Ed Wytkind
edwytkind.bsky.social
Ed Wytkind
@edwytkind.bsky.social
The future of work, AI and emerging technologies must be about using innovation to create good jobs for more people, not just about letting billionaires make the decisions about our future for us.
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We said HELL NO to Trump and his billionaire friends trying to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service.
March 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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We will stand up to any billionaire threatening workers’ jobs, and fight for the public services that working people rely on every day, including the Postal Service.
March 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Working people have been busy these last few weeks fighting back against Elon Musk and DOGE.

Workers deserve a government that works for them, not Elon’s greedy billionaire buddies.
March 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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President Trump's executive orders amount to an unprecedented attack on immigrant workers and families that will weaken our economy and our country.
aflcio.org/press/releas...
AFL-CIO President: ‘Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Immigrant Workers and Their Families Weaken America’ | AFL-CIO
In response to executive orders promoting mass deportations and the rolling back of immigrants’ rights, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement:
aflcio.org
January 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Colorado’s labor law weakens unions and allows wealthy corporations to exploit workers by cutting corners on workplace safety and wages.

It’s time to modernize the law to provide all workers with the freedom to organize a union. More from our Secretary-Treasurer: coloradosun.com/2025/01/20/o...
Opinion: Justice demands that Colorado legislators modernize the state’s labor law this session
With Senate Bill 5, getting rid of a second election to form a union would go a long way to fix the state’s 81-year-old laws built on oppression
coloradosun.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Would be nice to solidify a real alternative to X for the millions who are fed up with participating on a platform that has become about spreading dangerous conspiracy theories and extremism
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/22/h...
How Bluesky, Twitter's one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk's X
Bluesky attracted many X users following the U.S. election in November. The decentralized social media platform has now grown to over 28 million users.
www.cnbc.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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After decades of fighting, 2.5 million teachers, firefighters, VA nurses, postal workers, and so many other public service workers can now retire with the FULL benefits they earned, thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/01...
2.5 million Americans were once denied Social Security benefits. A new law changes that
After decades of advocacy, public sector workers celebrate the repeal of laws that cut their Social Security benefits, thanks to the newly signed Social Security Fairness Act.
www.cleveland.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Congratulations to the Transport Workers Union for forming the first Brightline union in Florida! In the face of unrelenting union-busting from management, workers showed their strength and solidarity and voted #UnionYes.
www.orlandoweekly.com/news/brightl...
Brightline’s onboard attendants vote to form first Brightline union in Florida
Despite union-busting tactics from management, Brightline's service attendants decided to choo-choo-choose the union.
www.orlandoweekly.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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On what would have been his 96th birthday, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

And we honor the longstanding bond between the labor and civil rights movements, and channel our strength and energy into substantive action to build worker power.
January 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Happy Birthday, Dr. King.
January 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Despite Trump and past administrations trying multiple times, giving tax cuts to billionaires has NEVER helped working people.

It is insane to keep trying to do it and expecting different results.
November 21, 2024 at 8:32 PM