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Elon Musk reposted a tweet that equated public service workers with genocidal murderers. Our nurses, educators, firefighters and sanitation workers make our communities strong. Elon has no idea what working people go through.
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
March 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Elon Musk reposted a tweet that equated public service workers with genocidal murderers. Our nurses, educators, firefighters and sanitation workers make our communities strong. Elon has no idea what working people go through.
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
Read our full statement: m.afsc.me/1kk
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After hearing union workers would greet them at the Department of Labor, Elon Musk’s DOGE cronies moved their meeting from in-person to virtual.
But we’re not slowing down - Workers are getting organized.
But we’re not slowing down - Workers are getting organized.
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
After hearing union workers would greet them at the Department of Labor, Elon Musk’s DOGE cronies moved their meeting from in-person to virtual.
But we’re not slowing down - Workers are getting organized.
But we’re not slowing down - Workers are getting organized.
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Especially in tough times like today, we are so fortunate to have an Attorney General like Keith Ellison who fights for workers and our rights.
Attorney General Ellison criminally charges Evergreen Acres Dairy owner with exploiting workers
Keith Schaefer charged with four counts of wage theft, one count of felony racketeering for systematically depriving workers of wages and subjecting them to abuse
aflcio.mn
February 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Especially in tough times like today, we are so fortunate to have an Attorney General like Keith Ellison who fights for workers and our rights.
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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The State Supreme Court just ruled the GOP power grab unconstitutional! Make sure to tell House Republicans that it’s time to share power and get to work! https://aflcio.mn/42kH1Hq #mnleg
End the power grab and get to work!
Working Minnesotans expect their elected leaders to set extreme partisanship aside and represent us. Instead, House Republicans used the first day of the Legislative Session threatening to overturn a…
aflcio.mn
January 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
BREAKING: The State Supreme Court just ruled the GOP power grab unconstitutional! Make sure to tell House Republicans that it’s time to share power and get to work! https://aflcio.mn/42kH1Hq #mnleg
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If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
January 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If your spouse needs a safe word with her friends to protect herself from you, you should be in therapy.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
Or in prison.
Not the Secretary of Defense.
In a surprise to absolutely no one the US Senate confirmed Sec Def who has fewer qualifications than most of the females he now commands.
January 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In a surprise to absolutely no one the US Senate confirmed Sec Def who has fewer qualifications than most of the females he now commands.
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People don't seem to realize that an Executive Order to overturn a law in the Constitution is a slippery slope. If he can issue and EO to end birthright citizenship, what keeps him from issuing another EO that eliminates the presidential term limits set forth in the 22nd amendment?
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
People don't seem to realize that an Executive Order to overturn a law in the Constitution is a slippery slope. If he can issue and EO to end birthright citizenship, what keeps him from issuing another EO that eliminates the presidential term limits set forth in the 22nd amendment?
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On day one, the White House undermined public service workers’ voice on the job and put the job security of dedicated, nonpartisan public service workers in the hands of billionaires and anti-union extremists. Workers deserve better. www.afscme.org/press/releas...
AFSCME’s Saunders: Workers deserve better than attacks on day one
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement in response to executive orders Donald Trump signed on day one to weaken workers’ union rights.
www.afscme.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
On day one, the White House undermined public service workers’ voice on the job and put the job security of dedicated, nonpartisan public service workers in the hands of billionaires and anti-union extremists. Workers deserve better. www.afscme.org/press/releas...
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In Defense of Elon Musk (Roman Salute) #education #elonmusk #salute #trumpinauguration #numberone #weoutchea #gullah #geechee sunnmcheaux.com weoutcheamerch.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In Defense of Elon Musk (Roman Salute) #education #elonmusk #salute #trumpinauguration #numberone #weoutchea #gullah #geechee sunnmcheaux.com weoutcheamerch.com
No power -25 F
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
No power -25 F
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Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike, listening to MLK and other leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. The @tennesseelookout.com's @jhollymc.bsky.social spoke to Calhoun about his involvement as a young person in the movement and his perspective today.
Memphis man recounts teenage days aiding worker's strike during King’s last visit to the city • Colorado Newsline
"When a call went out for high school and college students to help with the strike, I saw an opportunity,” Calhoun said about the '68 strike.
coloradonewsline.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike, listening to MLK and other leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. The @tennesseelookout.com's @jhollymc.bsky.social spoke to Calhoun about his involvement as a young person in the movement and his perspective today.
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Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
And we honor the longstanding bond between the labor and the civil rights movement, and vow to channel our strength and energy into action to build worker power and fight for working people.
And we honor the longstanding bond between the labor and the civil rights movement, and vow to channel our strength and energy into action to build worker power and fight for working people.
January 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
And we honor the longstanding bond between the labor and the civil rights movement, and vow to channel our strength and energy into action to build worker power and fight for working people.
And we honor the longstanding bond between the labor and the civil rights movement, and vow to channel our strength and energy into action to build worker power and fight for working people.
Sometimes he demands head boops.
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sometimes he demands head boops.
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Let’s go!!! Kick off for #firstRoboticsCompetition excited for this years comp! Circuit Breakers 6044
January 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Let’s go!!! Kick off for #firstRoboticsCompetition excited for this years comp! Circuit Breakers 6044
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I'm just a chill AFSCME guy that knows life is better in a union.
December 10, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I'm just a chill AFSCME guy that knows life is better in a union.
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Cheers to another union victory after workers at an independent movie theater in Columbus were inspired to form a union after seeing a wave of cultural workers in their state affiliate with AFSCME Ohio Council 8. 🍿
Workers at Ohio cinema house are latest to form a union through AFSCME
Congratulations to the employees of Gateway Film Center for forming a union through AFSCME Ohio Council 8.
www.afscme.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Cheers to another union victory after workers at an independent movie theater in Columbus were inspired to form a union after seeing a wave of cultural workers in their state affiliate with AFSCME Ohio Council 8. 🍿
Site visits for local 3558 in Two Harbors Mn! #UnionStrong
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Site visits for local 3558 in Two Harbors Mn! #UnionStrong
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The power of working people in action: 37,000 UC front line service and patient care workers are on strike! When we fight, we win ✊
www.afscme.org/blog/univers...
www.afscme.org/blog/univers...
University of California workers strike to protest what they call bad-faith bargaining
Members of AFSCME Local 3299 who work for the University of California system are on strike, protesting what they call their employer’s bad-faith bargaining.
www.afscme.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
The power of working people in action: 37,000 UC front line service and patient care workers are on strike! When we fight, we win ✊
www.afscme.org/blog/univers...
www.afscme.org/blog/univers...
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Teachers in the U.S. will spend an estimated $3.35 billion of their own money on classroom supplies in the 2024-25 school year.
The average teacher will spend $883.60.
The average teacher will spend $883.60.
November 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Teachers in the U.S. will spend an estimated $3.35 billion of their own money on classroom supplies in the 2024-25 school year.
The average teacher will spend $883.60.
The average teacher will spend $883.60.
They are coming for unions.
Today, attorneys for SpaceX and Amazon are arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
November 19, 2024 at 3:39 AM
They are coming for unions.