Let Us Work: In the States Roundup
Let Us Work: In the States Roundup
It’s time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state federations on X.
Alaska AFL-CIO:Yesterday, @NALC_National Local 4319 here in Alaska said “HELL NO” to any attempt from Trump to privatize the USPS. Hundreds of letter carriers and union siblings showed up to protect the government institution that has been around longer than our Constitution. #FightLikeHell pic.twitter.com/sV0kzHmjfV— Alaska AFL-CIO (@AKAFLCIO) March 24, 2025Arizona AFL-CIO:Over 1,000 garment workers are demanding @Nike give them the recognition and pay they deserve. We stand with them. #SeeUsNike. @johnwrogers @peterblairhenry @michelleapeluso https://t.co/xdZZsJUiCT— Arizona AFL-CIO (@ArizonaAFLCIO) March 21, 2025California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO:Workers have the right to organize. Period. This right – of free assembly, to organize, to form a union and to collectively bargain – is enshrined in law under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), as well as in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and California… pic.twitter.com/bFOKDkGpqQ— California Federation of Labor Unions (@CaliforniaLabor) March 24, 2025Colorado AFL-CIO:Solidarity with our AFGE workers! Please join AFGE Local 3607 tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26th, 12-1pm at 1550 Wewatta Street, Denver to rally against the Trump administration’s extensive and brutal attacks on federal workers’ job security and livelihoods ✊ pic.twitter.com/koDZ9Ke6W8— Colorado AFL-CIO ✊ (@AFLCIOCO) March 25, 2025Connecticut AFL-CIO:CT AFL-CIO President @EHawthorne3 testifying today on the need to make our tax structure more equitable:”We all know there’s two Connecticuts – one for the rich, one for the poor.” pic.twitter.com/rVAx5ciqXn— Connecticut AFL-CIO (@ConnAFLCIO) March 24, 2025Illinois AFL-CIO:Marisa Richards, Director of Outreach and Engagement for the @GoIUPAT DC 30, joined the @AWFUnionPodcast to discuss her efforts in diversifying union membership and introducing the next generation to the trades at an early age.Listen here:https://t.co/40mSrW79ig pic.twitter.com/mWSEhv57o3— Illinois AFL-CIO (@ILAFLCIO) March 25, 2025Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO:Senator @ChuckGrassley and his staff tried to keep his “town hall” in Hampton today quiet by not publishing it, but word got out. This is the overflow of people who couldn’t get into the event. People are sick and tired of the Trump/Musk agenda! @AFLCIO pic.twitter.com/47QMVskUea— Iowa AFL-CIO ✊ (@IowaAFLCIO) March 21, 2025Kentucky State AFL-CIO:Stand up. Fight back. Walk-in!This morning, union members and community allies stood alongside educators and students during walk-ins across Kentucky, showing up to defend public schools and the people who make them strong. Watch out for more walk-ins through March 21 ✊ pic.twitter.com/QObp1tVUGR— Kentucky AFL-CIO (@aflcioky) March 19, 2025Maine AFL-CIO:Nurses and allies today marched into @SenatorCollins office to deliver a message loud & clear: Stand up for Maine People. Hands Off Medicaid! @NationalNurses pic.twitter.com/FMWj6CGFyq— Maine AFL-CIO (@MEAFLCIO) March 20, 2025Massachusetts AFL-CIO:Proud to stand with @RaiseUpMA in calling for billionaire global corporations to pay their fair share. #mapoliGroup behind ‘millionaire’s tax’ calls for tax on ‘billionaire’ corporations https://t.co/oXPolgbwNg— Massachusetts AFL-CIO (@massaflcio) March 25, 2025Michigan State AFL-CIO:How can you be patriotic when putting veterans’ benefits on the chopping block?You can’t.Join us on Sat., March 29th in Ann Arbor to tell the draft-dodger in chief and Musk to put VA workers over billionaires. 🇺🇸✊RSVP here: https://t.co/lAS8DyeJQC pic.twitter.com/Xh3GsK9kHW— Michigan AFL-CIO ✊ (@MIAFLCIO) March 24, 2025Minnesota AFL-CIO:“We went into medicine because we want to take care of people, but at the heart of it, we just don’t think that great patient care should have to come at the expense of our well-being,” said Dr. Sofia Haile, a family medicine resident. #BetterInAUnion https://t.co/dCAw32KEOr— Minnesota AFL-CIO (@MNAFLCIO) March 24, 2025Missouri AFL-CIO:Join us this Saturday, March 29th, for a Solidarity Rally in support of federal #Workers who have been impacted by recent federal cuts and power grabs! #Solidarity #1u #UnionStrong pic.twitter.com/ayVDklQxM9— Missouri AFL-CIO (@MOAFLCIO) March 24, 2025Nevada State AFL-CIO:NALC branches hosted a rally yesterday to say: “Hell NO!” to dismantling the Postal Service.President Trump & Elon Musk need to keep their Hands off USPS! pic.twitter.com/4V7TYqbWZo— Nevada State AFL-CIO // Pass the #PROAct (@NVAFLCIO) March 25, 2025New York State AFL-CIO:In 2023, women in NY earned 87 cents on the dollar compared to men according to a recent report by @NYSComptroller. The gender pay gap is unjust, and New York’s union movement will never stop fighting to close it. #EqualPayDay pic.twitter.com/v1v1DKi9Rb— NYS AFL-CIO // #UnionStrong (@NYSAFLCIO) March 25, 2025North Carolina State AFL-CIO:But seriously, @SenThomTillis, if it’s money you need to show up, we’ve got five on it. 😜 Protestors gather outside NC Sen. Thom Tillis 2026 campaign fundraiser in Raleigh https://t.co/qXXUKLkyEL via @WNCN #1u— NC State AFL-CIO (@ncstateaflcio.bsky.social) (@NCStateAFLCIO) March 21, 2025Ohio AFL-CIO:A few months ago, the #dropkickmurphys recorded a video in #Solidarity with the @ohiou faculty who were forming their #union with @AAUP @OFTunion. Today, those workers voted #UnionYes and joined the @AFLCIO labor movment. When workers across all professions unite, we win. pic.twitter.com/iCNO6T8szc— Ohio AFL-CIO (@ohioaflcio) March 24, 2025Oregon AFL-CIO:On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich, NY, killed 146 workers after their employers locked the fire escape doors to prevent workers from leaving, leading 15,000 workers to walk off the job in NY’s garment district.https://t.co/07LZyeNzOe pic.twitter.com/uu8QxTFxuD— Oregon AFL-CIO (@OregonAFLCIO) March 25, 2025Texas AFL-CIO:🚨 The Texas Senate may vote on this bad bill as soon as TODAY. Help stand with Texas construction workers and tell your Senator to vote NO here: https://t.co/1RWzqWMYl8 #txlege #SB925 pic.twitter.com/1NEzi3uB3x— Texas AFL-CIO (@TexasAFLCIO) March 25, 2025Wisconsin State AFL-CIO:US Mail is Not for Sale. https://t.co/Voz8PsWo66— WI AFL-CIO (@wisaflcio) March 24, 2025
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 03/25/2025 – 11:54
IAM Union, NFFE-IAM Coalition Win Injunction to Stop DOGE From Accessing Member, Military Veteran Private Data
After a suit filed by the IAM Union, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) and other allies, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Department of Education (ED), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and the Treasury Department from disclosing the sensitive personal information to
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CNN: US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns
March 24, 2025
Louis DeJoy resigned from his role as head of the US Postal Service on Monday, leaving the independent government agency at a time when it faces calls for privatization and scrutiny from the Trump administration.
Louis DeJoy resigned from his role as head of the US Postal Service on Monday, leaving the independent government agency at a time when it faces calls for privatization and scrutiny from the Trump administration.
In a statement released by USPS, DeJoy said while the 250-year old-service had made “beneficial change to what had been an adrift and moribund organization,” more work was necessary “to sustain our positive trajectory.”
CNN: US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns0
Read More....Women’s History Month Profiles: Deborah Toussant
Women’s History Month Profiles: Deborah Toussant
For Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women’s history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today’s profile is Deborah Toussant of AFGE.
Deborah Toussant is the secretary-treasurer of AFGE Local 2094, the national women’s advisory coordinator of AFGE District 2 and the vice chair of AFGE’s National Human Rights Committee. She worked for the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in New York City for more than 34 years until she retired in 2019. She has continued her service and activism with AFGE and in her Harlem community. Toussant is a proud union woman who is willing to speak up for the voiceless and fight for civil, human, women’s and workers’ rights.
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 03/25/2025 – 09:59
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Skidmore Faculty Ratifies First Union Contract
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Skidmore Faculty Ratifies First Union Contract
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.
Faculty represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200United at Skidmore College unanimously voted to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement (CBA) last week.The new agreement between Skidmore Faculty Forward and the private liberal arts school covers full- and part-time faculty who are not on the tenure track. The core bargaining goal for members was longer renewable appointments—before the CBA, they worked on short contracts that lasted one to three years and then were terminated with no guarantee of being rehired. Fixing this serial job insecurity was a major highlight of the deal, in addition to increased salary minimums, full parental leave and more.“We are elated that our first collective bargaining agreement has been ratified,” the union said in a statement. “We are incredibly proud of the hard work and thankful for the contributions, big and small, from so many of our colleagues and fellow union members. This contract would not be the life-changing and uplifting document that it is without their support. Thank you to the entire campus community for your support over the years. Together, we won huge gains and improvements in our working conditions and ultimately in our students’ learning conditions.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 03/25/2025 – 09:58
“NAFTA Sucks”: In New Video, UAW President Shawn Fain Calls for an End to Broken Trade Deals
In a new video, UAW President Shawn Fain shares his experience as a young electrician in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1992 and how trade policy won his vote in that presidential election.
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US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/usps-head-dejoy-resigns/index.htmlMonday, March 24, 2025US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns
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Spanish Leadership Program Continues to Build Power at Winpisinger Center
En Español Recently, 24 IAM members from 15 Locals across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, representing multiple industries, participated in the Spanish Leadership I Program at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center. WATCH VIDEO The Spanish-language programs at the Winpisinger Center are coordinated and developed by the Spanish Language Working Group
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President Dimondstein’s Statement on Resignation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
March 24, 2025Make no mistake, Louis DeJoy was forced out by a White House Administration that is intent on breaking up and selling off the public Postal Service. The Board should move as quickly as possible to hire as the next permanent postmaster general, someone committed to the public service mission of the USPS, who respects the rights of hardworking postal workers, and who will not break up and sell off our public Postal Service.
Today Louis DeJoy resigned as Postmaster General. By law, Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino becomes interim PMG.
Make no mistake, Louis DeJoy was forced out by a White House Administration that is intent on breaking up and selling off the public Postal Service. Reports from last month made clear that the White House has plans for a hostile takeover of the Postal Service.
As I said then, any attack on the Postal Service is part of the ongoing oligarchs’ coup against the vital public services our members and other public servants provide the country. We know that privatized postal services will lead to higher postage prices, and lower service quality to the public.
No matter who leads the USPS, it is – and must remain – the People’s Postal Service.
Our goals as the APWU remain the same – to defend the public postal service, fight for new and expanded services, to defend the rights of postal workers and fight to improve our pay, benefits, and working conditions.
The service our members provide every single day, in every community, are vital to the country. We will continue to lead the fight to ensure that the Postal Service stays in the hands of its rightful owners – the people – and that it continues to provide quality, universal service that the public deserves.
The law is clear: the Postal Service was created by Congress as an independent agency, designed to be free from shifting political winds and dedicated solely to serving the country. The law is also clear that the Board of Governors, and it alone, is empowered to hire and fire the postmaster general. Any attempt by this Administration to seize power from the Board is unlawful and only makes clear their goal of breaking up and selling off the Postal Service to private corporations.
The APWU calls on the Board of Governors to stand its ground and take its responsibilities seriously. The Board should move as quickly as possible to hire as the next permanent postmaster general, someone committed to the public service mission of the USPS, who respects the rights of hardworking postal workers, and who will not break up and sell off our public Postal Service.
APWU President Mark Dimondstein
Ask your Representative to Support the Independent Public Postal Service
Write to your representative in the House and urge them to cosponsor H. Res. 70 to stand with the Postal Service and its dedicated workforce against the threat of privatization.
IAM Union, NFFE-IAM, and Labor Allies Gather at L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station in DC to Celebrate Federal Workers
The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) held an event on Monday, March 24 to celebrate and honor federal employees’ hard work and dedication. The event took place outside L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station during peak commute hours. Supporters gathered to show appreciation for federal
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