Caitlin Benstead
@c-benz.bsky.social
Chronically ill labor activist in the PNW. I'm all about memes, nature, learning, and fighting for economic and racial justice.
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free"
- Frederick Douglas
#UnionsForAll #BlackLivesMatter
#ReproductiveJustice
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free"
- Frederick Douglas
#UnionsForAll #BlackLivesMatter
#ReproductiveJustice
FREE THE MORENO FORERO FAMILY ‼️
SEIU 925 member Nicolle and her family — seeking asylum and caring for a seriously ill child — were detained by ICE, putting their safety and her son’s life at risk. Free the Moreno Forero family! Stop the injustice!
TAKE ACTION:
💌 www.bit.ly/writetonicolle
💰 www.bit.ly/moreno-forero-gfm
TAKE ACTION:
💌 www.bit.ly/writetonicolle
💰 www.bit.ly/moreno-forero-gfm
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
FREE THE MORENO FORERO FAMILY ‼️
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🚨An SEIU 925 member at UWMC has been in ICE detention since March after being denied re-entry from the Philippines.
UW must do more: protect workers’ jobs if they’re detained, allow leave for immigration proceedings & educate employees on rights.
Sign: bit.ly/uw-protectimmigrants
UW must do more: protect workers’ jobs if they’re detained, allow leave for immigration proceedings & educate employees on rights.
Sign: bit.ly/uw-protectimmigrants
UW, protect immigrant employees!
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March 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
🚨An SEIU 925 member at UWMC has been in ICE detention since March after being denied re-entry from the Philippines.
UW must do more: protect workers’ jobs if they’re detained, allow leave for immigration proceedings & educate employees on rights.
Sign: bit.ly/uw-protectimmigrants
UW must do more: protect workers’ jobs if they’re detained, allow leave for immigration proceedings & educate employees on rights.
Sign: bit.ly/uw-protectimmigrants
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Whether you see your job as blue collar, white collar, pink collar, or even *hoodie* collar (shoutout to remote workers!), we all deserve dignity and fair pay. Joining together in a union is how we make it happen—so slide on over!
#UnionsForAll #UnionMemes
#UnionsForAll #UnionMemes
March 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Whether you see your job as blue collar, white collar, pink collar, or even *hoodie* collar (shoutout to remote workers!), we all deserve dignity and fair pay. Joining together in a union is how we make it happen—so slide on over!
#UnionsForAll #UnionMemes
#UnionsForAll #UnionMemes
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Dismantling and defunding the Department of Education will mean major funding losses for states, impacting students and schools nationwide. Public education needs more funding, not less.
#ProtectPublicEducation #FundOurFuture
#ProtectPublicEducation #FundOurFuture
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dismantling and defunding the Department of Education will mean major funding losses for states, impacting students and schools nationwide. Public education needs more funding, not less.
#ProtectPublicEducation #FundOurFuture
#ProtectPublicEducation #FundOurFuture
"Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer."
Wildfire experts in Washington state warn of fallout from Trump’s Forest Service cuts
President Donald Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer.
www.kuow.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer."
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Marko Elez's reported resignation has interesting implications for Musk/DOGE control over Treasury payment data. Elez was one of only two DOGE affiliates permitted by court order to access the data, and DOJ claimed that the other (Tom Krause) had only supervised Elez's work.
![ORDER
(February 6, 2025)
With the consent of the parties, the Court DEFERS RULING on the Plaintiffs' [8] Motion
for a Temporary Restraining Order and ORDERS as follows:
• The Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of
records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, except that the
Defendants may provide access to any of the following people:
• Mr. Tom Krause, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the
Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to
payment records will be "read only";
• Mr. Marko Elez, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the
Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to
payment records will be "read only";
• Any person who is an employee (but not a Special Government Employee) of the
Department of the Treasury and who has a need for the record or system of records
in the performance of their duties;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreieyslwq4aeed6wfnkfoxqq4kyuef56eszhofrmbmfwjgbbqn3jiwu@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Marko Elez's reported resignation has interesting implications for Musk/DOGE control over Treasury payment data. Elez was one of only two DOGE affiliates permitted by court order to access the data, and DOJ claimed that the other (Tom Krause) had only supervised Elez's work.
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Change doesn’t happen by itself—get involved, take action, and make it happen!
February 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Change doesn’t happen by itself—get involved, take action, and make it happen!
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Take away our kids and grandparent’s Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaires? NO F*#&ING WAY! LISTEN UP, CONGRESS: Families of every race and every place should have the freedom to get the healthcare we need. Call 866-426-2631. Tell Congress #HandsOffMedicaid
February 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Take away our kids and grandparent’s Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaires? NO F*#&ING WAY! LISTEN UP, CONGRESS: Families of every race and every place should have the freedom to get the healthcare we need. Call 866-426-2631. Tell Congress #HandsOffMedicaid
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Fashion-forward Elle Woods never saw herself as a union leader—until her dream job turns into a nightmare. Determined to prove everyone wrong, she takes on the biggest challenge yet: unionizing her workplace & showing the skeptics that solidarity is always in style.
#LaborRomCom
#LaborRomCom
February 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fashion-forward Elle Woods never saw herself as a union leader—until her dream job turns into a nightmare. Determined to prove everyone wrong, she takes on the biggest challenge yet: unionizing her workplace & showing the skeptics that solidarity is always in style.
#LaborRomCom
#LaborRomCom
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Italian lawmakers have accused Donald Trump Jr. of hunting a protected duck in Venice’s lagoon. “It is morally despicable,” a lawmaker in parliament said on Tuesday. “And it’s a crime.”
A Trump. A Dead Duck. And an Uproar in Italy.
A video shows Donald Trump Jr. sitting in hunting gear beside a dead protected bird. Italian lawmakers want answers.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Italian lawmakers have accused Donald Trump Jr. of hunting a protected duck in Venice’s lagoon. “It is morally despicable,” a lawmaker in parliament said on Tuesday. “And it’s a crime.”
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Elon musk isn’t elected.
He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches.
And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.
He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches.
And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.
February 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Elon musk isn’t elected.
He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches.
And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.
He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches.
And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.
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The unions are seeking an injunction to block what they call an illegal "ultimatum" for federal workers.
Unions Sue To Stop Trump's 'Deferred Resignation' Program
The unions are seeking an injunction to block what they call an illegal "ultimatum" for federal workers.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The unions are seeking an injunction to block what they call an illegal "ultimatum" for federal workers.
“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.”
Empowered by President Trump, Elon Musk is waging an unchecked war against the federal bureaucracy — one that has already had far-reaching consequences.
Read more: nyti.ms/4hIUcpP
Read more: nyti.ms/4hIUcpP
February 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.”
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hey so this is insane
January 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
hey so this is insane
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Medicaid is under attack. Do you know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
February 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Medicaid is under attack. Do you know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
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Corporate elites try to divide us—by race, gender, and immigration status—while they profit from our struggles. Whether we’re Black, white, Latine, Asian, or Native, we all want the same things: affordable healthcare, fair wages, and a better future for our families.
#UnionsForAll #GreedyCEOs
#UnionsForAll #GreedyCEOs
January 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Corporate elites try to divide us—by race, gender, and immigration status—while they profit from our struggles. Whether we’re Black, white, Latine, Asian, or Native, we all want the same things: affordable healthcare, fair wages, and a better future for our families.
#UnionsForAll #GreedyCEOs
#UnionsForAll #GreedyCEOs
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Thanks to CPS Security Personnel, SEIU Local 73 members, who followed district protocols to protect students.
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
ICE Agents Turned Away From Back of the Yards Elementary School: Officials
The agents were turned away and no one appears to have been detained, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) told WTTW News.
news.wttw.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thanks to CPS Security Personnel, SEIU Local 73 members, who followed district protocols to protect students.
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“We are farmworkers working the land of the state, keeping the economy strong. We are not just the growers making money off of our labor."
#UnionsForAll #SiSePuede
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
#UnionsForAll #SiSePuede
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
Farmworkers rally in Olympia amid federal court battle over wages
Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a WA migrant workers’ union, is involved in an ongoing lawsuit with the Department of Labor over a shift to hourly pay.
www.cascadepbs.org
January 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“We are farmworkers working the land of the state, keeping the economy strong. We are not just the growers making money off of our labor."
#UnionsForAll #SiSePuede
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
#UnionsForAll #SiSePuede
www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
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An economy driven by greedy CEOs, aka oligarchs, leaves most of us behind. A union-led economy? It’s about fairness and shared success.
#GreedyCEOs #UnionsForAll
#GreedyCEOs #UnionsForAll
January 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
An economy driven by greedy CEOs, aka oligarchs, leaves most of us behind. A union-led economy? It’s about fairness and shared success.
#GreedyCEOs #UnionsForAll
#GreedyCEOs #UnionsForAll
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.