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Departing Burger King workers leave message: 'We all quit'

Cook County Workers including Social Service Workers have worked throughout the pandemic caring for our communities. It is time they get the fair and just contract they deserve.

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Join fast food workers and activists across the country on May 19 to demand that McDonald’s, the nation’s largest restaurant employer, stop poverty wages and pay $15 to all workers now! Workers with Fight For 15 Chicago will lead a rally at Union Park at 11:30 AM.

Stand in solidarity: http://bit.ly/15action519

“If someone's having a mental health crisis, the person on the opposite end and/or causing the trauma cannot dictate how the situation is going to go — we have to follow the flow of the person who is in distress,” she says. “And if the person who is in distress is not causing herself or anyone else actual harm, then let her be.”

Black woman protecting another from police standoff goes viral: ‘Power of Black sisterhood’ “How you doing, Sis? You OK? What's up? Can I sit with you?” Phoenix Robles, the activist, photographer and social worker could be heard asking as she filmed a lone, peaceful protestor, in a now-viral video.

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Minutes before the verdict of the Chauvin trial was announced, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was murdered by a Columbus OH police officer after calling the police for help. Shared from @kycohio image credit to @trustmeimasocialworker We are sickened by the murder of 16 year old Ma’Khia Bryant. That’s it. This is our official statement. We feel sick. *********************************** To our young people: We love you. We love you 1000 times over and will keep loving you. You are beautiful and strong and wise. We’re so sorry that this is possible in our city, our community. You are not a threat. You are not a threat. You belong here.