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:
The touring provisions of the existing SET Agreement and Production Contract will be extended until May 1, 2022. Learn more about the details of this extension in the member portal – https://t.co/1dgGbjMA3Q pic.twitter.com/g4ZERnYaTM
— Actors' Equity (@ActorsEquity) May 27, 2021
AFGE:
AFGE President Everett Kelley joined striking @MineWorkers at #WarriorMet in Alabama today to let them know that AFGE members have their backs! #Solidarity #Strike pic.twitter.com/2L9asFg2FI
— AFGE (@AFGENational) May 27, 2021
AFSCME:
Today’s news out of San Jose is shocking and horrifying. We pray for the safety of members of Local 1101 and others who were outside the light rail yard. And we are grateful for the fearless first responders of United EMS Workers – AFSCME Local 4911 who rushed to the scene. https://t.co/ZRa1tBGkgT
— AFSCME (@AFSCME) May 26, 2021
Alliance for Retired Americans:
Our country, our democracy and our people benefit when workers have a strong voice at work.
— Alliance for Retired Americans (@ActiveRetirees) May 26, 2021
The Senate must pass the #PROAct now! https://t.co/O32iH3QynR
Amalgamated Transit Union:
The ATU mourns with our Local 265-San Jose, CA sisters, brothers, their families and their community. https://t.co/XCg3lgVWPN #SanJoseStrong #1u #UnionStrong
— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) May 27, 2021
American Federation of Musicians:
Musicians Win Union Coverage for @HBO #TheGildedAge. Our #musicians stood up to a global media giant and made them do the right thing. @The_AFM is grateful for the solidarity of sister unions and the actors who insisted musicians be recognized by the union https://t.co/T4LGrlRz84
— AFM (@The_AFM) May 25, 2021
American Federation of Teachers:
Thank you @rosadelauro and @RepKClark for your testimony on #paidleave and #childcare. Your experiences, your leadership and your voices will continue to lead the way to get national #paidleave and #childcare for all families.
— AFT (@AFTunion) May 27, 2021
American Postal Workers Union:
There's no time like the present! Postal management is trying to slow down your mail. But if we work together, we can stop the slowdown. Send a comment to the PRC & USPS here. #SaveThePostOffice https://t.co/pq240nchH3
— APWU National (@APWUnational) May 26, 2021
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance:
#APAHM Untold Stories
— Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (@APALAnational) May 26, 2021
Spotlighting historian and activist Yuji Ichikoa!
He is most well known for working with Emma Gee to coin the term "Asian American." He was fundamental to archiving the Asian American experience.
Learn more:https://t.co/r1cbvY1pxW#WhoWeAre pic.twitter.com/AV5cNn2Frp
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
We have reached a historic pre-hire agreement for U.S.-based Flight Attendant jobs at the new low-cost, long-haul start up airline, Norse Atlantic Airways. The airline expects to create a minimum of 700 good Flight Attendant jobs in the U.S. 1/3 https://t.co/sBPBO4bKIq
— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) May 27, 2021
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers:
“I come from a union family and unionism is in my blood. I am not just a union member – but I live a union life, through and through. It is who I am.”
— BCTGM International (@BCTGM) May 21, 2021
Read this fun feature on Bill Andre, Local 116 (Auburn, N.Y.) Business Agent/Financial Secretary here 👉🏽 https://t.co/fH0WZENC2h pic.twitter.com/DuAm2CZkZE
Boilermakers:
Keep an 👁️ out for the monthly issue of the IBB Update that hits inboxes Friday 📥 Not subscribed? Sign-up for #BoilermakersUnion news updates at: https://t.co/6rInXnDk2V pic.twitter.com/Yz3pHzjDOF
— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) May 27, 2021
Bricklayers:
Let’s make sure we’re ready to #BeatTheHeat https://t.co/k8Vsno8NHB
— Bricklayers Union (@IUBAC) May 21, 2021
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists:
George Floyd shook up the world. But he left it to us to change it. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #BLM pic.twitter.com/f0EEmCF6AB
— CBTU (@CBTU72) May 25, 2021
Coalition of Labor Union Women:
Black Womxn Thriving survey launched May 10. Let's get as many black womxn to participate as possible! https://t.co/vYZg8tyACu #BlackWomxnThriving #BWTResearchFund #ThrivingNotSurviving #WeAreBlackWomxnThriving #EveryLevelLeadership
— CLUW National (@CLUWNational) May 25, 2021
Communications Workers of America:
Yes. We need affordable broadband for all built and serviced by union workers. https://t.co/BOE3pzPShZ
— CWA (@CWAUnion) May 25, 2021
Department for Professional Employees:
"Union members earn on average 20 percent to 50 percent more annually, gain more benefits and experience greater employment stability than nonunion members." #1u https://t.co/jb6hvs4RJ5
— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) May 27, 2021
Electrical Workers:
This summer, give road workers a break. pic.twitter.com/Kr2jB5cg0v
— IBEW (@IBEW) May 27, 2021
Fire Fighters:
We will be hosting an informative FREE webinar in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on the COVID-19 vaccine and answer questions from members. https://t.co/alganu3xWU pic.twitter.com/VJzyBcKsqi
— IAFF (@IAFFNewsDesk) May 27, 2021
Heat and Frost Insulators:
ICYMI -- WE ARE GREEN!!
— Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) May 27, 2021
We know that properly installed mechanical insulation saves money, improves lives and protects the environment. This isn’t “the latest thing” to us as cost efficient, energy friendly insulation has been our lifeblood since 1903. 🦎https://t.co/e2LQQ3moBE https://t.co/Y76ZIzc7dJ
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers:
IFPTE Statement on the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Shootings https://t.co/ZhcxtOPJhg
— IFPTE (@IFPTE) May 26, 2021
Ironworkers:
Ironworkers from local 433 are working on the MSG Sphere at The Venetian multi entertainment center in Vagas! pic.twitter.com/HQUZ8j9Mc1
— Ironworkers. (@TheIronworkers) May 20, 2021
Jobs With Justice:
"Workers at Amazon fulfillment centers are getting seriously hurt at rates more than DOUBLE the industry avg"
— Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) May 27, 2021
Instead of spending $ on fixing their workplace injury problem, AMZ is spending >$8 billion buying MGM Studios + the Bond franchise. #Prioritieshttps://t.co/sI1hUW8dcU
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:
LCLAA Applauds the Biden / Harris administration for supporting and restoring Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. Read our Statement https://t.co/yX1Z1oilgw #TPSforHaiti #TPS pic.twitter.com/zXR17bkNpz
— LCLAA (@LCLAA) May 24, 2021
Laborers:
Terry O’Sullivan, General President of #LIUNA made the following statement today on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Mark-up of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021.
— LIUNA (@LIUNA) May 26, 2021
READ STATEMENT HERE: https://t.co/cotzfDqHfu pic.twitter.com/BcIN8bWhJi
Machinists:
The IAM joins the country in honoring the victims of our @ATUComm union family at the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in San Jose, CA by lowering the flags to half-staff at the Machinist Union Headquarters. We mourn with you. pic.twitter.com/g7SNHdvA9V
— Machinists Union ✈️🚊🚀 (@MachinistsUnion) May 27, 2021
Metal Trades Department:
Now more than ever workers deserve to be heard when facing discrimination, unfair labor practices, intimidation, etc. while on the job. Workers deserve the right to organize without fear. Tell your Senator to say "YES" to the #PROact today!https://t.co/fs3y2icY2l
— Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) May 27, 2021
Mine Workers:
Source: https://t.co/aEjSO79HD6
— United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) May 27, 2021
Photo Credit: Haeden Wright
"The United Mine Workers of America said 11 members were charged with trespassing at a Warrior Met Coal Inc. mine in Tuscaloosa County on Tuesday evening.." https://t.co/pkBwnUSOfj
Musical Artists:
JUST ANNOUNCED! AGMA and the SDC have released a Special Guidance on Vaccinations and Testing to help employers of AGMA and SDC members balance the unique risks of COVID-19 to performing artists. Continue reading: https://t.co/7rsvabVwrm pic.twitter.com/GWjYShHuRr
— AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) May 24, 2021
National Air Traffic Controllers Association:
We congratulate all recipients of this year's NATCA scholarship.
— NATCA (@NATCA) May 27, 2021
Out of the 21 scholarship winners, Myah Bauman, daughter of Charles Bauman (Minneapolis-St. Paul ATCT, MSP), was given the President's Award, a $2,000 scholarship. Read Bauman’s full essay: https://t.co/lhRBeV2RfF pic.twitter.com/NGavMviBxo
National Association of Letter Carriers:
Six or seven days a week, letter carriers deliver paychecks, bills and medications across the country. Contact your representative to support H. Res. 114, which continues six-day delivery for all business and residential customers. Learn more: https://t.co/GQWWh16Fcb pic.twitter.com/CF70afr9V0
— Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) May 27, 2021
National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
Please share this important statement, and stand in support of the delivery workers in NY who are directly affected and organizing. Negotiating without workers is not worker organizing. Nothing about us, without us/ Nada sobre nosotros, sin nosotros #DeliveristasUnidos ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 https://t.co/2rcS0gwDno
— NDLON (@NDLON) May 25, 2021
National Domestic Workers Alliance:
Migrant workers and undocumented people who call our nation home have gotten us through the past year, and they deserve a pathway to citizenship. Security and dignity for immigrant workers now! #PeoplesRecovery pic.twitter.com/zUK5rdu6GK
— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) May 27, 2021
National Nurses United:
Multiple measures — including masking — are needed to curb #Covid19.
— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) May 20, 2021
NNU's certified industrial hygienist breaks down the science behind why nurses are demanding the @CDCgov revise their latest guidance for vaccinated people. pic.twitter.com/s3uSRiiebT
National Taxi Workers Alliance:
Uber driver Samassa Tidiane: “If this bill passes it will be even harder to support my family. This fake bargaining bill would roll back the clock to before 2017 when we didn't get paid for wait times and we'd sometimes go hours with no passengers making zero dollars...
— NY Taxi Workers (@NYTWA) May 27, 2021
NFL Players Association:
Today @TG3II's community efforts have awarded him recognition from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti 👏 With support from Todd + @YG, the Telehealth Van has successfully connected over 5,000 families to doctors, therapists and caseworkers virtually. #CommunityMVP pic.twitter.com/Z35d37QhtX
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) May 26, 2021
North America's Building Trades Unions:
NABTU’s 2021 Virtual Legislative Conference is right around the corner 👀😎
— The Building Trades (@NABTU) May 26, 2021
Visit our website to learn more and register today!
🔗: https://t.co/pF04sPrEJz pic.twitter.com/Q6zOkroPWL
Office and Professional Employees:
ICYMI: @153Local organizer @decafdana penned a great piece in @thenation on union organizing, museums, and the myriad barriers in the way of substantive progressive change in the industry. #1u @newmuseum_union https://t.co/yeTHMk65iJ
— OPEIU ║ #PassThePROAct ✊ (@OPEIU) May 26, 2021
Painters and Allied Trades:
Our union’s trades build transformational infrastructure that shapes how we live like hospitals, schools, bridges and water systems.
— IUPAT | Pass the PRO Act! (@GoIUPAT) May 24, 2021
Throughout our 134-year history, we've uplifted millions of families & are determined to give the same opportunity to as many people as possible. pic.twitter.com/p8MotPqkkJ
Plasterers and Cement Masons:
“The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge ... is perhaps the most important bridge in the nation’s capital... [It] epitomizes the infrastructure at the heart of the [American Jobs Plan].” — @EleanorNorton #OPCMIA Local 891 https://t.co/K2oacKiHcu
— OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) May 26, 2021
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:
If not now, when? If not you, who? It’s always the right time to change your workplace for the better. Contact an organizer today: https://t.co/XZoh0VIN9V #1u pic.twitter.com/aGkfWTJCag
— RWDSU (@RWDSU) May 27, 2021
SAG-AFTRA:
In this #StopAsianHate panel clip, #sagaftramember Brian Tee reminds us of the power of self-advocacy and the responsibility we each share in bringing about accountability on set and in society. #AAPIHeritageMonth pic.twitter.com/KHJ6Sl2ldL
— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) May 27, 2021
Seafarers:
Ms. Mayte Medina elected as International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee Committee Chair https://t.co/ig0sHFqDIy via @maritimecommons
— Seafarers Union (@SeafarersUnion) May 26, 2021
Solidarity Center:
Workers, esp. women, have been at the forefront of the struggle for #democracy in #Belarus. A union leader in Minsk describes how it happened in The Solidarity Center Podcast, now available on Youtube! #Belarushijackinghttps://t.co/766UgikIv5
— Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) May 27, 2021
The NewsGuild-CWA:
We join news organizations worldwide and everyone who cherishes press freedom in denouncing the Belarus government's use of military aircraft to ground a civilian plane and arrest a journalist-passenger.https://t.co/DZ7yk1mynq https://t.co/URFe5zbncf
— NewsGuild-CWA (@newsguild) May 27, 2021
Theatrical Stage Employees:
Meet Gary Lam, Editor of @IATSE891. He is actively involved in the Local's training initiatives and outreach for young and less experienced nonunion members that helps members be successful in the entertainment industry. #AAPIHM
— IATSE // #PROAct (@IATSE) May 27, 2021
Read Gary’s story here: https://t.co/WtNobWymdV pic.twitter.com/ytkDYoEmaZ
Transport Workers Union:
.@SouthwestAir and all airlines must do more to protect the flight attendants, in-flight crewmembers, and other airline workers who face this type of behavior every day. We can’t allow this to continue happening. https://t.co/kqtlYE6O6X
— TWU (@transportworker) May 27, 2021
Transportation Trades Department:
Read our full statement on the unanimous passage of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021 by the @epwcmte here: https://t.co/MX5NrNjwCC
— Transp. Trades Dept. (@TTDAFLCIO) May 26, 2021
UAW:
“We in the UAW look forward to starting discussions with General Motors regarding their joint venture to produce batteries in Ohio and Tennessee so workers will have a voice at the table in order to create good-paying union jobs and benefits.” - UAW Vice President Terry Dittes https://t.co/KoZKcpwhmV
— UAW (@UAW) May 25, 2021
Union Label and Service Trades Department:
VP Harris convenes first White House labor task force meeting | Construction Dive https://t.co/9WORl6qSwB
— Union Label Dept. (@ULSTD_AFLCIO) May 21, 2021
Union Veterans Council:
We’re proud to lend our voices to the 1,100 @MineWorkers striking at #WarriorMetCoal. Our voices are louder and our words are stronger when we join together. #Labor #1u pic.twitter.com/IXM8IM8uMS
— Union Veterans Council (@unionveterans) May 26, 2021
UNITE HERE:
STATEMENT from UNITE HERE President @DTaylorUH on San Jose shooting:
— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) May 26, 2021
UNITE HERE grieves the loss of @265Atu Union members murdered today in yet another horrific & devastating act of gun violence that took the lives of eight working people at the VTA light rail yard. pic.twitter.com/Tz9MbMxDY4
United Food and Commercial Workers:
As we honor #GeorgeFloyd today, @UFCW is standing with our union’s frontline workers across the country, united in saying #BlackLivesMatter
— UFCW (@UFCW) May 26, 2021
Congress must turn these words into action and pass #JusticeInPolicing Act now. We cannot wait any longer. https://t.co/v9nFaphPHx
United Steelworkers:
RT - @ExxonMobilBTA is rewarding our hard work & sacrifice by forcing us off our jobs in a #ULPLockOut while we’ve kept them making millions instead of a #FairContract pic.twitter.com/dmeFuI6aRY
— United Steelworkers (@steelworkers) May 27, 2021
United Students Against Sweatshops:
Where were these "priorities" when workers at Amazon supplier Hulu Garment were robbed of $3.6million in legally owed severance when they were tricked into resigning? @Amazon if you really mean this, why don't you #PayYourWorkers now? https://t.co/oyxxtr1I92
— USAS (@USAS) May 26, 2021
Utility Workers:
UWUA will never forget the brave servicemembers we’ve lost.
— UWUA National (@The_UWUA) May 26, 2021
Darryl Taylor, Army veteran and @UWUA_Local_1_2 business agent, shares his reflections as we approach Memorial day. pic.twitter.com/RoxqYy1nr9
Working America:
In 2019, #Google contract workers made history by voting #UnionYes & joining the #steelworkers. 20 months later, @HCLtechUnion is still fighting unlawful delays & retaliation from $10 billion IT giant @HCLTech. Let's get them trending & help demand a fair #HCLContractNow! ✊ pic.twitter.com/BTBZEwk2vS
— Working America | Pass the #PROAct (@WorkingAmerica) May 20, 2021
Writers Guild of America, East:
Congratulations, @BKMuseumUnion! #1u https://t.co/17fgQzfuyR
— Writers Guild of America, East / #PROAct (@WGAEast) May 26, 2021