Emily Markwiese
@emilymarkwiese.bsky.social
Union organizer in Austin, TX. Astros fan. Hill Country enjoyer.
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Unions Get Bigger in Texas
Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now.
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I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
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I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
ICE has detained one of our IRC Workers Unite members in Texas that has spent his entire time in this country helping other refugees find stability.
Stand with our union brother and donate to help us bring him home: gofund.me/60aa0259
Stand with our union brother and donate to help us bring him home: gofund.me/60aa0259
Donate to Urgent Aid for IRC Workers Unite Member Detained by ICE, organized by IRC Workers Unite
Hi there! We are International Rescue Committee Workers Unite… IRC Workers Unite needs your support for Urgent Aid for IRC Workers Unite Member Detained by ICE
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April 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
ICE has detained one of our IRC Workers Unite members in Texas that has spent his entire time in this country helping other refugees find stability.
Stand with our union brother and donate to help us bring him home: gofund.me/60aa0259
Stand with our union brother and donate to help us bring him home: gofund.me/60aa0259
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JUST IN: Three days after a judge awarded $6.6 million to whistleblowers fired for reporting him to the FBI for allegedly using his office to protect a prominent real estate developer in exchange for helping him cheat on his state senator wife, Ken Paxton announces he is running for US Senate.
April 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
JUST IN: Three days after a judge awarded $6.6 million to whistleblowers fired for reporting him to the FBI for allegedly using his office to protect a prominent real estate developer in exchange for helping him cheat on his state senator wife, Ken Paxton announces he is running for US Senate.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
April 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
SESAME STREET UNION LFG!!!
SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
March 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
SESAME STREET UNION LFG!!!
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We condemn the decision to fire these safety inspectors. Everywhere I go I am asked, “is it safe to fly?” My response is yes because thousands of frontline workers ask that all day long. If federal workers can’t do their jobs, we can’t do ours. 1/2
www.passnational.org/index.php/ne...
www.passnational.org/index.php/ne...
PASS on Firing of Probationary Employees at FAA
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) AFL-CIO Federal Aviation Administration FAA National Airspace System NAS Safety Inspectors Technicians Privatization Maintenance and Certification
www.passnational.org
February 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We condemn the decision to fire these safety inspectors. Everywhere I go I am asked, “is it safe to fly?” My response is yes because thousands of frontline workers ask that all day long. If federal workers can’t do their jobs, we can’t do ours. 1/2
www.passnational.org/index.php/ne...
www.passnational.org/index.php/ne...
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Unions have won language to protect their immigrant members from ICE interrogations at work, to safeguard their privacy, to prevent retaliation, and more. @nataschaelena.bsky.social and @sarahlazare.bsky.social compiled details from collective bargaining agreements: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
Want to Defend Immigrant Workers in Your Contract? Here Are Some Suggestions.
The following language was compiled from a series of unions and labor activists. It is intended as a resource for workers looking to include pro-immigrant provisions in their collective bargaining agr...
labornotes.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Unions have won language to protect their immigrant members from ICE interrogations at work, to safeguard their privacy, to prevent retaliation, and more. @nataschaelena.bsky.social and @sarahlazare.bsky.social compiled details from collective bargaining agreements: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
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"The Texas labor movement has a fighting heart in large part because our state has failed working people so completely. It’s what organizers say at the beginning of every campaign: Nobody is coming to save you."
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
Unions Get Bigger in Texas
Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now.
progressive.org
January 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"The Texas labor movement has a fighting heart in large part because our state has failed working people so completely. It’s what organizers say at the beginning of every campaign: Nobody is coming to save you."
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
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“Where Texas workers are being given dedicated organizing resources, they are winning. Meeting this moment demands a movement-wide commitment to organize in Texas, and all Southern states, that matches the will of the workers here.”
Unions Get Bigger in Texas
Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now.
progressive.org
January 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“Where Texas workers are being given dedicated organizing resources, they are winning. Meeting this moment demands a movement-wide commitment to organize in Texas, and all Southern states, that matches the will of the workers here.”
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read Emily's article! "That community is punching above its weight by any standard. Rank-and-file union members in Texas are not just beating the odds; they’re spearheading national campaigns, winning historic contracts, and calling for justice beyond the borders of their state and country."
New for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
Unions Get Bigger in Texas
Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now.
progressive.org
December 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
read Emily's article! "That community is punching above its weight by any standard. Rank-and-file union members in Texas are not just beating the odds; they’re spearheading national campaigns, winning historic contracts, and calling for justice beyond the borders of their state and country."
New for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
Unions Get Bigger in Texas
Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now.
progressive.org
December 30, 2024 at 2:49 PM
New for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
I spoke with the Texas workers that are defying our state’s anti-union history via transformative organizing.
progressive.org/magazine/uni...
Few are doing it like this
December 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Few are doing it like this
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Breaking: Amazon tried to dampen the resolve of its striking workers. But the Queens picket line is denser than it was yesterday. Workers remain unbossed and fearless. Hearing reports of an alleged record number of Amazon drivers calling out!
December 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Breaking: Amazon tried to dampen the resolve of its striking workers. But the Queens picket line is denser than it was yesterday. Workers remain unbossed and fearless. Hearing reports of an alleged record number of Amazon drivers calling out!
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“But I like my job and get along with my boss, why should I bother joining a union?”
December 18, 2024 at 7:04 PM
“But I like my job and get along with my boss, why should I bother joining a union?”
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The Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) program—which lets workers file for temporary visas if their employer violates their rights, including in retaliation for organizing—may be in jeopardy during Trump's second term: labornotes.org/blogs/2024/1... 1/2
Poultry Bosses Benefit from Trump’s Threats
Even before he takes office, the Trump victory has given more power to poultry corporations. They’re using the political environment to intimidate workers. I’ve been organizing with poultry processing...
labornotes.org
December 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) program—which lets workers file for temporary visas if their employer violates their rights, including in retaliation for organizing—may be in jeopardy during Trump's second term: labornotes.org/blogs/2024/1... 1/2
Beautiful, important piece on the incredible acts of solidarity that brought the community devastated by Helene together in the aftermath of the destruction when aid was slow to arrive.
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Across a Hundred Muddy Hollers
How mutual aid is filling the gaps in the recovery of North Carolina mountain communities after Hurricane Helene.
progressive.org
December 14, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Beautiful, important piece on the incredible acts of solidarity that brought the community devastated by Helene together in the aftermath of the destruction when aid was slow to arrive.
progressive.org/magazine/acr...
progressive.org/magazine/acr...
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More members of the public and the press are showing interest in the possible role of border militias in Trump's mass deportation scheme.
I've reported extensively on border militias this year and I have some thoughts and anecdotes to share. 🧵
I've reported extensively on border militias this year and I have some thoughts and anecdotes to share. 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 11:00 PM
More members of the public and the press are showing interest in the possible role of border militias in Trump's mass deportation scheme.
I've reported extensively on border militias this year and I have some thoughts and anecdotes to share. 🧵
I've reported extensively on border militias this year and I have some thoughts and anecdotes to share. 🧵
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We've been publishing stories all year related to our 70th anniversary, but today marks the actual date that the @texasobserver.org published its first issue in 1954, with the top story dedicated to a retail workers' strike in Port Arthur: archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1954/1...
December 13, 2024 at 2:00 PM
We've been publishing stories all year related to our 70th anniversary, but today marks the actual date that the @texasobserver.org published its first issue in 1954, with the top story dedicated to a retail workers' strike in Port Arthur: archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1954/1...
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Maria shared a pic of the sweet potato field once she and her co workers were done harvesting in Merced CA. Maria woke at 230am to drop off her kids with a babysitter so she could make her 4am shift this day. #WeFeedYou
December 11, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Maria shared a pic of the sweet potato field once she and her co workers were done harvesting in Merced CA. Maria woke at 230am to drop off her kids with a babysitter so she could make her 4am shift this day. #WeFeedYou
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🚨BREAKING: The NewsGuild of New York (@newsguildny.bsky.social) has reached a tentative agreement with the New York Times on a historic first tech contract for workers at the NYT Tech Guild (@nytguildtech.bsky.social)!
December 11, 2024 at 7:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: The NewsGuild of New York (@newsguildny.bsky.social) has reached a tentative agreement with the New York Times on a historic first tech contract for workers at the NYT Tech Guild (@nytguildtech.bsky.social)!
One of the most consequential labor struggles of the entire year is happening right now in Dallas. Solidarity with the dancers who fought hard and won big.
Texas workers aren’t messing around.
Texas workers aren’t messing around.
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre, which terminated the employees after they tried to unionize, owes back pay, compensation, and apology letters to each of the artists.
Texas Dance Company F*cked Around, Now Must Pay $560,000 to Fired Black Dancers - The Barbed Wire
Six months after the prestigious Dallas Black Dance Theatre chose to f*ck around — by wrongfully firing all of its dancers just days before the season was set to start — they’re now finding out the ha...
thebarbedwire.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:00 PM
One of the most consequential labor struggles of the entire year is happening right now in Dallas. Solidarity with the dancers who fought hard and won big.
Texas workers aren’t messing around.
Texas workers aren’t messing around.
This marks the -8th- unionized IRC location since our members in Dallas organized their office in 2023.
Endlessly inspired by the nationwide network of solidarity IRC workers have built through their union.
Endlessly inspired by the nationwide network of solidarity IRC workers have built through their union.
International Rescue Committee workers are organizing with OPEIU locals across the country!
Today, IRC workers in NYC joined the nationwide organizing effort by announcing a union of their own with OPEIU Local 153! #UnionStrong
Today, IRC workers in NYC joined the nationwide organizing effort by announcing a union of their own with OPEIU Local 153! #UnionStrong
International Rescue Committee (IRC) Workers Announce Unionization with OPEIU Local 153 — OPEIU Local 153
New York, New York – A supermajority of employees from the International Rescue Committee office of New York have announced their intent to form a union with the Office and Professional Employees Int...
www.opeiulocal153.org
December 9, 2024 at 7:09 PM
This marks the -8th- unionized IRC location since our members in Dallas organized their office in 2023.
Endlessly inspired by the nationwide network of solidarity IRC workers have built through their union.
Endlessly inspired by the nationwide network of solidarity IRC workers have built through their union.
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Guy who writes the laws: Don't worry we'll only torture and imprison you if you break the laws.
Kash Patel now says, as he's aiming to become FBI director, that he won't really come after all journalists he dislikes. And Pete Hegseth now says that if he becomes Defense Secretary, he'll stop drinking. So we should all be very reassured!
December 7, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Guy who writes the laws: Don't worry we'll only torture and imprison you if you break the laws.
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My latest for @thebarbedwire.bsky.social is about how Ken Paxton's lawsuit aimed at halting decriminalization of cannabis possession in Dallas is the latest example of a budding trend in Texas where Republicans are using state power to crack down on local government
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/05/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/05/t...
Texas Republicans Are the New Big Government Establishment - The Barbed Wire
It’s old hat to say everything is bigger in Texas. True connoisseurs know that things in the Lone Star State are also often wilder and weirder than what you see on the evening news. Every two weeks, S...
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:23 PM
My latest for @thebarbedwire.bsky.social is about how Ken Paxton's lawsuit aimed at halting decriminalization of cannabis possession in Dallas is the latest example of a budding trend in Texas where Republicans are using state power to crack down on local government
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/05/t...
thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/05/t...
If you’re book shopping in Austin, stop by BookPeople & show the staff love as they prepare to head into negotiations in the new year.
December 3, 2024 at 4:53 PM
If you’re book shopping in Austin, stop by BookPeople & show the staff love as they prepare to head into negotiations in the new year.
Despite past retaliation from their employer, interpreters across the country are organizing against the disastrous impact private equity has had on their profession and the deaf community at large.
VRS interpreters deserve a union.
inthesetimes.com/article/sign...
VRS interpreters deserve a union.
inthesetimes.com/article/sign...
Wall Street Took Over a Vital Sign Language Service—And Started Union Busting
Workers fighting to improve video interpretation services for Deaf people face a huge obstacle: the private equity groups with a stranglehold on the market.
inthesetimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Despite past retaliation from their employer, interpreters across the country are organizing against the disastrous impact private equity has had on their profession and the deaf community at large.
VRS interpreters deserve a union.
inthesetimes.com/article/sign...
VRS interpreters deserve a union.
inthesetimes.com/article/sign...