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:
Equity members create the Broadway hits of the future in development sessions, and they deserve a fair contract. Share your support of these actors and stage managers: https://t.co/PF9eKYCzs0 pic.twitter.com/CYX2xfLNzf
— Actors' Equity (@ActorsEquity) February 13, 2024
AFGE:
Fair pay is worth fighting for!
And federal workers know how to fight💪#AFGERising pic.twitter.com/rv3S1ggNY1— AFGE (@AFGENational) February 13, 2024
AFSCME:
ASEA member Crystal Basnaw has dedicated 14 years to bringing comfort to elders at The Fairbanks Pioneer Home. Discover how she earned our Never Quit Service Award. https://t.co/O4hJs3MOcJ
— AFSCME (@AFSCME) February 12, 2024
Alliance for Retired Americans:
Social Security cuts are deeply unpopular, because voters know that's not what we need.
It's time to make the wealthy pay their fair share so we can expand benefits: https://t.co/8R4amUR8uO https://t.co/URWfOsixta— Alliance for Retired Americans (@ActiveRetirees) February 13, 2024
Amalgamated Transit Union:
ATU-endorsed Tom Suozzi wins! #ATURidinWithSuozzi pic.twitter.com/EC5iCDWbX0
— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) February 14, 2024
American Federation of Musicians:
Bravo! This might have been the best opener for the #SuperBowl. An orchestra of 60 musicians from Local 369 (Las Vegas). The session was recorded under an AFM union contract. #unionmade #1u@MusiciansVegas AFM Local 369 https://t.co/cXrreTnOov
— AFM (@The_AFM) February 12, 2024
American Federation of Teachers:
Roses are red
Fights for #SafeStaffing are not in vain
Health professionals are winning
With the #CodeRed campaign!#HealthPolicyValentines @AFTHealthcare #CodeRed https://t.co/pcIKrvKXRV— AFT (@AFTunion) February 14, 2024
American Postal Workers Union:
The fifth COLA increase under the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement has been announced. https://t.co/fI9pdk1olS
— The American Postal Workers Union - APWU (@APWUnational) February 13, 2024
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
Corporate greed won’t fly! Flight Attendants are on the picket lines today demanding fair contracts now! #FlightAttendantsFightBack #ContractNow pic.twitter.com/aapAtZVVTh
— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) February 13, 2024
Boilermakers:
HUGE! 👋 to BUSTING the union-busting law. Congratulations Michigan! Organizing for change works ✊ pic.twitter.com/FCCzhFg5hV
— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) February 14, 2024
Bricklayers:
Happy Valentine’s Day, brothers and sisters! #unionstrong #1u #ValentinesDay #valentinesday2024
graphic via @AFLCIO pic.twitter.com/jPATrELl8q— Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union (@IUBAC) February 14, 2024
Communications Workers of America:
Shout out to all the CWAers who helped make this victory happen! https://t.co/boN7nZBo3g
— CWA (@CWAUnion) February 14, 2024
Department for Professional Employees:
Dreamworks animation professionals are joining together in union with @animationguild! https://t.co/WxLNVgkWIg
— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) February 14, 2024
Electrical Workers:
Last week, after years of open negotiations with NECA, the IBEW came to an agreement to raise the NEBF benefit. That means more financial security for you and your family. Learn more: https://t.co/iEzS8de2pd pic.twitter.com/swlzLxq8DO
— IBEW (@IBEW) February 13, 2024
Heat and Frost Insulators:
This short video will appeal to someone looking to start a career where they have a great career and a great retirement as an HFIAW member. Post this video on social media to recruit more people to your apprenticeship program https://t.co/ZdtdOW8muT pic.twitter.com/76BW2smDp6
— Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) February 14, 2024
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:
Across the country, flight attendants came together to demand fair treatment and better working conditions. LCLAA National Team and Chapters supported a nuestros hermanos y hermanas tripulantes de cabinas en todo el país! @lclaalosangeles @TWU556 pic.twitter.com/miYSL96ZLz
— LCLAA (@LCLAA) February 13, 2024
Labor Heritage Foundation:
@BillFletcherJr reads from his mystery novel The Man Who Changed Colors @busboysandpoets Takoma for the LHF Bread & Roses series pic.twitter.com/e3tYVKbqq8
— Labor Heritage (@LaborHeritage1) February 14, 2024
Laborers:
#BlackHistoryMonth continues and so does our celebration of Black Americans’ contributions to #unionpower and #LIUNA!
Today, meet Kenneth Woods, from Local 1421 in Boston, MA. pic.twitter.com/TpToqAK5oI— LIUNA (@LIUNA) February 14, 2024
Machinists:
We won't stop calling out @apple for its disgusting union busting 😤.
If you support workers like @acoreunion and their right to organize, this is the petition you need to sign ⬇️ https://t.co/bMrEEvVg1q— Machinists Union (@MachinistsUnion) February 14, 2024
Metal Trades Department:
A $95 billion measure being weighed by the U.S. Senate includes $3.3 billion for the nation’s public shipyards, funding that would support dry dock projects in Kittery and at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. https://t.co/dqF3IY82uS
— Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) February 11, 2024
National Association of Letter Carriers:
Delivering mail on a cold day can bring hazards that may sneak up on you. One of those hazards is hypothermia, which can happen when your body temperature reaches dangerously low levels. Read this thread to make sure you know the risks and signs of this cold-weather threat. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/BJl5oT8gIq
— Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) February 13, 2024
National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
❤️ Excluded workers care for us. Now it’s our turn to care for them.
This Valentine’s Day, show your appreciation for excluded workers by standing up for meaningful access to the safety net.
We deserve a New York where workers are #ExcludedNoMore. ❤️
Via @FEWCoalition pic.twitter.com/yXLf7hibye— NDLON (@NDLON) February 14, 2024
National Domestic Workers Alliance:
We’re on the ground with @BlackWorkers215 in Philly right now advocating for the budget we need to ensure all workers’ rights are protected and enforced! pic.twitter.com/HHS7NLOC4s
— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) February 14, 2024
National Federation of Federal Employees:
NFFE is proud to announce that National Business Representative Gerald “Jerry” McCarty has joined the Machinists Union as a Special Representative in the IAM Organizing Department. https://t.co/gH3MrOBuPz
— NFFE (@NFFE_Union) February 9, 2024
National Nurses United:
Our fight to win nurse-to-patient ratios is a global fight! It's not just a problem in the U.S. — nurses all across the world suffer from unsafe patient assignments.
We were proud to stand in solidarity with @infirmiersnpi last week to discuss the global need for #SafeStaffing. pic.twitter.com/geHPs0y3z2— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) February 12, 2024
NFL Players Association:
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Active players, now's your chance to explore industries such as TV broadcasting, business, technology, nonprofits, and more with the NFLPA Career Experiences program.
Sign up here to reserve your seat: https://t.co/iZOAGI8O40 pic.twitter.com/xfF2ogZeWM— NFLPA (@NFLPA) February 14, 2024
North America's Building Trades Unions:
The Biden Administration has invested nearly $15 BILLION in public infrastructure and clean energy projects throughout Pennsylvania.
These are historic investments that will rebuild communities, stimulate the economy, and launch careers ✊
🔗: https://t.co/nlid4wzGcK pic.twitter.com/AjT3os4Dy1— The Building Trades (@NABTU) February 13, 2024
Office and Professional Employees:
A longtime steward with a 40+ year career at NW Natural in Newport, Oregon, Kayleen Williams has spent her working life advocating and supporting others. We are proud to highlight her this #BlackHistoryMonth & celebrate her decades of service to the labor movement with Local 11. pic.twitter.com/5gJ4y5cec3
— OPEIU | #UnionStrong (@OPEIU) February 13, 2024
Painters and Allied Trades:
Our union fights every day to end the illegal practice of wage theft by employers and make sure construction workers are paid every dollar they earned.
Thank you to @msainat1 for highlighting our union’s work to ensure tradesworkers get what they’re owed. https://t.co/G4MUkIjbyZ— IUPAT (@GoIUPAT) February 14, 2024
Plasterers and Cement Masons:
Brothers & Sisters, as we enter another political season it is imperative that you prepare to vote for the candidate that best represents you & yours. Every voice & vote matters, especially #OPCMIA members. Make sure your voice is heard & register to vote before election day! pic.twitter.com/8ifMnvDQ82
— OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) February 14, 2024
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists:
Thanks @FAA_Mike for meeting with PASS Region V Vice President Tamara Rose at NW Mountain Regional Office today in Seattle. Keeping lines of communications open while we are negotiating 2 contracts with FAA critical. #aviationsafety #publicservice #unionsolidarity pic.twitter.com/v6HA3dJSoe
— PASS (@PASSNational) February 12, 2024
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:
"Ensuring the workers who help us provide for our families can go to work each day and return home exactly as they left is a basic requirement that cannot be overlooked." - RWDSU President @sappelbaum https://t.co/f61L13avWl
— RWDSU (@RWDSU) February 14, 2024
Roofers and Waterproofers:
Construction in Cleveland is booming, and more women are gaining entry into lucrative building trades careers thanks to Cleveland's building trades unions. Share and help inspire someone you know start a career in the trades! #WomenRoof #WomenintheTrades https://t.co/siIgVFkKYq
— Roofers Union (@roofersunion) February 14, 2024
SAG-AFTRA:
🎙️ #ICYMI: #SagAftraMember Ron Perlman, SAG-AFTRA NED @DuncanCI and other industry leaders discussed the future of the entertainment industry during the @knxnews Town Hall, “Streaming Wars: The End of Content's Golden Age?”
Watch here: https://t.co/dACPqNxqm1 pic.twitter.com/oBex6ZW0lQ— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) February 14, 2024
Solidarity Center:
Listen to @NazmaAkter73, one of the fantastic #union leaders who gathered for a reunion of our Global Labor Leadership Initiative (GLLI), speak about how she was “born a union member” and gained her passion for protecting #workerrights, especially #womenworkers, at an early age. pic.twitter.com/frAdmXL4lX
— Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) February 13, 2024
The NewsGuild-CWA:
"Withholding our labor is essential to making sure the boss knows we have a seat at the table," says @newsguild president @gaufre
In the last two weeks, journalists at 24+ newsrooms have walked out over layoffs, budget cuts & expired contracts
Listen ⬇️https://t.co/t7vPVLVWhY— NewsGuild-CWA (@newsguild) February 14, 2024
Theatrical Stage Employees:
BREAKING: Crewmembers covering carpentry, electric, props, audio, wardrobe, and hair/makeup for the off-Broadway musical “Titanique” are set to join IATSE! 1/2 https://t.co/q5uSflTck3
— IATSE // #IASolidarity (@IATSE) February 14, 2024
Transport Workers Union:
Lyn Montgomery, President of @TWU556 representing Southwest Airlines flight attendants, said their work is getting harder. “Flying these days is not fun. It’s chaotic. It’s crowded. We’re late, (flights are) delayed. We are tired and exhausted.” https://t.co/sPuSxc5EMQ
— TWU (@transportworker) February 14, 2024
Transportation Trades Department:
Flight attendants brought the heat at DCA! ✊#FlightAttendantsFightBack@TTDAFLCIO President Greg Regan joined our union siblings out on the picket line this morning to demand a fair #ContractNow! #PayUsOrCHAOS pic.twitter.com/xJ28LbOgoG
— TTD | America's Transportation Unions (@TTDAFLCIO) February 13, 2024
UAW:
Bosses always use the same tired playbook to try and stop the working class from organizing: Fear, Uncertainty, and Division.
But scare tactics aren’t going to work this time. Workers are standing up and won’t be denied their union.#StandUpUAW pic.twitter.com/fTQ6T94mzD— UAW (@UAW) February 12, 2024
Union Label and Service Trades Department:
Bloomberg Law reports that unions have increased their headcount for 3 successive years. As well, it reports that more than half a million workers engaged in union-initiated strikes in 2023. The labor movement is growing! https://t.co/2f6OzYNwHB
— Union Label Dept. (@ULSTD_AFLCIO) February 14, 2024
UNITE HERE:
"I AM Story," a podcast by @AFSCME President Lee Saunders about the historic Memphis Sanitation Strike, is up for an NAACP Image Award—and you can help it win!
Cast your vote today:
🔗 https://t.co/xu1kWuPV3s— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) February 12, 2024
United Food and Commercial Workers:
From couch to field, thank UFCW members for #SBLVIII! @ufcw1546 workers are responsible for crafting the leather for every official NFL football & grocery workers nationwide are ready to assist in prepping your #SuperBowlSunday spread! pic.twitter.com/qCdkP3KTKH
— UFCW (@UFCW) February 11, 2024
United Steelworkers:
ICYMI: Make sure to check out our latest Solidarity Works podcast episode that features two USW members who are preserving the historic Maxo Vanka murals in Pittsburgh!💪 ❤️ Listen at https://t.co/vpow8quTLT or wherever you access your favorite podcasts. #USW #Everybodysunion #1u pic.twitter.com/1l9gSGy5rl
— United Steelworkers #EverybodysUnion (@steelworkers) February 10, 2024
United Students Against Sweatshops:
USAS has developed organizers and ran successful campaigns at over 150 campuses for nearly 30 years. In order to continue this work, join the sustainers program using this link as we continue building and fighting for working class power! https://t.co/w7mPOJB98o pic.twitter.com/7azHNbQ175
— USAS (@USAS) February 12, 2024
Utility Workers:
The choice is clear: invest in disaster-resilient water infrastructure now or pay the price later.https://t.co/cyQ5TLLrdd pic.twitter.com/DLKf9OjW7l
— UWUA National (@The_UWUA) February 14, 2024
Writers Guild of America East:
Join us for a virtual informational session explaining the ins and outs of writing services being included in the New York State Film Tax Credit Program.
Tuesday, February 27
2-3pm ET
via Zoom
RSVP: https://t.co/NRIwip68od pic.twitter.com/la9NzEgOiR— Writers Guild of America East (@WGAEast) February 13, 2024