Speak With One Voice: What Working People Are Doing This Week
Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here’s a look at the broad range of activities we’re engaged in this week.
Actors’ Equity:
Work at Actors’ Equity!
We have a full-time position open in New York – Product Owner.Learn more and apply on our website: https://t.co/pEvipfsfj2 pic.twitter.com/fFRqOKWc0Q
— Actors’ Equity (@ActorsEquity) January 28, 2022
AFGE:
Take a look at the latest AFGE Government Standard and read how we’re working to secure as many legislative victories as we can to improve the lives of government workers and their families. #1u https://t.co/iUdyCS13AU
— AFGE (@AFGENational) January 27, 2022
AFSCME:
Thanks to changes made by the Biden Admin, more working people and families are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit (#EITC), which could lower your taxable income or give you a larger refund. See if you qualify: https://t.co/BxfuhYv6a3
— AFSCME (@AFSCME) January 28, 2022
Alliance for Retired Americans:
USPS will start mailing free at-home COVID tests soon!
Make sure you order yours here: https://t.co/rs5cgbdkAShttps://t.co/gmv14xmXzA
— Alliance for Retired Americans (@ActiveRetirees) January 27, 2022
Amalgamated Transit Union:
This morning in Pittsburgh a bridge collapsed with a bus on it, our members at Local 85 were heroes getting everyone off the bus safely. With President Biden going to Pittsburgh today to tout the historic Infrastructure bill, that ATU helped secure. #1u #UnionStrong pic.twitter.com/WmRNtN4wP9
— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) January 28, 2022
American Federation of Musicians:
Join with us to tell Congress to restore tax fairness for working-class musicians, stage managers, singers, dancers, actors, stagehands and other arts workers by supporting the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act: https://t.co/mklKXyB5X7
— AFM (@The_AFM) January 28, 2022
American Federation of Teachers:
This morning, AFT released the results of a National Survey of Public School Parent Voters conducted with Hart Research Associates and Lake Research Partners.
Here’s a thread with a few of the key findings. 🧵 https://t.co/o4vSSiC13y
— AFT (@AFTunion) January 26, 2022
American Postal Workers Union:
APWU Live with President Mark Dimondstein https://t.co/CCAGyLRn19
— APWU National (@APWUnational) January 25, 2022
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance:
Tweet at your Senator to demand action on #immigration this year. We won’t accept any excuses for inaction! It’s time for Congress to keep its promise and deliver a path to citizenship: https://t.co/h6LAOCg8Dj #WeAreHome #GreenCardsNow #DisregardTheParl
— Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (@APALAnational) January 28, 2022
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
AFA Piedmont Flight Attendants today announced a TA that includes substantial wage increases, no cuts to healthcare program, & work rule improvements.
“We organized to mobilize action. We spoke with one voice… And we won.” https://t.co/LEWceklTS1 #1u pic.twitter.com/VkBhU8f1kN— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) January 20, 2022
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers:
Jon Donaire workers on strike in Sante Fe Springs, Calif. are only asking for a $1 per year raise over the 3-year contract.
Read this letter from U.S. House of Representatives 👉 https://t.co/yIR6CPEfxQ#RichProductsPoorWorkers pic.twitter.com/1fv9AQfLd8— BCTGM International (@BCTGM) January 25, 2022
Boilermakers:
#Boilermakers l👀k out for the monthly issue of the IBB Update that hits inboxes Friday 📥
Not subscribed? Sign-up for news updates here: https://t.co/6rInXnDk2V pic.twitter.com/yuh0m7xEbr
— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) January 27, 2022
Bricklayers:
“I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 #MLKDay2022 pic.twitter.com/UcY3lriOtj
— Bricklayers Union (@IUBAC) January 17, 2022
California School Employees Association:
CSEA is proud to sponsor @NancySkinnerCA‘s #SB878 to ensure that all public-school students are offered safe and reliable transportation to school and back home. #RoadtoSuccess https://t.co/beEHu8z1os
— CSEA (@CSEA_Now) January 25, 2022
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists:
Back Together Again! #CBTU22 #unions #blacklabor #BlackLivesMatter #1u pic.twitter.com/upBJuTuP3H
— CBTU (@CBTU72) January 28, 2022
Coalition of Labor Union Women:
When Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the ERA, all constitutional requirements for the ERA to become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution were satisfied. Yet, the ERA has not been published by the Archivist, who has an administrative duty to publish the amendment..
— CLUW National (@CLUWNational) January 26, 2022
Communications Workers of America:
Nearly a decade has passed since Senate Democrats put an end to the filibuster for executive nominations, but Republicans, on behalf of their corporate sponsors, continue to abuse the confirmation process.
Read more from CWA President Chris Shelton:https://t.co/q3VEBrU9LX
— CWA (@CWAUnion) January 26, 2022
Department for Professional Employees:
Yesterday, we joined entertainment unions and employers in urging the House and Senate to include the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act in any omnibus legislation for FY 22. https://t.co/DvFS1Et7S6
— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) January 28, 2022
Electrical Workers:
— IBEW (@IBEW) January 27, 2022
Fire Fighters:
Wear appropriate shoes in ice and snow and watch out for slick surfaces. Falls on ice can be deadly. #IAFFsafetytips pic.twitter.com/K53NyiIBvl
— IAFF (@IAFFNewsDesk) January 28, 2022
Heat and Frost Insulators:
When disease control matters, in medical facilities for doctors, nurses, visitors & patients, insulation matters. https://t.co/poXrkoAd0r
— Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) January 28, 2022
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers:
Leadership at @amprog should be ashamed of their employees making $42k a year while living in one of the most expensive cities in America. Embarrassing. We stand with @UnionAtCAP!
— IFPTE (@IFPTE) January 26, 2022
Ironworkers:
Major labor unions are pushing the National Labor Relations Board to restore Obama-era precedent that made it easier for unions to organize small groups of a company’s employees, over the objections of business groups.https://t.co/oRBsrF32Fu
— Ironworkers. (@TheIronworkers) January 25, 2022
Jobs With Justice:
Big news for 390,000 federal contractors. https://t.co/EoFUpELJ2i
— Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) January 28, 2022
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:
LCLAA Congratulates Xiomara Castro the First Female President of Honduras and urges the Biden-Harris administration to support policies that honor the rights and improve the lives of people in Honduras. #honduras #president pic.twitter.com/wwMw4b7VAA
— LCLAA (@LCLAA) January 27, 2022
Labor Heritage Foundation:
JANUARY 27: Online screening, With Babies and Banners (with filmmaker Lyn Goldfarb). This Oscar-nominated documentary tells the dramatic story of the women of the great General Motors sit-down strike— an event that changed American labor history. Register:https://t.co/oGO3tZL8Tx
— Labor Heritage (@LaborHeritage1) January 25, 2022
Laborers:
Good news! #LIUNA #UnionStrong https://t.co/Bh3MIvHMVq
— LIUNA (@LIUNA) January 28, 2022
Machinists:
It’s the least we can do for those who sacrificed everything for our freedom. Machinists Union members volunteer cleaning up wreaths at @ArlingtonNatl. pic.twitter.com/20UCESTxbi
— Machinists Union (@MachinistsUnion) January 28, 2022
Metal Trades Department:
The sentiments of Dr. King ring as true today as they did in 1958. I will continue to stand up for what is right for working families, even in the most challenging of times and circumstances. Will you join me? pic.twitter.com/bIYo6G3SN7
— Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) January 17, 2022
Mine Workers:
Alabama coalminers on strike for 10 months vow not to be ‘starved out’ https://t.co/ZNsbjKhpLg
— United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) January 26, 2022
Musical Artists:
AGMA Announces New National Executive Director: https://t.co/gvs8DVR6xP pic.twitter.com/gUfqPny2nM
— AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) January 28, 2022
National Air Traffic Controllers Association:
.@NATCACharitable supported more than 30 holiday programs across the country. NATCA members at facilities in 19 states led the contributions to holiday charity programs. https://t.co/idYI9wfy3K pic.twitter.com/2EOmpGkizI
— NATCA (@NATCA) January 28, 2022
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-CWA:
ABC Negotiations: Bulletin #12#negotiations #bulletin #Union pic.twitter.com/u17v5h7aOj
— NABET-CWA (@NABETCWA) January 25, 2022
National Association of Letter Carriers:
Does one of your fellow letter carriers deserve to be highlighted? Let us know who (+ a photo), the branch, & why they deserve the highlight via email at social@nalc.org. There’s a chance your fellow letter carrier will be featured in our new #MemberMonday series. pic.twitter.com/VZmjDuGyhc
— Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) January 28, 2022
National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
4 months ago, we launched a Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) of workers and worker orgs from across the country that have confronted/denounced workplace abuse. The goal: Make visible the rampant abuses facing migrants and demand action by President Biden to respect their rights. 1/7 pic.twitter.com/sozFBCK6c4
— NDLON (@NDLON) January 26, 2022
National Domestic Workers Alliance:
The pandemic exposed what many care workers already knew to be true…
That care workers are underpaid and overworked and without them other work wouldn’t be possible. The Senate needs to invest in care workers because #CareCantWait https://t.co/qZ2QwhsOcA
— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) January 27, 2022
National Federation of Federal Employees:
From article below, NFFE-IAM President Randy Erwin: “This is a tremendous stride towards ensuring all federal workers are paid a living wage that allows for them to provide for their families. No employee working for the federal government should be struggling to make ends meet.” https://t.co/LMZLReC4Hz
— NFFE (@NFFE_Union) January 21, 2022
National Nurses United:
Earlier this month #UnionStrong RNs paid tribute to fallen nurses in a powerful candlelight vigil outside the White House and called to end preventable nurse deaths.
It’s time President @JoeBiden follow through on his promise to #ProtectNurses and prioritize public health. pic.twitter.com/aa7PmkFjpk
— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) January 27, 2022
NWSL Players Association:
It’s time. #ContractNow pic.twitter.com/0l1UnObZxR
— NWSLPA (@nwsl_players) January 25, 2022
NFL Players Association:
Not only do we have @nflpabowl guys in town – but some familiar rookie faces are here signing their @PaniniAmerica trading cards 😎 @8kMike @ZachWilson @TheRealF1ash pic.twitter.com/bQiFuGuk6e
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) January 28, 2022
North America’s Building Trades Unions:
“There’s no reason in the 21st century why people are still exposed to this substance that was poisoning people back in the 18th century.”@VP is visiting Milwaukee to discuss the good-paying, union jobs that will come from lead pipe removal 👏https://t.co/0Ta82cfyZx
— The Building Trades (@NABTU) January 24, 2022
Office and Professional Employees:
Unionizing is one of the most effective forms of self-care. And one of the only kinds that could possibly lead to you owning a sweet bomber jacket. https://t.co/2D6QMKEhQZ
— OPEIU ║ #PassThePROAct ✊ (@OPEIU) January 25, 2022
Painters and Allied Trades:
Our union’s trades build vital & transformational infrastructure that profoundly impacts how we live like hospitals.
IUPAT DC 39 LU 1984 is hard at work on the new Acute Care Hospital in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, expanding their long-term care facility and cancer care program. pic.twitter.com/nxIBuqYsIe
— IUPAT (@GoIUPAT) January 27, 2022
Plasterers and Cement Masons:
— OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) January 25, 2022
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:
“The pandemic has proven just how essential farmworkers are in our lives and finding a path to paid overtime after a 40-hour week is the moral thing to do.”
Lower the OT threshold for NY farmworkers to 40 hrs/wk! #FarmworkerOvertime @jessicaramos https://t.co/GAoQzh08Si— RWDSU (@RWDSU) January 28, 2022
Roofers and Waterproofers:
Welcome to the movement, #GenU! Let’s see tens of thousands of you unite and organize and make it happen. Let’s normalize #union workplaces in America. @SBWorkersUnited https://t.co/WPCbr4onue
— Roofers Union (@roofersunion) January 28, 2022
SAG-AFTRA:
The Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) would provide tax relief to our members making less than 100k (or 200k w/ spouse). #PATPA levels the playing field for arts workers.
We’re only 2,289 more signatures away from reaching our goal of 25,600!
Sign: https://t.co/OmnIePZBNU— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) January 28, 2022
Solidarity Center:
148 #journalists in #Mexico have been killed since 2000, making it the deadliest country in the Western Hemisphere in which to practice journalism, per @pressfreedom https://t.co/tvbNmczduR
— Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) January 28, 2022
The NewsGuild-CWA:
Solidarity with @sfcguild in the fight for a fair contract! https://t.co/JqsW70cjFz
— NewsGuild-CWA (@newsguild) January 28, 2022
Theatrical Stage Employees:
Architects are trained creative professionals facing issues similar to those faced by entertainment workers, including uncompensated OT, over-use of unpaid internships, and employee misclassification.
We stand with architectural workers’ right to organize w @arch_workers_u! pic.twitter.com/6bh2KcBmmd
— IATSE // #IASolidarity (@IATSE) January 28, 2022
Transport Workers Union:
.@bridgetfleming has always been a champion for working people. We need her in DC now to fight for good, union jobs. https://t.co/PfShmitAPd
— TWU (@transportworker) January 27, 2022
Transportation Trades Department:
Congratulations to Deirdre Hamilton on being sworn in at the National Mediation Board, the government body that facilitates labor-management relations in the aviation and rail industries. Her swearing-in restores a pro-worker majority to the Board. ✊ https://t.co/IPqrmzWUIr
— Transportation Trades Department (@TTDAFLCIO) January 26, 2022
UAW:
Taxes should be fairer for seniors and working people. @GovWhitmer wants to repeal the retirement tax, saving half a million households an average of $1,000 a year. #MISOTS22
— UAW (@UAW) January 27, 2022
Union Veterans Council:
Across the country union veterans are stepping up to run for office, at all levels! @steelworkers union veteran @chazforcongress is just one more example of how this community continues to serve, check his story out! #1u #UnionVets https://t.co/yVI4ERyqPL
— Union Veterans Council🪖✊ Pass the #PROAct (@unionveterans) January 24, 2022
UNITE HERE:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hotel Workers Hold National Day of Action Shining Light on “Shadow Bosses” Driving Cuts to Services in the Hospitality Industry
—With Events in 21 Cities, UNITE HERE Calls to Close Hotel Owners’ Tax Loophole, End Job Cuts
RELEASE: https://t.co/kHctxCuokn pic.twitter.com/aT5R3BT312
— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) January 28, 2022
United Food and Commercial Workers:
🥮Today is #NationalChocolateCakeDay and we want to thank all UFCW members in grocery stores and bakeries across the country, who help make everyone’s celebrations sweeter.
Visit your UFCW store today and pick up some delicious union-made chocolate cakes! pic.twitter.com/WUP2iZeata
— UFCW (@UFCW) January 27, 2022
United Steelworkers:
The National Labor Relations Board says the nascent Amazon Labor Union has enough support from workers to hold an election for a Staten Island work site https://t.co/QK8Nqk6rHi via @WSJ
— United Steelworkers (@steelworkers) January 28, 2022
United Students Against Sweatshops:
Spend your Valentine’s eve demanding that universities put students and workers over profit 😘💖Join us on Sunday 2/13 for campaign updates, guest speakers, and more as we kick off another semester of organizing! Register: https://t.co/KpRbTYaduH pic.twitter.com/d3W1bIFL1M
— USAS (@USAS) January 25, 2022
Utility Workers:
What’s your favorite pro-worker film? 🎬 Bonus points for one from the past 15 years! https://t.co/xdgHDf84J4
— UWUA National (@The_UWUA) January 28, 2022
Working America:
We are stronger when we stick together! #strikekingsoopershttps://t.co/sL4CpotIHc
— Working America | Pass the #PROAct (@WorkingAmerica) January 23, 2022
Writers Guild of America, East:
Listen to the latest from the #OnWritingPodcast now!
Shownotes and the episode transcript: https://t.co/koxnpMwCg4 https://t.co/Ke87E1113f
— Writers Guild of America, East / #PROAct (@WGAEast) January 28, 2022
Kenneth Quinnell
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