Natalia Perez Santos
@nperezsantos.bsky.social
Fighting for workers with AFSCME.
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AFSCME Local 1653 President & furloughed FAA employee Dan Ronnenberg: We can have health care. We can put federal employees back to work. We can have SNAP. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
AFSCME Local 1653 President & furloughed FAA employee Dan Ronnenberg: We can have health care. We can put federal employees back to work. We can have SNAP. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
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AFSCME member and health care worker Dawn Burfin warns rural Minnesotans will lose access to critical care if anti-worker extremists continue to stand in the way of lowering health care costs.
Tell Congress to lower health care costs: 1-888-981-9704 #HealthCareHeist
Tell Congress to lower health care costs: 1-888-981-9704 #HealthCareHeist
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
AFSCME member and health care worker Dawn Burfin warns rural Minnesotans will lose access to critical care if anti-worker extremists continue to stand in the way of lowering health care costs.
Tell Congress to lower health care costs: 1-888-981-9704 #HealthCareHeist
Tell Congress to lower health care costs: 1-888-981-9704 #HealthCareHeist
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The longer this shutdown continues, the more our health care and jobs are in danger.
Anti-worker extremists got us into this mess, but together we can fight our way out of it if we get organized. Now isn’t the time to be silent. www.afscme.org/blog/we-wont...
Anti-worker extremists got us into this mess, but together we can fight our way out of it if we get organized. Now isn’t the time to be silent. www.afscme.org/blog/we-wont...
We won’t be silent about the shutdown
The longer this shutdown continues, the more our health care and our jobs are in danger.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The longer this shutdown continues, the more our health care and jobs are in danger.
Anti-worker extremists got us into this mess, but together we can fight our way out of it if we get organized. Now isn’t the time to be silent. www.afscme.org/blog/we-wont...
Anti-worker extremists got us into this mess, but together we can fight our way out of it if we get organized. Now isn’t the time to be silent. www.afscme.org/blog/we-wont...
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Food assistance should not be a bargaining chip.
40 million Americans could lose access to SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if Congress fails to take action.
Tell them to end to this assault on working families by lowering health care costs and funding public services.
📞1-888-981-9704
40 million Americans could lose access to SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if Congress fails to take action.
Tell them to end to this assault on working families by lowering health care costs and funding public services.
📞1-888-981-9704
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Food assistance should not be a bargaining chip.
40 million Americans could lose access to SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if Congress fails to take action.
Tell them to end to this assault on working families by lowering health care costs and funding public services.
📞1-888-981-9704
40 million Americans could lose access to SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if Congress fails to take action.
Tell them to end to this assault on working families by lowering health care costs and funding public services.
📞1-888-981-9704
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We took the administration to court and won!
AFSCME members and federal worker supporters gathered outside of today’s court hearing to protest the illegal mass firing of federal workers in the middle of a government shutdown.
AFSCME members and federal worker supporters gathered outside of today’s court hearing to protest the illegal mass firing of federal workers in the middle of a government shutdown.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We took the administration to court and won!
AFSCME members and federal worker supporters gathered outside of today’s court hearing to protest the illegal mass firing of federal workers in the middle of a government shutdown.
AFSCME members and federal worker supporters gathered outside of today’s court hearing to protest the illegal mass firing of federal workers in the middle of a government shutdown.
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Anti-worker extremists refuse to lower health care costs for working people and retirees. They'd rather make greedy billionaires even richer. Join AFSCME retirees like Kay Smith and tell your members of Congress to lower health care costs and fund public services: 1-888-981-9704
October 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Anti-worker extremists refuse to lower health care costs for working people and retirees. They'd rather make greedy billionaires even richer. Join AFSCME retirees like Kay Smith and tell your members of Congress to lower health care costs and fund public services: 1-888-981-9704
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BREAKING: AFSCME and AFGE granted a block on illegal mass firings.
Workers win.
Workers win.
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
BREAKING: AFSCME and AFGE granted a block on illegal mass firings.
Workers win.
Workers win.
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Kaiser holds $66 BILLION in reserves, yet refuses to give health care workers the fair pay and benefits they deserve and safe staffing they need to do their jobs.
America’s unions stand with the 46,000 workers at Kaiser on a 5-day strike fighting for a fair contract!
America’s unions stand with the 46,000 workers at Kaiser on a 5-day strike fighting for a fair contract!
October 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Kaiser holds $66 BILLION in reserves, yet refuses to give health care workers the fair pay and benefits they deserve and safe staffing they need to do their jobs.
America’s unions stand with the 46,000 workers at Kaiser on a 5-day strike fighting for a fair contract!
America’s unions stand with the 46,000 workers at Kaiser on a 5-day strike fighting for a fair contract!
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Shutting down the government won’t hide the health care crisis that anti-union extremists have started.
Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. And put working people first. www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. And put working people first. www.afscme.org/press/releas...
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Shutting down the government won’t hide the health care crisis that anti-union extremists have started.
Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. And put working people first. www.afscme.org/press/releas...
Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. And put working people first. www.afscme.org/press/releas...
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AFSCME is proud to back @sbworkersunited.org baristas.
It's time for Starbucks to respect workers by finalizing a fair contract that secures the support, pay and protections they need to do their jobs.
It's time for Starbucks to respect workers by finalizing a fair contract that secures the support, pay and protections they need to do their jobs.
NEW: 45+ major organizations sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol urging the company to finalize fair union contracts.
"We will continue to back union workers’ fight, including by not crossing barista picket lines at Starbucks if they feel striking is necessary." 🔥🔥
"We will continue to back union workers’ fight, including by not crossing barista picket lines at Starbucks if they feel striking is necessary." 🔥🔥
September 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
AFSCME is proud to back @sbworkersunited.org baristas.
It's time for Starbucks to respect workers by finalizing a fair contract that secures the support, pay and protections they need to do their jobs.
It's time for Starbucks to respect workers by finalizing a fair contract that secures the support, pay and protections they need to do their jobs.
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RFK Jr. can't be trusted with our nation's health.
Under his direction, HHS has:
❌ laid off thousands of federal public health workers
❌ clawed back funding that keeps our communities healthy
❌ slashed funding for vaccine research and spread disinformation, endangering everyone
Under his direction, HHS has:
❌ laid off thousands of federal public health workers
❌ clawed back funding that keeps our communities healthy
❌ slashed funding for vaccine research and spread disinformation, endangering everyone
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
RFK Jr. can't be trusted with our nation's health.
Under his direction, HHS has:
❌ laid off thousands of federal public health workers
❌ clawed back funding that keeps our communities healthy
❌ slashed funding for vaccine research and spread disinformation, endangering everyone
Under his direction, HHS has:
❌ laid off thousands of federal public health workers
❌ clawed back funding that keeps our communities healthy
❌ slashed funding for vaccine research and spread disinformation, endangering everyone
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The U.S. added just 54,000 jobs last month, well below expectations.
At the same time jobless claims increased to 237,000
At the same time jobless claims increased to 237,000
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The U.S. added just 54,000 jobs last month, well below expectations.
At the same time jobless claims increased to 237,000
At the same time jobless claims increased to 237,000
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RFK Jr. wouldn’t last a day in the shoes of the AFSCME members who work on the front lines providing health care.
He’s a billionaire sellout who has wormed his way into our public health system & is now intent on decimating it to benefit greedy corporations at the expense of our health.
He’s a billionaire sellout who has wormed his way into our public health system & is now intent on decimating it to benefit greedy corporations at the expense of our health.
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
RFK Jr. wouldn’t last a day in the shoes of the AFSCME members who work on the front lines providing health care.
He’s a billionaire sellout who has wormed his way into our public health system & is now intent on decimating it to benefit greedy corporations at the expense of our health.
He’s a billionaire sellout who has wormed his way into our public health system & is now intent on decimating it to benefit greedy corporations at the expense of our health.
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Elon Musk's DOGE continues to put hundreds of millions of Americans private Social Security data at risk.
A new whistleblower says there is NO oversight to monitor how our data is being used or shared by DOGE's inexperienced and irresponsible minions. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
A new whistleblower says there is NO oversight to monitor how our data is being used or shared by DOGE's inexperienced and irresponsible minions. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Elon Musk's DOGE continues to put hundreds of millions of Americans private Social Security data at risk.
A new whistleblower says there is NO oversight to monitor how our data is being used or shared by DOGE's inexperienced and irresponsible minions. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
A new whistleblower says there is NO oversight to monitor how our data is being used or shared by DOGE's inexperienced and irresponsible minions. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
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We will NEVER stop fighting to protect Social Security – whether from DOGE, privatization or any other threat. Social Security belongs to the people, not greedy billionaires.
Elon Musk's DOGE continues to put hundreds of millions of Americans private Social Security data at risk.
A new whistleblower says there is NO oversight to monitor how our data is being used or shared by DOGE's inexperienced and irresponsible minions. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
A new whistleblower says there is NO oversight to monitor how our data is being used or shared by DOGE's inexperienced and irresponsible minions. #HandsOffSocialSecurity
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We will NEVER stop fighting to protect Social Security – whether from DOGE, privatization or any other threat. Social Security belongs to the people, not greedy billionaires.
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Is that what the Trump administration calls gutting the union rights of over 400,000 workers?
Trump hasn’t put “American workers first.” He's been the union-buster in chief.
Trump hasn’t put “American workers first.” He's been the union-buster in chief.
August 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Is that what the Trump administration calls gutting the union rights of over 400,000 workers?
Trump hasn’t put “American workers first.” He's been the union-buster in chief.
Trump hasn’t put “American workers first.” He's been the union-buster in chief.
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🙌 Hundreds of AFSCME members are at the @aflcio.org #BetterInAUnion bus tour in Anaheim, California to demand answers from Rep. Young Kim for why she voted to raise costs on California’s working families & threaten the public services we all depend on.
August 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🙌 Hundreds of AFSCME members are at the @aflcio.org #BetterInAUnion bus tour in Anaheim, California to demand answers from Rep. Young Kim for why she voted to raise costs on California’s working families & threaten the public services we all depend on.
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HAPPENING NOW: We’re marching on Rep. Young Kim’s office in Anaheim, CA to ask a simple question: How dare you vote to cut services at local hospitals, nursing homes and schools to pay for more billionaire tax breaks?
August 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
HAPPENING NOW: We’re marching on Rep. Young Kim’s office in Anaheim, CA to ask a simple question: How dare you vote to cut services at local hospitals, nursing homes and schools to pay for more billionaire tax breaks?
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Perry: Absolutely disgraces me. I’m one of those people it’s going to cost $1,200 more. For what? To give billionaires another $13,000 they don’t need or deserve? Absolutely not. My message to Scott Perry is this: you really need to take care of the people who voted you in to begin with.
August 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Perry: Absolutely disgraces me. I’m one of those people it’s going to cost $1,200 more. For what? To give billionaires another $13,000 they don’t need or deserve? Absolutely not. My message to Scott Perry is this: you really need to take care of the people who voted you in to begin with.
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Today, marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased. Since then, CEO pay has increased by 91%.
What's the best way to strengthen worker power and secure family-sustaining wages? Get Organized.
What's the best way to strengthen worker power and secure family-sustaining wages? Get Organized.
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today, marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased. Since then, CEO pay has increased by 91%.
What's the best way to strengthen worker power and secure family-sustaining wages? Get Organized.
What's the best way to strengthen worker power and secure family-sustaining wages? Get Organized.
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@udw.org member Charlotte Neal joined the Protect Medicaid Vigil on the National Mall to make clear that AFSCME members and care providers will never stop fighting to #ProtectMedicaid. We all deserve the freedom to get ahead and that means having good health care.
July 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@udw.org member Charlotte Neal joined the Protect Medicaid Vigil on the National Mall to make clear that AFSCME members and care providers will never stop fighting to #ProtectMedicaid. We all deserve the freedom to get ahead and that means having good health care.
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The Protect America’s Workforce Act will override Trump’s union-busting executive order and safeguard more than 1 million federal workers’ voice on the job.
We urge Congress to hold a vote on this critical legislation now.
We urge Congress to hold a vote on this critical legislation now.
July 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Protect America’s Workforce Act will override Trump’s union-busting executive order and safeguard more than 1 million federal workers’ voice on the job.
We urge Congress to hold a vote on this critical legislation now.
We urge Congress to hold a vote on this critical legislation now.
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We are incensed by the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the administration to unlawfully dismantle the Department of Education in direct violation of the Constitution. Our children, educators and nation will suffer great harm if this agency is shuttered.
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
July 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We are incensed by the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the administration to unlawfully dismantle the Department of Education in direct violation of the Constitution. Our children, educators and nation will suffer great harm if this agency is shuttered.
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
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Remember this when kids are going hungry, when seniors and their families can't afford long-term care, when you get those higher medical and energy bills every month.
And remember the tax cut they gave billionaires like Jeff Bezos when he throws himself another $50 million party.
And remember the tax cut they gave billionaires like Jeff Bezos when he throws himself another $50 million party.
July 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Remember this when kids are going hungry, when seniors and their families can't afford long-term care, when you get those higher medical and energy bills every month.
And remember the tax cut they gave billionaires like Jeff Bezos when he throws himself another $50 million party.
And remember the tax cut they gave billionaires like Jeff Bezos when he throws himself another $50 million party.