Liz Shuler
@lizshuler.bsky.social
President of the AFL-CIO. Oregonian. Home union IBEW. Solidarity forever! she/her #1u
Congratulations to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social members at the University of California on overwhelmingly voting to ratify their new contract!
Better pay, improved benefits and job security — it’s #BetterInAUnion!
Better pay, improved benefits and job security — it’s #BetterInAUnion!
UC Workers Ratify ‘Best Contract Yet’ After Four Strikes and 17 Months of Negotiations
The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.
www.independent.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Congratulations to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social members at the University of California on overwhelmingly voting to ratify their new contract!
Better pay, improved benefits and job security — it’s #BetterInAUnion!
Better pay, improved benefits and job security — it’s #BetterInAUnion!
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When workers have a union, they’re not standing alone. They have someone in their corner. They have a voice. They have security. That’s the union difference.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When workers have a union, they’re not standing alone. They have someone in their corner. They have a voice. They have security. That’s the union difference.
The Department of Education’s resources and funding are critical to millions of students, working families and teachers across the country.
Dismantling this agency does nothing to help kids succeed — it jeopardizes their futures. https://to.pbs.org/3LUs2xH
Dismantling this agency does nothing to help kids succeed — it jeopardizes their futures. https://to.pbs.org/3LUs2xH
Schools fear disruptions as White House begins dismantling Department of Education
Much of the Education Department’s work now will be spread across four other federal departments. For President Donald Trump, it’s a step toward fully closing the department and giving states more pow...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Department of Education’s resources and funding are critical to millions of students, working families and teachers across the country.
Dismantling this agency does nothing to help kids succeed — it jeopardizes their futures. https://to.pbs.org/3LUs2xH
Dismantling this agency does nothing to help kids succeed — it jeopardizes their futures. https://to.pbs.org/3LUs2xH
Good luck to our NWSLPA union members on the pitch during their championship game!
Soccer is #BetterInAUnion!
Soccer is #BetterInAUnion!
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good luck to our NWSLPA union members on the pitch during their championship game!
Soccer is #BetterInAUnion!
Soccer is #BetterInAUnion!
I was proud to join the Illinois Labor History Society Hall of Honor to celebrate my @ibewinternational.bsky.social brother Lonnie Stephenson, Jesse White, Larry Spivack, Cipriano Samonte and the generations of labor activists who have fought for progress, dignity and respect for all working people.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I was proud to join the Illinois Labor History Society Hall of Honor to celebrate my @ibewinternational.bsky.social brother Lonnie Stephenson, Jesse White, Larry Spivack, Cipriano Samonte and the generations of labor activists who have fought for progress, dignity and respect for all working people.
Big Tech is trying to sneak language into a giant bill to ban states from enacting AI safety laws. Workers should have protections from AI-related risks in their states.
The labor movement is urging Congress to oppose this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act.
The labor movement is urging Congress to oppose this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act.
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Big Tech is trying to sneak language into a giant bill to ban states from enacting AI safety laws. Workers should have protections from AI-related risks in their states.
The labor movement is urging Congress to oppose this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act.
The labor movement is urging Congress to oppose this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act.
Let’s call this what it is: an attack on students, teachers and working families across the country who rely on the Department of Education’s essential services.
@rweingarten.bsky.social is right — gutting the Department of Education jeopardizes our kids’ futures.
@rweingarten.bsky.social is right — gutting the Department of Education jeopardizes our kids’ futures.
What President Trump and Secretary McMahon are doing is not reform—they're abandoning the responsibility to help all students seize their potential.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...
Trump administration accelerates push to dismantle Education Department as it offloads work to other agencies | CNN Politics
The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a further dismantling of the agency by transferring much of its remaining workload to other federal agencies in a bid to convince Congress the departme...
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Let’s call this what it is: an attack on students, teachers and working families across the country who rely on the Department of Education’s essential services.
@rweingarten.bsky.social is right — gutting the Department of Education jeopardizes our kids’ futures.
@rweingarten.bsky.social is right — gutting the Department of Education jeopardizes our kids’ futures.
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Get involved, stay active, and keep your union strong.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Get involved, stay active, and keep your union strong.
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The current administration promised to lower prices – instead, they are soaring. Coffee is up 19%, beef is up 15%, and bananas are up 7%. The average household spending has increased by $700 per month.
Read more from President McCall’s latest blog: usw.org/the-empty-pr...
Read more from President McCall’s latest blog: usw.org/the-empty-pr...
The Empty Promise - United Steelworkers
Donald Trump failed to lower costs for working families, preferring instead to deny that the affordability crisis even exists.
usw.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The current administration promised to lower prices – instead, they are soaring. Coffee is up 19%, beef is up 15%, and bananas are up 7%. The average household spending has increased by $700 per month.
Read more from President McCall’s latest blog: usw.org/the-empty-pr...
Read more from President McCall’s latest blog: usw.org/the-empty-pr...
Thanks to workers, union members and allies, the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support!
Congress must overturn the Trump administration’s union-busting executive order and restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. https://bit.ly/4pnlMgd
Congress must overturn the Trump administration’s union-busting executive order and restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. https://bit.ly/4pnlMgd
House Republicans Just Broke With Trump Yet Again
Thanks to five GOP members, a House majority is now forcing a vote to block Trump from breaking federal unions.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thanks to workers, union members and allies, the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support!
Congress must overturn the Trump administration’s union-busting executive order and restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. https://bit.ly/4pnlMgd
Congress must overturn the Trump administration’s union-busting executive order and restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. https://bit.ly/4pnlMgd
It’s time to close the gender pay gap once and for all.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
The pay gap hasn’t grown like this since the ’60s. One group is holding the line: women in unions. Take a deeper look: www.afscme.org/blog/unions-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s time to close the gender pay gap once and for all.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
A union contract is how we start to balance the scales and make sure women — and all workers — get the equal pay, dignity and respect they deserve.
For more than 3 years, @pghguild.com journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fought for their contract and to stop the paper’s union-busting — and won!
I’m so proud of them. Their victory is a testament to the power of solidarity.
I’m so proud of them. Their victory is a testament to the power of solidarity.
Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings — with the a...
www.unionprogress.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
For more than 3 years, @pghguild.com journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fought for their contract and to stop the paper’s union-busting — and won!
I’m so proud of them. Their victory is a testament to the power of solidarity.
I’m so proud of them. Their victory is a testament to the power of solidarity.
We need every representative — Republican or Democrat — who supports working people to vote for the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights!
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights!
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We need every representative — Republican or Democrat — who supports working people to vote for the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights!
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights!
https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
An economy where top CEOs make 285x what workers do, and millions of working people live paycheck-to-paycheck and struggle to make ends meet? Unacceptable.
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
Nearly a quarter of U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck, report finds
The percentage of Americans just scraping by financially is rising as wage growth slows and inflation flares, Bank of America finds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
An economy where top CEOs make 285x what workers do, and millions of working people live paycheck-to-paycheck and struggle to make ends meet? Unacceptable.
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
A union contract is how working people can start to balance the scales. https://cbsn.ws/3LL0E5e
America’s unions stand in solidarity with the PHPA hockey players as they fight for a contract that ensures they get fair pay, rest and recovery periods, and the dignity and respect they deserve. https://bit.ly/484uXeq
Hockey players union calls on ECHL to settle contract dispute in letter to fans
The ECHL’s players union is calling on the league to settle a contract dispute.
In an open letter sent on Thursday to ECHL fans, the Professional Hockey ...
www.toledoblade.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
America’s unions stand in solidarity with the PHPA hockey players as they fight for a contract that ensures they get fair pay, rest and recovery periods, and the dignity and respect they deserve. https://bit.ly/484uXeq
The Trump administration’s Project 2025/DOGE agenda is cutting jobs and delaying essential services, and has cost the lives of an estimated 600,000 people around the world.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
This May Be the Cruelest, Most Senseless Thing Trump Has Done
A conversation with Atul Gawande about the human toll of the dismantling of foreign aid.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Trump administration’s Project 2025/DOGE agenda is cutting jobs and delaying essential services, and has cost the lives of an estimated 600,000 people around the world.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
DOGE should be dismantled before they do any more damage.
There’s now bipartisan majority support to bring @golden.house.gov's Protect America’s Workforce Act to the House floor for a vote NOW. It’s time to stop the Trump administration’s union-busting and restore federal workers’ union rights. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There’s now bipartisan majority support to bring @golden.house.gov's Protect America’s Workforce Act to the House floor for a vote NOW. It’s time to stop the Trump administration’s union-busting and restore federal workers’ union rights. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
We support Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas, who are taking a stand against corporate greed and union-busting.
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We support Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas, who are taking a stand against corporate greed and union-busting.
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
It was great to join state federation and central labor council organizers today for our Frontline Solidarity Convening. America’s unions are continuing to organize and mobilize - so we’re ready to defend all of our union siblings, regardless of immigration status.
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was great to join state federation and central labor council organizers today for our Frontline Solidarity Convening. America’s unions are continuing to organize and mobilize - so we’re ready to defend all of our union siblings, regardless of immigration status.
Congrats to workers at the 9:30 Club, the Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre who joined UNITE HERE Local 25 after receiving voluntary recognition! And we stand with workers doing the same with @iatse.bsky.social.
Workers are vital to D.C.’s music venues, and they’re #BetterInAUnion!
Workers are vital to D.C.’s music venues, and they’re #BetterInAUnion!
Staffers At 9:30 Club, Other Iconic D.C. Concert Venues Win Voluntary Union Recognition From IMP
Workers at the 9:30 Club and several other iconic D.C. concert venues have won union recognition from management at Independent Concert Promotions
deadline.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Congrats to workers at the 9:30 Club, the Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre who joined UNITE HERE Local 25 after receiving voluntary recognition! And we stand with workers doing the same with @iatse.bsky.social.
Workers are vital to D.C.’s music venues, and they’re #BetterInAUnion!
Workers are vital to D.C.’s music venues, and they’re #BetterInAUnion!
It was great to join For The Long Term for their D.C. Forum. When we come together and invest our pensions in smart and prudent ways, we can solve workers’ biggest challenges — from housing, to infrastructure and more — while providing for a secure retirement for all.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It was great to join For The Long Term for their D.C. Forum. When we come together and invest our pensions in smart and prudent ways, we can solve workers’ biggest challenges — from housing, to infrastructure and more — while providing for a secure retirement for all.
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Everyone deserves care. Everyone deserves to feel appreciated at work. Unions help make that possible.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Everyone deserves care. Everyone deserves to feel appreciated at work. Unions help make that possible.
President Rick Levy has been a champion for working people his entire career. His impact is immeasurable and working families will live better lives because of his leadership.
We're grateful for his service to our labor movement and congratulate him on his retirement!
We're grateful for his service to our labor movement and congratulate him on his retirement!
“The number one job of an organizer is to organize yourself out of a job.”
Rick’s work as Texas AFL-CIO President is done, and he’s passing on the baton.
As Leonard and Lorraine step in to lead, Rick knows the Texas labor movement is in capable hands.
Solidarity forever! ✊🏽
Rick’s work as Texas AFL-CIO President is done, and he’s passing on the baton.
As Leonard and Lorraine step in to lead, Rick knows the Texas labor movement is in capable hands.
Solidarity forever! ✊🏽
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
President Rick Levy has been a champion for working people his entire career. His impact is immeasurable and working families will live better lives because of his leadership.
We're grateful for his service to our labor movement and congratulate him on his retirement!
We're grateful for his service to our labor movement and congratulate him on his retirement!
America’s unions stand with @sbworkersunited.org today as they strike at corporate stores across the country.
We urge CEO Brian Niccol and Starbucks corporate executives to do right by the workers and negotiate a long-overdue fair contract. https://bit.ly/4qZkRnP
We urge CEO Brian Niccol and Starbucks corporate executives to do right by the workers and negotiate a long-overdue fair contract. https://bit.ly/4qZkRnP
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
America’s unions stand with @sbworkersunited.org today as they strike at corporate stores across the country.
We urge CEO Brian Niccol and Starbucks corporate executives to do right by the workers and negotiate a long-overdue fair contract. https://bit.ly/4qZkRnP
We urge CEO Brian Niccol and Starbucks corporate executives to do right by the workers and negotiate a long-overdue fair contract. https://bit.ly/4qZkRnP
I’ve stood with @apwu.bsky.social President Mark Dimondstein in collective bargaining fights and at rallies. He’s a champion not just for postal workers but ALL workers.
It’s been an honor to work with him. I look forward to working with President Smith to fight for postal workers!
It’s been an honor to work with him. I look forward to working with President Smith to fight for postal workers!
WATCH: Mark Dimondstein, the outgoing president of APWU delivered a farewell message to members, reflecting on over a decade of labor victories and preparing the union for new leadership under President-Elect Jonathan Smith.
youtu.be/nWCurvWC1xw
youtu.be/nWCurvWC1xw
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Says Goodbye
In APWU Pres. Mark Dimondstein's final video address, he looks back at the work members accomplished together, and forward to the fight ahead.
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I’ve stood with @apwu.bsky.social President Mark Dimondstein in collective bargaining fights and at rallies. He’s a champion not just for postal workers but ALL workers.
It’s been an honor to work with him. I look forward to working with President Smith to fight for postal workers!
It’s been an honor to work with him. I look forward to working with President Smith to fight for postal workers!