Safe Jobs Now: 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:
2025 marks A Chorus Year – a yearlong commemoration honoring the invaluable work of the chorus!
What seems to be a common through line between many of the longest running musicals on Broadway? The chorus! pic.twitter.com/xTJHvJbm0H
— Actors’ Equity (@ActorsEquity) April 29, 2025
AFGE:
AFGE members are taking ownership of their union membership in record numbers by switching from payroll dues deduction to E-Dues.
Here’s why enrolling in AFGE E-Dues so important ⬇https://t.co/V93R26pge6
— AFGE (@AFGENational) April 29, 2025
AFSCME:
.@unacuhcp member and registered nurse Kadi Gonzalez was on Capitol Hill today to advocate against cuts to Medicaid. Cuts would impact both the care she provides to patients and her son who has disabilities and needs Medicaid to thrive. pic.twitter.com/odK0qXUqbJ
— AFSCME (@AFSCME) April 30, 2025
Alliance for Retired Americans:
Proposed cuts to food assistance will squeeze already financially strapped low-income Americans, including seniors, and retailers. https://t.co/1qVhTvMaF2
— Alliance for Retired Americans (@ActiveRetirees) April 28, 2025
Amalgamated Transit Union:
Our Local 726-Staten Island, NY, calls on the #MTA to open another bus depot to address the congestion for the sake of the community and riders. #ATUStrongerTogether #1u #UnionStrong https://t.co/Ub7JqIoA6u
— ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) April 30, 2025
American Federation of Teachers:
Good morning from Washington DC! AFT showed out for Leader @RepJeffries‘s address on Trump’s first 100 days in office. We’re ready to stand up for what kids and communities need across the country. pic.twitter.com/Abgt4GVaLO
— AFT (@AFTunion) April 30, 2025
American Postal Workers Union:
May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. We encourage APWU members to join labor allies at events happening nationwide to combat attacks on the working class & public services: https://t.co/YjIfyaqyQA
— The American Postal Workers Union – APWU (@APWUnational) April 29, 2025
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
The REAL ID deadline is fast approaching. Make sure you’re ready by 5/7. A passport is REAL ID compliant. Guidelines here: https://t.co/e0U3q1Zkoo
While you may be REAL ID ready, friends & family on your benefits may not be. Remind them of the deadline to ensure smooth travels. pic.twitter.com/K6RYIpxeVo
— AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) April 29, 2025
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers:
039: BCTGM Sugar Locals on Milling, Refining and Having a Voice at the Table https://t.co/oLUReY4CnN
— BCTGM International (@BCTGM) April 27, 2025
Boilermakers:
Today is Workers Memorial Day. The AFL-CIO has released its annual “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” report on workplace mortality. Health and Safety for ALL! https://t.co/o319DGrpZp pic.twitter.com/JJYJzC4mUZ
— Boilermakers Union (@boilermakernews) April 28, 2025
Bricklayers:
This #WorkersMemorialDay, we invite you to join us for a moment of silence as we grieve those we have lost from unsafe working conditions.
Fight for our lives. Safe jobs now! https://t.co/uUiVByTaIH #SafetyFirst pic.twitter.com/pCdkR59VjR
— Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union (@IUBAC) April 28, 2025
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists:
Big shoutout to the #CBTU chapters that made #goodtrouble yesterday on Good Friday in solidarity with #federal workers who are being viciously attacked by the to rogue #Trump regime. From #Detroit to #DC to #Hampton, CBTU rose up! @AFGENational @AFSCME @CentralLaborNYC#1u pic.twitter.com/rCEVs3WKxV
— CBTU (@CBTU72) April 19, 2025
Coalition of Labor Union Women:
Every four years, CLUW elects officers. Interested in running? Email info@CLUW.org
President
Executive Vice President
Treasurer
Corresponding Secretary
Recording Secretary pic.twitter.com/4NNq0jveJn— CLUW National (@CLUWNational) April 19, 2025
Communications Workers of America:
Every year on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, we take time to remember workers who have died on the job from work-related accidents and illnesses, and we commit to fighting for safe work conditions and protections.
— CWA (@CWAUnion) April 28, 2025
Department for Professional Employees:
Congress needs to hear from YOU as it makes decisions about next year’s funding for the NEA and NEH. Contact your Rep and ask them to sign both the NEA and NEH appropriations request letters that support increased funding circulating in the House. https://t.co/AK3Y4Ro3am pic.twitter.com/ZXNzNKhfFY
— Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) April 29, 2025
Electrical Workers:
This #NationalApprenticeshipDay find out for yourself what an #IBEW apprenticeship can mean for your future. https://t.co/MM3OecAotc pic.twitter.com/cb4Gs6LPNC
— IBEW (@IBEW) April 30, 2025
Fire Fighters:
🔥How could investigators determine that the New Jersey Pine Barrens #wildfire was arson?
Joe Ten Eyck, #IAFF Wildfire Programs Director, explains for @CBSNewYork viewers. https://t.co/fPqkpO27nC
— International Association of Fire Fighters (@IAFFofficial) April 30, 2025
Heat and Frost Insulators:
Read Now 📖
Our Spring Journal is available wherever you go — read the full stories on our website & in the app!Spring Insulators Journal: https://t.co/mEiaJSlmwy#InsulatorsUnion #Insulators #InsulatorPride pic.twitter.com/GJbhHRWZGv
— Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) April 17, 2025
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers:
“If one person is denied their right to due process, any of us can be denied that same right.”
SMART continues to fight for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return home and right to due process. Watch coverage of the case + SMART’s efforts to support the family: https://t.co/MNX3bm1wRh— SMART Union (@smartunionworks) April 30, 2025
International Labor Communications Association:
Have you submitted your union’s 2024 work to the 2025 Labor Media Awards yet? Submit before May 30 to pay a $60 fee per entry (after May 30, the fee goes up to $80 per entry for the remainder of the contest.)
Submit now so you can do a happy dance too: https://t.co/9YGKIYB22P pic.twitter.com/MUAISPcE5X
— International Labor Communications Association (@ILCAonline) April 29, 2025
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement:
In 100 days, the Trump Admin. militarized the border, ended safe zones, targeted birthright citizenship, and used the Alien Enemies Act to deport innocents.
Stand with immigrants—demand due process!
Act now: https://t.co/39bSeTqpNU@ACLU #100Days #ImmigrantsBuildNations pic.twitter.com/I1dUiAAAPz— LCLAA (@LCLAA) April 30, 2025
Laborers:
On #NationalApprenticeshipDay, we’re saluting every #LIUNA apprentice out there grinding, learning, and earning — no student loans required.
Real skills. Real pay. Real benefits. #LIUNABuilds #UnionMoney #BlueCollarMoney #Apprenticeship
👉Start building your future today:… pic.twitter.com/v79VbbwlOu
— LIUNA (@LIUNA) April 30, 2025
Major League Baseball Players Association:
And the award for the first Most Valuable Philanthropist of the 2025 season goes to… Zach McKinstry! 👏👏👏
The Players Trust will award a $10,000 grant in McKinstry’s honor to support his work with BBQ Mission, a Phoenix-area nonprofit that feeds unhoused members of the… pic.twitter.com/bh4F3IllQk
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) April 29, 2025
Major League Soccer Players Association:
The entire MLSPA is saddened to hear of the tragic passing of Aaron Boupendza. Our hearts are with all who knew and loved him. pic.twitter.com/ALxyzPNnDn
— MLSPA (@MLSPA) April 16, 2025
Metal Trades Department:
Trump Sued by Labor Unions Over Workforce Reduction Efforts https://t.co/whU0Pa8feD
— Metal Trades Dept. (@metaltradesafl) April 29, 2025
Mine Workers:
The 111th year anniversary of the Ludlow Masacre which commemorates the men, women, and children who died on that sacred ground in 1914. Today we remember their sacrifices in order to ensure safety and better work conditions for coal miners. pic.twitter.com/HKCLwwql1A
— United Mine Workers (@MineWorkers) April 20, 2025
Musical Artists:
Today is Workers Memorial Day: https://t.co/W6c2YdcIZm pic.twitter.com/mkyvFvyxNc
— AGMA (@AGMusicalArtist) April 28, 2025
National Air Traffic Controllers Association:
As we get ready to gather in San Francisco for NATCA’s 20th Biennial Convention, May 9–11, 2025, we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since our founding Convention in Chicago in 1986: https://t.co/h4jvlQvUSc pic.twitter.com/4R1Bf0DpEd
— NATCA (@NATCA) April 29, 2025
National Association of Letter Carriers:
Thank you for your support and for meeting with our members! 💪 https://t.co/kiLX2Z9F4j
— Letter Carriers (@NALC_National) April 30, 2025
National Domestic Workers Alliance:
One of the most essential jobs in our economy is not paying a living wage.
Home care workers in Nevada are now fighting for $20/hour after starting at just $12/hr in 2023.
The people who care for us must be able to care for themselves. https://t.co/2UVT5jriv1
— Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) April 29, 2025
National Hockey League Players’ Association:
As voted on by their fellow players, former recipients Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon join first-time finalist Cale Makar as the 2024-25 finalists for the #TedLindsayAward.
More: https://t.co/3Ia8FV5Mbr #NHLAwards pic.twitter.com/mJqCJqTpVd
— NHLPA (@NHLPA) April 30, 2025
National Nurses United:
This moment requires collective power — we must come together at the bedsides, in the streets, and in the halls of Congress.
“We have to make courage infectious. We need this courage to get to a world we deserve,” said @repdeliaramirez. pic.twitter.com/PWxkAEJGMF
— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) April 30, 2025
NFL Players Association:
Offseason break? Not for @PatrickMahomes 👏
The @Chiefs QB hosted 3,000 kids at a reading rally & challenged them to Read for 15 through his @15andMahomies foundation 📚
Stay tuned each week for our offseason #CommunityMVP Fridays, spotlighting players making a difference! 💪 pic.twitter.com/UBDrhD6ufE
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) April 25, 2025
North America’s Building Trades Unions:
Today, North America’s Building Trades Unions pauses to honor every worker who lost their life, was injured, or became ill simply doing their job — including far too many in construction.
Full statement: https://t.co/wSHVFrNrB7 pic.twitter.com/9EptlnkN2l
— The Building Trades (@NABTU) April 28, 2025
Painters and Allied Trades:
Our workers at SureBuilt fear for their safety daily– from recent fires to severed fingers from unsafe machinery. This must stop!
Take action now and ask SureBuilt to recognize our workers’ union and commit to bargaining in good faith: https://t.co/VF1XXKC1Pd pic.twitter.com/5wPwJXLgVm
— IUPAT (@GoIUPAT) March 28, 2025
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists:
Today is #WorkersMemorialDay. Everyone is entitled to a safe and hazard free workplace. #aviationsafety #publicservice #unionsolidarity https://t.co/2eVvOHtqyP
— PASS (@PASSNational) April 28, 2025
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:
As #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth comes to a close, we’re finishing up our spotlights of Arab American labor history that often goes untold! Next up: Yemeni farmworkers organizing with @UFWupdates in 1970s California!
Learn more: https://t.co/uKbjx4p95X pic.twitter.com/aUUDWHwzgY
— RWDSU (@RWDSU) April 30, 2025
Roofers and Waterproofers:
Let’s hear what makes this trade special to YOU! Drop your answer below. #UnionStrong#UnionPride#RooferLife#SkilledTrades pic.twitter.com/cE368Nf9UF
— Roofers Union (@roofersunion) April 29, 2025
SAG-AFTRA:
Happy #InternationalDanceDay choreographer & dancer Dacía James Lewis! 🪩 Dacía has choreographed for Netflix’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ & shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Tracee Ellis Ross & more! She serves on the SAG-AFTRA Nat’l Board and as Vice Chair of the Nat’l Dancers Cmte. pic.twitter.com/sUAxkwdmBb
— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) April 30, 2025
Service Employees International Union:
Tipped workers are getting squeezed from every side:
Prices are soaring. Tips are shrinking.
And wages? Still stuck in the past.NY must end the subminimum wage. Let’s make full, fair pay for all workers the standard — no exceptions. https://t.co/cxdl54zSwG
— SEIU (@SEIU) April 30, 2025
Solidarity Center:
As part of the Cotton Campaign, we helped end state-sanctioned forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector. Now, without our grant from the DOL, we are at risk of losing that progress. #SaveILAB #Solidarity https://t.co/In913FyG8j
— Solidarity Center (@SolidarityCntr) April 27, 2025
The NewsGuild-CWA:
We’re live and getting set up! https://t.co/pcSEzbenBD https://t.co/TBtAnLg0xI
— The NewsGuild-CWA (@newsguild) April 23, 2025
Theatrical Stage Employees:
🎉 Historic win in Seattle! Stagehands at Showbox Market & Showbox SoDo just ratified their first union contract with IATSE Local 15 — becoming the first nightclub stage crew to unionize in the city’s history!
Better wages, benefits, and safety are on the way! ✊ pic.twitter.com/PeIhIcMuf8
— IATSE // #IASolidarity (@IATSE) April 24, 2025
Transport Workers Union:
.@PSAAirlinesInc Flight Dispatchers ratify new agreement that locks in a 15% wage increase! The 2.5 year deal helps TWU members who will relocate from Ohio to Charlotte and makes PSA Flight Dispatchers the second highest paid in the regional airline industry.
— TWU (@transportworker) April 29, 2025
Transportation Trades Department:
In the first 100 days of the new Congress and administration, TTD has been on the move advocating for transportation workers through Congressional hearings, union rallies, meetings with members of Congress, and pro-worker policies. https://t.co/rFiyPjDFwv pic.twitter.com/dE3TFnRcEq
— TTD | America’s Transportation Unions (@TTDAFLCIO) April 29, 2025
UAW:
NEW REPORT: The U.S. has the infrastructure and skilled workforce to build millions more vehicles and create up to 90,000 auto manufacturing jobs just by utilizing unused capacity at existing plants.
It’s time for auto companies to invest at home instead of offshoring production… pic.twitter.com/a69TMUBbvn
— UAW (@UAW) April 30, 2025
Union Veterans Council:
On June 6, we rally in D.C. 🇺🇸 Unite for Veterans, Unite for America – The Bonus Army 2025
Join us as we fight back against the attacks on vets’ jobs & benefits.
✊ Sign up: https://t.co/LU1zIPHTmx#Unite4Vets #BonusArmy2025 #VeteransRise #UnionStrong— Union Veterans Council🪖✊ (@unionveterans) April 23, 2025
UNITE HERE:
On this Workers Memorial Day, we honor and remember those who have suffered due to unsafe work conditions—including those who lost their lives or health due to COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/09OoAWuOuw
— UNITE HERE (@unitehere) April 28, 2025
United Food and Commercial Workers:
By an overwhelming margin, WholesomeCo workers and @UFCW99 members have ratified their first union contract, becoming the FIRST in Utah’s cannabis industry to do so!
Congratulations!
Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/UkxLVj6mix pic.twitter.com/tzC3SKtvFd
— UFCW (@UFCW) April 29, 2025
United Steelworkers:
Silica exposure can be deadly. A rule to protect miners was set to take effect—until Trump delayed it and gutted the agency meant to enforce it.
USW Local 13214’s Marshal Cummings is worried for 700 members in Green River, WY. Read more: https://t.co/Gk2AQ8xaTo pic.twitter.com/sobSivmtEF
— United Steelworkers Union (@steelworkers) April 30, 2025
Writers Guild of America East:
We work hard because we care about our work – it’s time for management to care about us.
Stand with the @NowThisUnion in demanding @NowThisImpact deliver a fair contract. Send a letter ➡️ https://t.co/f0CbQWMUXO pic.twitter.com/lylYMH1iIP
— Writers Guild of America East (@WGAEast) April 30, 2025
Kenneth Quinnell
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