A Good, Viable Option: What Working People Are Doing This Week
A Good, Viable Option: What Working People Are Doing This Week
Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here’s a look at the broad range of activities we’re engaged in this week.
Actors’ Equity:Each month, Equity shares the names of recently deceased members in order to honor their passing and pay our respects. You may read about the losses in our community reported to Equity for December 2024 on the member portal. https://t.co/Thk13wPbgB pic.twitter.com/oUsOdXSCu9— Actors’ Equity (@ActorsEquity) January 3, 2025AFGE:The AFGE Council of Prison Locals has filed an unfair labor practice against the Bureau of Prisons for violating the labor-management agreement by closing 7 prisons without warning or consultation with our union.Here’s what you need to know ⬇https://t.co/xLNUIh8cXL— AFGE (@AFGENational) January 6, 2025AFSCME:Congratulations to the staff at University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who this fall voted to join Local 590, Penn Libraries United. https://t.co/wAXjxWTjRB— AFSCME (@AFSCME) January 7, 2025Alliance for Retired Americans:ICYMI: The Social Security Fairness Act is now law and WEP/GPO is finally repealed! https://t.co/E4qqH6hoDB https://t.co/xX713mrYFR— Alliance for Retired Americans (@ActiveRetirees) January 6, 2025Amalgamated Transit Union:We welcome our newest members at Local 741-London, ON, to our ATU family. #ATUStrongerTogether https://t.co/Pq4w7QKNg8— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) January 7, 2025American Federation of Teachers:#Jan6 pic.twitter.com/RLPHKkPdpr— AFT (@AFTunion) January 7, 2025American Postal Workers Union:APWU members: USPS will observe the National Day of Remembrance for President Jimmy Carter. Many employees will receive administrative leave in addition to the normal pay provisions. Details: https://t.co/D90mhDYBXy— The American Postal Workers Union – APWU (@APWUnational) January 6, 2025Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month. We can take a stand against human trafficking by recommitting ourselves to end it on our planes. As Flight Attendants, we are uniquely positioned to identify human traffickers and assist their victims. pic.twitter.com/ETfgLRc4Xl— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) January 6, 2025Boilermakers:Scholarship Season is here #Boilermakers 🎓 The 2025 Boilermaker International Scholarship application is now open! IBB awards up to $100,000 worth of scholarships to dependents of members in Canada and the U.S. Apply now! https://t.co/kNxYX1Qhou pic.twitter.com/JU2MmgY7x3— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) January 1, 2025Bricklayers:You get out what you put in! Make sure you are regularly attending union hall meetings or you could miss out on important information!Photo Creds: @BacLocal1Sk #ItsBetterInAUnion #UnionStrong #BestHandsInTheBusiness pic.twitter.com/eSeT4PfIl7— Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union (@IUBAC) January 7, 2025Communications Workers of America:Great news! https://t.co/sn9OvelUCR— CWA (@CWAUnion) January 6, 2025Department for Professional Employees:We stand with Temple RAs and urge the administration to recognize their union! https://t.co/uFAANnHtkp— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) January 3, 2025Electrical Workers:“Women are seeing the trades, especially union trades, as a good, viable option. They have the opportunity to get paid the same as their male counterparts when performing the same work.” – Josh Sajtar, #IBEW https://t.co/5Capd42gdx— IBEW (@IBEW) January 3, 2025Heat and Frost Insulators:Senior Signing Day! ⭐️Local 19 celebrated two high school seniors who chose to pursue careers in the trades over college.🦎 Jase Whitford, Express Insulation Inc.🦎 Tyler Rogers, McDermaid Roofing and Insulating Co.Congratulations to Jase & Tyler, we look forward to your… pic.twitter.com/bwWRiX1tW3— Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) January 6, 2025Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:💼 Become a LCLAA Member in 2025! 💼Now’s the time to join the nation’s leading voice for Latino workers and their families. Memberships are open from January 1st to March 31st 2025—take action! 🔊🔥 #LCLAA #lclaamember #lclaafamily pic.twitter.com/P7t45iZ028— LCLAA (@LCLAA) January 3, 2025Labor Heritage Foundation:LHT Podcast (include Apple podcast link)Christmas in Mansfield: Joe Jencks tells us the story behind his song “Christmas in Mansfield,” where Armco locked out 620 steel workers on September 1, 1999.https://t.co/pYz6aIxP8m pic.twitter.com/6U0EgbYI8o— Labor Heritage (@LaborHeritage1) January 6, 2025Laborers:In communities across North America, Laborers are standing up to help their neighbors in need. #LaborersRising #LIUNACares #ICYM, watch our latest #ITK video on “Laborers Rising: Laborers Give Back” here: https://t.co/hCPc5OSdmU pic.twitter.com/fCXAW8P0dx— LIUNA (@LIUNA) January 7, 2025Machinists:Sending solidarity to @Culinary226 members staging strong against @VirginHotelsLV! ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 https://t.co/yMORCMjEzy— Machinists Union (@MachinistsUnion) January 6, 2025Mine Workers:Today we remember the Sago Mine Disaster of January 2, 2006, which killed 12 miners. This tragedy led to the passage of vital safety reforms, including the MINER Act. pic.twitter.com/pQqJ7QiPJD— United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) January 2, 2025Musical Artists:AGMA staging staff members are invited to connect directly w/ Jeffrey Boyd, AGMA’s new national executive director, on Jan 13, at 9PM ETover Zoom: https://t.co/XMfFhjnDHA pic.twitter.com/1vVAhtwWWD— AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) January 6, 2025National Air Traffic Controllers Association:The NATCA Reloaded Committee is excited to announce its first NATCA 101 class of 2025, which will take place on Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. EST. If you can’t make this class, there are more dates coming up in the following months. Visit https://t.co/3QJfz1orWG to sign up! pic.twitter.com/gdQkvtdfh6— NATCA (@NATCA) January 7, 2025National Association of Letter Carriers:Snow, ice, and frigid temps won’t stop letter carriers from providing exceptional service. To all postal employees, first responders, utility workers, snowplow teams, transit workers, and others keeping our communities safe and running this week, thank you for your dedication! pic.twitter.com/T0FbKHEGUN— Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) January 6, 2025National Domestic Workers Alliance:Feel good about the new year by taking care of those who care for you and your loved ones.Use @HiHemployers’ Bonus Guide to ensure you are fairly compensating domestic workers you employ, who are often excluded from yearly raises.https://t.co/fKSn0IYulK— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) January 6, 2025National Nurses United:Welcome news to start the year: @POTUS signed a bill to increase social security benefits for millions of workers, like nurses, teachers, and other public employees. https://t.co/NAzJPDgv7w— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) January 7, 2025NWSL Players Association:Sports jobs are Union jobs. https://t.co/QrDmMArjE5— NWSLPA (@nwsl_players) January 6, 2025NFL Players Association:Derek Carr passes the #CommunityMVP baton one final time this season to Raekwon Davis 🤝 pic.twitter.com/kZYULFU4kY— NFLPA (@NFLPA) January 7, 2025North America’s Building Trades Unions:North America’s Building Trades Unions call for federal action to stop the misuse of visas for the construction of TSMC’s federally funded projects.Full statement: https://t.co/PHmYCQfbG6 pic.twitter.com/r1tRMYHPq7— The Building Trades (@NABTU) January 7, 2025Office and Professional Employees:“Where Texas workers are being given dedicated organizing resources, they are winning. Meeting this moment demands a movement-wide commitment to organize in Texas, and all Southern states, that matches the will of the workers here.” https://t.co/obNsLovc3z— OPEIU | #UnionStrong (@OPEIU) January 1, 2025Plasterers and Cement Masons:Check out this video from Building Wisconsin TV, where we meet the cement masons from OPCMIA Local 599, including Business Manager Kilah Engelke and foreman Josh Tyrrell. https://t.co/Nn4EPv4H2F— OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) January 7, 2025Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:The ski shop techs of @reiunionsoho have been on ULP strike since Dec 4, fighting for health and safety. Support the workers by sending an email to management uplifting their demands at https://t.co/ETl51PtTqY! pic.twitter.com/UAkuGzB7lO— RWDSU (@RWDSU) January 7, 2025Roofers and Waterproofers:Success is no accident. It’s the result of hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, and passion for what you do. Keep pushing forward!#HardWorkPaysOff #RoofersUnion #Dedication #SuccessMindset #UnionPride #Success pic.twitter.com/O4bBYQ1I5I— Roofers Union (@roofersunion) January 7, 2025SAG-AFTRA:Auntie Mame! Mama Rose! Our 13th SAG Life Achievement Award recipient, Rosalind Russell, had an illustrious career as an actor, comedian, screenwriter and singer. What is your favorite project of Rosalind’s? Let us know below! #SAGLifeAchievement60 pic.twitter.com/ZFMJoRgNcI— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) January 7, 2025Solidarity Center:Every worker should be able to form or join a union & come together with their coworkers to bargain for better without fear of violence & harassment. We continue to stand in #solidarity with our partners @STAWU_ & their General Secretary Sticks Nkambule.#WorkerRights— Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) January 6, 2025Theatrical Stage Employees:Thanks to all of our members who participated in our Fifth Annual IATSE Holiday Photo Contest.To check out our contest winners, crew shots and honorable mentions click here: https://t.co/KCYPBi7zub— IATSE // #IASolidarity (@IATSE) January 6, 2025Transport Workers Union:Total BS. This @MTA fraudster ignores the fact that violent crime is soaring. Felony assaults were up 51.6% and murders were up233% last year compared to 2019 (January through 12/29). Such # are published in the MTA’s own committee books. Fire this GOBSHITE! @TWULocal100 https://t.co/2W2GKvIofz pic.twitter.com/d4p9LqSZu4— TWU (@transportworker) January 6, 2025Transportation Trades Department:Snow day in DC! ❄️ We’re grateful to the transportation workers and first responders who keep our cities moving in the winter weather. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/XbjuySl5yU— TTD | America’s Transportation Unions (@TTDAFLCIO) January 7, 2025UAW:”The failure of hard work to pay off in America makes our communities wobbly, our faith weak, our lives lonely, our politics toxic and our relationship with work masochistic and unsustainable.”https://t.co/YZx17kbaSv— UAW (@UAW) January 6, 2025UNITE HERE:In 2024, UNITE HERE organized more than 7,200 workers across 117 workplaces, the largest number of individual workplaces our union has ever organized in an election year. pic.twitter.com/2WwA1iZP2d— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) January 1, 2025United Food and Commercial Workers:About 1,200 members of @UFCW8 who work at 96 Rite Aid stores in Northern CA have ratified a STRONG new contract!The contract includes significant wage increases, reinstates a union-managed health care plan, & provides job protections. ➡️ https://t.co/Xm1MA2B2FD pic.twitter.com/GZZDgIX1b2— UFCW (@UFCW) January 6, 2025United Steelworkers:This year, the Solidarity Works podcast turns 5️⃣! Thank you for listening as we explore the history, challenges, and victories shaping our union. To celebrate, we’re spotlighting 5 top episodes. First up: Punching Above Our Weight.🎧Listen here: https://t.co/vpow8quTLT pic.twitter.com/gaYlQCKFzh— United Steelworkers #EverybodysUnion (@steelworkers) January 7, 2025Utility Workers:High school seniors who are the child of an active UWUA member are eligible to apply to our scholarship program. Don’t wait until the last minute! pic.twitter.com/NoOJaeQubR— UWUA National (@The_UWUA) January 7, 2025Writers Guild of America East:TODAY: Bundle up and join our @IATSE kin in solidarity as they fight for a fair contract at Atlantic Theater. #1u ⏰January 7th at 12:30pm📍NYC, 9th Ave between 19th and 20th Streets. Enter on the corner of 19th and 9th.More details and RSVP: https://t.co/yFcUfb7LXC— Writers Guild of America East (@WGAEast) January 7, 2025
Kenneth Quinnell
Fri, 01/10/2025 – 10:57
IAM Union Files Injunction to Protect Right of Striking Maryland IKEA Workers to Peacefully Assemble
The IAM Union has filed suit to protect the rights of approximately 320 striking IAM Local I460 members to peacefully assemble outside a Perryville, Md. IKEA distribution center. The suit alleges that the town’s police department, joined by town officials, issued an unconstitutional order prohibiting IAM members from intermittently crossing a public road, effectively the
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IAM Organizing Department Secures Victory at GE Healthcare in Ohio
The IAM Organizing Department recently achieved a hard-earned victory, successfully organizing 130 workers at GE Healthcare’s facility in Aurora, Ohio, an important player in the global medical technology industry. The workers at this facility, who create coils for MRI machines that transmit critical imaging signals, wanted to join a union that would allow them to
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IAM Organizing Department Secures Victory at GE Healthcare in Ohio
The IAM Organizing Department recently achieved a hard-earned victory, successfully organizing 130 workers at GE Healthcare’s facility in Aurora, Ohio, an important player in the global medical technology industry. The workers at this facility, who create coils for MRI machines that transmit critical imaging signals, wanted to join a union that would allow them to
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: 500 Duluth City Workers Reach Union Contract, Avert Strike
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: 500 Duluth City Workers Reach Union Contract, Avert Strike
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Duluth city workers reached a tentative agreement late Monday night, averting a potential strike after months of negotiations. The workers, members of AFSCME Local 66, and include snowplow drivers, inspectors and workers for utilities, libraries, parks, and gas and waterline maintenance. They voted to authorize a strike in December.“This tentative agreement is a step in the right direction for the workers who keep Duluth running,” said AFSCME Local 66 President Wendy Wohlwend. “It should not have taken months of incredibly difficult negotiations and mediation with the city — or the need for our union members to overwhelmingly reject the city’s last offer and authorize a strike — to secure a fair contract from city leadership that has proclaimed itself to be pro-union.”Terms of the agreement weren’t yet available, and will be released after the union votes whether or not to approve the contract on January 14. Union officials said the contract includes meaningful market adjustments, improvements to scheduling and workload expectations and commitments to address staffing shortages. Workers described crushing workloads with unfilled positions and mandatory overtime, including 12-hour, six-days-a-week shifts at the city’s water plant, which is undergoing repairs.
Kenneth Quinnell
Fri, 01/10/2025 – 09:15
Passage of IAM-Championed REEF Act Restores Full Railroad Unemployment, Sickness Benefits
IAM railroad members who rely on unemployment and sickness benefits are seeing a restoration of full benefits, as well as backpay to make up for previous cuts. Following a long campaign by the IAM, TCU/IAM and rail labor, Congress passed the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act in December. President Biden signed the REEF
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IAM Disaster Relief Program is Here to Help Members Affected by California Wildfires
With the wildfires in Southern California displacing people and destroying homes, the IAM is committed to providing immediate assistance and resources to help its affected members. If you’re an IAM member and suffered property damage from the fires, you can apply for assistance from the IAM Disaster Relief Fund here. To address urgent needs, the
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IP Bryant: Unions are Best Defense for Workers as New Technology Emerges
IAM International President Brian Bryant recently led an IAM delegation to the sixth annual Labor Innovation & Technology Summit in Las Vegas. The conference, co-founded by SAG-AFTRA and AFL-CIO, delivered critical strategies for addressing workers’ issues amongst the new policy landscape created by technological advancements. The IAM was one of several sponsoring unions for this
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James ‘Jimbo’ Watson Appointed IAM Western Territory Chief of Staff
IAM International President Brian Bryant has announced the appointment of International Representative James “Jimbo” Watson as Chief of Staff to Western Territory General Vice President Robert “Bobby” Martinez. The appointment was effective Jan. 1, 2025. “Jimbo Watson brings decades of experience and a lifelong passion for our union and membership to his new role as
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Join IAM CREST for Upcoming OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Training
IAM CREST is collaborating with the ICWUC Center for Worker Safety and Health to conduct a OSHA 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) program in Riverside County, Calif., from Feb. 3 to 7, 2025. This program is designed for individuals within driving distance of the training location. We have limited rooms available for
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