Michael Sainato
@msainato.bsky.social
Labor reporter @TheGuardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-sainato
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US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’
www.theguardian.com
I spoke with @lizshuler.bsky.social about the labor movement's fight against Trump and the year ahead
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in Venezuela.
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in Venezuela.
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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The maniac wanted a noble peace prize. He has bombed 7 countries and counting and starts the New Year with an illegal and amoral war. This is giving Bush Jr, Dick Cheney oil money vibes.
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The maniac wanted a noble peace prize. He has bombed 7 countries and counting and starts the New Year with an illegal and amoral war. This is giving Bush Jr, Dick Cheney oil money vibes.
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I spoke with @lizshuler.bsky.social about the labor movement's fight against Trump and the year ahead
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I spoke with @lizshuler.bsky.social about the labor movement's fight against Trump and the year ahead
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Elon Musk's DOGE was a failure in achieving its claimed objectives, but did succeed in sowing chaos and breaking things they ideologically opposed
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge
The billionaire – who had no government experience – left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an ‘efficiency’ drive across Washington
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Elon Musk's DOGE was a failure in achieving its claimed objectives, but did succeed in sowing chaos and breaking things they ideologically opposed
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk's DOGE was a failure in achieving its claimed objectives, but did succeed in sowing chaos and breaking things they ideologically opposed
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge
The billionaire – who had no government experience – left various federal agencies in disarray while overseeing an ‘efficiency’ drive across Washington
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Elon Musk's DOGE was a failure in achieving its claimed objectives, but did succeed in sowing chaos and breaking things they ideologically opposed
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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2025 was rough, but this was my favorite fan letter of the year
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
2025 was rough, but this was my favorite fan letter of the year
Reposted by Michael Sainato
2025 was rough, but this was my favorite fan letter of the year
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
2025 was rough, but this was my favorite fan letter of the year
I spoke with @lizshuler.bsky.social about the labor movement's fight against Trump and the year ahead
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda
AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I spoke with @lizshuler.bsky.social about the labor movement's fight against Trump and the year ahead
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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she's just doing what she was hired to do
Why would you need to put a pause on a story that has been meticulously fact-checked and lawyered?
Sounds like the kind of story you’d want to run right away!
Sounds like the kind of story you’d want to run right away!
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
she's just doing what she was hired to do
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I spoke with workers at the NLRB about the impacts of a year long lack of quorum, at least 100 staff leaving an already underfunded agency, and corporations like SpaceX trying to gut labor law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump
National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I spoke with workers at the NLRB about the impacts of a year long lack of quorum, at least 100 staff leaving an already underfunded agency, and corporations like SpaceX trying to gut labor law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I spoke with the wife of a federal worker who has been battling breast cancer during the Trump administration's war on federal workers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
She has stage four cancer. Her husband is a federal worker. Will she survive the Trump administration?
Michaela’s husband is away 14 hours a day amid Trump’s ban on remote work, the threat of layoffs is ever-present and their health premiums are set to multiply
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I spoke with the wife of a federal worker who has been battling breast cancer during the Trump administration's war on federal workers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...
FDA Commissioner: HIV “May Very Well Have Come From a Lab” — AJI
During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...
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The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Trump admin is not enforcing labor laws as strongly as they should be. Workplace health and safety penalties are down 45%, while Wage and Hour Division penalties are down 94%.
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
President Trump is putting workers’ health, safety and wages at risk. https://bit.ly/490IB2U
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Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
www.teamsterslocal705.net
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
Mauser Teamsters Interrogated by Bovino and Border Patrol Agents While on Strike
www.teamsterslocal705.net
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Workers at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions say they were harassed by Bovino and ICE on their strike picket line today. The workers have been fighting for immigration protections in their union contract
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
www.teamsterslocal705.net/mauser-teams...
I spoke with the wife of a federal worker who has been battling breast cancer during the Trump administration's war on federal workers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
She has stage four cancer. Her husband is a federal worker. Will she survive the Trump administration?
Michaela’s husband is away 14 hours a day amid Trump’s ban on remote work, the threat of layoffs is ever-present and their health premiums are set to multiply
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I spoke with the wife of a federal worker who has been battling breast cancer during the Trump administration's war on federal workers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Reposted by Michael Sainato
H-2A farm workers from Jamaica were working on NY farms during apple season when Hurricane Melissa hit their homes. Many returned to find their homes destroyed.
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US
Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa say they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the next
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
H-2A farm workers from Jamaica were working on NY farms during apple season when Hurricane Melissa hit their homes. Many returned to find their homes destroyed.
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
H-2A farm workers from Jamaica were working on NY farms during apple season when Hurricane Melissa hit their homes. Many returned to find their homes destroyed.
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US
Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa say they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the next
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
H-2A farm workers from Jamaica were working on NY farms during apple season when Hurricane Melissa hit their homes. Many returned to find their homes destroyed.
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
United Farm Workers is fundraising to help them rebuild
www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I spoke with workers at the NLRB about the impacts of a year long lack of quorum, at least 100 staff leaving an already underfunded agency, and corporations like SpaceX trying to gut labor law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump
National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I spoke with workers at the NLRB about the impacts of a year long lack of quorum, at least 100 staff leaving an already underfunded agency, and corporations like SpaceX trying to gut labor law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have $ for a dozen ICE agents to hang around for hours trying to arrest 2 roofers working in MN.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
Meanwhile, the agency that investigates and prosecutes violations of Americans' right to organize is shedding staff again. Now down to like 1 agency staff per 145,000 workers.
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This is a great piece on Trump's near-destruction of the National Labor Relations Board. (And I'm betting they don't let the Acting GC go on-the-record about anything after his performance here. Kudos to @msainato.bsky.social for a very effective interview.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump
National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is a great piece on Trump's near-destruction of the National Labor Relations Board. (And I'm betting they don't let the Acting GC go on-the-record about anything after his performance here. Kudos to @msainato.bsky.social for a very effective interview.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.