Emma Trittin
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Update: Florida bill that would have replaced immigrant labor with child labor has died in state senate www.newsweek.com/florida-plan...
Florida's plan to replace migrant workers with children falls apart
Senate Bill 918 would have relaxed restrictions on working hours for Florida teenagers.
www.newsweek.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Update: Florida bill that would have replaced immigrant labor with child labor has died in state senate www.newsweek.com/florida-plan...
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Musk’s departure from DOGE doesn’t erase the harm: 260,000 federal workers fired, $135B cost to taxpayers, vital services slashed. Workers fought back and forced accountability. Now, Musk’s access and data handling must be audited, and DOGE must be dismantled.
AFL-CIO President on Elon Musk’s Official Departure (Maybe?) from DOGE | AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to Elon Musk saying he is leaving DOGE but also holding a press conference with President Donald Trump, who said, “[Elon] will a...
aflcio.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Musk’s departure from DOGE doesn’t erase the harm: 260,000 federal workers fired, $135B cost to taxpayers, vital services slashed. Workers fought back and forced accountability. Now, Musk’s access and data handling must be audited, and DOGE must be dismantled.
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Job Corps prepares students for the workforce by teaching them the skills they need, putting them on the path to good union jobs.
Job Corps students are the future. Pausing the program puts them and future jobs in the trades in jeopardy.
Job Corps students are the future. Pausing the program puts them and future jobs in the trades in jeopardy.
May 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Job Corps prepares students for the workforce by teaching them the skills they need, putting them on the path to good union jobs.
Job Corps students are the future. Pausing the program puts them and future jobs in the trades in jeopardy.
Job Corps students are the future. Pausing the program puts them and future jobs in the trades in jeopardy.
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The proposed FY 26 budget has dropped for DOL and **spoiler alert** it's a big FU to workers. The total amount requested is about a 1/3 decrease from current funding levels.
Keep reading for the highlights ...
Keep reading for the highlights ...
FY 2026 Budget
www.dol.gov
May 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The proposed FY 26 budget has dropped for DOL and **spoiler alert** it's a big FU to workers. The total amount requested is about a 1/3 decrease from current funding levels.
Keep reading for the highlights ...
Keep reading for the highlights ...
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🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them!
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
![YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
What Federal Employees Should Know about Reductions in Force (RIFs)
Your Rights
Generally speaking, for non-SES, executive-branch employees, your agency must:
● Provide 60 day’ advance notice of a RIF (though that can be reduced to 30 days based
on “not reasonably foreseeable circumstances.”) 5 C.F.R. § 351.801.
● For any bargaining-unit employees, provide the union with at least 60 days’ notice of any
RIFs, and more if a collective-bargaining agreement requires it
● Set a “competitive area” defining the organizational unit being cut and a “competitive
level” defining the types of jobs being cut; RIFs must target positions, not people.
● Make a “retention list” that ranks workers based on their tenure, veterans preference,
length of service, performance, and other criteria to decide who is terminated.
● Provide these rights to probationary employees as well as non-probationary employees.
● Provide severance pay: 1 week of pay for years of civilian service, 2 weeks for years >
10, plus an increase if you’re over 40
● Allow employees whose functions are transferred to a different competitive area to
transfer to those jobs
What To Do
● Before RIF Notice: Organize your coworkers, discuss strategies with them, keep your
union informed, download your eOPF folder, and consider what allies you can gather to
fight on your and your coworkers’ behalf.
● When you get a RIF Notice:
○ Ask the person who sent you the RIF notice and your HR representative in
writing for the retention register and check it thoroughly. Here is sample language
that you can use:
■ “Hi, my name is [NAME]. I just received a Reduction in Force notice,
dated [DATE]. Please send me the retention register that the Department
of Labor has compiled that applies to my competitive area and
competitive level immediately, along with any other information to which I
am entitled under 5 C.F.R. Section 351.505.
○ If they don’t give the retention register to you, FOIA it …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7ih5hnishq4ccdmqmb4ot7o/bafkreignwj2v5zstyj6zmlo6lxpklzrirs56txl6qgza5raizhkgyjx5iu@jpeg)
![date of [DATE YOU RECEIVED RIF NOTICE] and an effective date of[DATE NOTICE SAYS RIF IS EFFECTIVE]. In particular, I would like to
receive any retention registers compiled for the Reduction in Force for which I received the attached notice. Please provide this information as soon as possible. For bargaining unit employees, file grievances over any failure to inform the union, lack of notice, placing employees on administrative leave without cause, or mistakes in the retention register.
● After RIF Notice: Challenge errors before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
or via union grievance. Continue to come to work if they have RIF’d you unlawfully.
Stay in touch with your colleagues.
Additional Resources
● Reductions in Force (RIFs): An Overview (QR code below)
● Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network (QR code below)
● How to Seek Compensation for Mental Health Conditions caused or aggravated by a
Federal Employer - CFPB Union (QR code below)
YOU ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH!
As long as you speak in your personal capacity about a matter of public concern and your
speech does not interfere with your job, you can generally say what you want. Click the last QR
code above for a presentation explaining federal employee free speech rights.
● Your union representatives](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j7ih5hnishq4ccdmqmb4ot7o/bafkreihhy4m6oxpikownyvu5mo2bxgvxx6gyx2iuxsuih4qwbipiriltii@jpeg)
May 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🚨 We want to get this flyer out to DOL employees who have been RIFed but many of them are on administrative leave instead of in the building. If you know any feds who need this info, please share it with them!
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
Important info on what to do after receiving a RIF notice (alt text included) ⬇️⬇️
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Wondering what you can do to build support for a general strike? Here are some basics.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Wondering what you can do to build support for a general strike? Here are some basics.
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“Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home!” Unions know that attacks on immigrants are anti-worker. The current attacks are illegal, unconstitutional abuses of power. Worker power over abuse of power. Read the story from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social
Labor Goes All In for Kilmar
Unions marked May Day with support for the Maryland man wrongly sent to El Salvador.
www.thebulwark.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home!” Unions know that attacks on immigrants are anti-worker. The current attacks are illegal, unconstitutional abuses of power. Worker power over abuse of power. Read the story from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social
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385 American workers die every day due to dangerous working conditions, according to the @aflcio.org.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and is planning to shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and is planning to shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
April 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
385 American workers die every day due to dangerous working conditions, according to the @aflcio.org.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and is planning to shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and is planning to shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
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Former Acting Secretary @juliesulabor.bsky.social has a message for current DOL leadership:
"If you’re so afraid your employees are going to reveal the horrible things you’re doing, stop doing them."
"If you’re so afraid your employees are going to reveal the horrible things you’re doing, stop doing them."
Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor
Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.
prospect.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Former Acting Secretary @juliesulabor.bsky.social has a message for current DOL leadership:
"If you’re so afraid your employees are going to reveal the horrible things you’re doing, stop doing them."
"If you’re so afraid your employees are going to reveal the horrible things you’re doing, stop doing them."
“To those bosses: If you're so afraid your employees are going to reveal the horrible things you're doing, stop doing them.” - Julie Su
New from former labor sec @juliesulabor.bsky.social. Trump & Musk's brutal campaign to silence and purge public servants has hit a new low—DOL staff are now banned from even informal conversations about agency abuses.
This is authoritarianism in action.
This is authoritarianism in action.
Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor
Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.
prospect.org
April 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“To those bosses: If you're so afraid your employees are going to reveal the horrible things you're doing, stop doing them.” - Julie Su
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NEWS: West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley, who is suffering from the early stages of black lung disease, is suing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the admin’s misguided and harmful gutting of the NIOSH facility in Morgantown, WV westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/23/j...
Judge sets May 7 hearing for NIOSH case • West Virginia Watch
U.S. District Judge Irene Berger has scheduled a hearing against Health and Human Services Secretary over federal cuts affecting NIOSH.
westvirginiawatch.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NEWS: West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley, who is suffering from the early stages of black lung disease, is suing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the admin’s misguided and harmful gutting of the NIOSH facility in Morgantown, WV westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/23/j...
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Goddam. Go Harry.
April 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Goddam. Go Harry.
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Egan, thank you for your phenomenal work & beautiful words. During my time at DOL, I got to say the words you wrote and rely on the intelligence & compassion you brought, especially on Jobs Day at 7:45a. You made me — and our country — better. What a profound privilege it was to work alongside you.
April 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Egan, thank you for your phenomenal work & beautiful words. During my time at DOL, I got to say the words you wrote and rely on the intelligence & compassion you brought, especially on Jobs Day at 7:45a. You made me — and our country — better. What a profound privilege it was to work alongside you.
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NEW: A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business.
Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences”
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s chief of staff issued the warning as department employees have spoken to the news media about harms they see resulting from the dismantling of their agency,…
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business.
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🧵 I’ve submitted my resignation, and my 14+-year career at the U.S. Department of Labor is over.
I’ll save my anger for later. I’m one of thousands, not special, but I want to say how grateful I am for the profound and precious place I’m leaving.
I’ll save my anger for later. I’m one of thousands, not special, but I want to say how grateful I am for the profound and precious place I’m leaving.
April 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🧵 I’ve submitted my resignation, and my 14+-year career at the U.S. Department of Labor is over.
I’ll save my anger for later. I’m one of thousands, not special, but I want to say how grateful I am for the profound and precious place I’m leaving.
I’ll save my anger for later. I’m one of thousands, not special, but I want to say how grateful I am for the profound and precious place I’m leaving.
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🗓️🚨 MONDAY, APRIL 14
If you care about workers and you want to do something to help, please join us at the Labor Department in D.C. at 12.
We humbly beg for your support in the wake of Fork 2.0 and the likelihood of massive RIFs. There is still time to save critical services but we have to act NOW.
If you care about workers and you want to do something to help, please join us at the Labor Department in D.C. at 12.
We humbly beg for your support in the wake of Fork 2.0 and the likelihood of massive RIFs. There is still time to save critical services but we have to act NOW.
April 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🗓️🚨 MONDAY, APRIL 14
If you care about workers and you want to do something to help, please join us at the Labor Department in D.C. at 12.
We humbly beg for your support in the wake of Fork 2.0 and the likelihood of massive RIFs. There is still time to save critical services but we have to act NOW.
If you care about workers and you want to do something to help, please join us at the Labor Department in D.C. at 12.
We humbly beg for your support in the wake of Fork 2.0 and the likelihood of massive RIFs. There is still time to save critical services but we have to act NOW.
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“I feel much better now.”
—nobody
—nobody
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“I feel much better now.”
—nobody
—nobody
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Elon Musk is preparing to gut the Department of Labor. This is not about eliminating waste, fraud and abuse, it’s about dismantling government and weakening institutions that enforce the rule of law.
I outlined just how damaging this will be because we can’t let it happen. (🧵4/4)
I outlined just how damaging this will be because we can’t let it happen. (🧵4/4)
April 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Elon Musk is preparing to gut the Department of Labor. This is not about eliminating waste, fraud and abuse, it’s about dismantling government and weakening institutions that enforce the rule of law.
I outlined just how damaging this will be because we can’t let it happen. (🧵4/4)
I outlined just how damaging this will be because we can’t let it happen. (🧵4/4)
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For many of these workers and employers, the Department of Labor is the agency in the federal government that says, “Not on my watch.” (🧵3/4)
April 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
For many of these workers and employers, the Department of Labor is the agency in the federal government that says, “Not on my watch.” (🧵3/4)
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Too many get paid less than they earned, get injured on the job, do their level best to save for retirement and then find that those benefits aren’t there. And for businesses who play by the rules, too many find that when their competitors cut corners, they’re put at an unfair disadvantage. (🧵2/4)
April 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Too many get paid less than they earned, get injured on the job, do their level best to save for retirement and then find that those benefits aren’t there. And for businesses who play by the rules, too many find that when their competitors cut corners, they’re put at an unfair disadvantage. (🧵2/4)
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Too many working people struggle just to get by. Too many people work full-time, year-round and still can’t afford the basics, much less live a life of real security and comfort, while others want a good job and can’t find one. (🧵1/4) #workers #union
What Cuts to the Department of Labor Will Mean for You
Imagine this: Thirteen-year-old children working the night shift cleaning the kill floors of meatpacking plants, their small hands barely able to hold the
tcf.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM