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:
There have been 241,033 new coronavirus cases in Florida since Actors' Equity called on @Disney to offer regular testing for our members. No masks and no testing for performers puts workers and guests at risk. $DIShttps://t.co/SJikn2GyVE pic.twitter.com/jNqu6b4s71
— Actors' Equity (@ActorsEquity) July 20, 2020
AFGE:
Federal prisons have become a hotspot for COVID-19. #1u https://t.co/YvFg3ImutU
— AFGE (@AFGENational) July 17, 2020
AFSCME:
AFSCME President Lee Saunders, paying tribute to civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis: “He was a man of great personal gentility and modesty, but that did not stop him from being an agitator, disruptor and unstoppable force for change.” #GoodTrouble https://t.co/chn60OESGY
— AFSCME (@AFSCME) July 20, 2020
Air Line Pilots Association:
Pilot Pioneer Emily Howell Warner Flies West: https://t.co/oW6Qmupafb #womeninaviation pic.twitter.com/EHFWIi3qmp
— ALPA (@WeAreALPA) July 15, 2020
Alliance for Retired Americans:
If you have lost your health insurance during the pandemic, there are some options to get coverage: https://t.co/3flQg1l8up #MedicaidMatters pic.twitter.com/r4AuHPDSDD
— Alliance Retirees (@ActiveRetirees) July 20, 2020
Amalgamated Transit Union:
Mandatory masks for riders is critical to help protect #transit workers and stop the spread of coronavirus. https://t.co/qiOF2EFbnm #Labour #1u #COVID19 #FrontLineHeroes
— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) July 20, 2020
American Federation of Musicians:
#UnionMusicians stand with 4,300 @MachinistsUnion families in Maine! Time to negotiate a fair contract, @GDBIW. #1uhttps://t.co/1CU6qk74SV
— AFM (@The_AFM) July 15, 2020
American Federation of Teachers:
Randi Weingarten: Teachers want to be in a classroom — Congress must make it safe https://t.co/LlyCwDEoEi via @usatoday @rweingarten #ReopenSafely
— AFT (@AFTunion) July 19, 2020
American Postal Workers Union:
The HEROES Act requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an emergency temporary standard on infectious disease within 7 days! #PasstheHEROESACT #1u #1usafety pic.twitter.com/Cg5QZoNV8R
— APWU National (@APWUnational) July 20, 2020
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance:
Evan's father Harry, contracted COVID-19 and died just two weeks after he was hired at an Amazon warehouse.
— Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (@APALAnational) July 13, 2020
This is heartbreaking and happening to so many of our community members.
We need to adequately protect workers in the next COVID-19 relief bill! #HEROESAct (Thread 1/5) pic.twitter.com/r0ASefDiUp
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
"Hello, I am a constituent calling to ask Rep/Sen to help save my job as an essential worker. Take legislative action in July to extend CARES Act Payroll Support Program for aviation workers to avoid massive job loss in Oct. Keep us connected to our jobs, paychecks, & healthcare" https://t.co/ZhNflKNeIk
— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) July 20, 2020
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers:
The clock is ticking. The virus is surging. The economy is sinking. And the Senate is still sitting on its hands. #HeroesAct pic.twitter.com/vU8dETSJAK
— BCTGM International (@BCTGM) July 20, 2020
Boilermakers:
Hey #Boilermakers: Ready for your close up? 🎥 The Comms Dept is looking for short videos about what it means to be a #Union Boilermaker and how organizing with the Boilermakers has been beneficial. See details and submit your video here: ➡️ https://t.co/GJjLY8Xm3Y
— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) July 14, 2020
Bricklayers:
BAC Local 2 Michigan members gave @DrBiden & @GovWhitmer a virtual tour of @imiweb’s training center in Warren today. Members told their stories about how they discovered their trade and learned how @JoeBiden’s plan will create more union jobs #RebuildAmerica pic.twitter.com/1qV4q6nqK1
— Bricklayers Union (@IUBAC) July 17, 2020
California School Employees Association:
CSEA supports @GavinNewsom's new @CAPublicHealth guidelines on schools reopening. Read our statement:https://t.co/P4Xjvg8bmV
— CSEA (@CSEA_Now) July 18, 2020
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists:
We are devastated by the passing of John Lewis. No one believed deeper or marched longer than our beloved brother. He was always on the frontlines with working people across America and around the world. Lewis is irreplaceable. CBTU extends our sincerest condolences to his family pic.twitter.com/f2PfTaTBeb
— CBTU (@CBTU72) July 18, 2020
Coalition of Labor Union Women:
Survivors of #domesticviolence & #sexualassault are particularly vulnerable during this #COVID19 crisis. @SenateGOP & @SenateDems must build on the #HEROESAct to address the needs of ALL survivors of violence.
— CLUW National (@CLUWNational) July 16, 2020
Communications Workers of America:
Action Alert! Send a message to @ATT telling them you stand with workers in Memphis fighting for racial justice and COVID-19 protections. #CWAforBlackLives #WeAreMemphis
— CWA (@CWAUnion) July 20, 2020
Sign the petition: https://t.co/7R10bJnTGE pic.twitter.com/6bSDmwigOi
Department for Professional Employees:
“All government employees, including our own legislative staff, should be able to voluntarily organize and bargain collectively for safe working conditions and better pay.”✊✊✊ #1u https://t.co/nE6B00yBlw
— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) July 20, 2020
Electrical Workers:
It might not be a household name, but the Council on Industrial Relations has been keeping the labor peace in the construction industry for 100 years. Here's how. pic.twitter.com/uNwzxykrY3
— IBEW (@IBEW) July 20, 2020
Fire Fighters:
Please review the IAFF’s website for information and guidance on the #Coronavirus. https://t.co/jT90b2KKO5
— IAFF (@IAFFNewsDesk) July 20, 2020
Heat and Frost Insulators:
Thank you to all of our members who have updated their information.
— Insulators Union (@InsulatorsUnion) July 20, 2020
The listing that can be found on our website of the members who have served our countries has been updated.
If you do not see your name listed, contact your Business Manager. Thank you!https://t.co/vxC5xyh6TF
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers:
A renowned civil rights org running to the Trump administration to save them from their own workers? Yea, that sounds bad to us too. https://t.co/jdYQrN32QY
— IFPTE (@IFPTE) July 14, 2020
Ironworkers:
Statistics are indicating construction work may be approaching pre-coronavirus numbers. https://t.co/02QZYSNFcm #coronoavirus
— Ironworkers. (@TheIronworkers) July 17, 2020
Jobs With Justice:
Yessss - @jwjsf brought the PAINT 🎨🟡
— Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) July 20, 2020
If they won't hear our demands, we'll make them see our demands 👀#StrikeForBlackLives #DefundThePolice https://t.co/OZbtN3JrH1
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:
Trump might issue an executive order that would prohibit undocumented immigrants from participating in the census. We are committed to continue defending our right to partake in the #2020Census as it is crucial in the process of uplifting our communities! #TodosContamos
— LCLAA (@LCLAA) July 20, 2020
Laborers:
#LIUNA on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis...
— LIUNA (@LIUNA) July 18, 2020
Read full statement here: https://t.co/nbPEsLjLvC pic.twitter.com/47DCKd03Ia
Longshoremen:
@ILAUnion @TheILAmobileApp ILA Supports ILWU @ILWU and Condemns #SewardAlaska Company.https://t.co/QgFqZPKbZB pic.twitter.com/VoyHLb6vJL
— Int'l LongshoreAssoc (@ILAUnion) July 11, 2020
Machinists:
#OTD in 1969, a Machinists Union-built spacecraft allowed for @TheRealBuzz and the #Apollo11 team to take humankind's first steps on the Moon.
— Machinists Union ✈️🚊🚀 (@MachinistsUnion) July 20, 2020
We are incredibly proud of our place in the past, present and future of @NASA. pic.twitter.com/DntTkZrt1R
Maritime Trades Department:
State and local govts are laying off public service workers b/c of decimated budgets. The job losses are piling up. The Senate must pass IMMEDIATE aid to states, cities & towns. Our communities can’t afford to see a decline in essential public services. #FundtheFrontLines
— MaritimeTrades (@Maritime_Trades) June 11, 2020
Metal Trades Department:
More than 1,000 TSA employees have tested positive for coronavirus - The Washington Post https://t.co/H7TPBTnYiF
— Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) July 15, 2020
Mine Workers:
We just called my U.S. Senator and urged them to pass the #HEROESAct w/ the @AFLCIO #1u Take action here: https://t.co/fve6PMRNnB
— United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) July 20, 2020
Musical Artists:
From @OPERAAmerica: Discover pathways to a successful career beyond the main stage in this session on creating a portfolio of work as a performing artist. https://t.co/jb7AckDHzf pic.twitter.com/xZ5KL7bK5B
— AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) July 17, 2020
National Air Traffic Controllers Association:
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)’s Spirit of Aviation Week will take place virtually this year, July 21-25, to showcase the whole spectrum of flight and celebrate the aviation community.
— NATCA (@NATCA) July 20, 2020
Learn more and register at: https://t.co/1iviMmP4fW
National Association of Letter Carriers:
When he heard loud cries coming from a house, carrier Seth Sims rushed to help. After looking around, the carrier saw a toddler banging on the back door. Seth also knocked on the door, but when no one responded, he called 911 and stayed until responders arrived. #HeroesDelivering pic.twitter.com/tZGuQ7X7pv
— Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) July 20, 2020
National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
Immigrant day laborers were essential before the pandemic, we are essential now, and we will continue to be essential. Across New York State we are demanding that @NYGovCuomo accept that and act accordingly. #FundExcludedWorkers #EsencialesYExcluidos #EssentialAndExcluded pic.twitter.com/vwdFZe8AOk
— NDLON (@NDLON) July 17, 2020
National Domestic Workers Alliance:
Black home care workers risk their lives without hazard pay or #PPE to provide essential care. Enough is enough — we’re walking off of the job today for 8 minutes and 46 seconds for respect, and security, and our lives. #StrikeForBlackLives https://t.co/4JX7I9djqU
— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) July 20, 2020
National Nurses United:
“We’re in full surge mode. The hospitals are completely full. It feels like Covid’s everywhere," warns Kim Smith, an NNU intensive care nurse at an HCA Healthcare Inc. facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.https://t.co/WPpkO7FFcc
— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) July 20, 2020
National Taxi Workers Alliance:
Check out this beautiful sea of cabs lined up to join the March against Cuomo’s Billionaires! pic.twitter.com/Kk8xs3oW9s
— NY Taxi Workers (@NYTWA) July 17, 2020
NFL Players Association:
Our Executive Director, @DeSmithNFLPA, penned a guest column for @theMMQB–touching on the passing of Congressman John Lewis and how Covid-19 is reminding us that we're all in this together. https://t.co/YYFWAAvEsE
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) July 20, 2020
North America's Building Trades Unions:
Energy sector jobs provide Americans without a college education a VITAL pathway to a career with family-sustaining wages and benefits.
— The Building Trades (@NABTU) July 20, 2020
REPORT: https://t.co/hSpY4dGHre pic.twitter.com/JhfEIPyh3N
Office and Professional Employees:
One job should be enough. #FightFor15 #1job https://t.co/5zsHrpFBup
— OPEIU (@OPEIU) July 16, 2020
Painters and Allied Trades:
Great work @IUPATDC711 Our members, the country needs to know how we have to keep our families safe without an @OSHA_DOL guidance that holds contractors responsible for our safety. @AFLCIO @NABTU @chuckschumer https://t.co/VXc6mk9T0w
— IUPAT (@GoIUPAT) July 17, 2020
Plasterers and Cement Masons:
“Extreme economic inequality...is pernicious. It threatens to transform us from a democracy into a plutocracy, and it makes a mockery of the ideal of equal citizenship.” In the current crisis, we must “rethink our conception of ourselves as a society.” https://t.co/As4oyOLsxd
— OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) July 20, 2020
Pride At Work:
Congress has failed to deliver ANY relief to millions of immigrant workers who’ve been on the front lines but thus far excluded from government support. The House took action. @SenMajLdr, when will the Senate? #FundExcludedWorkers
— Pride at Work (@PrideatWork) July 16, 2020
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists:
Public service comes in many forms; none greater than that embodied by @repjohnlewis On behalf of dedicated men & women PASS represents at FAA & DoD; we send our condolences to the family of Rep. Lewis & people of Georgia he represented w such passion. Thank you, sir. #JohnLewis pic.twitter.com/2U8Bc6yJZC
— PASS (@PASSNational) July 18, 2020
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:
Together we are united for fairness in our workplaces. What does that look like where you work? RT and tell us! #1U #Union pic.twitter.com/4TGraCHfat
— RWDSU (@RWDSU) July 20, 2020
SAG-AFTRA:
Want to know why you should vote “YES” for the 2020 TV/Theatrical Contract? Join @AlecBaldwin and SAG-AFTRA President @thegabrielle_c TODAY to learn more. #sagaftramembers #streamingforward #contracts2020 pic.twitter.com/g3hYpqijfj
— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) July 20, 2020
School Administrators:
#ReopeningSchools 3 indisputable facts:
— The School Leader (@AFSAUnion) July 14, 2020
Safety of students, school district employees and the community must be paramount. Parents must play a prominent role. A safe reopening will cost a great deal of money. #education #ReopenSchools #schoolsreopening #SchoolReopening
Seafarers:
300,000 Seafarers Trapped at Sea: Mounting crew change crisis demands faster action from governments https://t.co/xGCY0fPXPl
— Seafarers Union (@SeafarersUnion) July 17, 2020
Solidarity Center:
How we do we eliminate violence in the workplace? With union organizing, creating new collective bargaining clauses that educate & protect our members w/ what is in C190 (1st global treaty on #GBVH at work)—Nolvia Suyapa, union president, #Honduras. @AWIDhttps://t.co/E4MrvdL0nN
— Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) July 19, 2020
Theatrical Stage Employees:
Megan Gaddini of Local 488 is featured in this piece and is just one of 25 million who will be impacted if congress does not act to extend UI in the next 5 days. Call your reps at 866-832-1560 and remind them that working families are watching, and will vote accordingly come Nov. https://t.co/JSwPlBnu57
— IATSE (@IATSE) July 20, 2020
Transportation Trades Department:
This kind of revenue problem doesn’t just impact our roads, bridges, & transit systems: it has serious consequences for the people who build, operate, & maintain these systems. More than ever we need to ensure working families have access to good jobs. https://t.co/MSYrRMCjsX
— Transp. Trades Dept. (@TTDAFLCIO) July 20, 2020
UAW:
COVID-19 has spurred a groundswell of union activity among healthcare workers. https://t.co/MsXboUXWUG
— UAW (@UAW) July 20, 2020
Union Label and Service Trades Department:
'Attempted Murder of Your Post Office': Outrage as Trump Crony Now Heading USPS Moves to Slow Mail Delivery | Common Dreams News https://t.co/0DVR0kxEak
— Union Label Dept. (@ULSTD_AFLCIO) July 15, 2020
Union Veterans Council:
While this administration slashed protections for military families, @TammyforIL stands tall with the #VSO community fighting🥊to protect our service members and their families.#LeadershipWeNeedhttps://t.co/qyZvYKkZ8G
— Union Veterans Council (@unionveterans) July 16, 2020
UNITE HERE:
“Who the hell can live off of $300 per week unemployment? Extend the HEROES Act to the end! My plea is to the Senate to pass the HEROES Act now. Do your damn job!”
— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) July 20, 2020
—@local24nia, President, @UHMWJB #MitchBetterHaveMyMoney #SenateActNOW https://t.co/3dSRMorbQu
United Food and Commercial Workers:
Our families have the food they need thanks to the brave grocery and meatpacking workers putting themselves in harm's way during #COVID19.
— UFCW (@UFCW) July 13, 2020
Thanks to @GovWhitmer for standing with #Michigan workers and keeping families safe during this crisis. https://t.co/Ix9My5QfYV
United Steelworkers:
Inside the fight for denied compensation for healthcare workers https://t.co/mO2wMwSJR5
— United Steelworkers (@steelworkers) July 20, 2020
United Students Against Sweatshops:
USAS staff is committed to the following proposals addressing anti-Blackness, structure, and transparency within our organization. https://t.co/77G3tlDWcB pic.twitter.com/GR6rqCl5b2
— USAS (@USAS) July 15, 2020
United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers:
These are just some of our members featured in the latest issue of The Journeyman Roofer & Waterproofer magazine. Check out the spread, then send your best hi-res photos of Union Roofers to [email protected] --you might see them next quarter! https://t.co/NKgdlrUe5C pic.twitter.com/c709ni0zj9
— Roofers Union (@roofersunion) July 17, 2020
Utility Workers:
Ready to get up and get moving?
— UWUA National (@The_UWUA) July 20, 2020
UWUA’s Women's Caucus is organizing a Virtual #5K Run/Walk to assist those that have been impacted by #COVID19. EVERYONE IS WELCOME, so invite your family and friends!
Register by THIS FRIDAY, July 24th to participate.https://t.co/QwhKzHzSFt pic.twitter.com/NbHEqvlxCR
Working America:
Call 1-888-981-9704 to tell your senator to provide immediate aid to states, cities, counties and schools. As cases spike across the country, our communities can’t afford any more delays. We need to save our public services. #FundtheFrontLines pic.twitter.com/RrVd6zhl1I
— Working America (@WorkingAmerica) July 16, 2020
Writers Guild of America, East:
We're thrilled to welcome the newest members of our ever-growing union family. Congratulations, @JCurrents_Union! #1u https://t.co/fw1ZusQGW6
— Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) July 15, 2020