General Kat
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On the final day of #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, we share the history of Isang Bagsak, otherwise known as the Unity Clap. IFPTE Local 21 is proud to carry this legacy forward. When one of us rises, we all rise!
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On the final day of #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth, we share the history of Isang Bagsak, otherwise known as the Unity Clap. IFPTE Local 21 is proud to carry this legacy forward. When one of us rises, we all rise!
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
Voice-over performed by IFPTE Local 21 member JR Santos.
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Today we honor #LarryItliong, a fearless Filipino American labor leader whose vision and courage helped ignite the farmworker movement. His story reminds us of what is possible when communities come together for fairness and dignity on the job.
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today we honor #LarryItliong, a fearless Filipino American labor leader whose vision and courage helped ignite the farmworker movement. His story reminds us of what is possible when communities come together for fairness and dignity on the job.
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If the federal government wants to help San Francisco, IFPTE Local 21 President Bianca Polovina said: “Stop cutting public services...That’s the way the federal government can help us, not send an invasion into the San Francisco Bay Area.”
48hills.org/2025/10/labo...
48hills.org/2025/10/labo...
Labor, community groups rally against Trump's threats of an ICE invasion - 48 hills
White House backs off—for the moment—but the community is organized and ready
48hills.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If the federal government wants to help San Francisco, IFPTE Local 21 President Bianca Polovina said: “Stop cutting public services...That’s the way the federal government can help us, not send an invasion into the San Francisco Bay Area.”
48hills.org/2025/10/labo...
48hills.org/2025/10/labo...
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Today we gathered on the steps of SF City Hall in solidarity with our union siblings, community members, and elected officials to spread power—not panic. We can protect each other in our workplaces and in our community.
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today we gathered on the steps of SF City Hall in solidarity with our union siblings, community members, and elected officials to spread power—not panic. We can protect each other in our workplaces and in our community.
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We must pass it to protect our communities and our healthcare. Prop 50 gives voters the power to approve temporary maps and protect our future. #YESonca50
October 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We must pass it to protect our communities and our healthcare. Prop 50 gives voters the power to approve temporary maps and protect our future. #YESonca50
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It's #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth ☀️✊️ and it is a critical time for the AANHPI community to participate in our democracy.
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It's #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth ☀️✊️ and it is a critical time for the AANHPI community to participate in our democracy.
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
We joined the SF Labor Council the last couple weekends to get out the vote for #YESon50 in California! 🗳
@californialabor.bsky.social
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"Whether this Administration likes it or not, immigrants in this country are entitled to due process. When they don't get a fair shake from an independent judge in immigration court, they're being denied due process." — Matt Biggs, President of IFPTE @ifpte.bsky.social
Video Firings of immigration judges are 'politically motivated': Union president
IFPTE union president Matt Biggs discusses the impact that the Trump administration's firing of immigration judges is having on the court system.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Whether this Administration likes it or not, immigrants in this country are entitled to due process. When they don't get a fair shake from an independent judge in immigration court, they're being denied due process." — Matt Biggs, President of IFPTE @ifpte.bsky.social
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Shame on them all.
October 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Shame on them all.
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🚨🚨 ATTENTION @governor.ca.gov 🚨🚨
@californialabor.bsky.social sponsored #SB7 is sitting on your desk, awaiting your signature. This bill enacts common sense AI safeguards by making sure that human workers cannot be disciplined or fired by an algorithm. (1/6)
@californialabor.bsky.social sponsored #SB7 is sitting on your desk, awaiting your signature. This bill enacts common sense AI safeguards by making sure that human workers cannot be disciplined or fired by an algorithm. (1/6)
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨🚨 ATTENTION @governor.ca.gov 🚨🚨
@californialabor.bsky.social sponsored #SB7 is sitting on your desk, awaiting your signature. This bill enacts common sense AI safeguards by making sure that human workers cannot be disciplined or fired by an algorithm. (1/6)
@californialabor.bsky.social sponsored #SB7 is sitting on your desk, awaiting your signature. This bill enacts common sense AI safeguards by making sure that human workers cannot be disciplined or fired by an algorithm. (1/6)
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October is Filipino American History Month! ✊
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
October is Filipino American History Month! ✊
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
We’re proud to call the Filipino Cultural Heritage District home for our San Francisco union hall. We encourage you to check out a new exhibit at YBCA titled "MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy" ybca.org/event/makibaka-a-living-legacy
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Happy Labor Day!
Today Local 21 joined thousands of our union siblings in a march through San Francisco to stop the billionaire takeover of our democracy. ✊
Today Local 21 joined thousands of our union siblings in a march through San Francisco to stop the billionaire takeover of our democracy. ✊
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Happy Labor Day!
Today Local 21 joined thousands of our union siblings in a march through San Francisco to stop the billionaire takeover of our democracy. ✊
Today Local 21 joined thousands of our union siblings in a march through San Francisco to stop the billionaire takeover of our democracy. ✊
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#WorkersOverBillionaires
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#WorkersOverBillionaires
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
It's #LaborDay and we marched with thousands of people on the streets of San Francisco united on the following demands:
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"In many ways, we felt like America had turned their back on us. We don't want to be a part of that again. So we are showing up where we can. We're raising our voices. We're protesting. We're getting the grannies and the grandpas out to tell their stories."
#ICEOutOfDublin
#ICEOutOfDublin
Japanese American internment survivors protest possible ICE detention center at former Dublin prison
With the rhythmic pounding of taiko drums echoing through Don Biddle Community Park, a large group of Japanese Americans and their allies gathered Saturday afternoon to voice opposition to the propose...
www.cbsnews.com
July 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"In many ways, we felt like America had turned their back on us. We don't want to be a part of that again. So we are showing up where we can. We're raising our voices. We're protesting. We're getting the grannies and the grandpas out to tell their stories."
#ICEOutOfDublin
#ICEOutOfDublin
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Now, ICE has conducted multiple site visits to assess reopening this site for immigrant detention. We cannot let this happen. Not here in the Bay, not anywhere. #ICEOutOfDublin
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Now, ICE has conducted multiple site visits to assess reopening this site for immigrant detention. We cannot let this happen. Not here in the Bay, not anywhere. #ICEOutOfDublin
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The former federal women’s prison in Dublin — officially closed in December 2024 — was shut down after years of rampant abuse, medical neglect, and systemic mistreatment, particularly targeting immigrant women.
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The former federal women’s prison in Dublin — officially closed in December 2024 — was shut down after years of rampant abuse, medical neglect, and systemic mistreatment, particularly targeting immigrant women.
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APALA SF & Alameda Chapters unite! ✊️
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
July 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
APALA SF & Alameda Chapters unite! ✊️
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
ICE melts under resistance! 🧊🔥
We joined Tsuru for Solidarity -- drawing on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today.
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Our coalition of 149 ideologically diverse and distinctive national organizations collectively representing tens of millions of people will remember who turned their backs on working families—and who we can count on to fight for us. www.aft.org/they-betraye...
They betrayed us.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans promised to make life better for working families. Instead, they passed the so-called big, beautiful bill—a massive transfer of wealth from working...
www.aft.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Our coalition of 149 ideologically diverse and distinctive national organizations collectively representing tens of millions of people will remember who turned their backs on working families—and who we can count on to fight for us. www.aft.org/they-betraye...
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At the APALA Convention opening panel "Resistance: Labor Leading the Way" our Local 21 delegation and SPEEA members heard from unions presidents from AFGE, AFSCME, AFT and IFPTE union President Matt Biggs, on how we are fighting attacks on workers, unions and our democracy.
June 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
At the APALA Convention opening panel "Resistance: Labor Leading the Way" our Local 21 delegation and SPEEA members heard from unions presidents from AFGE, AFSCME, AFT and IFPTE union President Matt Biggs, on how we are fighting attacks on workers, unions and our democracy.
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Whether on the picket line, in civil disobedience, or organizing majority action, Kat has done it all and taught others how to do the same. Local 21 is proud and excited to support Kat General in her new role at APALA.
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Whether on the picket line, in civil disobedience, or organizing majority action, Kat has done it all and taught others how to do the same. Local 21 is proud and excited to support Kat General in her new role at APALA.
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Kat's 20+ years in the labor movement are defined by winning for the people. Even when the odds are against us Kat charts and implements a path to victory. (2/3)
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Kat's 20+ years in the labor movement are defined by winning for the people. Even when the odds are against us Kat charts and implements a path to victory. (2/3)
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Congrats to IFPTE Local 21 Field Director Kat General (@kaygenn.bsky.social), newly elected 1st Vice President of APALA! Kat's served on the APALA National Executive Board since 2019, the same year she won the Art Takei Leadership Award.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Congrats to IFPTE Local 21 Field Director Kat General (@kaygenn.bsky.social), newly elected 1st Vice President of APALA! Kat's served on the APALA National Executive Board since 2019, the same year she won the Art Takei Leadership Award.
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SF Chapter members had a blast at the APALA 18th Biennial Convention- Solidarity. Resistance. Unity. this last weekend.
Congratulations to our SF Chapter President Kat General who was elected to serve as the APALA National 1st Vice President! 👏
Congratulations to our SF Chapter President Kat General who was elected to serve as the APALA National 1st Vice President! 👏
June 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
SF Chapter members had a blast at the APALA 18th Biennial Convention- Solidarity. Resistance. Unity. this last weekend.
Congratulations to our SF Chapter President Kat General who was elected to serve as the APALA National 1st Vice President! 👏
Congratulations to our SF Chapter President Kat General who was elected to serve as the APALA National 1st Vice President! 👏
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: SF city workers just shut down the Board of Supervisors meeting. Cuts to public health, emergency management, and homelessness services will impact all of us.
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: SF city workers just shut down the Board of Supervisors meeting. Cuts to public health, emergency management, and homelessness services will impact all of us.
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“Let’s remember it is the workers and the immigrants who make this city and this country function. Not the billionaires, not the corporations, and most definitely not a king!” #NoKingsDay
— Local 21 Member Natalie Gee
— Local 21 Member Natalie Gee
June 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Let’s remember it is the workers and the immigrants who make this city and this country function. Not the billionaires, not the corporations, and most definitely not a king!” #NoKingsDay
— Local 21 Member Natalie Gee
— Local 21 Member Natalie Gee