April Verrett
@seiupres.bsky.social
International President of the Service Employees International Union
The 👏🏿 System 👏🏿 Isn’t 👏🏿 Broken 👏🏿 It’s 👏🏿 Working 👏🏿 Exactly 👏🏿 How 👏🏿 It’s 👏🏿 Intended 👏🏿 To 👏🏿 Work 👏🏿
Time 👏🏿 For 👏🏿 A 👏🏿 New 👏🏿 System 👏🏿
Time 👏🏿 For 👏🏿 A 👏🏿 New 👏🏿 System 👏🏿
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The 👏🏿 System 👏🏿 Isn’t 👏🏿 Broken 👏🏿 It’s 👏🏿 Working 👏🏿 Exactly 👏🏿 How 👏🏿 It’s 👏🏿 Intended 👏🏿 To 👏🏿 Work 👏🏿
Time 👏🏿 For 👏🏿 A 👏🏿 New 👏🏿 System 👏🏿
Time 👏🏿 For 👏🏿 A 👏🏿 New 👏🏿 System 👏🏿
Working people aren’t out here demanding luxury. We’re demanding basics: a roof overhead, healthcare we can actually count on, the ability to care for our families, and a little breathing room for joy. If that’s “asking too much,” then the system is the problem.
December 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Working people aren’t out here demanding luxury. We’re demanding basics: a roof overhead, healthcare we can actually count on, the ability to care for our families, and a little breathing room for joy. If that’s “asking too much,” then the system is the problem.
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating. Extra love to the workers on shift today, keeping hospitals running, flights moving, streets clean, meals served. We see you. We’ve got you. Solidarity isn’t a slogan, it’s how we take care of each other. 🎄✊🏿
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating. Extra love to the workers on shift today, keeping hospitals running, flights moving, streets clean, meals served. We see you. We’ve got you. Solidarity isn’t a slogan, it’s how we take care of each other. 🎄✊🏿
I just know some billionaire is gifting his kids 30k worth of frivolous gifts while his workers struggle to put something beneath their trees.
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I just know some billionaire is gifting his kids 30k worth of frivolous gifts while his workers struggle to put something beneath their trees.
When are the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future going to visit Elon Musk y’all?
We are ALL waiting.
We are ALL waiting.
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
When are the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future going to visit Elon Musk y’all?
We are ALL waiting.
We are ALL waiting.
Reminder that we are NOT crossing the Starbucks picket line this holiday season- and I'm looking at you last minute gift buyers, NO STARBUCKS GIFTCARDS!
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Reminder that we are NOT crossing the Starbucks picket line this holiday season- and I'm looking at you last minute gift buyers, NO STARBUCKS GIFTCARDS!
Folks love to say “the market will sort it out.” The market already sorted it: billionaires got richer, workers got eviction notices. Unions are how we sort it differently.
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Folks love to say “the market will sort it out.” The market already sorted it: billionaires got richer, workers got eviction notices. Unions are how we sort it differently.
Here’s what happens when you strip minimum wage + overtime from home care: people quit, families lose care, the whole system cracks.
This country needs more caregivers, not more loopholes.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
This country needs more caregivers, not more loopholes.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back
This story originally was published by Capital & Main For more than two decades, Denise Lugo has worked as a home care worker in Fayetteville, North Carolina, caring for elderly clients in their homes...
www.yahoo.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Here’s what happens when you strip minimum wage + overtime from home care: people quit, families lose care, the whole system cracks.
This country needs more caregivers, not more loopholes.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
This country needs more caregivers, not more loopholes.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Four Republicans had to join Democrats to FORCE a vote to keep Obamacare premium tax credits alive. That tells you everything.
Working families can’t afford another “oops, your premiums tripled” moment. Vote YES and do it now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Working families can’t afford another “oops, your premiums tripled” moment. Vote YES and do it now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Four Republicans join Democrats to force vote on bill that would extend Obamacare subsidies
Major setback for Mike Johnson as rebellion underscores GOP anxiety over rise in healthcare costs before midterms
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Four Republicans had to join Democrats to FORCE a vote to keep Obamacare premium tax credits alive. That tells you everything.
Working families can’t afford another “oops, your premiums tripled” moment. Vote YES and do it now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Working families can’t afford another “oops, your premiums tripled” moment. Vote YES and do it now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s time to make noise, family. Our voices, our stories, our truths, they need to be heard everywhere. We’ve got power in numbers and we’ll flood these spaces with the truth. Let’s go!
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s time to make noise, family. Our voices, our stories, our truths, they need to be heard everywhere. We’ve got power in numbers and we’ll flood these spaces with the truth. Let’s go!
I think it’s wild that there are still people out there who think the United States can’t afford healthcare for its people while 80 other countries can.
It’s not a money problem; it’s a priority problem.
It’s not a money problem; it’s a priority problem.
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think it’s wild that there are still people out there who think the United States can’t afford healthcare for its people while 80 other countries can.
It’s not a money problem; it’s a priority problem.
It’s not a money problem; it’s a priority problem.
A study released earlier this year showed that 60% of Americans can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
On another… unrelated… note, corporations are hitting record profits every single month.
On another… unrelated… note, corporations are hitting record profits every single month.
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A study released earlier this year showed that 60% of Americans can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
On another… unrelated… note, corporations are hitting record profits every single month.
On another… unrelated… note, corporations are hitting record profits every single month.
22 million people use ACA tax credits to keep coverage affordable. The Senate just let two bills fail. Now families are staring down an average $1,016 more per year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
With ACA subsidies set to lapse, millions of Americans face a painful spike in health plan costs
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
www.cbsnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
22 million people use ACA tax credits to keep coverage affordable. The Senate just let two bills fail. Now families are staring down an average $1,016 more per year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
www.cbsnews.com/news/aca-sub...
Minnesota family: our Somali sisters, brothers, and siblings are being targeted because they’re building real power and bringing folks together. We’re not letting ICE or DHS pick us off one by one. An injury to one is an injury to all. #GreaterThanFear
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Minnesota family: our Somali sisters, brothers, and siblings are being targeted because they’re building real power and bringing folks together. We’re not letting ICE or DHS pick us off one by one. An injury to one is an injury to all. #GreaterThanFear
Federal workers didn’t back down when their rights were stripped, they organized.
They built a working majority in the House and passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Now the Senate must finish the job and restore federal workers’ rights. ✊🏿
www.seiu.org/2025/12/seiu...
They built a working majority in the House and passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Now the Senate must finish the job and restore federal workers’ rights. ✊🏿
www.seiu.org/2025/12/seiu...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
www.seiu.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Federal workers didn’t back down when their rights were stripped, they organized.
They built a working majority in the House and passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Now the Senate must finish the job and restore federal workers’ rights. ✊🏿
www.seiu.org/2025/12/seiu...
They built a working majority in the House and passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Now the Senate must finish the job and restore federal workers’ rights. ✊🏿
www.seiu.org/2025/12/seiu...
This weekend, two students were killed and nine people were wounded in a shooting at Brown University, right in the middle of final exams. (Thread 1/3)
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This weekend, two students were killed and nine people were wounded in a shooting at Brown University, right in the middle of final exams. (Thread 1/3)
If you’ve ever gone home sore, underpaid, and disrespected, you are not alone. You are the majority. And when the majority unionizes, things change.
December 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you’ve ever gone home sore, underpaid, and disrespected, you are not alone. You are the majority. And when the majority unionizes, things change.
What would YOU do if you were hit with an unexpected $400 bill? #UnionsForAll
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What would YOU do if you were hit with an unexpected $400 bill? #UnionsForAll
Home care workers keep families going. In Michigan, care workers just won their union and now they can bargain for higher wages, healthcare, training, and retirement. When caregivers have support, EVERYONE gets better care.
www.seiu.org/blog/2025/12...
www.seiu.org/blog/2025/12...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Home care workers are frontline leaders in the fight for justice and dignity. We are owed so much more.
www.seiu.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Home care workers keep families going. In Michigan, care workers just won their union and now they can bargain for higher wages, healthcare, training, and retirement. When caregivers have support, EVERYONE gets better care.
www.seiu.org/blog/2025/12...
www.seiu.org/blog/2025/12...
The EPA can delete humans as a cause from a climate webpage… but unfortunately that won’t delete the smog from our lungs or the heat from our jobs.
Climate justice is labor justice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
Climate justice is labor justice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
E.P.A. Erases Mention of Humans Causing Climate Change From Some Web Pages
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The EPA can delete humans as a cause from a climate webpage… but unfortunately that won’t delete the smog from our lungs or the heat from our jobs.
Climate justice is labor justice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
Climate justice is labor justice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
Baristas make Starbucks run. For a month they’ve been on the picket line for better pay, fair hours, and an end to union busting. Now it is time for Starbucks to pay them what they are owed and get this damn contract done. Let’s go get it. ☕✊🏿 #UnionsForAll #NoContractNoCoffee
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Baristas make Starbucks run. For a month they’ve been on the picket line for better pay, fair hours, and an end to union busting. Now it is time for Starbucks to pay them what they are owed and get this damn contract done. Let’s go get it. ☕✊🏿 #UnionsForAll #NoContractNoCoffee
Tearing families apart doesn’t create jobs.
Destroying communities doesn’t lower the price of groceries.
Mass deportations only hurt our country AND our economy. #ImmigrantsAreEssential
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Destroying communities doesn’t lower the price of groceries.
Mass deportations only hurt our country AND our economy. #ImmigrantsAreEssential
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
National guard shooting prompts extraordinary outburst and targeting of people from startling range of countries
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tearing families apart doesn’t create jobs.
Destroying communities doesn’t lower the price of groceries.
Mass deportations only hurt our country AND our economy. #ImmigrantsAreEssential
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Destroying communities doesn’t lower the price of groceries.
Mass deportations only hurt our country AND our economy. #ImmigrantsAreEssential
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There have been 1.1 million layoffs in 2025.
Did y’all know that the U.S. is one of the only developed nations that allows bosses to lay you off with no reason at all?
The system isn’t broken, it’s operating exactly how it was designed.
Did y’all know that the U.S. is one of the only developed nations that allows bosses to lay you off with no reason at all?
The system isn’t broken, it’s operating exactly how it was designed.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There have been 1.1 million layoffs in 2025.
Did y’all know that the U.S. is one of the only developed nations that allows bosses to lay you off with no reason at all?
The system isn’t broken, it’s operating exactly how it was designed.
Did y’all know that the U.S. is one of the only developed nations that allows bosses to lay you off with no reason at all?
The system isn’t broken, it’s operating exactly how it was designed.
You don’t fix a nursing shortage by making it harder to be a nurse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump administration says nursing isn't a professional degree amid new limits on loans
The new student loan caps take effect in July. Here's what that means for students looking to pursue advanced nursing degrees.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You don’t fix a nursing shortage by making it harder to be a nurse.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Still riding the MadSoul high 💜
Black joy and worker power all in one place.
This is what our movement looks like when we show up as our whole selves: loud, rooted in love, and ready to get free together. ✊🏿
Black joy and worker power all in one place.
This is what our movement looks like when we show up as our whole selves: loud, rooted in love, and ready to get free together. ✊🏿
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Still riding the MadSoul high 💜
Black joy and worker power all in one place.
This is what our movement looks like when we show up as our whole selves: loud, rooted in love, and ready to get free together. ✊🏿
Black joy and worker power all in one place.
This is what our movement looks like when we show up as our whole selves: loud, rooted in love, and ready to get free together. ✊🏿