#LaborDay #Gas Prices Could Be Lowest In Years—And May Keep Dropping This Fall
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/08/27/labor-day-gas-prices-could-be-lowest-in-years-and-may-keep-dropping-this-fall/
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I’m just amazed how people celebrate summer here in Boston. Nobody gives a fuck about summer in San Francisco.
While many of us are enjoying #LaborDay as a day off, farm workers are laboring in the fields. Yesi sent this pic while working in the sweet potatoes in Merced County CA. They work for minimum wage while bringing this vegetable to our tables. #WeFeedYou
“We were all struggling, and they were pushing us so hard to not stop.”
From the archives, by @josephinelee in 2023: The United States Postal Service is breaking its own rules to coverup worker deaths in the summer heat. https://www.texasobserver.org/usps-worker-heat-death-safety/
#summer #politics #USpol #HeatWave #USPS #LaborDay #ClimateChange #environment #news
#LaborDay cannot be fully celebrated without highlighting the essential and critical work of immigrants—including those without legal status:
As it is #LaborDay, you may or may not know that in another life wherein I did the rock & roll music, I wrote and performed a song called "One Big Union."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3CWhKAG5P0