makes it harder for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors, applies retroactively. Decision has major implications & could result in a wave of suits vs employers.

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@hassankanu

4 years

Douglass Mackey, aka racist, Trump-boosting Twitter user "Ricky Vaughn,' has been charged with conspiracy & election interference for using Twitter to fraudulently convince ~4,900 ppl to "vote" by text. Mackey & co-conspirators targeted Black voters.

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@hassankanu

4 years

A nationwide operation deployed resources usually used to patrol the U.S border to film demonstrations in NYC, Dayton, OH, Philadelphia etc., according to Customs & Border Protection data. Footage was fed into a network that can be used by other fed agencies & local police depts.

The New York Times

@nytimes

4 years

Homeland Security officials used planes, helicopters and drones to record recent Black Lives Matter protests in 15 American cities. They logged at least 270 hours of surveillance — far more than previously known.

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A Senate investigation found that Justice Clarence Thomas Thomas borrowed more than a quarter million $$$ from a wealthy friend, w no money down, & never repaid a substantial portion of the loan.

The United States Senate Committee on Finance

Justice Thomas Did Not Repay Substantial Portion of $267,230 Loan, Finance Committee Investigation Reveals; Failed to Report Forgiven Debt on Ethics Filings, Raising Questions About Tax Compliance

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@hassankanu

4 years

NYPD "blocked people from leaving before the curfew and then used the curfew as an excuse to beat, abuse, and arrest people who were protesting peacefully,” said Sawyer, acting crisis and conflict director @hrw . “It was a planned operation with no justification.”

Scott Hechinger

@ScottHech

4 years

BREAKING: Human Rights Watch ( @hrw ) out with horrifying investigation. The brutal NYPD attack on hundreds of protestors in early June in the Bronx wasn't just criminal & unconstitutional. It was *planned*. NYPD used the curfew to trap, assault, & arrest.

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4 years

NEW: Instacart argued that the election should be postponed because workers will be distracted from their “essential” work during the coronavirus pandemic, but the labor board disagreed. The @UFCW has now organized 2 groups of Instacart workers in Ill.

In-Store Instacart Shoppers in Chicago Get OK for Union Vote (1)

A group of Instacart in-store shoppers in Chicago will vote by mail on whether to unionize after a federal labor board official rejected the company’s argument that the election would distract...

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

2 years

NEW: The Supreme Court is so indifferent to the wrongful convictions problem that its recent decision restricting post-conviction appeals explicitly cites & relies on an old ruling that resulted in the execution of a man many believe was innocent.

Supreme Court prioritizes expedience, not justice, in wrongful convictions

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority decided on Monday that people in state prison no longer have a broad constitutional right to present new evidence in federal court to support claims...

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

Reporter notes lobbyists previewed bill, not public; then says: "There's virtually no public debate on what looks to be the largest bill in American history. Can u explain why..And should the public have had more time to understand what this bill is that was meant to help them?"

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

5 years

Here's Mitch McConnell responding to a female reporter's extremely straightforward question about the coronavirus bill by condescendingly asking her, "do you work here?"

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6 years

Warehouse workers/truck drivers at L.A. ports have launched a 3-day strike, aiming to put pressure on their employers-two shipping/logistics companies-as well as their employers' clients, including Amazon, Toyota, Best Buy. They say they're wrongly denied OT pay + other benefits.

Teamsters

@Teamsters

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#PortStrike begins! @XPOLogistics workers hit picket line bright and early in Commerce, CA and San Diego @PortDriverUnion @OurPortLA #1u

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5 years

Can't say for sure that these career bureaucrat lawyers here had a sense of humor about the charge, but one certainly thought it was...remarkable. here's an email exchange about the potential tweet-crime, and that remark:

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@hassankanu

4 years

@nycsouthpaw some pretty damning stuff about ex-labor secretary Alex Acosta's conduct as a prosecutor—including that he didn't treat victims with dignity," in relation to some horrific sexual crimes involving minors. it's (almost) a little jarring next to the language exonerating him.

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@hassankanu

5 years

@mattdpearce you know, I'm starting to get the notion that governments/officials signing confidential agreements (& probably in their official capacities) is probably a much bigger thing than taxpayers and voters know..

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@hassankanu

5 years

Barstool Sports founder called out by the NY labor department for anti-union tweets.

NYS Department of Labor

@NYSLabor

5 years

It is illegal to take any unfavorable action – including termination – against employees for union-related activities under the National Labor Relations Act. New York is a proud union state. We say no way, no how to intimidation, threats and union busting.

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@hassankanu

5 years

The Labor Department under Trump has also said gig workers don't have rights to min wages/OT. More to come..

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@hassankanu

4 years

"The document instructs employees not to respond to 'contacts about the right to unionize' — one of only three cases in which they’re told not to respond."

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5 years

the takeaway is that sometimes a supervisor/manager's comment, even a joke = potentially illegal intimidation. and, of course, watch what you say on the twitter bro/sis, cuz everyone else is 👀

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@hassankanu

4 years

Spontaneous yelling--it's not cheering, ppl are just screaming cathartically--in my neighborhood in D.C.

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@hassankanu

4 years

NEW: Justice Department says there's "insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges" against Cleveland cops who killed Tamir Rice. Rice was a 12-year-old Black kid playing with a toy gun at a Park Rec Center when he was shot and killed by an officer.

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@hassankanu

4 years

The judge told a lawyer for Postmates that 5K of its couriers "didn't do anything wrong" by simultaneously filing individual arbitration claims alleging they were misclassified as independent contractors, adding that they merely invoked procedures imposed upon them by Postmates.

Reuters Legal

@ReutersLegal

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9th Circuit panel 'unsympathetic' to Postmates' claims over mass arbitration ($)

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@hassankanu

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"The attorney general’s tenure played out as a natural experiment: What happens when the embodiment of the right-wing Federalist Society becomes the nation’s chief law enforcement officer? The answer has been a ghastly disaster for the rule of law."

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@hassankanu

6 years

EXCLUSIVE: The National Labor Relations Board's top prosecutor Peter Robb wants to exterminate Scabby the Rat, a well-recognized labor protest icon.

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7 months

Personal news: looking forward to delving even deeper into major questions of how power operates in our politics, law, culture etc. @TheProspect !

David Dayen

@ddayen

7 months

Very excited to introduce our new Prospect staff writer @hassankanu ! Hassan comes to us from Reuters and Bloomberg Law. Welcome him and follow!

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"Each of the accused FBI officials appears to have avoided discipline, the AP found, and several were quietly transferred or retired, keeping their full pensions and benefits even when probes substantiated the sexual misconduct claims against them."

Brian Carovillano

@bcarovillano

4 years

An Associated Press investigation has identified at least six sexual misconduct allegations involving senior FBI officials over the past five years, including two new claims brought this week by women who say they were sexually assaulted by ranking agents.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

NEW: The task force for Biden's economic platform is co-chaired by a union president, @FlyingWithSara , & includes the head of the largest government employees' union. @rweingarten & @MaryKayHenry are other labor leaders that will be making recommendations to Biden.

Jennifer Epstein

@jeneps

4 years

NEW this morning: Biden and Sanders roll out the members of the 6 Unity Task Forces that will offer recommendations to the DNC platform cmte and to Biden. Includes @johnkerry , @EricHolder , @vivek_murthy , @aoc , @RepJayapal , @rweingarten , @econjared , @StephanieKelton .

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Rep. Meadows brought former Trump family event planner Lynne Patton to make the point that Patton, the child of former slaves, wouldn't or shouldn't work for a racist. Cohen's response is quite revealing: "Neither should I, as the child of Holocaust survivors."

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2 years

"There it was, stripped of pretext: a motivating factor in Mr. Warren’s suspension was that he was a 'progressive prosecutor.' He was being supported by a contributor to, of all things, the Democratic Party."

CJ Ciaramella

@cjciaramella

2 years

Anyway, the ruling is extremely critical of DeSantis' "investigation" into Andrew Warren and subsequent suspension

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@hassankanu

5 years

Big labor news here: "A recording of the governor’s speech, obtained by Labor Notes, reveals a raucous meeting in which the governor tried to praise workers while encouraging them to vote against the union..."

Chris Brooks

@chactivist

5 years

Just broke this story @labornotes : Volkswagen workers were forced by management to attend an anti-union meeting led by the state’s Republican governor, Bill Lee. Local media wasn't informed about the event or allowed into the plant. But we got a recording.

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BREAKING: The world’s largest labor group is suing to try to block a Trump Labor Board rule which will make it harder for unions to organize. via @ChrisOpfer

AFL-CIO Sues Trump Administration Over Union Elections Rule

The world’s largest labor group is suing to try to block a Trump administration rule likely to make it harder for unions to organize.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

2 years

Jones used a rare vintage racial slur (burrhead) while answering questions about his past racist behavior, which really makes you 🤔

Michael Harriot

@michaelharriot

2 years

If Jerry Jones, a high school football player, didn't know, it meant he wasn't listening when his COACH warned the team that there would be trouble. Wait... Didn't he tell the post that he had heard?

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"Chris Miller, Rep. Miller’s husband and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, conceded the truck belonged to him even as he pleaded ignorance about the militia group."

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4 years

IOW after the judge decided the lawsuit against Jacob Wohl has merit and is in fact likely to succeed, his lawyers are now asking that same judge to also decide that the lawsuit was filed simply to censor and intimate him.

Adam Klasfeld

@KlasfeldReports

4 years

Jacob Wohl wants a judge to issue anti-SLAPP sanctions against a civil rights group for filing a lawsuit— That the same judge recently found would likely prove he violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act via illegal robocalls. @LawCrimeNews

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@hassankanu

4 years

The Sidney Powell complaint also misspells the lead plaintiff's name. Coreco Ja'Quan Pearson is a teenage conservative personality who first gained notoriety as a pre-teen--because he was a black kid criticizing Obama on YouTube (also lied that Obama blocked him on Twitter once).

southpaw

@nycsouthpaw

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Started trying to proofread the Sidney Powell complaint and I didn’t get very far. I wouldn’t recommend filing this version in court, Sod.

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Scabby the Rat survives First Amendment challenge. Judge Garaufis: "The court..finds that it would not be 'just & proper' to issue an injunction on the novel & expansive interpretation of" labor laws urged by NLRB general counsel Peter Robb. via @WallenderAndrew

Bloomberg Law

@BLaw

5 years

NEW: A judge says a rotating menagerie of inflatable rats and an inflatable cockroach can continue to stand outside Staten Island grocery stores as part of a union protest

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3 years

Folks, 2020 has been a shockingly good year for me. I pulled off a great proposal to Dorian, w some help from my friends. This incredible, smart, gorgeous, hilarious & loving woman said "yes!" And we did a whole engagement shoot that wasn't even all that cheesy. 💍🥂

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@hassankanu

6 years

Shaub's usually thorough but here he *totally* misses that ex-communications official Bill Shine also appears to have used the misspelling "comminications" on the cover page of his official financial disclosure form--*obviously* another notable of his tenure at the White House.

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NEW: The Justice Department recently opened investigations in Houston & Lowndes County, AL that mark the federal government's most significant recognition yet that overburdening minority communities with pollution can constitute a crime.

Toxic racism confronted by DOJ's environmental discrimination probes

The U.S. Justice Department recently opened an environmental justice investigation in Houston, the second in a program launched last year that marks the federal government's most significant recogn...

www.reuters.com

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@hassankanu

5 years

just so happens to be a big week/couple months for CEOs & bosses potentially union-busting right here on the twitter. there's this. aannndd..

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

NEW: Last week, AG Letitia James got a court to agree to release grand jury transcripts after jurors declined to indict cops involved in Daniel Prude's killing in Rochester. It's an unusual & important move, & could become a procedural model for some.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

6 years

The union representing NASA rocket scientists, DOJ immigration judges, Army engineers + more says President Trump lied when he said "many" federal workers support the govt shutdown until he gets border wall $$. "We have not heard from a single member who supports the..inaction."

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@hassankanu

5 years

The NLRB was gearing up to get affidavits + internal docs & communications about unionization.. But--bright spot for the Federalist & Domenech--it looks like the filer wasn't particularly serious; in any case, they asked the NLRB to withdraw the charge shortly after filing:

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@hassankanu

2 years

"That the BOP does not rely on prisoner testimony is at odds with how other federal agencies view prisoner statements...The statement that they rely on 'video capturing the act' is a lofty one for an agency that admitted last year that many of its camera systems were inoperable."

Alec Karakatsanis

@equalityAlec

2 years

The Bureau of Prisons just admitted to the Inspector General that it does not rely on witness statements by prisoners for misconduct complaints against guards. Translation: it does not rely victims raped and assulated by prison guards.

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@hassankanu

4 years

BREAKING: a judge just struck down key portions of the Trump Labor Board's new rule that significantly slowed down the unionization process for private sector workers, & was to take effect Monday.

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@hassankanu

3 years

NEW: Ohio's attorney general says he's filed the first state lawsuit asking a court to declare Google a public utility—like the electric companies. Lawsuit says Google has a duty to not prioritize placement of its own products/services or certain ads on search results pages.

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@hassankanu

5 years

also this:

Barstool Sports Founder's Tweetstorm Raises Labor Row (2)

The founder of bombastic sports website Barstool Sports is the latest boss to potentially face an unfair labor practice complaint for an anti-union tweetstorm threatening workers who talk to union...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

. @RepTerriSewell & @RepBeatty at the inauguration ceremony for Kamala Harris, the first woman, first Black American, and first Asian-American to hold the office of vice president; and the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

Former government ethics chief says Labor Board Chairman John Ring (R) was "petulant" in response to Trump's ethics chief, who recently called Ring out for deciding that Board members can simply "insist on" ruling in cases even if they're found to have a conflict of interest.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

3 years

NEW: Fannie Mae settled an important case last wk based on a massive national investigation which found that the government-backed mortgage company neglects foreclosed homes it owns in majority-Black/Latino communities.

Landmark housing discrimination settlement with Fannie Mae sets key precedent

One of the most comprehensive national investigations of housing discrimination conducted under federal civil rights laws led to a landmark $53 million settlement on Feb. 7 between government-backed...

www.reuters.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

"Republican leaders initially danced around her candidacy but now seem poised to welcome her into their ranks. They condemned her more racist videos before she won the primary—& then refused to discuss her support of QAnon while voting for a..resolution to condemn the delusion."

Salvador Hernandez

@SalHernandez

4 years

"It is hard to overstate this moment. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s election in Georgia could help legitimize a dangerous mass delusion that has festered in the Trump era" via @Mimms

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

6 years

NEW:The Washington Post, which adopted the "Democracy Dies in Darkness" slogan in 2017, is apparently not being transparent about an alleged gender/race pay gap. A study pointed to newsroom pay disparity, but management refuses to acknowledge any issue.

Reporters Question Washington Post's Response to Alleged Pay Gap (Corrected)

Reporters and other staff at the Washington Post are frustrated with what they describe as an unjustified, hardline stance in negotiations with management over their employment contracts and other...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

The President says Washington D.C. will "never" become a state because that'd mean its 700K+ residents, mostly Democratic voters, would have representation in the United States Congress.

Sahil Kapur

@sahilkapur

4 years

His party has spent years drawing up non-partisan rationales for rejecting DC statehood and Trump just ... said the real reason out loud.

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@hassankanu

4 years

"The GBI files don’t explain the basis for the decision by Kemp’s office to blame the Democratic Party or support his accusation. Kemp went on to narrowly defeat Democrat Stacey Abrams in the election for governor."

ProPublica

@propublica

4 years

Kemp’s explosive allegation, just days before the closely contested 2018 election, drew wide attention. But newly released documents show that there was no such hack.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

NEW: employee group at Kickstarter says management has formally rejected their request for the company to voluntarily recognize their union. CEO Aziz Hasan says Kickstarter supports a federal Labor Board election instead, although the group would rather avoid that process.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

3 years

The hearing over the jury selection process in this case was full of remarkable moments, like when the defense warned the other side not to throw "bombs" by raising questions about racism, even though the entire proceeding was based on a question about racism.

Reuters Legal

@ReutersLegal

3 years

The judge in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery's killing had said that there “appears to be intentional race discrimination” in the juror selection process that has produced a nearly all-white jury for a case in which race is front and center. @hassankanu

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@hassankanu

5 years

BREAKING: Employers can more easily restrict workers from wearing union buttons & other insignia under a just-released National Labor Relations Board ruling.

Walmart Gets Green Light to Restrict Union Buttons at Work (2)

Employers can more easily restrict workers from wearing union buttons and other insignia under a National Labor Relations Board ruling released Dec. 23.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

6 years

BREAKING: A federal appeals court just largely approved the Obama-era 'joint employer' test from Browning-Ferris--and threw a huge monkey wrench in the Trump administration/NLRB's ongoing rule-making to change the policy. via @jonsteingart

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

2 years

NEW: A federal court dismissed a suit by a white corrections officer who alleged he was forced to resign because he was intimidated by having to take individual, computer-based anti-bias training—including a definition of "white fragility."

'White fragility' lawsuit exposes emptiness of 'anti-Woke' movement

A federal court decision on Feb. 1 is one of several recent rulings that have exposed the "anti-critical race theory" and anti-woke movement for what it is: a straightforward assault on policies to...

www.reuters.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

3 years

Prosecutors say four people were wounded, and were almost certainly hit by shots from police officers (they heard gunshots nearby & started shooting). Fanta Bility was killed. She was one of six children, a close-knit part of a larger community of immigrants from Guinea.

Olayemi Olurin

@msolurin

3 years

Delaware police shot and killed this 8 year old girl, Fanta Bility, and 3 other people. We should all be talking about this

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@hassankanu

5 years

"While Hofeller was known for drawing maps to give Republicans an advantage & limit the impact of voters of color in North Carolina, Texas, Missouri & Virginia, the new documents reveal he also participated in the 2010 redistricting cycle in Alabama, Florida, & West Virginia."

Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

5 years

GOP racial gerrymandering mastermind participated in redistricting in more states than previously known, files obtained by The Intercept reveal by @davedaley3

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

6 years

Exclusive: The Obama admin expanded employees' rights to use their workplace email system to organize around issues on the job. Documents obtained via FOIA show that Google asked the government to undo that precedent in Nov 2018. w/ @josheidelson @mhbergen

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

@nycsouthpaw technically Taco John's owns "Taco Tuesdays." It's a chain restaurant based in Wyoming that has a trademark for it, which I'll agree is something that should be referred to an international criminal tribunal.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

A former Congressional staffer involved in Abramoff's prosecution told me in June 2017 that elevating Pizzella to the Labor Dept.'s #2 spot is kinda like letting Bernie Madoff run public retirement investments. Pizzella's will take the #A1 spot at DOL in a week.

Ben Penn

@benjaminpenn

5 years

Do read this newly relevant @hassankanu @BLaw deep dive into new acting labor sec Pat Pizzella's background lobbying w/ Jack Abramoff to exempt Marianas Islands from labor laws.

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

5 years

The Trump labor board seems to keep tripping over its own feet. "In essence, the NLRB hired temps whose bosses have a stake in the outcome to review & potentially summarize the public comments," & that's a conflict of interest, Democrats say. Via @i_m_m

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

4 years

@nycsouthpaw @byjoelanderson 758 of your punches landed & dude's still at your neck wtf

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@hassankanu

1 year

"Iowa ended 2022 with a general-fund budget surplus of $1.91 billion. But at the start of the 2023 legislative session, Republicans made clear that limiting access to SNAP was a priority because of cost concerns."

@ijbailey

1 year

This just feels like another creative way - in a very long line of creative ways - to hate poor people while pretending it’s about fiscal responsibility. The unnecessary cruelty…

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@hassankanu

4 years

NEW: Child care providers in CA have voted (97% yes) to be repped by a statewide union. “We are paving the way for social & economic justice,” care worker Alicia Turner said. “This victory is proof that when women, & women of color lead a movement, it can and will make history.

SEIU

@SEIU

4 years

BREAKING! In the largest union election in 20 years, 45,000 childcare providers just won their union in California! Now they can win permanent improvements for all family child care providers and the parents and children they serve. #ChildCareIsEssential

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@hassankanu

5 years

NEW: Labor & employment lawyers were surprised by a lot of what Fuyao managers/ownership said & did in American Factory. An unfair labor practice charge was filed against the company a day after its Netflix premiere. A manager who was fired also sued them.

Obama-Backed Netflix Documentary Causes Headaches for Fuyao Glass

Chinese-owned Fuyao Glass America Inc. is facing blowback from a Netflix documentary showing the company’s chairman and managers making disparaging comments about American workers and their attempts...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Hassan Ali Kanu

@hassankanu

3 years

“If the barista at Starbucks overhears you talking about your abortion, & it was performed after 6 weeks, that barista is authorized to sue the clinic..and to sue any other person who helped you, like the Uber driver who took you there,” said law professor Melissa Murray.

Cindi Leive

@cindi_leive

3 years

Had to read this twice: under Texas’s new abortion ban, regular people (like your neighbor/coworker) can file suit against anyone who helps you get an abortion (your doctor…or even your Uber driver). And they get up to $10k per abortion for doing it!

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@hassankanu

5 years

NEW: *all* union elections now cancelled indefinitely, including cases where the employer doesn't object to mail-in ballots

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