Workers Won’t Be Silent

LABOR DAY: What happens when an injury takes a paycheck and a family faces separation? My 16-minute film puts ten years of asking for help into public view—with sources and my call for workers’ rights and AMNESTY. Watch, question, share. youtu.be/jl3fldBIcZw #LaborDay #HumanRights

The new op-ed, film and timed transcript are now together. I support universal care AND enforceable injured-worker protections. Governor Ferguson, AG Brown and Democratic leaders: publish your answers and next steps. WE CALL FOUL. noble-garnet-h966.here.now

Hanford to Amazon: WE CALL FOUL. I am asking Sanders, Democratic leaders and labor to put enforceable federal injured-worker protections beside our stories. Universal care AND income security. Watch my new evidence film: youtu.be/lOOC-NEjsgw #WorkersRights

NIGHT WATCHMAN — Washington: The Post reports a worker death and child-labor safety violations at Braun Northwest. Braun disputes claims of systemic problems. What will candidates do to protect workers before AND after injury? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NIGHT WATCHMAN: KJZZ reports on 34 mixed-status families interviewed about fear, education and financial hardship. Families deserve to be heard. I’m asking lawmakers for broad legalization and amnesty. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

NIGHT WATCHMAN — Oct. 25 Healthcare and enforceable rights after a workplace injury: we need BOTH. Lawmakers, will you support federal minimum workers’ compensation standards? AP reports rising family insurance costs: apnews.com/article/cfe1...

Independent media should ask its own side uncomfortable questions: Will you fight for broad legalization and amnesty? Federal minimum workers’ compensation standards and enforceable rights for injured workers? Please put both to candidates, @hartmannreport.com

@sanders.senate.gov Defending democracy must include immigrant families. Will you organize for broad AMNESTY and a permanent path to legal status? My AI advocacy speech presents my political argument, not a real congressional address: youtu.be/VUDN-RtG2p8

@murray.senate.gov As a Washington father in a mixed-status family, I ask: what permanent protection will you fight to pass? AMNESTY, due process and family unity. My AI advocacy speech—not a real congressional address: youtu.be/VUDN-RtG2p8

@jayapal.house.gov My AI advocacy speech asks: “Which Party Is Acting Like Nazis Today?” It is dramatization, not a real congressional address. Will you fight for AMNESTY, due process and permanent family unity? Watch and share: youtu.be/VUDN-RtG2p8

Ten years asking for federal protections. Injured workers need enforceable national minimum standards and a renewed workers’ compensation commission. Will labor lead? present-cairn-5eky.here.now #WorkersComp #UnionStrong @nationalcosh.bsky.social @aflcio.org

DACA and PIP are not permanent legalization. My mixed-status family needs lasting security. What legislation—and votes—will deliver it? present-cairn-5eky.here.now #Amnesty #FamilyUnity @nilc.org @ufw.bsky.social

Another blue wave? My family needs permanent legalization and injured workers need federal minimum standards—not another promise. present-cairn-5eky.here.now #Immigration #WorkersRights @wadems.org @murray.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov

👻 Ghosts of Labor Past imagines a choir for workers who were injured, silenced, or forgotten. Listen, share, and bring injured workers into the movement’s demands. youtu.be/79xEmNeAmKw My companion op-ed: timber-quail-h728.here.now #WorkersRights #Halloween

🎃 A ship promises solidarity. Who gets thrown overboard after an injury? Watch my Halloween cartoon, The Haunting Tale of the USS Progressive. Then ask your union to support enforceable federal protections for injured workers. youtu.be/986bXBpz32A #Labor #Halloween

🎃 Ghosts of Labor Past: Bring Injured Workers Back Aboard. My Halloween op-ed brings two videos together with one demand: solidarity must survive the workplace injury. WE NEED BOTH. workerswontbesilent2025.substack.com/p/ghosts-of-...

A worker does not stop belonging to labor when an injury ends a career. Nurses and manual laborers need care, wage-loss protection, fair medical evidence and due process. Read the op-ed and watch my documentary: workerswontbesilent2025.substack.com/p/we-call-fo...

NNU, WSNA, WSLC and Senator Sanders: will you support a new National Workers’ Compensation Commission and enforceable federal minimum standards? My op-ed asks for your record, a meeting, and a public response. Film + evidence: astral-virtue-fqd7.here.now

WE NEED BOTH: health care AND injured workers’ rights. My documentary and op-ed bring together Kay Tillow, NPR’s injured-nurses reporting and my archive. Please watch and share with your union. astral-virtue-fqd7.here.now #WorkersRights

@aflcio.org Solidarity has to include workers after an injury. I’m singing for a federal minimum floor, healthcare and wage protections. Please hear the song, share the op-ed, and bring workers into the discussion: amber-vault-8rwr.here.now #1u

@jayapal.house.gov Please hear my Music4Change song and op-ed. What federal minimum protections for injured workers will you support? Workers and families need a place at the table. amber-vault-8rwr.here.now

I’m singing, folks. Hear the song—and the workers and families whose concerns I’m carrying. Federal standards. Amnesty. A place at the table. My new op-ed and video: amber-vault-8rwr.here.now #Music4Change #WorkersRights

@governorferguson.bsky.social I’m singing for injured workers and families still waiting. Will Washington champion federal standards and humane legalization? Please hear the song and answer the demands. youtu.be/QuUBHUE6Ph8 #Music4Change

NO AI. Just a man, a song, and a piano. 🎹 “Ray Of Hope In The Midnight Sky” Have a listen and pass it along! youtu.be/QppXyiHbppg #Music4Change #Piano #LiveMusic

🎵 Anchor of America — my song for workers, families, and justice. Listen, share, and help bring workers’ voices to lawmakers. #Music4Change youtu.be/hNGjyhN9Gr0 @murray.senate.gov @repricklarsen.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov

NIGHT WATCHMAN • Surveillance accountability Lawmakers: will you require independent audits of vehicle-tracking access, prompt removal of former employees’ accounts and public reporting of misuse? What enforceable safeguards will you support? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

NIGHT WATCHMAN • Everett The city approved business tax relief and reinvestment Oct. 14. What enforceable wage, safety and worker-protection commitments accompany these investments? How will residents measure the benefits to WORKERS? www.everettwa.gov/m/newsflash?...

NIGHT WATCHMAN • Immigrant families Reuters: State Dept. reports 300,000+ visa revocations this term. Congress: what permanent legalization or AMNESTY bill will you advance for established families—and what is your plan to pass it? www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

NIGHT WATCHMAN • WA enforcement L&I raised fixed-dollar workers’ comp penalties 12.11%, effective July 1. How many penalties are actually assessed and collected? What relief reaches injured workers? Publish the results. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...

NIGHT WATCHMAN • Oct. 21 Injured workers waited longer for care in NCCI’s 2016–2023 study: first PT +8 days; major surgery +10. Lawmakers: will you fight for enforceable federal workers’ comp standards and a National Commission? Answer publicly. riskandinsurance.com/injured-work...