Our member @abigaildisney.bsky.social has a message for leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos: Extreme wealth threatens global stability and our shared future.
That’s why Abby and nearly 400 millionaires from around the world signed our open letter calling on leaders to tax the super rich.
A six-year legal battle between Disney and its workers ends with a massive payout.
A California judge's approval of a $233 million settlement marks the final, official repudiation of Disney’s tactics in skirting a 2018 wage law known in Anaheim as Measure L.
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Read the latest from @capitalandmain.bsky.social about the campaign that won 50,000 Disneyland employees payouts for years of underpayment while working at the park!
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ICYMI: @abigaildisney.bsky.social in the @nytopinion.nytimes.com — Disney parks & Trump’s tax plan have one thing in common: catering to the ultrawealthy at the expense of the middle class. #TrumpTaxScam #EconomicJustice
Nearly 70% of Americans now believe the American dream doesn't hold true or never did, the highest in 15 years of polling on this topic.
www.wsj.com/economy/wsj-...
This year, make it a Workers' Labor Day!
#workerslaborday workerslaborday.org
"Death & Taxes" takes a highly personal approach to addressing inequality in America—the relationship between a father and a son. @deathandtaxesfilm.bsky.social
Don't miss this powerful new film opening this weekend in NYC and next week in LA!
Learn more at www.deathandtaxesfilm.com.
The last six months have delivered a series of blows to nonprofits and foundations — steep federal funding cuts; attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; threats to organizations’ tax-exempt status; and more.
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NEW: CEO pay has ballooned from 42x the average worker’s pay in 1980 to an outrageous 538x today, IPS @inequality.org researchers found. Wealth isn't trickling down, it's being vacuumed up.
There's a clear solution, says heiress @abigaildisney.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com: Tax people like her.
ICYMI, here is the @newrepublic.com panel featuring @abigaildisney.bsky.social, @timothynoah.bsky.social, and @joeconason.bsky.social.
Moderated by @mjtoma.bsky.social.
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Privilege isn’t the problem in and of itself; it’s only positional. The problem is extreme wealth, inherited or earned, curdles quickly into entitlement.
And when entitlement is widely distributed among the very powerful, it becomes everybody’s problem.
https://trib.al/ITBKeXx
In a new piece for The New Yorker, @eosnos.bsky.social spotlights the blatant pay-to-play schemes of the Trump administration.
Evan joined us at our conference in April, and we’re honored he highlighted our work as staunch opponents to Trump’s politics of plunder. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Thank you for your interest in our film. We hope you enjoy it!
Philanthropist Abigail Disney urged donors and the leaders of major foundations and nonprofits to be braver with their giving in the face of funding freezes and cuts by the Trump administration and said when people act courageously, it encourages others to do the same.
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“Courage is working through fear, in spite of fear. I’ve never had a moment in my life when I wasn’t fearful. The trick is to hold on to your values through fear.”
Yes, the rich are different, but lucky the rest of us they're not all alike. For @insidephilanthropy.com here's a look at 8 orgs by/for rich people working to dismantle their own privilege. #philanthropy #taxtherich @ewdinstitute.bsky.social @solidaire.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org
This #MayDay, America’s unions have some demands.
Our solidarity is our strength. May Day 2025 | AFL-CIO
On International Workers’ Day, America’s unions celebrate the strength and solidarity of the labor movement and recommit to building worker power and justice around the world.
Solidarity forever! ✊
#MayDay
Picture of text message that reads: “Happy May Day!!! Sending love and solidarity always❤️✊🏽 saw that May Day is being marked today in the US- yey to reviving our movement’s history and culture!”
Happy May Day to the Working Class around the world. Great to receive this text from a union leader on the other side of the pond.
Artwork of a cardboard fist in many shades in honor of May Day 2025. The Actors' Equity logo is also visible.
May Day is an annual international commemoration celebrating the rights of workers. Today, we join workers across the country who are taking to the streets to stand up to the billionaires attacking our jobs and our communities.
In NYC? Join us! mobilize.us/nysaflcio/ev...
This International Workers Day comes amidst unprecedented attacks on our movement, but UNITE HERE is in the streets across North America with our allies marching, rallying, and picketing.
Tonight in Irvine!
Join @abigaildisney.bsky.social for a free screening and panel discussion presented by the UC Irvine Labor Center and Urban Planning & Public Policy Department.
Free and open to the public. RSVP to attend.
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This Monday, April 21st!
Join us for a screening and panel discussion presented by the UC Irvine Labor Center and Urban Planning & Public Policy Department at the UCI School of Social Ecology.
Free and open to the public with RSVP.
socialecology.uci.edu/event/americ...
Upcoming Screening!
Join us in Irvine next Monday, April 21st @ 5:30 for a free screening and panel discussion with @abigaildisney.bsky.social and Artemis Bell in person!
Presented by the UC Irvine Labor Center at the UCI School of Social Ecology.
socialecology.uci.edu/event/americ...
Nancy MacLean of Duke details the throughline that runs all the way from the Confederacy to Trumpism
I'll be tweeting clips from @patrioticmillionaires.org's "How to Beat the Broligarchs" event this morning in this thread as part of my partnership with @snapstream.com. Follow along!
"This economy should be judged on how well it takes care of people, not on how many billionaires it prints in a calendar day. Every great country starts with a great economy."
Our founder Erica Payne saying what we all need to hear. Join us LIVE here: patrioticmillionaires.org/conferences/
