Bart S
@bartjs.bsky.social
Aspiring union lawyer and unabashed Knicks fan
Welcome good news! Union workers @AFLCIO forced a House vote soon on the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Discharge petitions don’t happen every day. Now we need to win the vote. Workers and union legislative staff made this happen. #1u
Discharge petitions don’t happen every day. Now we need to win the vote. Workers and union legislative staff made this happen. #1u
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Welcome good news! Union workers @AFLCIO forced a House vote soon on the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Discharge petitions don’t happen every day. Now we need to win the vote. Workers and union legislative staff made this happen. #1u
Discharge petitions don’t happen every day. Now we need to win the vote. Workers and union legislative staff made this happen. #1u
Philly transit workers authorized a strike at SEPTA. As the kid of two MTA train operators, this is family business ✊🏾.
TWU Local 234 reps 5,000 bus, subway, and trolley operators - with no contract now.
Workers making clear they need to address sick pay in any contract.
6abc.com/post/septa-u...
TWU Local 234 reps 5,000 bus, subway, and trolley operators - with no contract now.
Workers making clear they need to address sick pay in any contract.
6abc.com/post/septa-u...
SEPTA union workers vote to authorize strike as negotiations continue
Among those union workers are those responsible for manning buses, trains and trolleys.
6abc.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Philly transit workers authorized a strike at SEPTA. As the kid of two MTA train operators, this is family business ✊🏾.
TWU Local 234 reps 5,000 bus, subway, and trolley operators - with no contract now.
Workers making clear they need to address sick pay in any contract.
6abc.com/post/septa-u...
TWU Local 234 reps 5,000 bus, subway, and trolley operators - with no contract now.
Workers making clear they need to address sick pay in any contract.
6abc.com/post/septa-u...
SCOTUS declined to review a $22M FLSA verdict affirming that time spent donning/doffing protective gear is compensable work time. A huge win for workplace safety and fair pay.
www.law360.co.uk/articles/240...
www.law360.co.uk/articles/240...
Justices Skip Battery Maker's Challenge To $22M Wage Verdict - Law360 UK
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't review a $22 million verdict for workers claiming they were owed pay for changing in and out of protective gear before and after shifts, shelving the questi...
www.law360.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
SCOTUS declined to review a $22M FLSA verdict affirming that time spent donning/doffing protective gear is compensable work time. A huge win for workplace safety and fair pay.
www.law360.co.uk/articles/240...
www.law360.co.uk/articles/240...
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are fighting unprecedented corporate greed—their CEO makes 6,666x what an average worker makes. It’s time that Starbucks gives their workers dignity, respect and their fair share of the profits THEY create. #NationalCoffeeDay
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are fighting unprecedented corporate greed—their CEO makes 6,666x what an average worker makes. It’s time that Starbucks gives their workers dignity, respect and their fair share of the profits THEY create. #NationalCoffeeDay
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Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
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Huge congrats to the PetSmart workers in East Hartford, the first in Connecticut to unionize! They've joined UFCW to demand better pay, safety, and respect. More PetSmart stores are joining the union wave. This is what momentum looks like.
First PetSmart workers in Connecticut vote to unionize, seek contract talks
Workers at the PetSmart store in East Hartford have voted to unionize, the retailer’s first group of Connecticut-based employees to take that action.
www.registercitizen.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Huge congrats to the PetSmart workers in East Hartford, the first in Connecticut to unionize! They've joined UFCW to demand better pay, safety, and respect. More PetSmart stores are joining the union wave. This is what momentum looks like.
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AFA Hawaiian Flight Attendants voted 88% to ratify a Contract Extension. The two-year agreement provides pay increases, retirement improvements, improved profit-sharing, and more.
Read the press release: www.afacwa.org/hawaiian_rat...
Read the press release: www.afacwa.org/hawaiian_rat...
April 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AFA Hawaiian Flight Attendants voted 88% to ratify a Contract Extension. The two-year agreement provides pay increases, retirement improvements, improved profit-sharing, and more.
Read the press release: www.afacwa.org/hawaiian_rat...
Read the press release: www.afacwa.org/hawaiian_rat...
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United CEO Scott Kirby received an 83% raise last year for a total compensation of *$33.9 million* in 2024. Yep, you read that right. Meanwhile United AFA Flight Attendants haven’t had a raise since COVID.
Quick thread on Kirby’s sky-high pay. (1/4)
Quick thread on Kirby’s sky-high pay. (1/4)
April 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
United CEO Scott Kirby received an 83% raise last year for a total compensation of *$33.9 million* in 2024. Yep, you read that right. Meanwhile United AFA Flight Attendants haven’t had a raise since COVID.
Quick thread on Kirby’s sky-high pay. (1/4)
Quick thread on Kirby’s sky-high pay. (1/4)
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As a Satellite high alum I am proud that this teacher respected her student’s wishes. Terminating her is abhorrent. Can’t say I’m surprised based on my time in that community.
Schools should be a safe and welcoming place for students to learn. That is what this teacher did, a beloved teacher with a stellar record and she got fired for it. We stand with her. www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
Florida teacher loses job for calling student by ‘preferred’ name
Thousands are signing a petition to try to help a teacher get her job back at Satellite High School.
Brevard Public Schools said it isn’t renewing Melissa Calhoun’s contract for next year because she ...
www.clickorlando.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
As a Satellite high alum I am proud that this teacher respected her student’s wishes. Terminating her is abhorrent. Can’t say I’m surprised based on my time in that community.
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Another perfect Fullcast
Kevin Harlan: "Tonight, the NBA on TNT is brought to you by the new crispy tenders at CarMax. What? Wait a minute, hold on. Are they serving tenders with cars? We just had the marriage of two different sponsors and it was UGLY." 😂
April 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Another perfect Fullcast
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
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NEW: 2024 union filings are in from a host of unions, here is the data on membership changes so far:
@seiu.org +101,000
@afscme.bsky.social +40,000
@unitehere.org +31,000
UFCW +18,000
@weareliuna.bsky.social +7,000
@uaw.org +5,000
@iuoe.bsky.social +4,000
@smart-union.bsky.social +4,000
@seiu.org +101,000
@afscme.bsky.social +40,000
@unitehere.org +31,000
UFCW +18,000
@weareliuna.bsky.social +7,000
@uaw.org +5,000
@iuoe.bsky.social +4,000
@smart-union.bsky.social +4,000
March 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: 2024 union filings are in from a host of unions, here is the data on membership changes so far:
@seiu.org +101,000
@afscme.bsky.social +40,000
@unitehere.org +31,000
UFCW +18,000
@weareliuna.bsky.social +7,000
@uaw.org +5,000
@iuoe.bsky.social +4,000
@smart-union.bsky.social +4,000
@seiu.org +101,000
@afscme.bsky.social +40,000
@unitehere.org +31,000
UFCW +18,000
@weareliuna.bsky.social +7,000
@uaw.org +5,000
@iuoe.bsky.social +4,000
@smart-union.bsky.social +4,000
1. SlaughterHouse United might be the best union name.
2. @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social should voluntarily recognize the union.
3. If the DC Alamo was union I would def choose it over other theaters around here.
2. @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social should voluntarily recognize the union.
3. If the DC Alamo was union I would def choose it over other theaters around here.
BREAKING: The Slaughter Lane Alamo in Austin, TX files letter of recognition to unionize with @uaw.union.
NYC Alamo United stands in solidarity with our new comrades at SlaughterHouse United!!
Full statement in 🧵
NYC Alamo United stands in solidarity with our new comrades at SlaughterHouse United!!
Full statement in 🧵
March 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
1. SlaughterHouse United might be the best union name.
2. @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social should voluntarily recognize the union.
3. If the DC Alamo was union I would def choose it over other theaters around here.
2. @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social should voluntarily recognize the union.
3. If the DC Alamo was union I would def choose it over other theaters around here.
VW should uphold its supposed policy of neutrality instead of circumventing the bargaining process. UAW’s historic contract win in TN was always going to kick off a tough contract fight but shitty to see VW undermining its workers’ voice and breaking the law.
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
VW cuts production in Tennessee, UAW files unfair labor practice charges
The United Auto Workers union said on Thursday it filed unfair labor practice charges against Volkswagen , as the automaker cut jobs at a factory in Tennessee where the union is negotiating its first contract after winning an election there last year.
www.reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
VW should uphold its supposed policy of neutrality instead of circumventing the bargaining process. UAW’s historic contract win in TN was always going to kick off a tough contract fight but shitty to see VW undermining its workers’ voice and breaking the law.
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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Good morning to everyone who celebrates ground bee emergence season.
March 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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In Dallas and had a burger so good that, against my better judgement, I need to publicly post a food picture. Restaurant is called Fond. No notes.
March 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In Dallas and had a burger so good that, against my better judgement, I need to publicly post a food picture. Restaurant is called Fond. No notes.
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Every co-worker interaction:
Pretty much fine, you know? (new comic inspired by <gestures at everything>)
March 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Every co-worker interaction:
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when the first PC Richards whistle of the year hits your ears 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌 THAT'S SPRING BABY
March 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
when the first PC Richards whistle of the year hits your ears 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌 THAT'S SPRING BABY
Regardless of views, everyone should be pissed about efforts to silence student protests. The Trump admin's attempt to strong-arm Columbia threatens both academic freedom and peaceful assembly. Thankful AFT and AAUP are fighting.
www.aaup.org/news/faculty...
www.aaup.org/news/faculty...
Faculty Unions Sue Trump Administration: No Halting Science Research to Suppress Speech
The AAUP and the AFT today sued the Trump administration on behalf of our members for unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding for crucial public health research in an attempt to force C...
www.aaup.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Regardless of views, everyone should be pissed about efforts to silence student protests. The Trump admin's attempt to strong-arm Columbia threatens both academic freedom and peaceful assembly. Thankful AFT and AAUP are fighting.
www.aaup.org/news/faculty...
www.aaup.org/news/faculty...
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This is so terrifying. I can’t even watch it. Like a horror movie
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is so terrifying. I can’t even watch it. Like a horror movie
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SCOOP: I'm hearing from union folks that FMCS mediators are being put on admin leave and are having to cancel negotiation sessions because the Trump admin is currently closing the department down. Anyone hearing the same or able to confirm?
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
SCOOP: I'm hearing from union folks that FMCS mediators are being put on admin leave and are having to cancel negotiation sessions because the Trump admin is currently closing the department down. Anyone hearing the same or able to confirm?
Trump / Musk attacks on federal workers is clearly meant to hurt both workers of color and union members. The federal government has historically done better by both. This is the point of their plan.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Federal jobs were seen as a gateway to the middle class for Black America, then came DOGE
As the nation’s largest employer, the federal government has been more welcoming to Black workers than the private sector.
www.usatoday.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump / Musk attacks on federal workers is clearly meant to hurt both workers of color and union members. The federal government has historically done better by both. This is the point of their plan.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Congrats to these workers and the Bloomington-Normal Trades and Labor Assembly (BNTLA) for this win! That’s seven union stores now.
📚✊ A new chapter for bookstore workers!
Barnes & Noble workers in New York & Illinois have won their first union contracts with our affiliate @rwdsu.bsky.social securing better wages, job protections & safer workplaces.
🎉 Congratulations on this historic victory for booksellers & baristas!
Barnes & Noble workers in New York & Illinois have won their first union contracts with our affiliate @rwdsu.bsky.social securing better wages, job protections & safer workplaces.
🎉 Congratulations on this historic victory for booksellers & baristas!
March 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Congrats to these workers and the Bloomington-Normal Trades and Labor Assembly (BNTLA) for this win! That’s seven union stores now.