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Lowe’s Workers United, Store 2470 of New Orleans lowesworkersunited @gmail .com
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Folks decided it was time to raise up on ‘em! We filed a petition to unionize at Lowe’s store 2470 of New Orleans! South got something to say!!!
#Hotlaborsummer
#whodat
#wedat
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Ms. Pat, an 18 year veteran of our store, was targeted and wrongfully fired on 11/18/22; she lost her healthcare coverage on Thanksgiving Day.
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We’re disappointed to announce the withdrawal of our NLRB petition. More than enough folks signed to constitute a showing of interest, but the NLRB determined that the petition was invalid because we had not yet chosen a name for our union when we began collecting signatures.
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Dollar store workers rallying in the Upper 9th! People over profits! We are with y’all!
#whodat
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Loyola/Tulane students are still out here despite some arrests 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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Police escalated a peaceful public comment session at of the Port of New Orleans on Thursday. 51 community members attended to demand that the Port cut all trade ties with Israel. Harbor Police Captain Cedric Turner assaulted one community member and had him arrested.
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Companies like Lowe’s spend obscene amounts of money to shut us down, but their union-busting campaigns are crude, pathetic, and beatable. We will keep organizing, and we will run it back.
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Strong words coming from folks who aren’t forklift certified 👀👀👀
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Ms. Pat was eligible for full retirement on January 7th. She has suffered a number of injuries and has made great sacrifices to her mental health for this job working in a severely understaffed garden center.
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Some anti-union posters from Lowe’s:
We make empty promises because we are desperate for your signature 😩😩😩
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Pat was often critical of Lowe’s policy and was outspoken in her support of the union effort, even in the presence of managers. She is a hard worker and a good friend.
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Before we began collecting, an NLRB informational officer explicitly told us that it was fine not to have a union named in our authorization statement and that we could simply choose a name when we filed (giving us time to consult our coworkers in choosing a name).
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To emphasize this point again-Pat was outspoken in her support for unionizing specifically because she knew this could happen; she was among the most affected at our store by understaffing and disrespect from management.
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As of now, Lowe’s is attempting to avoid paying her a two week severance, her accrued PTO, and an earned Q3 bonus. Pat’s family is discussing the possibility of setting up a gofundme to cover her lost income; we will keep folks updated.
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When we initially filed our petition, the NLRB raised no concerns about our authorization statement. Other independent unions have recently filed successfully without a union named in their authorization statement.
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It is obviously extremely frustrating that our petition was invalidated on a trivial legal technicality; 68/169 workers at our store (about 40%) signed our petition, and folks were excited to vote despite an aggressive union-busting campaign by Lowe’s.
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On the day before her termination, Pat raised concerns about a Lowe’s policy blocking off an area of the outside lawn and garden center; it was a potential safety issue and could have prevented employees from evacuating in case of an emergency.
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French Truck workers at the unionized location on Chartres St. have just walked out. A person pulled a knife on employees this morning and they asked the manager if they could close the store. Management responded by threatening to fire them. This store is severely understaffed.
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Folks at our store recognize that organizing works; no one believes Lowe’s dubious claim that the raise and bonus we just received were unrelated to the union drive.
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The NLRB buckled under pressure, despite the fact that there was no question to anyone that Lowe’s Workers United was independent and despite the fact that the NLRB itself gave us faulty information (we of course harbor no ill will towards the informational officer).
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The policy also forced Pat to routinely search for someone to unlock a gate or walk all the way around the store to access this area; as a result, visiting corporate higher-ups complained of her “wandering around the store.”
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“The median Lowe’s worker’s compensation fell by 7.6 percent to $22,697 in 2021. The same year, CEO Marvin Ellison spent more than $13 billion on stock buybacks.”
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Our friend was just illegally fired for union organizing! Mutual aid request below!
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Pat was naturally frustrated by the insinuation that she was lazy, but she worked for the entire day and never left the premises. Pat was getting ready for work the next morning when the store manager called her to fire her.
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Management put Ms. Pat on a list of “non-performers” and claims she quit in the middle of the day after being informed that she was on this list, which is demonstrably false.
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In their initial contact with the NLRB, Lowe’s lawyers raised concerns about the affiliation of Lowe’s Workers United, reasoning that folks signing the petition may not have known whether our new union was independent or nationally affiliated.
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She was never given any written documentation or exit survey. When she tried to return to work, she was turned away.
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New Orleans is a union town 😤😤😤 Look at all these notes of support to Starbucks workers at St. Claude from their sip-in 🔥🔥🔥
@SBWorkersUnited
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Pat’s family wanted to share this tiktok that gives further account of her ordeal:
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Lowe’s Workers United has filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Lowe’s, which has engaged in an illegal and aggressive union-busting campaign since the union filed for an election last month.
"Employees at a Lowe’s Home Improvement store in New Orleans [
@LowesU_Nola
] filed federal unfair labor practice charges yesterday with the NLRB. The charges accuse Lowe’s of an illegal campaign to intimidate workers into stopping efforts to unionize."
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According to the ACLU, Captain Turner 🐖 has a history of abusing people’s civil rights.
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New Orleans, a majority Black city, has some of the worst income inequality in the country despite being one of the culturally richest cities on Earth. Throughout the country, 47% of Black workers make less than $15 per hour.
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This is the second time this week that a resident of Orleans Parish has been arrested and brought to jail for opposing Israel’s genocidal occupation of Palestine.
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Call OPSO (504-202-9339) and TUPD (504-865-5381) to demand Toni Jones be released immediately! Protesting is not a crime!
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Congrats to the St. Claude Starbucks workers for voting 12-4 to unionize with SBWU!
Who got the power? WE GOT THE POWER!
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Action: Call for public comment
Thursday, March 21st, 1 PM at the Port of New Orleans (1350 Port of New Orleans Pl.)
Voice your concerns about the Port of New Orleans’ role in the Innovation Embassy with Israel and their shipments to and from Israel!
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“We will win living wages, healthcare, and unions for every worker on this campaign and across the world!”
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We’re out in the parking lot talking to coworkers and handing out leaflets. There are at least seven managers in the store, two of whom are from corporate in NC and two of whom are from neighboring stores. It’s a Saturday night! Lowe’s, y’all are pitiful as hell.
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Amazon workers are organizing in Louisiana and have just delivered their first petition for better wages and working conditions!
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(Alt text for video: A crowd of people chants inside a small auditorium. A person tries to exit and a police officer puts him in a hold and throws him to the ground, and several officers swarm and take him outside, to the dismay of the crowd.)
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Procession for Palestine
New Orleans musicians roll ‘til Palestine is free
January 6th, 2024
Meet at 6 PM, rolling 6:30 PM
Meet at courthouse steps (Royal St. between Conti and St. Louis)
From the river to the sea Palestine will be free!
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This person was charged with “disturbing the peace” and “resisting/obstructing an officer”
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Statewide March for Palestine
Meet at Canal Place
333 Canal St, New Orleans
Free Street Parking | Paid Parking Along River
Sunday, December 10th @ 4 PM
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Economic justice and racial justice are inseparable. We will keep organizing!
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After aggressively opposing a union drive in a single store in New Orleans, Lowe's is patting itself on the back for giving workers a "big pay raise... all without a union."
The company says it has something like 340,000 workers, so this is about $500 per head.
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St. Claude Starbucks filed to UNIONIZE!
Join us at a SIP IN Saturday, January 20th, 10 AM-1 PM, 1001 Elysian Fields
Tip well! Order easy! Support baristas by voicing your support! Hand them a note or make your name “Union Strong.”
🇵🇸Solidarity! (Have water/pup cup for free)
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Call OPSO & TUPD: Release Toni Jones,
Lead organizer of New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police (NOCOP), arrested for protesting for Palestine.
TUPD: (504) 865-5381
OPSO: (504) 202-9339
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UPDATE: Toni is free! When we fight, we win! Stay tuned for next action steps.
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Lowe’s workers and Home Depot workers are forming like Voltron!!!
#wutang
#hotlaborsummer
#alllaborwinter
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Workers just got this in the captive audience meeting. Unions are so scary 🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻
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WE’RE OUT HERE LET’S GO!!! 🔥🔥🔥🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🎺🎺🎺
The musicians and the peoples are marching for Palestine in New Orleans tonight.
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Shut it down for Palestine
Thursday, November 9
Join Tulane and Loyola
Walkout: 1 PM
Meet at Tulane ROTC building to join our march
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Full disclosure-the organizer was indeed a salt sent by Che Guevara
Lowe's union organizer with degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and a master's from Florida State wants you to believe he wasn't sent to New Orleans to salt the bargaining unit. 😂🤣😂
Skepticism is a must in journalism, but there's nothing of the sort in this story.
#NOLA
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French Truck has fired barista and organizer Mat Ricciardo in a blatant display of union-busting. Workers there are calling for Mat’s reinstatement and will be picketing this Sunday, January 21st, at 1 PM. Mutual aid request: Mat’s venmo is
@Mat
-Ricciardo
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Ms. Pat’s family asked us to share this gofundme for her:
She is a hard worker, a good friend, and a supporter of the union drive; the thread below details her wrongful, retaliatory termination.
Ms. Pat, an 18 year veteran of our store, was targeted and wrongfully fired on 11/18/22; she lost her healthcare coverage on Thanksgiving Day.
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Who else just had emergency COVID sick time taken away? We have a lot of folks showing up sick to work this week because they can’t afford to do otherwise.
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"Some of the issues that we have are not unique to this store: anyone who has worked at a Walmart, Home Depot, Amazon, Starbucks, they're all facing the same issues."
#Hotlaborsummer
#Alllaborwinter
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“Anyone who’s wandered through the paint section at Lowe’s or Home Depot knows how difficult it is to find an available worker for advice…The lean staffing has frustrated not only shoppers but the workers who are there to help them.”
Have you ever noticed how impossible it is to find help at Home Depot or Lowe's? Don't take it out on the workers -- they're just as frustrated.
Lean staffing is a big part of what's driving upstart union efforts at the home-improvement chains
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Rally: Drop the charges on Toni Jones!
Monday (TOMORROW) @ 10 AM 1601 Perdido St.
Protest is a right! Stand with Palestine!
Jones X Macdonald Defense Committee
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Rally for the Women of Palestine
Open mic for Palestinian women and gender-oppressed people
Saturday 3/9 at 12 PM, Armstrong Park
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Call to Action! This Wednesday and Thursday between 9 and 5, call our store at 504-948-8568 and ask for the store manager, and call corporate at 1-800-445-6937!
Ms. Pat, an 18 year veteran of our store, was targeted and wrongfully fired on 11/18/22; she lost her healthcare coverage on Thanksgiving Day.
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Wow! 1/260 unionized Starbucks stores want to decertify
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Tell Troy Carter to demand the release of our neighbor Samaher Esmail! 🇵🇸
Representative Troy Carter: (202) 225-6636
Senator Bill Cassidy: (202) 224-5824
Senator John Kennedy: (202) 224-4623
State Department Number for US citizens abroad: (202) 647-1512
I am aware of and extremely concerned by the detainment of Samaher Esmail, an LA-02 resident, in Palestine. I have been in contact with the American Embassy and the State Department to inquire why a U.S. citizen is being held. I am praying for her safety.
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MLK Fight Back March: Unite for Black Power
Hosted by New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police (NOCOP)
Monday, January 15th @ 12 PM
A.L. Davis Park, 2600 LaSalle St.
Community Control Now!
Over police, schools, all public institutions
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🔥🔥🔥
BREAKING: 800 workers at Amazon's OTN8 facility are forming a union and joining
@amazonlabor
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TELL THEM TO RELEASE OUR FRIEND SERENA!!!
CALL THE OPSO NOW TO RELEASE OUR PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS 🍉
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An associate at store 2470 told us today “I work here every fucking day and I’m still on subsidized housing.”
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This goes for Lowe’s as well! Slide in these DMs.
Super awesome to have so many HD associates hitting us up. Please continue to do so. Whether you hit me up personally, or you hit up
@thdworkersunite
, get at us! We're here to help and together we can forge a better workplace for all HD associates.
#solidarity
#organize
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LET’S GOOOO!!! 🔥🔥🔥🌊🌊🌊✅✅✅
BREAKING: 291 faculty at Tulane University are forming a union as Tulane Workers United and seeking to join
@WorkersUnited
@SEIU
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We’re so proud of our friends at Starbucks on St. Claude for filing for a union election! That’s number three in New Orleans, number four in Louisiana. Let’s go!!! 🔥🔥🔥
@SBWorkersUnited
#8thward
#ElysianFields
#Southgotsomethingtosay
#whodat
#wedat
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Come through New Orleans
@FlyingWithSara
, we got some friends here who want to unionize the skies ✈️✊🏽
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“I need everybody to speak up and stand with me…They’re beating us because they’re all grouped up. We’re not grouped up, we’re spread out.”
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Blow up their phones 📞 demanding the release of Samaher Esmail!
Phone Numbers to call:
@SenBillCassidy
: (202) 224-5824
@SenJohnKennedy
: (202) 224-4623
@RepTroyCarter
: 202 225 6636
@StateDept
US State Department Number for US citizens abroad: (202) 647-1512
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“Of the companies that had stock buybacks, Lowe’s spent the most, dedicating $34.9bn to its own shares over the last three years. Lowe’s CEO, Marvin Ellison, had a compensation of $17.5m in 2022, while the median worker pay was $29,584 for the year.”
Here’s my annual whack at overpaid CEOs. This year’s "Executive Excess" report has staggering stats on buybacks at low-wage corps – and some signs of hope for narrowing pay divides - via
@LaurenAratani
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Sip-in now until 8 PM at the St. Claude/Elysian Fields Starbucks! Their union vote is tomorrow, so come support these awesome baristas! Show the early shift some love ✊🏽
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“If those funds had instead been divided among the company’s 325,000 employees, Lowe’s could have given each worker a $40,000 raise.
Ellison raked in $17.9 million last year, 787 times as much as the firm’s median pay.”
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