2025 UAW International Women in Leadership Conference – April 3-6
WHO: Members who are Presidents, Vice Presidents, Financial Secretaries, Recording Secretaries, Bargaining Unit Chairs, Steward/Committee persons, Benefit Representatives and EAP Representatives. WHAT: 2025 UAW International Women in Leadership Conference WHERE: Pat Greathouse Educational Center, 1000 E Center St, Ottawa, IL 61350 WHEN: April 3 – 6, 2025 Calling any interested members who are Presidents, Vice […]
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Committed to Protecting Your Rights: What Working People Are Doing This Week
Committed to Protecting Your Rights: 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:Stand with the Chippendales Dancers and demand management stop their union-busting tactics! Show your support today: https://t.co/F2eC2GKE6w pic.twitter.com/1xibgyxnFL— Actors’ Equity (@ActorsEquity) February 4, 2025AFGE:We’re committed to protecting your rights and ensuring that your negotiated contracts are upheld. Stay strong, stay informed, and know that we will mobilize together to defend your workplace rights.https://t.co/VpxDRBrn0b— AFGE (@AFGENational) February 5, 2025AFSCME:Investing in our nation’s transportation is essential for maintaining strong communities and a vibrant economy. It is absurd to re-direct taxpayer dollars away from our communities because of arbitrary standards such as marriage and birth rates. https://t.co/ORQOfocl5Y— AFSCME (@AFSCME) February 5, 2025Alliance for Retired Americans:Having someone who doesn’t even know how Medicare and Medicaid operate “go wild” with seniors’ health care is not a good idea. https://t.co/vej1r26y41 https://t.co/K5jZcBFAnW— Alliance for Retired Americans (@ActiveRetirees) February 4, 2025Amalgamated Transit Union:Our Local 588-Regina, SK, members and all transit workers deserve to be safe on the job. #NotOneMore https://t.co/6QWNIFtK4Q— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) February 4, 2025American Federation of Teachers:You don’t have to be one of the thousands of AFT members on our town hall call to send a letter to your members of Congress. They must urge the president to reinstate the protection of schools, hospitals and churches against ICE. https://t.co/LNPzULsEj3#protectourchildren— AFT (@AFTunion) January 31, 2025American Postal Workers Union:The PRC opinion released on Friday warns that the USPS plan to change service standards would result in significant downgrades in service, particularly affecting rural America, and that any cost savings associated with the changes may not be worth the serious impacts to the…— The American Postal Workers Union – APWU (@APWUnational) February 4, 2025Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:Officials have declared the Flight 5342 and helicopter rescue operation in the Potomac has been moved to a recovery operation and that there are no survivors. This is gut wrenching for our entire flying family. pic.twitter.com/tgATVbFdzE— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) January 30, 2025Boilermakers:Our hearts go out to our union family and all families who lost loved ones yesterday evening. Read our full statement. https://t.co/YRySXpzFmx pic.twitter.com/9k6CNHgBfN— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) January 30, 2025Bricklayers:Happy #WorkSiteWednesday everyone!Members from @iubacnj_l4_l5 have been hard at work on a furnace rebuild at Durand Glass Manufacturing in Millville, New Jersey!Great work guys! These are some awesome pictures!#BestHandsInTheBusiness #SkilledTrades pic.twitter.com/mzZzIFDtqX— Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union (@IUBAC) February 5, 2025Communications Workers of America:This Black History Month, we honor the countless Black leaders, activists, and workers who shaped the labor movement and fought for justice. Together, we build on their legacy, standing united for equality and solidarity in every workplace. pic.twitter.com/waQNLdO92o— CWA (@CWAUnion) February 1, 2025Department for Professional Employees:Solidarity with @WeAreUAKU members demanding a fair contract! https://t.co/TzQ49BEQJq— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) February 5, 2025Electrical Workers:🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶 https://t.co/FOkRc30ccg— IBEW (@IBEW) February 4, 2025Heat and Frost Insulators:Supporting Our Own. 💙The week after he graduated, Kaleb Buchanan made the trip up to the Union Hall with his mother & father. His mother, having worked in a Union before, was very excited at the prospect of her son being trained in our trade that would provide him with a… pic.twitter.com/mti7Ou8xar— Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) January 27, 2025International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers:Matt Biggs, President of the IFPTE, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss pressing issues facing federal workers following the start of President Trump’s second term in office. https://t.co/UUv14tDn9e— IFPTE (@IFPTE) February 3, 2025Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:📢 El Avance Newsletter is here!! 📢Stay informed with the latest edition of El Avance Newsletter that includes crucial Know Your Rights information. 📩 Read it now!English here: https://t.co/yPqMcAiqEz Spanish here: https://t.co/pSiyKHfVEQ pic.twitter.com/w1Xdam41Ue— LCLAA (@LCLAA) January 31, 2025Labor Heritage Foundation:LHF Labor Video & Labor Song playlists updatedEach week we feature a labor video and a labor song in the LHF newsletter; they’re all collected now on handy playlists here:https://t.co/kEk5gPb4CnGot a labor video and/or song we should share? Email us at info@laborheritage.org pic.twitter.com/k15ZBBl3bt— Labor Heritage (@LaborHeritage1) February 5, 2025Laborers:Building Bridges. Connecting Communities. #LIUNA is keeping North America moving, one project at a time! Check out our latest work on the Mount Hope Bridge, linking Bristol & Portsmouth, RI.From roads to bridges, our #union Laborers are the backbone of #infrastructure.… pic.twitter.com/9VdRhV18r5— LIUNA (@LIUNA) February 5, 2025Machinists:”As a union with deep ties in the aviation, aerospace and defense industries, as well as a significant presence in Wichita, we are heartbroken by the crash at Reagan Washington National Airport”– IAM International President Brian Bryanthttps://t.co/J9F1KcqaKq— Machinists Union (@MachinistsUnion) January 30, 2025Maritime Trades Department:Potter Appointed MTD Secretary-Treasurerhttps://t.co/2d7I4OTLNK— Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO (@Maritime_Trades) January 30, 2025Metal Trades Department:Groton-based submarine maker Electric Boat announces plan to hire 3K in 2025. About 400 new employees would work at the company’s shipyard in Groton. https://t.co/Mcyxz02BIF— Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) February 4, 2025Mine Workers:United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:https://t.co/vtQAQ8kQk4— United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) January 31, 2025Musical Artists:AGMA’s 2025 Board of Governors Election Kicks Off Today: https://t.co/zlETn3Ag07 pic.twitter.com/WD5R0sTHWm— AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) February 3, 2025National Air Traffic Controllers Association:Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to sign up to attend NATCA in Washington,which will be taking place March 24-26. We are contacting all 535 congressional offices to secure meetings where our NATCAvists will champion our Union’s cause. https://t.co/76IE4eukgY pic.twitter.com/Gxzxm2FsuK— NATCA (@NATCA) February 5, 2025National Association of Letter Carriers:National Domestic Workers Alliance:Domestic workers impacted by the L.A. fires have a challenging road to recovery due to a lack of labor protections and access to relief funds.We won’t let them feel left behind.Join us: https://t.co/iYCkJyVYef— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) February 5, 2025National Federation of Federal Employees:President Erwin on Deferred Resignation, New National Chief of Staff, and more – https://t.co/6Uk8WOxWg5 pic.twitter.com/jV7LiqpeuY— NFFE (@NFFE_Union) January 31, 2025National Nurses United:🚨New Orleans #NurseStrike alert! Nurses at @UMCNO deserve and demand progress on a first union contract!We’re looking forward to seeing our co-workers and our community out on the strike line.” – Shonda Franklin, RNhttps://t.co/8mz1e5MOon— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) February 4, 2025NWSL Players Association:Welcoming two new members!! ✊ #1u https://t.co/h5oXb8o8DM— NWSLPA (@nwsl_players) February 3, 2025NFL Players Association:Big congrats to Darius Slayton for winning the Alan Page Community Award! Darius donated $50K this holiday season to support 24 families in need, partnering with NYPD officers for a celebration. In recognition, the NFLPA is donating $100K to the Left Hand Right Hand Foundation! pic.twitter.com/gk38hLG7ml— NFLPA (@NFLPA) February 5, 2025North America’s Building Trades Unions:.@GoIUPAT District Council 58 is making significant progress in narrowing the gender gap in the trades through grassroots efforts and strong union support. Read more about how they’re creating opportunities for more women in construction:https://t.co/fur9HmyqRB— The Building Trades (@NABTU) February 4, 2025Office and Professional Employees:Local 30 member Tamua Newton has worked at City of Hope—a cancer treatment and research center—for more than 20 years. She serves as a steward and is a member of Local 30’s executive board. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/xcVBjkvGej— OPEIU | #UnionStrong (@OPEIU) February 1, 2025Painters and Allied Trades:We’d like to welcome our new apprentice commercial painter member out of DC 53, Lucas Haye, recently sworn in by his union brother Chris Hardman. We are proud to have you be a part of the IUPAT, brother! pic.twitter.com/ZLypxTUYSt— IUPAT (@GoIUPAT) February 5, 2025Professional Aviation Safety Specialists:Today @PASSprezdc sent message to PASS members regarding White House memo on CBAs: “factually speaking this memo has no impact on CBAs that have been approved through agency-head review process and are currently in effect for FAA employees in AVS and ATO.”https://t.co/YwwcX0kXVY— PASS (@PASSNational) February 3, 2025Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:The retail union movement is not backing down. Ashley Hamilton, a member of @reiunion Greensboro, just voted to unionize in January. Ashley had this to say about recent NLRB upheaval: “In my mind, it doesn’t slow me down, it doesn’t stop me. It makes me want it more.” 🔥 pic.twitter.com/57zh0xNbVY— RWDSU (@RWDSU) February 5, 2025Roofers and Waterproofers:Did you know? Roofers have 10 times the rate of fatal falls of all other construction occupations combined! https://t.co/BMNjhH7VCZ #roofersafety365 pic.twitter.com/5mof9ZP2jF— Roofers Union (@roofersunion) February 5, 2025SAG-AFTRA:Happy #NationalWeatherpersonsDay! 🌦️ Join us in celebrating #SagAftraMember broadcasters who keep us informed every day, rain or shine. Let your favorite weatherperson know how much you appreciate them today! 💛 pic.twitter.com/jIuMDQDTf9— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) February 5, 2025Service Employees International Union (SEIU):Short-staffing essential services means putting lives at risk. Kern County workers keep roads safe, protect kids, and support those in crisis—yet the Board of Supervisors refuses to invest in them. It’s time to #FixKern and fund the frontline workers our communities rely on! 🚨✊ https://t.co/MRjODdLhHQ— SEIU (@SEIU) February 5, 2025The NewsGuild-CWA:NEW: LANDSLIDE UNION VICTORY🚨Workers at one of Denver’s oldest nonprofits just crushed their union election 15-2, joining the @DenverGuild. Now, Metro Caring staff are ready to fight for the contract they deserve. ✊ #UnionStrong https://t.co/iKaAg6nLQ0— The NewsGuild-CWA (@newsguild) February 3, 2025Theatrical Stage Employees:The IATSE Sports Broadcast Community teamed up with @sagaftra to celebrate the incredible women shaping sports broadcasting for #NationalGirlsAndWomenInSportsDay.To check out our IA Sisters who are leading the way, click here: https://t.co/7Co1vxkcpk— IATSE // #IASolidarity (@IATSE) February 5, 2025Transport Workers Union:COMPLETE VICTORY!PrimeFlight Fuelers at Orlando Intl. Airport @MCO voted UNANIMOUSLY to join The TWU. They are treated miserably by PrimeFlight Aviation Services. No more. We immediately commence the fight for the 1st contract w better wages & working conditions. @TwuSamuelsen— TWU (@transportworker) February 3, 2025Transportation Trades Department:From our capital city to Kansas and beyond, we are a nation in mourning. We are devastated by the loss of all 64 souls on board Flight 5342 and the three service members aboard the Black Hawk helicopter.Our statement: https://t.co/2nbuqhJZ8M pic.twitter.com/ceEtuMhWI6— TTD | America’s Transportation Unions (@TTDAFLCIO) January 30, 2025UAW:Workers at Volkswagen won their union last year. Now they’re bargaining a first contract, and winning higher wages is at the top of their list. “We should be making more than we make. We all know it’s corporate greed.” #StandUpVW pic.twitter.com/1m8zJmOqa5— UAW (@UAW) February 5, 2025UNITE HERE:BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHTS✨Devon Fitzhugh, A Cook at the Palms Las Vegas & Culinary Union member since 1989—”Culinary Union works to make our shops fair regardless of your race, gender, or country of origin. My union fights to create the same standards for all workers…” pic.twitter.com/FpXfJY3COx— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) February 4, 2025United Food and Commercial Workers:19 workers at the Story cannabis dispensary in Hyattsville, MD, have voted to unionize with @UFCW400, joining fellow dispensary workers across Maryland in the fight for fair wages, better benefits, and the respect they deserve!➡️ https://t.co/DRoT5GQCHD pic.twitter.com/NkNmEgJX3n— UFCW (@UFCW) February 5, 2025United Steelworkers:Congrats to 260 UP Health System Marquette workers for ratifying their 1st contract! They achieved historic wage increases, boosted on-call pay, and secured critical safety protections. 👉 Read their story here: https://t.co/bLps7M5by3 pic.twitter.com/DDKRn70kDi— United Steelworkers #EverybodysUnion (@steelworkers) February 4, 2025Utility Workers:🥳 Congratulations to all of the new officers and stewards of UWUA Local 104 who were recently sworn in by Michigan State Utility Council President Craig Wright.Active Local leaders are the foundation of our union! #solidarity pic.twitter.com/EFbRfzlxRo— UWUA National (@The_UWUA) February 5, 2025Writers Guild of America East:The WGAE is connecting members in NY, Chicago, or LA with the Hebrew Free Loan Society’s 0%-interest no fee loans programs to meet a wide array of financial needs due to layoffs, the impact of the LA wildfires & other financial emergencies. Visit https://t.co/X2PK3SbZep for more.— Writers Guild of America East (@WGAEast) February 4, 2025
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Wed, 02/05/2025 – 12:31
IAM Union, Rail Labor Leaders Demand Safety Reform on Two-Year Anniversary of East Palestine Disaster
IAM Rail Division representatives joined members of Congress and leaders from fellow U.S. rail unions in calling on Congress to act on rail safety two years after the toxic East Palestine train derailment. “On behalf of all our members, our hearts still go out to the people of East Palestine. They want answers, they want
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Higher Wages, Affordable Health Care, Retirement Security: Volkswagen Chattanooga Workers Lay Out First Contract Demands in New Series of Videos from the UAW
Today, the UAW released a new video featuring members at Volkswagen Chattanooga who are negotiating their first union contract with the German automaker. The video, titled “Higher Wages,” is the latest installment in an ongoing video series highlighting the members’ key contract demands.
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Black History Month Profiles: Andrea Winzer
Black History Month Profiles: Andrea Winzer
For Black History Month, we’re taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently actively making Black 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 Andrea Winzer of the United Steelworkers (USW).
Andrea Winzer of USW Local 8599 is proud to educate students as a library specialist within the Fontana Unified School District in Southern California. Her goal is to make the library a fun place where students can immerse themselves around storytelling. One way she does this is by organizing bookmark design contests during each heritage month. She also loves to serve her community, including volunteering with her church to help the homeless and veterans in her neighborhood.
Kenneth Quinnell
Wed, 02/05/2025 – 10:35
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IBEW Members in Alaska to Install High-Speed Internet for State’s Remote Population
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IBEW Members in Alaska to Install High-Speed Internet for State’s Remote Population
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.
Members of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1547 in Anchorage, Alaska, are working to bridge infrastructure gaps in underserved communities by providing reliable internet to the state’s villages and rural Indigenous populations.Local 1547 members are employed through several contractors that will begin work on the Alaska Communications’ FiberOptic project later this year. This grant-funded effort aims to connect up to 21 communities along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers to reliable, high-speed internet. Because of the unique environmental factors in Alaska, this project is a massive, complex undertaking. But the skilled IBEW members who will be performing this high-tech work are ready to help expand connectivity throughout the region.“It’s exciting to be on the cutting edge of telecommunications here in Alaska,” said Local 1547 Business Manager Doug Tansy, who is a member of the Native population and grew up in interior Alaska. “These are very much underserved communities, and they’re geographically very difficult to get to, as well as being extremely expensive on a per capita basis. What our telecommunications members are doing will bring change to our state’s landscape. I really think it’s going to change the ambition of those communities when they have a chance to get an education and grow their knowledge.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Wed, 02/05/2025 – 10:27
2025 UAW-Union Built Vehicle Guide
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IAM District 142’s First-Ever Young Workers Summit Educates, Empowers Next Generation of Union Leaders
Over 25 members from IAM District 142 recently convened at the district’s headquarters in Phoenix for its first-ever Young Workers Summit. All members in attendance were 35 or younger, representing the next generation of leaders who will step into more prominent leadership roles as they progress in their union careers. “This incredibly successful summit, which
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Teamsters Celebrate Black History Month
Throughout the month of February, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters honors and celebrates Black History Month and the invaluable contributions African Americans have made to the American labor movement, our history as a union, and our society as a whole. Ever since our founding, the Teamsters have fought against “color lines” within the labor movement […]
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February 4, 2025In October 2024, the United States Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail. Before implementing the plans, the Postal Service is required by law to seek an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).
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In October 2024, the U.S. Postal Service announced proposed changes to how it collects and distributes outgoing mail that would lengthen the delivery service standards for much of the country’s First Class Mail. Before implementing the plans, the Postal Service is required by law to seek an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).
The PRC issued its advisory opinion on the case on Friday, Jan. 31, strongly criticizing the Postal Service’s plans. The PRC found that the USPS’s plans were based on defective modeling and “overly optimistic” cost-savings projections. The Commission was particularly concerned that the Postal Service had not adequately considered the “significant, negative impact of these changes on rural communities across the country.” The PRC opinion warns that the USPS’s plan would result in significant downgrades in service, particularly affecting rural America, and that any cost savings associated with the changes may not be worth the serious impacts to the country’s mail service.
The APWU participated in the PRC review, submitting testimony from a witness and filing a brief. The APWU witness summarized comments of more than 9,500 postal workers and more than 48,000 others who submitted a view on the proposals to either the Postal Service, the Board of Governors, or to their members of Congress. The overwhelming majority of commenters noted they were concerned about the impact of slower mail service to themselves, their businesses, and their communities. The effort to generate public comment was led by the APWU and our allies in A Grand Alliance, and the Commission appears to have taken the public comments seriously.
In its brief, the APWU underscored the impact the proposed service standard changes would have on rural communities. Once again, the PRC relied on this analysis in finding that the changes will have a “disproportionate impact…on rural communities” The PRC went on to warn the Postal Service to reconsider its proposed changes, on rural American in particular, to avoid imbalances that could violate the law, which prohibits the USPS from making “any undue or unreasonable discrimination among users of the mails.”
“The PRC’s thorough analysis of management’s proposal shows that postal management is out of touch with the needs of the mailing public. The APWU is proud to have stood with the public and stand up for the good service that every community deserves,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
“The ball is now in management’s court to address needed changes in the postal system in a way that improves service, not slows it down,” said Dimondstein. “Postal workers and the public have shown we are ready to keep fighting for quality and reliable mail service.”
PRC Advisory Opinion on USPS Service Standard Changes, Warns of ‘Significant Negative Impact’Commission Urges USPS to Reconsider Its Plans and Warns Proposals May Be Unlawful, Relies on APWU Evidence to Underscore Harm to Rural America0
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