Lauren Miller
@laurenmiller.bsky.social
Director of Comms/Public Affairs, @aflcio.org. OG team Elizabeth Warren (2012-2021). LA/DC/BOS. She/her. #persist
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Lauren Miller
@laurenmiller.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Oh hi, new followers! I'm Lauren. I run the comms team at the AFL-CIO. Worked for Sen Elizabeth Warren for about a decade. One of the OG digital directors of progressive politics. Californian by birth, adopted Washingtonian/Bostonian. Love baseball/basketball. Watch a lot of movies. Nice to see ya!
Big Tech tried to slip language into the Big, Ugly Bill earlier this year to ban states from regulating AI. Once people realized it was there, it failed 99-1.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Big Tech tried to slip language into the Big, Ugly Bill earlier this year to ban states from regulating AI. Once people realized it was there, it failed 99-1.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Reposted by Lauren Miller
The Union Veterans Council denounces the reckless and violent rhetoric from President Trump after he threatened the lives of members of Congress, including decorated veterans and intelligence officers.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Union Veterans Council denounces the reckless and violent rhetoric from President Trump after he threatened the lives of members of Congress, including decorated veterans and intelligence officers.
Other discharge petitions might be more salacious, but it is HUGE news tonight that two Republicans just got the Protect America’s Workforce Act discharge petition to 218 to restore federal workers’ union rights.
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Breaking news: The discharge petition for @golden.house.gov's bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support with 218 signatures.
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Other discharge petitions might be more salacious, but it is HUGE news tonight that two Republicans just got the Protect America’s Workforce Act discharge petition to 218 to restore federal workers’ union rights.
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Starbucks workers will strike. Solidarity!
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Starbucks workers will strike. Solidarity!
🚨 64th Union Alert!!! 🚨
Welcome, NLLPA!
Welcome, NLLPA!
By joining the AFL-CIO and our Sports Council, NLLPA lacrosse members are helping grow a powerful movement of athlete-workers who are standing up for fairness, respect and a safe workplace. A huge welcome to our 64th union and newest members! aflcio.org/press/releas...
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🚨 64th Union Alert!!! 🚨
Welcome, NLLPA!
Welcome, NLLPA!
Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
Boston mayor Michelle Wu officially claims second term, cementing dominance in city - The Boston Globe
Mayor Michelle Wu ran unopposed, presiding unchallenged over Boston politics after a year in which it seemed her true political opposition was President Trump.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
Look, I don't know how many times millennials can tell you to bring back the shops with the red cups and the lamps and the TMNT and Simpsons arcade games. It's like you don't even want Pizza Hut to succeed.
Yum Brands is evaluating strategic options for its Pizza Hut business, including a possible sale of all or parts of the struggling brand.
Yum Brands Explores Sale of Pizza Hut
The pizza chain has nearly 20,000 locations worldwide and reported declining same-store sales for several quarters.
on.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Look, I don't know how many times millennials can tell you to bring back the shops with the red cups and the lamps and the TMNT and Simpsons arcade games. It's like you don't even want Pizza Hut to succeed.
So I guess the new leadership of Vogue is a little less Murphy Brown, a little more Kathy Morningside...
Teen Vogue Is Joining Vogue.com
The transition, in which Teen Vogue will keep its unique editorial identity and mission, fortifies the evolving Vogue ecosystem.
www.vogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So I guess the new leadership of Vogue is a little less Murphy Brown, a little more Kathy Morningside...
When the courts tell you that your actions are illegal and to follow the law so that hungry kids don't starve, that isn't open to interpretation or negotiation.
Breaking news: The Trump administration will release enough funds to pay for half of November's SNAP benefits, following a court order to avoid food insecurity for nearly 42 million Americans.
Trump administration says it is paying out half of November’s SNAP benefits
The Trump administration will release enough funds to pay for half of November's SNAP benefits, following a court order to avoid food insecurity for nearly 42 million Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
When the courts tell you that your actions are illegal and to follow the law so that hungry kids don't starve, that isn't open to interpretation or negotiation.
Yes, federal workers need their paychecks. Rent is due this week.
Yes, health care workers need to save the ACA for the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on it.
Yes, construction workers' jobs and grocery workers' jobs need to stop being used as leverage.
All these things are true.
Yes, health care workers need to save the ACA for the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on it.
Yes, construction workers' jobs and grocery workers' jobs need to stop being used as leverage.
All these things are true.
The Trump administration is trying to pit working people against working people.
Federal workers. Health care workers. Construction workers. Food service workers.
People who will go broke without a paycheck vs. people who will go bankrupt with insurance premiums.
Federal workers. Health care workers. Construction workers. Food service workers.
People who will go broke without a paycheck vs. people who will go bankrupt with insurance premiums.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yes, federal workers need their paychecks. Rent is due this week.
Yes, health care workers need to save the ACA for the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on it.
Yes, construction workers' jobs and grocery workers' jobs need to stop being used as leverage.
All these things are true.
Yes, health care workers need to save the ACA for the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on it.
Yes, construction workers' jobs and grocery workers' jobs need to stop being used as leverage.
All these things are true.
Reposted by Lauren Miller
The Trump administration is trying to pit working people against working people.
Federal workers. Health care workers. Construction workers. Food service workers.
People who will go broke without a paycheck vs. people who will go bankrupt with insurance premiums.
Federal workers. Health care workers. Construction workers. Food service workers.
People who will go broke without a paycheck vs. people who will go bankrupt with insurance premiums.
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Trump administration is trying to pit working people against working people.
Federal workers. Health care workers. Construction workers. Food service workers.
People who will go broke without a paycheck vs. people who will go bankrupt with insurance premiums.
Federal workers. Health care workers. Construction workers. Food service workers.
People who will go broke without a paycheck vs. people who will go bankrupt with insurance premiums.
(But mostly the Dodgers.) 💙
Good luck to our MLBPA union brothers on the Dodgers and @bluejays.com as they start the World Series tonight.
Play ball, and solidarity forever!
Play ball, and solidarity forever!
October 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
(But mostly the Dodgers.) 💙
The "Let Them Eat Cake" presidency, folks.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The "Let Them Eat Cake" presidency, folks.
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We can’t believe we have to say this, but the person in charge of protecting federal workers from retaliation for whistleblowing should not be a Nazi.
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We can’t believe we have to say this, but the person in charge of protecting federal workers from retaliation for whistleblowing should not be a Nazi.
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America's unions will see you in court.
October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
America's unions will see you in court.
Today was a good day!
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Today was a good day!
“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.”
-AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
-AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
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...
![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.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23tjefyt2vhs2hqxeiooy4t4/bafkreia5h4smvfkh6scpc26lmh2pthpzpkbddrpwv57lco3otd6fax7mra@jpeg)
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“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.”
-AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
-AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
Update: We sunk your Nazi battleship.
This is Heritage Foundation Chief Economist EJ Antoni, Trump's new nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.
And THAT is his Nazi battleship wall art/Zoom background.
And THAT is his Nazi battleship wall art/Zoom background.
October 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Update: We sunk your Nazi battleship.
Reposted by Lauren Miller
Our message to the Trump administration is clear:
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Our message to the Trump administration is clear:
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Reposted by Lauren Miller
We’re glad that all of our union members at Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be back to work tomorrow. Their jobs never should have been on the line in the first place.
BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show will return to ABC's airwaves on Tuesday, the Walt Disney Company says.
Jimmy Kimmel's show returning on Tuesday, ABC announces
The network pulled the show after the Federal Communications Commission chair threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses after the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's death.
nbcnews.to
September 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We’re glad that all of our union members at Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be back to work tomorrow. Their jobs never should have been on the line in the first place.