Rocío Sáenz
@seiusaenz.bsky.social
Secretary Treasurer of Service Employees International Union, Fighting for immigration reform and workers rights
Honored to be at the AFL Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference and to meet Rev. Mark Thompson along with panelist, former Maryland State Senator Michael Mitchell.
Grateful for the conversations and the legacy being carried forward. ✊🏾✨
#MLK2026
Grateful for the conversations and the legacy being carried forward. ✊🏾✨
#MLK2026
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Honored to be at the AFL Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference and to meet Rev. Mark Thompson along with panelist, former Maryland State Senator Michael Mitchell.
Grateful for the conversations and the legacy being carried forward. ✊🏾✨
#MLK2026
Grateful for the conversations and the legacy being carried forward. ✊🏾✨
#MLK2026
Our hearts go out to the families and union siblings of two SEIU Local 1989 workers who lost their lives on the job. Every worker deserves to return home safely at the end of the day. We honor them by committing ourselves to the fight for safer workplaces.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Our hearts go out to the families and union siblings of two SEIU Local 1989 workers who lost their lives on the job. Every worker deserves to return home safely at the end of the day. We honor them by committing ourselves to the fight for safer workplaces.
These high school teens raised money to help their classmates whose parents were detained by ICE. We keep fighting because our future is too bright to stop! www.wbez.org/education/20...
Meet the teens raising money to help classmates with parents in immigration detention
The DREAM Team at Solorio High School on the Southwest Side has collected more than $6,000 for their classmates. The student club has historically worked on college access but expanded its focus to…
www.wbez.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
These high school teens raised money to help their classmates whose parents were detained by ICE. We keep fighting because our future is too bright to stop! www.wbez.org/education/20...
"Immigration has woven itself so tightly through the country’s fabric—in classrooms and hospital wards, city parks and concert halls, corporate boardrooms and factory floors—that walling off the country now will profoundly alter daily life for millions of Americans." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"Immigration has woven itself so tightly through the country’s fabric—in classrooms and hospital wards, city parks and concert halls, corporate boardrooms and factory floors—that walling off the country now will profoundly alter daily life for millions of Americans." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
Our Haitian coworkers and family members are vital to our everyday lives. Forcing them back to a country our own State Dept calls unsafe is cruel and will harm families, workplaces, and the economy. We demand permanent protections now! #TPSjustice www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Our Haitian coworkers and family members are vital to our everyday lives. Forcing them back to a country our own State Dept calls unsafe is cruel and will harm families, workplaces, and the economy. We demand permanent protections now! #TPSjustice www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Starbucks baristas are still on a ULP strike. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union-busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
January 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Starbucks baristas are still on a ULP strike. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union-busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
seiu.co/NoStarbucks
We did that! 👏🏽
🙌🏽 Our voices made a difference! Avelo Airlines will end deportation flights with DHS. We protested and spoke out because no one should profit from cruelty.
Time for GlobalX Air, Eastern Airlines, and Omni Air International to follow suit. #DeICEflights
www.azfamily.com/2026/01/07/a...
Time for GlobalX Air, Eastern Airlines, and Omni Air International to follow suit. #DeICEflights
www.azfamily.com/2026/01/07/a...
Avelo Airlines to end deportation flights from Mesa Gateway Airport
Avelo Airlines says it will close its Mesa Gateway Airport base in the East Valley and end its deportation-flight work for DHS/ICE.
www.azfamily.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
We did that! 👏🏽
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Freezing child care funding doesn’t protect families — it destabilizes them. Care can be protected without pulling the rug out from kids and workers. Stop the freezes. 💜💪🏽
January 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Freezing child care funding doesn’t protect families — it destabilizes them. Care can be protected without pulling the rug out from kids and workers. Stop the freezes. 💜💪🏽
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53 DAYS INTO THE LONGEST NATIONAL ULP STRIKE IN STARBUCKS' HISTORY! 🔥
Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike!
bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike!
bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
January 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
53 DAYS INTO THE LONGEST NATIONAL ULP STRIKE IN STARBUCKS' HISTORY! 🔥
Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike!
bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike!
bsky.app/profile/sbwo...
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December travel is set to break records. We show up every day through the holiday chaos, but too many of us still earn poverty wages. Airport workers deserve a living wage for the essential work we do!
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
December travel is set to break records. We show up every day through the holiday chaos, but too many of us still earn poverty wages. Airport workers deserve a living wage for the essential work we do!
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Don't forget: for every union barista on strike, dozens of customers and allies have joined in solidarity by walking picket lines, showing their support online and in-person, and committing to not buy Starbucks. ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Don't forget: for every union barista on strike, dozens of customers and allies have joined in solidarity by walking picket lines, showing their support online and in-person, and committing to not buy Starbucks. ✊ #NoContractNoCoffee
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As we wrap up 2025, we're excited to share another Local 509 contract victory! Lesley University adjuncts organized and stood united to win a strong contract. Check out some of their wins below! 🎉
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As we wrap up 2025, we're excited to share another Local 509 contract victory! Lesley University adjuncts organized and stood united to win a strong contract. Check out some of their wins below! 🎉
When the media is silenced, our basic rights are put at risk. The public has a right to know about the inhumane conditions people are being forced to endure when being sent to the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador.
This is censorship, plain and simple. We demand answers. #DeICEflights
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
CBS postpones '60 Minutes' story on Trump deportees at the last minute
The broadcaster said Sunday that the segment would be aired at a future date, a move that drew criticism from the correspondent behind the reporting.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
When the media is silenced, our basic rights are put at risk. The public has a right to know about the inhumane conditions people are being forced to endure when being sent to the CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador.
The answer is simple: The Trump admin profits from the detention of our loved ones.
ICE targets day laborers & farm workers to fill for-profit detention centers that then contribute to Trump’s campaign.
We deserve better. We deserve a system that puts people first.
LULAC’s video explains it all
ICE targets day laborers & farm workers to fill for-profit detention centers that then contribute to Trump’s campaign.
We deserve better. We deserve a system that puts people first.
LULAC’s video explains it all
December 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The answer is simple: The Trump admin profits from the detention of our loved ones.
ICE targets day laborers & farm workers to fill for-profit detention centers that then contribute to Trump’s campaign.
We deserve better. We deserve a system that puts people first.
LULAC’s video explains it all
ICE targets day laborers & farm workers to fill for-profit detention centers that then contribute to Trump’s campaign.
We deserve better. We deserve a system that puts people first.
LULAC’s video explains it all
We should be creating more legal pathways for people who already live, work, and contribute in the U.S.— not fewer. #WeMakeAmericaWork
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
Immigrants now have fewer legal options to stay in the U.S. under Trump
The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We should be creating more legal pathways for people who already live, work, and contribute in the U.S.— not fewer. #WeMakeAmericaWork
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g...
This is the holiday spirit we need! More of this—more permanent residency, more protection and peace of mind, and more keeping families together. Happy holidays!
www.calonews.com/after-13-yea...
www.calonews.com/after-13-yea...
After 13 years on DACA, an LA-based artist is granted residency for the holidays
After months of delays, Cruz’s rescheduled immigration appointment on October 15 ended with him being granted U.S. citizenship. He arrived at the federal courthouse with his wife, best friend, and…
www.calonews.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is the holiday spirit we need! More of this—more permanent residency, more protection and peace of mind, and more keeping families together. Happy holidays!
www.calonews.com/after-13-yea...
www.calonews.com/after-13-yea...
It’s last-minute gift time — but don’t let Starbucks off the hook for failing baristas.Thousands of union Starbucks workers across the U.S. are on strike this holiday season.
The easiest way to stand with them?
Don’t buy Starbucks — including gift cards.
solidaritywithbaristas.org
The easiest way to stand with them?
Don’t buy Starbucks — including gift cards.
solidaritywithbaristas.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It’s last-minute gift time — but don’t let Starbucks off the hook for failing baristas.Thousands of union Starbucks workers across the U.S. are on strike this holiday season.
The easiest way to stand with them?
Don’t buy Starbucks — including gift cards.
solidaritywithbaristas.org
The easiest way to stand with them?
Don’t buy Starbucks — including gift cards.
solidaritywithbaristas.org
While everyone should be able to safely visit family during the holiday season, please think twice about being in airports, even for flights within the U.S.
ATTN: All non-U.S. citizens face some risk, including people without documents and even certain people who are green card holders.
Please think twice about being in airports, even for flights within the U.S.
Check out @nilc.org's travel advisory:
www.nilc.org/resources/co...
Please think twice about being in airports, even for flights within the U.S.
Check out @nilc.org's travel advisory:
www.nilc.org/resources/co...
Community Alert: Immigration Arrests at Airports
This resource provides travel safety tips and other resources for immigrants traveling through U.S. airports.
www.nilc.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
While everyone should be able to safely visit family during the holiday season, please think twice about being in airports, even for flights within the U.S.
Reposted by Rocío Sáenz
Thanks for joining Starbucks baristas striking in California, @rokhanna.bsky.social !
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Thanks for joining Starbucks baristas striking in California, @rokhanna.bsky.social !
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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HAPPENING NOW: 100s of striking Starbucks workers and community allies are gathering in front of Starbucks's headquarters in Seattle.
If the company continues to ignore our calls for fair contracts and resolving unfair labor practices, we'll keep getting louder! #NoContractNoCoffee
If the company continues to ignore our calls for fair contracts and resolving unfair labor practices, we'll keep getting louder! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
HAPPENING NOW: 100s of striking Starbucks workers and community allies are gathering in front of Starbucks's headquarters in Seattle.
If the company continues to ignore our calls for fair contracts and resolving unfair labor practices, we'll keep getting louder! #NoContractNoCoffee
If the company continues to ignore our calls for fair contracts and resolving unfair labor practices, we'll keep getting louder! #NoContractNoCoffee
Reposted by Rocío Sáenz
No matter what Starbucks does to try and stop us, we know we deserve a fair workplace.
Our strength is in our solidarity - and we won't stop fighting until Starbucks ends its union-busting and finalizes fair contracts ✊
Our strength is in our solidarity - and we won't stop fighting until Starbucks ends its union-busting and finalizes fair contracts ✊
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
No matter what Starbucks does to try and stop us, we know we deserve a fair workplace.
Our strength is in our solidarity - and we won't stop fighting until Starbucks ends its union-busting and finalizes fair contracts ✊
Our strength is in our solidarity - and we won't stop fighting until Starbucks ends its union-busting and finalizes fair contracts ✊
Every child deserves a safe environment to learn and trust that their family will still be home when they return.
“I feel like as students, we’re scared that we’ll go home one day and there will be no one there.”
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
“I feel like as students, we’re scared that we’ll go home one day and there will be no one there.”
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
Student-led ICE protests erupt across Washington County amid enforcement crackdowns
Students say they feel safe at school but are fearful of what might happen to themselves and their family when school lets out.
www.oregonlive.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Every child deserves a safe environment to learn and trust that their family will still be home when they return.
“I feel like as students, we’re scared that we’ll go home one day and there will be no one there.”
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
“I feel like as students, we’re scared that we’ll go home one day and there will be no one there.”
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
The bipartisan #DreamAct would provide immigrant workers and their families with a pathway to citizenship, along with the dignity, safety, and belonging they deserve. It’s time for Congress to be bold, to be brave, and to act now!
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The bipartisan #DreamAct would provide immigrant workers and their families with a pathway to citizenship, along with the dignity, safety, and belonging they deserve. It’s time for Congress to be bold, to be brave, and to act now!
Starbucks workers across the country are taking action and they’re not backing down. In every city, the message is the same: fair pay, stable hours, an end to unfair labor practices, and real movement at the bargaining table.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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#NoContractNoCoffee
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‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
seiu.co
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Starbucks workers across the country are taking action and they’re not backing down. In every city, the message is the same: fair pay, stable hours, an end to unfair labor practices, and real movement at the bargaining table.
#NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/3Xyu09q
#NoContractNoCoffee
seiu.co/3Xyu09q