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Brother Eric Basir

@EricBasir308

An inconvenient and annoying union rep running for Local 308 president. Preacher of Revolutionary Unionism. Drug-tested. Feared. Uncompromising. Black Joe Hill.

 Hell (Chicago Division)
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Joined December 2022
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At a memorial service for our murdered coworker, Brother Julian.
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That was amazing!
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No explanation needed
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Streetsblog Chicago@streetsblogchiSep 25
News you can use: a chart of the new Illinois Micromobility Regulations from the Secretary of State's office.
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I am sick and tired of me and my coworkers being treated like worthless chattle at the CTA. #PaidSickLeave was stolen from us through a secret waiver signed by our union presidents and our employer on January 10, 2025. #EricBForPresident
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Early retirement pension penalty may be reduced for CTA workers ericbasir308.blogspot.com/20…
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Check out Eric B For Local 308 President's video! #TikTok tiktok.com/t/ZP8pnhY37/
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Cta Worker@CTAexposedMar 18
Transit Worker Appreciation Day is today March 18! Join us in celebrating our hard-working transit workers! We deserve sick pay in the 2027 contract !!! It its good enough for Nora and Upper Management, its good for us front line workers as well and plus its the LAW #TWAD
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Gregory Royal Pratt@royalprattFeb 15
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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@_6signxxxFeb 15
Reminder that the civil rights movement was not just random people who had enough one day. They were carefully and militantly trained political activists who deployed strategic forces to end Jim Crow segregation. Never forget them.
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A young girl in a school for black civil rights activists being trained to not react to smoke blown in her face, 1960.
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Looking forward to this
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Next Sunday. Unofficial. Uncensored. Unapproved. Public transit workers in Chicago are speaking up and telling the Truth about what is really going on. @BlockClubCHI @ctaaction @Suntimes @WBEZ @labormedia1 @labornotes @ABC7Chicago @WGNNews @CTAConfession @Chicago_Reader
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The latest in Chicago Transit Authority union busting: Mismanager kicked me out of a disciplinary hearing ericbasir308.blogspot.com/20…
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Streetsblog Chicago@streetsblogchiJan 26
We got a nice note about our interview with self-described "inconvenient" transit union leader Eric Basir. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/01/… @EricBasir308
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Let's liberate Local 308 from CTA control!
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Greta Thunberg answering the question: Why are so many governments around the world ignoring what is happening in Gaza?
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We need to delete the waiver that was snuck into our contract. CTA workers deserve #PaidSickLeave Read the secret waiver in its entirety: drive.google.com/file/d/1G6I…
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The outlaw behavior of some of the managers I deal with is astonishing. Our unions are busted. Nearly every single fellow union official is totally compromised. @JusticeTransit
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I know exactly how you feel.
RJ Palmer (@arvalis) profile pictureRJ Palmer@arvalis4 May 2025
My sister killed herself last night. She was 33. I am not looking for a bunch of "I'm so sorry" type messages or anything of that sort. An acknowledgement is enough.
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