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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 1d

The hellscape being a bunch of nonjudgmental people just living their lives alongside each other?

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 3d

Health insurance costs more than DOUBLING for working families? In this economy?

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
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Tell Congress: fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first. Call Speaker Johnson: 844-896-5059 | AFL-CIO

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Strategic Organizing Center @stratorgcenter.bsky.social · 2d

“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law."

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4d

Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract

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Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract - The Chief

Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a collective bargaining agreement covering workers at an Upstate apple farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led workers at Wafle...

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike. For many of them, it’s becoming nearly impossible to ignore the sense that the incentives of profit and control are the prime reason behind too many changes.

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 2d

The musicians who bring Broadway shows to life shouldn’t have to accept unlivable wages and working conditions to do something they love.

The workers make Broadway, Broadway! America’s unions stand with them as they fight for a fair contract.

Broadway Musicians Hold Strike Authorization Vote As Contract Talks Continue

If members vote yes, this could set the stage for a possible strike with Actors' Equity.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 2d

Same power conferences that are looking to sell a stake in their revenue to private equity are pressing for Congress to ban their athletes from being able to claim they are employees.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

"College football is money-hungry, exploitative of the players, and expert at creating miserable fan experiences, but at least it can't get any worse."
"Hold my-"
www.espn.com/college-spor...

Sources: Big Ten closes in on private equity deal

The Big Ten is approaching a vote on a private capital agreement and the formation of Big Ten Enterprises, which would infuse league schools with more than $2 billion, according to sources.

www.espn.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 5d

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social has sent a new letter to President Trump, urging him on behalf of our 15 million members and working people across the country to stop this administration’s squeeze on working families during the shutdown. aflcio.org/press/releas...

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler called on President Trump today to stop “squeezing working people until they abandon demands to address a mounting health care crisis.” and immediately fund the government, fix the health care crisis, and put America’s working people first.

In a new letter, she demands Trump meet with congressional leaders and find a funding solution to end the government shutdown, warning that every day this drags on threatens millions of jobs and price hikes working families can’t afford. “The people who work for a living—the people I represent—are the backbone of this country,” Shuler writes. “Our livelihoods should not be used as pawns or bargaining chips, whether it is threatening one set of workers after another, canceling construction projects, or jacking up electricity prices on top of higher health insurance premiums.”

Representing the nation’s largest labor federation of 63 labor unions and nearly 15 million working people, Shuler lays out the cascading effects of the government shutdown and skyrocketing health care costs that will crush workers if President Trump doesn’t act.

After months of DOGE-driven chaos, around 750,000 federal workers have been locked out of their jobs and 1.4 million more are forced to work without pay. As Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought threatens illegal firings and cancels funding for critical energy and infrastructure projects, Shuler raises the alarm on the risk this shutdown poses to the economy across industries, from the transportation and construction workforces to local and state governments.

In the letter, Shuler cautions that if the Affordable Care Act tax credits aren’t extended, some 22 million Americans will be forced to pay 114% more for their health care premiums, ultimately driving up health care costs for everyone—including the 179 million people with employer-based coverage—and leading to the loss of more than 100,000 health care jobs. “Anyone who cares about working people should want to explore ways to avoid these price hikes, this loss of health care and these job losses,” Shuler writes, reminding Trump, “it’s a crisis you can undo.”

The letter concludes, “[w]e implore you to meet with the leaders of the House and Senate to find a solution that funds the government, fixes the health care crisis, and puts working people first.”

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 7d

This literally made me LOL. Hat tip to Wyden.

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 7d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 11d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 8d

If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.

Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.

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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 8d

Millions of Americans are left to pay the price while Republicans play political games. The game pieces are our healthcare and our lives.

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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 11d

Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org fighting for a fair contract! NYC is a union town and we are proud to stand together to support these workers!

#NoContractNoCoffee #1u

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 17d

Top VA officials testified that they don’t know how many doctors and nurses have left.

We do.

The VA is down 600+ doctors and 1,900+ nurses this year.

After years of growth, the number of docs has declined each month since Trump took office.

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

'You Don't Have An Answer?': Richard Blumenthal Stunned By VA Official's Response

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 17d

The Datsun Also Rises

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 17d

The Grapes of RAV

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 17d

Time is running out.

22 MILLION will immediately face insurance hikes.
130,000 health care jobs will be lost.
4.2 MILLION will lose health care.
Everyone will pay more.

Tell Congress: permanently extend ACA tax credits and stop the health care crisis! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

Tell Congress: stop health care price spikes. Call: 855-493-4407 | AFL-CIO

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 18d

Jeffries and Schumer respond to the OMB memo as a shutdown nears.

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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 19d

We won’t let VA Secretary Doug Collins gut workers’ union rights without a fight.

Veterans, VA workers and allies gathered at the Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington D.C. to tell Secretary Collins to stop privatization and restore VA workers’ collective bargaining rights NOW!

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 20d

NO WORKERS? NO STARBUCKS 🗣️

NO CONTRACT? NO COFFEE 🗣️

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 20d

While nurses in Iowa work to form a union and call for new workplace policies designed to keep them safe, their hospital is on track to set a record for the most expensive anti-union effort ever taken by a hospital. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social reports:

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Nurses in Iowa Are Fighting an Unprecedented Anti-Union Campaign

Hospital system UnityPoint would rather spend millions on anti-union ‘educators’ than on safe staffing policies.

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 22d

However it makes anyone look, acting as if Congress appropriated what you wanted when it hasn’t would substantially dissolve the legislature, yes? Without the power of the purse, already weakened by impoundments, how much is left of Congress? Pass another law and say we really mean it this time?

Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 22d

Release the Homan video

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 22d

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 22d

In a plea for di$course, Klein asserts, “We are going to have to live here with each other.” And yet that is the very thing his far right partners do not accept. Explain it to the billions being spent on ICE, or to Kilmeade who wants to kill the homeless, or the reps who wanna round up trans people.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 25d

"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 23d

Federal workers make our country run. When they have a strong voice on the job, it makes every worker stronger, our essential services stronger and helps the government better serve the public.

America’s unions stand with all federal workers fighting for their union rights.

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