"By tricking you into thinking of yourself as a "consumer" who benefits from low prices, they get you to stop thinking of yourself as a worker who suffers from low wages."

The last election was lost to consumers, not citizens. @pluralistic calls to unionize for a general (heck, global) strike in 2028. We desperately need one to break the backs of big tech/business robber barons. We probably needed it yesterday.

pluralistic.net/2024/11/11/rip…

#UnionStrong #citizenship #unions #workerrights #equality

Now #Texas requires hospitals to refuse trtmt of admitted "illegals."

Texas has become the harbinger of #GOP policy.

This what you want? Doctors violating their Hippocratic oath? Sick & injured people condemned to die b/c of #immigration status?

B/c you know what'll happen: ppl won't go to hospitals because they're required to declare their #citizenship &/or immigration status - or that of a family member. And Sbbott'll find some way to track em down

#Election2024

abc13.com/post/texas-hospitals…

Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they're in the US legally. Here's how it works

Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even though patients are not required to answer the questions to receive medical care.

^{ABC13 Houston}