Since we last shared an update on bargaining, we’ve received additional information about management salaries at Rewire.

The TLDR: The pay discrepancy between management and union members is deeply unsettling.

Every single Senate Democrat will vote against Russell Vought, the Trump nominee for OMB and chief architect of the ultra-right Project 2025.

We are holding the floor of the United States Senate overnight to expose how Project 2025 is the Trump White House agenda.

Working people deserve a Department of Labor that works for them. We will stand up to anyone trying to harm working people. That starts with DOGE.

What a time to be alive. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

We are thrilled to share that the request for voluntary recognition of our union has been signed, pending verification by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service tomorrow morning! Thanks to our teammates past and present and the organizers at @wbng.org for getting us across the finish line.

Good News in Chicago!!!!

The Chicago Tribune Guild won its first contract from Alden Global Capital after six years of bargaining! The new contract secures substantial economic gains and 21st-century workplace protections for members as they continue to keep Chicago informed and accountable.

🚨ACTION NEEDED: H.R. 9495 includes a poison pill provision that is a serious threat to nonprofits. This bill would remove due process and hand over considerable power to future administrations.

Join us in urging Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495!
🔗bit.ly/STOP9495

In our first post, we highlight the incredible in-house staff of SEIU 1199 who held their first bargaining session with management this week!

The road to the bargaining table was long, but they fought hard for it!

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Spending some time with this girl today, who has been oh so patient with me the last few months of trying to save our country from the future it apparently wants. Plenty of work ahead, but for today, enjoying our ever-warming planet with tennis balls and treats will do.

Finally got on here. Let’s talk unions.