AFL-CIO Blog

  • Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Actors and Artistes
    Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Actors and Artistes The AFL-CIO is taking a deeper look at each of our affiliates in our regular weekly series. Next up is the Actors and Artistes (4As). Name of Union: Associated Actors and Artistes of America The 4As works to advance and protect the welfare of the people who work to entertain and inform others in person and through every medium of recording and transmission. There are five member unions that make up the 4As. Actors' Equity (AEA) and SAG-AFTRA are directly affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Three other unions are part of the AFL-CIO through their membership in the 4As: the Musical Artists, the Variety Artists and the Italian American Actors. AGMA Musical Artists (AGMA) Mission: To represent members and to guarantee that our nation's artistic institutions adhere to fair labor practices, securing both gainful employment and quality of life for our artists. Current Leadership of Union: John Coleman serves as president. The other officers are: Gregory Stapp (first vice president), George Scott (second vice presiden), J. Austin Bitner (third vice president), Jane Shaulis (fourth vice president), Louis Perry (recording secretary) and Raymond Menard (treasurer). Members Work As: Soloists, choral singers, actors, ballet dancers, production staff and related jobs. Industries Represented: America's operatic, dance and choral heritage. History: AGMA formed in 1936 as an organization of solo musical artists. In August of the next year, AGMA was granted a charter from the 4As to cover the fields of grand opera, concert and recital. AGMA pursued a campaign to organize artists throughout the country and the first collective bargaining agreement that AGMA successfully negotiated that fall was with the Southern California Symphony Association. Current Campaigns and Community Efforts: AGMA maintains an active list of auditions relevant to members, provides visa consultation services and publishes AGMAzine. Learn More: Website, Facebook, Twitter. AGVAAGVA Logo Variety Artists (AGVA) Mission: To represent performing artists and stage managers for live performances in the variety field. Current Leadership of Union: Judy Little serves as executive president. Other officers include Christopher Johnson (executive vice president) and Susanne K. Doris (executive secretary-treasurer). Members Work As: Variety performers, including singers and dancers in touring shows and in theatrical revues, theme park performers, skaters, circus performers, comedians and stand-up comics, cabaret and club artists, lecturers, poets, monologists, spokespersons and those working at private parties and special events. Industries Represented: Any performances in the variety area. History: AGVA was founded in 1939. Current Campaigns and Community Efforts: AGVA helps members obtain benefits beyond timer periods specifically related to shows and contracts. It also offers current and previous members assistance through the AGVA Sick & Relief Fund, which also regularly contributes to industry-related charities and presents shows to raise the funds available for relief. AGVA also provides members visa application assistance. Learn More: Website, Facebook, Twitter. GIAA Italian American Actors (GIAA) Mission: To preserve the history and promote awareness of Italian heritage amongst its members. GIAA is committed to helping advance, promote, foster and protect the welfare of its members, not only within its own jurisdiction, but within the jurisdiction of its sister unions. Current Leadership of Union: Carlo Fiorletta is the president of GIAA. Other officers include: Carson Grant (first vice president), Debbie Klaar (second vice president), Mara Lesemann (secretary/treasurer), Elaine Legaro (councilor), Ron Piretti (councilor), Simcha Borenstein (alternate councilor), Dana Halsted Moss (alternate councilor) and Lauren Cozza (alternate councilor). Members Work As: GIAA is the only ethnic acting union in the United States. It is an Italian actors union for Italian speaking performers. Industries Represented: The arts and entertainment industries. History: GIAA was founded in 1937. Community Efforts: GIAA provides news and casting opportunities to its members. Learn More: Website, Facebook. Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 03/18/2019 - 09:51 — Mar 18
  • A Just, Inclusive and Sustainable Economy
    A Just, Inclusive and Sustainable Economy AFL-CIO This week, labor leaders from across the country descended on New Orleans to map out the path ahead for our movement. From trade and public education to equal pay and paid leave to back pay for federal contract workers and bargaining power for all, the AFL-CIO Executive Council tackled the issues that will define working people’s fight for economic justice in 2019 and beyond. Sending waves through Washington yesterday, the Executive Council’s most notable decision was its announcement that, “if the administration insists on a premature vote on the new NAFTA in its current form, we will have no choice but to oppose it.” Here are a few highlights from the statement:
    • Trade policy must be judged by whether it leads to a just, inclusive and sustainable economy....By that measure, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has driven the outsourcing of so many good jobs, has been a catastrophic failure.
    • By design, NAFTA distorted power relationships in favor of global employers over workers, weakened worker bargaining power and encouraged the de-industrialization of the U.S. economy.
    • After a quarter-century of this race to the bottom, workers in all three NAFTA countries find it more difficult to form unions and negotiate collective bargaining agreements.
    • The NAFTA renegotiation requires strong labor rights provisions and strong enforcement provisions that as of today are not yet in the agreement.
    • The current effort by the business community to pass the new NAFTA is premature, and if it continues, we will be forced to mobilize to defeat it, just as we mobilized to kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
    Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 03/15/2019 - 15:12     — Mar 15
  • Women's History Month Profiles: Frances Perkins
    Women's History Month Profiles: Frances Perkins AFL-CIO For Women's History Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various women who were leaders and activists working at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's profile is Frances Perkins. Perkins was born in Boston in 1880, descendant from a long line of Maine farmers and craftsmen. At Mount Holyoke College, she studied the natural sciences and economic history and was exposed to a variety of works and lectures who exposed her to new ways of thinking about the social problems she witnessed. After graduation, she learned more about the plight of working people when she volunteered in New York's settlement houses. She heard stories directly from workers about the dangerous conditions of factory work and the desperation of being unable to collect promised wages or secure medical care for workplace injuries. She left her teaching career, just as it was beginning, to earn a master's degree in economics and sociology. In 1910, she became secretary of the New York Consumers' League and was part of a team that lobbied the state legislature for a bill limiting the workweek for women and children to 54 hours. On March 25, 1911, she was attending a social function near the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when the fire began. She witnessed the entire event. She was deeply affected by it:
    Up until that point she had lobbied for worker rights and on behalf of the poor, but she had been on a conventional trajectory, toward a conventional marriage, perhaps, and a life of genteel good works. After the fire, what had been a career turned into a vocation. Moral indignation set her on a different course. Her own desires and her own self became less central and the cause itself became more central to the structure of her life. The niceties of her class fell away. She became impatient with the way genteel progressives went about serving the poor. She became impatient with their prissiness, their desire to stay pure and above the fray. Perkins hardened. She threw herself into the rough and tumble of politics. She was willing to take morally hazardous action if it would prevent another catastrophe like the one that befell the women at the Triangle factory. She was willing to compromise and work with corrupt officials if it would produce results. She pinioned herself to this cause for the rest of her life.
    The results were obvious.  Perkins began to focus more on practical remedies to the challenges faced by working people. She held to a strong belief that legislation was the most important avenue to "right industrial wrongs," and she simultaneously championed labor organizing and collective action. In 1918, she was invited by Gov. Al Smith to join the New York State Industrial Commission, becoming the first woman to serve. By 1926, she had become the commission's chairwoman. In 1929, Gov. Franklin Roosevelt appointed her as the industrial commissioner for the state. She led a series of progressive reforms that included expanding factory investigations, reducing the workweek for women to 48 hours and championing minimum wage and unemployment insurance laws. In 1933, Perkins was chosen by President Roosevelt to serve as secretary of labor, making her the first woman ever appointed to a federal Cabinet position. She focused on creating a safety net to counteract the Great Depression's effects on working people. This was evident in the legislation she helped secure, including the Wagner Act (which gave workers the right to organize unions and bargain collectively), the Fair Labor Standards Act (which established the first minimum wage and created a maximum workweek) and the Social Security Act of 1935. She also played a crucial role in the dramatic labor uprisings of the 1930s and 1940s. She consistently supported the rights of workers to organize unions of their own choosing and to pressure employers through economic action. She successfully resolved strikes with gains for workers time and time again, most notably helping end the 1934 San Francisco General Strike without violence or the use of federal troops, an option that was on the table. In 1945, Perkins resigned from her position as labor secretary to head the U.S. delegation to the International Labor Organization conference in Paris. President Harry Truman appointed her to the Civil Service Commission, a job she held through 1953. She also returned to the classroom to teach at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She died in New York in 1965 at the age of 85 and was buried in her family's plot in New Castle, Maine. Read more about Perkins. Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 03/15/2019 - 10:37     — Mar 15
  • Steelworker Wins Election to Local Maine School Board
    Steelworker Wins Election to Local Maine School Board Maine AFL-CIO United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9 member Kathy Wilder won a write-in election for school board in Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 54 on March 4. Wilder, who works as a chemical prep operator at Sappi Fine Paper in Skowhegan, says that her priorities will be student achievement, fiscal responsibility, clear communications and social justice. "Being elected to the school board is really exciting for me because I grew up in Norridgewock and attended K-12 in MSAD 54," said Wilder after finishing a night shift at the mill. "Now I have to give back to the community by working to make the future a brighter and stronger place for today’s youth." Wilder worked with the Maine AFL-CIO in 2018 as part of our labor candidates training program to elect more union members and working class people to elected office at all levels. She previously ran for the Maine State Legislature in 2018. Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:42 — Mar 12
  • Paving the Way: What Working People Are Doing This Week
    Paving the Way: What Working People Are Doing This Week AFL-CIO 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. A. Philip Randolph Institute:
    Strong Unions Mean Strong African-American Communities https://t.co/teHSH89X2k — APRI National (DC) (@APRI_National) March 4, 2019
    Actors' Equity:
    Looking forward to working with @TheUmbrellaArts for their upcoming season, expanding their ability to work with more actors in Boston! #EquityWorkshttps://t.co/IQgbOGa3ET pic.twitter.com/3s1RFpILPF — Actors' Equity (@ActorsEquity) March 7, 2019
    AFGE:
    This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're celebrating labor and civil rights leaders who have paved the way for generations to come. #AFGEWomen #1uwomen #1u pic.twitter.com/PF93ESFjz4 — AFGE (@AFGENational) March 7, 2019
    AFSCME:
    San Mateo County human services workers are on strike, demanding greater recognition for the critical role they play in their community. Some 600 members of Local 829 are asking for a fair contract to address caseloads, staffing, retention and more. https://t.co/TuDkKoHQJn — AFSCME (@AFSCME) March 6, 2019
    AFT:
    After a decade of neglect, AFT members across the country are standing up. They are taking to the streets to demand the teaching and learning conditions they and their students deserve. #FundOurFuture https://t.co/VbXBpaPHxk pic.twitter.com/a2KiuzKJQP — AFT (@AFTunion) March 7, 2019
    Air Line Pilots Association:
    Get to know your Canadian @WeAreALPA pilot groups. First up, Air Georgian: https://t.co/BAMInPB3a9 pic.twitter.com/vuQDnbYO97 — ALPA Canada (@ALPACanada) March 7, 2019
    Alliance for Retired Americans:
    Lawmakers are trying to curb sepsis infections and get better care for patients with a new bill that would boost punishment for understaffed nursing homes: https://t.co/GHeHNL0KyE pic.twitter.com/EKJr4eAWhq — Alliance Retirees (@ActiveRetirees) March 7, 2019
    Amalgamated Transit Union:
    Milwaukee bus drivers stage protest over proposed health care cuts https://t.co/ZrSARrRKXw #MCTS #transit #publictransit #1u — ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) March 7, 2019
    American Federation of Musicians:
    “As Music Director and a musician of this orchestra, I am with the Musicians," said Ricardo Muti in a letter delivered to Chicago Symphony management. BRAVO! 👏👏👏👏👏https://t.co/HxF9qRfMXX via @crainschicago — Amer. Fed. Musicians (@The_AFM) March 7, 2019
    American Postal Workers Union:
    For too long Wall Street robber barons have gambled with our economy while not even paying their fair share in taxes. Enough is enough! #WallStreetTax #TaxTheRich pic.twitter.com/ZB32SZ3eH7 — APWU National (@APWUnational) March 6, 2019
    Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance:
    "Cindy Domingo epitomizes public service with her tireless dedication and long string of accomplishments in repping communities so often left from the table.” Shout out to our APALA Seattle member for receiving the MLK Jr. Medal of Distinguished Service! https://t.co/QeOdJInkem pic.twitter.com/AR0sVqccbt — APALA (@APALAnational) March 7, 2019
    Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
    Over 70 years of experience and heart in aviation, the members of the Association of Flight Attendants know the realities of the aircraft cabin better than anyone. We don't just serve drinks. We save lives. pic.twitter.com/yzqoYXUecS — AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) March 7, 2019
    Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers:
    Educators, parents, students and their communities are standing up with a clear message: that we’re not going to accept underfunding and scarcity. It's time to #FundOurFuture! Share this video from @AFTunion: https://t.co/GYf20DOjvz — BCTGM International (@BCTGM) March 4, 2019
    Boilermakers:
    Incredible @ChadlHymas at #Boilermakers CSO Conference: "People who refuse to change the way they’ve done things in the past never solve problems. They find themselves paralyzed by their own patterns...they find themselves trapped in the patterns they’ve created for themselves." pic.twitter.com/Rrs4rxxuHD — Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) March 5, 2019
    Bricklayers:
    Making a successful transition from the #military into the civilian workforce can be difficult, but with the help from @H2Hjobfairs, you can build a lifelong career in the trowel trades. Check it out: https://t.co/fs0PPoDhe3#ApprenticeshipWorks #skilledtrades #1u #construction — Bricklayers Union (@IUBAC) March 6, 2019
    California School Employees Association:
    Great keynote speech by State Superintendent @TonyThurmond to a crowd of more than 1,200 @CSEA_Now members attending the 22nd Annual Paraeducator Conference in Sacramento today. “Classified employees are the backbone of our schools!” — CSEA (@CSEA_Now) March 6, 2019
    Coalition of Black Trade Unionists:
    Another great piece by Bill. https://t.co/rD9f8eJrg3 — CBTU (@CBTU72) March 7, 2019
    Coalition of Labor Union Women:
    The #UnionDifference is clear: women in unions earn $231 more a week than non-union counterparts. #AAPIEqualPay pic.twitter.com/S31pKt2uKV — CLUW National (@CLUWNational) March 5, 2019
    Communications Workers of America:
    It's Throwback Thursday! CWA Local 7800 members & family picket outside the US West Headquarters in Seattle, on Aug. 16, 1998. Members were striking against mandatory overtime & reduction of wages & benefits. 34,000 union workers in 13 states participated. #tbt #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/Av2JveDhvu — CWA (@CWAUnion) March 7, 2019
    Department for Professional Employees:
    “Strategic investment in our arts and cultural organizations is not an extra, it’s a path to prosperity.” #artsadvocacy #UnitedForTheArts https://t.co/QHWsl0oO3r — Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) March 7, 2019
    Electrical Workers:
    ‘Times Are Changing:’ More women breaking into construction industry https://t.co/q8LgtVLTii — IBEW (@IBEW) March 4, 2019
    Farm Labor Organizing Committee:
    Hooray! https://t.co/jBOxJ9n7Su — Farm Labor Organizing Committee (@SupportFLOC) March 7, 2019
    Fire Fighters:
    The #IAFF is urging Congress to support federal #firefighters need for fair and equitable compensation and retirement benefits #FirefightersforFairness pic.twitter.com/shgDXYfuGw — IAFF (@IAFFNewsDesk) March 7, 2019
    Heat and Frost Insulators:
    Unlike typical post-high school education, a registered apprenticeship won’t leave you in debt, but rather help you build a stable, middle class life. Does this appeal to you? Learn more about joining the Insulators Union here: https://t.co/3Odj5kfMCh — Insulators Union (@InsulatorsUnion) March 7, 2019
    International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers:
    Great article! The struggles facing #GameWorkers have been faced by many different industries in the past. The answer is to take your voice back, and form a #union! https://t.co/qDOcuW24d5 — IFPTE (@IFPTE) March 5, 2019
    International Labor Communications Association:
    If March roars in like a 🦁, we’re editing the thought to say the first two months of 2019 were roaring, if partially hibernating. Let's catch up and plant the seeds for a fruitful year. https://t.co/3XUC6y6UmA — Labor Communications (@ILCAonline) March 1, 2019
    Ironworkers:
    Iron Workers General Organizer Vicki O'Leary addressed the North American Iron Workers/IMPACT Conference general session about how workplace harassment threatens job site safety. https://t.co/RthABSKNoX #NWIC #InterntionalWomensDay #BeThatOneGuy #ImpactOfChange — Ironworkers. (@TheIronworkers) March 7, 2019
    Jobs With Justice:
    This is more like it: working people > subsidies for the biggest and wealthiest companies in the world. https://t.co/5CtPm7cXf2 — Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) March 7, 2019
    Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:
    LCLAA is proud to have played a role in this amazing outcome aimed at protecting equal pay!https://t.co/7MEupRn1BL — LCLAA (@LCLAA) March 7, 2019
    Laborers:
    ICYMI - Another win for workers in West Virginia, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey has tossed out #RighttoWork” law – AGAIN! #RightToWorkIsWrong #RTW https://t.co/Ful35s8kGF — LIUNA (@LIUNA) March 7, 2019
    Machinists:
    After decades of anti-worker rulings, unions are now challenging Taft-Hartley on free speech and other constitutional grounds. Via @theprospect: https://t.co/ecrXj0rhee — Machinists Union (@MachinistsUnion) March 6, 2019
    Maritime Trades Department:
    UMWA’s Allen Updates Board on Pension Crisis | Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO https://t.co/4yozRPzRCQ — MaritimeTrades (@Maritime_Trades) February 28, 2019
    Metal Trades Department:
    “The AFL-CIO and our affiliates have long supported a substantial, long-term infrastructure investment plan — one that lifts up working people, grows the economy, creates ‘high... https://t.co/tLYq9iqx2R — Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) March 7, 2019
    Mine Workers:
    UMWA members attend the Congressional hearing on “The Cost of Inaction: Why Congress Must Address the Multiemployer Pension Crisis.” Retirees and employers will speak about their concern that some of the nation’s largest multiemployer pension plans soon becoming insolvent. pic.twitter.com/Am1atiqdKy — United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) March 7, 2019
    Musical Artists:
    Today, the American Guild of Musical Artists announced the installation of John Coleman as President of the Union, following the resignation of James Odom. To view the press release, please visit our website - https://t.co/hAtRl61guI#SolidarityForever #UnionStrong — AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) March 1, 2019
    National Air Traffic Controllers Association:
    NATCA members at Atlanta-area facilities safely handled more than 1,500 general aviation flights in the 36 hours surrounding #SuperBowl LIII. Feb. 4 was the busiest day for the Atlanta TRACON in more than a decade, handling more than 4,000 total flights. Well done! pic.twitter.com/6J8b3XR95J — NATCA (@NATCA) March 7, 2019
    National Association of Letter Carriers:
    Our member Chris Metropulos rescued a woman trapped on the second floor of a burning building. With help from a man, Chris locked elbows w/ the man & convinced the woman to jump to safety. Emergency responders later arrived to battle the fire & treat the woman. #Heroes #Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/V0i7OnOTh4 — Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) March 7, 2019
    National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
    “There is nothing temporary about our families.” - @TPS_Alliance Coordinator Jose Palma#TPSJustice #ResidencyNow pic.twitter.com/aoUmJcUWED — NDLON (@NDLON) March 6, 2019
    National Domestic Workers Alliance:
    Mechelle Vinson filed a lawsuit against her supervisor for sexual harassment in the office and took her case all the way to the Supreme Court. In 1986, the Court ruled, for the first time, that sexual harassment is discriminatory and illegal. #WHM2019https://t.co/2XXTqoFYFJ — Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) March 7, 2019
    National Nurses United:
    No one should be left to die simply because they are too poor to afford health care. Take action- make sure your Congressperson is on the right side of history and supports #MedicareForAll. Call 202-858-1717 today. #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/B3YeLoA6qK — NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) March 7, 2019
    National Taxi Workers Alliance:
    Good news folks: Uber is now on the hook for unemployment insurance contributions for NY drivers! Uber withdrew its appeal of a ruling that found 3 former NYC Uber drivers and ALL SIMILARLY SITUATED drivers to be employees for the purposes of unemployment benefits! — NY Taxi Workers (@NYTWA) March 4, 2019
    The NewsGuild-CWA:
    Great showing by our @BostonNewsGuild members in support of a fair contract for their members @BostonGlobe https://t.co/0MWPNSXJHz — NewsGuild (@news_guild) March 6, 2019
    NFL Players Association:
    ICYMI: Our president dropped some knowledge about the salary cap https://t.co/DHA5WirHDx — NFLPA (@NFLPA) March 7, 2019
    North America's Building Trades Unions:
    To celebrate National Women in Construction Week, we will share some of the top stories and initiatives highlighting the increased role that WOMEN play in the #BuildingTrades. Keep up with the thread here 👀 #WICWeek2019 — The Building Trades (@NABTU) March 4, 2019
    Office and Professional Employees:
    The apparent contempt for working people shown by this administration is appalling. First, nearly 1m federal workers are forced to go w/o pay for 35 days. Now they want to roll back OT protections for millions, again shifting wealth from the many into the hands of the few. #1u https://t.co/CQJNYaiTZ9 — OPEIU (@opeiu) March 1, 2019
    Plasterers and Cement Masons:
    “The building trades have always maintained a healthy supply of job-ready, skilled, safe workers. ... But [we] cannot do it alone. ... [We] need continued support from the Department of Labor and the Trump administration for their apprenticeship programs.” https://t.co/iMvdGAZ0So — OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) February 28, 2019
    Plumbers and Pipe Fitters:
    Today Working Families United, the AFL-CIO, and more than 30 national unions and labor institutions sent a letter to Congress expressing their support for legislation that makes the protections for TPS holders and dreamers permanent. Find letter below. https://t.co/Lnd4chIdVt — GoIUPAT✊🏽 (@GoIUPAT) March 4, 2019
    Printing, Publishing and Media Workers-CWA:
    Union Printers Home Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Scholarships https://t.co/9NFp5AsjXl — CWA Printing Sector (@CWAPrintingSect) March 7, 2019
    Professional Aviation Safety Specialists:
    "MLB players love our caps. People who make them for us deserve fair wages" TY @whatwouldDOOdo @Nationals for supporting union members at New Era—losing jobs as work sent overseas. Unions=America=baseball PASS members at FAA get you safely to games. #1u https://t.co/1qKH5DN88B — PASS (@PASSNational) March 4, 2019
    Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:
    We need mayoral control of @NYCSchools. RWDSU is proud to stand with our brother and sisters in the labor movement to call on the NYS Legislature to renew mayoral control of the NYC school system without delay. #1u pic.twitter.com/aYsV5uItLE — RWDSU (@RWDSU) March 7, 2019
    SAG-AFTRA:
    #Chicago Local Volunteer Day at the Greater Chicago Food Depository (@FoodDepository) was a success! Thank you to all of our members and staff volunteers. #sagaftramembers pic.twitter.com/FeNlvOW9aQ — SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) March 6, 2019
    Seafarers:
    Climb aboard and sign the petition to support and embrace diversity and not contribute to gender, race, ethnicity, and age stereotypes. https://t.co/rP8gXTLjX9 — Seafarers Union (@SeafarersUnion) March 7, 2019
    Solidarity Center:
    This #IWD2019 Kenya union leader Rose Omamo is championing passage of a proposed @ILO global standard that would address #genderbasedviolence at work. “Our job is to lobby, lobby, lobby and make sure we get support.” @ituc @equaltimes https://t.co/1IvYMPQGQj — Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) March 7, 2019
    TCU/IAM:
    “He kept the whole train connected in a family kind of way...It rekindled my faith in humans," said passenger Barbara May. So why does @Amtrak want to cut these jobs and service? Stop the #ColdCuts, Mr. Anderson. CC: @AmtrakCouncil https://t.co/Y61KGnytFC — Transportation Communications Union/IAM (@TCUnionHQ) March 2, 2019
    Theatrical Stage Employees:
    This Women's History Month, we're highlighting the stories of IA women who came before and blazed the trail for all of us. Tell us about the groundbreaking women in your local in the replies! #WomensHistoryMonth #UnionStrong pic.twitter.com/I0QJkUou4f — IATSE (@IATSE) March 4, 2019
    Transport Workers:
    UnAmerican continues to undermine the safety of its fleet by penny wise, dollar foolish outsourcing. TWU Jet Mechanics uncovered dangerous conditions which included improper electrical wiring. UnAmerican Air needs to stop putting profits before people. @AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/qWUGZYcAEW — TWU (@transportworker) March 7, 2019
    Transportation Trades Department:
    Teachers, bus drivers, and school support workers want the best for the kids they serve. That's why they're standing united with @AFTUnion to fight for #FundOurFuture - and we're standing with them. https://t.co/XiGSWptZsQ — Transp. Trades Dept. (@TTDAFLCIO) March 7, 2019
    UAW:
    This week, GM is idling the GM Lordstown Plant. On Friday, show your solidarity with the affected workers by wearing blue and posting your photo online with the hashtag #GMinvestinUS. pic.twitter.com/rJ6u90pQGN — UAW (@UAW) March 6, 2019
    United Food and Commercial Workers:
    Citing civil rights, cities are banning cashless retail: Some New Yorkers want to join cities like Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington in banning them, because cashless business discriminates against low-income people. https://t.co/NvU8fI4iQA @RWDSU — UFCW (@UFCW) March 7, 2019
    Union Label and Service Trades Department:
    "There are many team members working at Whole Foods today whose total compensation is actually less than what it was before the wage increase due to these labor reductions," says Whole Worker, a group organizing for a union at the high-end grocery chain... https://t.co/md7LE1DbJD — Union Label Dept. (@ULSTD_AFLCIO) March 6, 2019
    Union Veterans Council:
    Fact of the day: Veterans have a 15% union density #1u @AFLCIO pic.twitter.com/BntDh5jQoA — Union Veterans Council (@unionveterans) February 23, 2019
    UNITE HERE:
    "That humble piece of cardboard is a symbol of solidarity—a sign of what labor movements are made of, and a sign of the racial unity they should continue to strive for."#1u #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/lYyyicah58 — UNITE HERE (@unitehere) March 7, 2019
    United Steelworkers:
    Yes! We're so happy @PittGrads! Let's do this! More: https://t.co/ADIVJC6Gn1 #1u #UnionYes pic.twitter.com/td5rJIcn3n — United Steelworkers (@steelworkers) March 7, 2019
    United Students Against Sweatshops:
    Instead of praising @nike for doing the minimum, call on them to rehire hundreds of Indonesian women organizing for higher pay and better working conditions. Sign our petition here: https://t.co/zgjMXgCjpx — USAS (@USAS) February 27, 2019
    Utility Workers:
    A truly excellent article from @USATODAY on the enormous potential of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) to address climate change. https://t.co/wiCTxG8IeO pic.twitter.com/lJV9lGODhu — UWUA National (@The_UWUA) March 5, 2019
    Working America:
    Abandoning white-working class voters to Republican racial messaging is bad politics and bad for the country. In @Newsweek's new cover story, @MattMorrison explains that politicians can address racial and economic justice at the same time https://t.co/wFXSt5CWc2 pic.twitter.com/AJzABtqQZg — Working America (@WorkingAmerica) March 7, 2019
    Writers Guild of America, East:
    We are thrilled to announce that the 169-member editorial staff at Gizmodo Media Group has unanimously ratified its second collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America, East! #1u https://t.co/PRHG9f2Oyo — Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) March 5, 2019
    Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 03/12/2019 - 11:48     — Mar 12