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Michael Sainato
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Labor reporter @TheGuardian.com
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · Sep 28
I spoke with federal workers who took the deferred resignation program set to take effect on September 30

"I was forced to" one worker said "through fear and intimidation."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program
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jamellebouie.net
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“Despite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of @schumer.senate.gov’s leadership … He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Some lawmakers and progressive groups blame minority leader after eight senators defect
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’
Workers at the SunTrapp – opened in 1973 in Salt Lake City – claim the shuttering was a ‘stunt’ to prevent unionization
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November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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pghguild.com
BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

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A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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msainato.bsky.social
I spoke with SNAP workers about the chaos they saw went through when the Trump administration let benefits lapse and refused to fully fund the program
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Snap workers say Trump administration is ‘using country’s poorest as pawns’
Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it most
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
msainato.bsky.social
I spoke with SNAP workers about the chaos they saw went through when the Trump administration let benefits lapse and refused to fully fund the program
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Snap workers say Trump administration is ‘using country’s poorest as pawns’
Employees providing assistance to recipients expressed fears on how lack of aid will affect those who need it most
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’
Workers at the SunTrapp – opened in 1973 in Salt Lake City – claim the shuttering was a ‘stunt’ to prevent unionization
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
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How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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juliesulabor.bsky.social
Omar Algeciras has spent his career at DOL making sure that workers get paid what they're owed. No worker should have to work without pay, but that's exactly what 700,000 federal workers have had to do for the last month.(🧵/1)
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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jschleuss.com
Disgusting union-busting behavior by Condé Nast. Journalists hold power to account, including at our own employers. They should be returned to work ASAP.
condeunion.bsky.social Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 4d
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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“It’s become out of control, and I really hope that this shutdown is a wake-up call of how bad things have gotten.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Workers decry Trump officials as ‘out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on
Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services running
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
msainato.bsky.social
“It’s become out of control, and I really hope that this shutdown is a wake-up call of how bad things have gotten.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Workers decry Trump officials as ‘out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on
Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services running
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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msainato.bsky.social
UAW pushes back on Case New Holland's plan to shut down plant in Burlington, Iowa, costing 200 jobs

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMHX...
Keep Case in Burlington, IA
YouTube video by UAW
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November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
msainato.bsky.social
UAW pushes back on Case New Holland's plan to shut down plant in Burlington, Iowa, costing 200 jobs

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMHX...
Keep Case in Burlington, IA
YouTube video by UAW
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November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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msainato.bsky.social
Ohhhh I got disgraziato ova heeerrrreee
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
msainato.bsky.social
Ohhhh I got disgraziato ova heeerrrreee
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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leximcmenamin.com
thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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'media lies' include a video of herself going over and supporting Qanon conspiracies

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November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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'media lies' include a video of herself going over and supporting Qanon conspiracies

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November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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jackmirkinson.bsky.social
another win for the "destroy anything good" wing of the american media
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 7d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Hooker Jr. is running against O'Brien over his courting of Trump compared to his past criticism of Trump and Teamsters leadership for failing to oppose him, shortfalls of the UPS contract and its enforcement, and the union's culture under O'Brien.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sean O'Brien posting in 2018 "THE HATE OF THE UNION SPEECH On Tuesday, Donald Trump spoke to the nation with his State of the Union address. Sitting behind him clapping gleefully were two of the country’s top anti-Union politicians: Mike Pence and Paul Ryan. Trump’s words made you think he was looking out for America’s working class. But as we know, words mean nothing—It’s actions that matter. Labor including leaders from the AFL, AFT, the Steelworkers and SEIU all spoke out against these enemies of labor immediately. As for our General President James P. Hoffa, he was once again Missing in Action. Hoffa continues to be silent and give Trump and anti-labor politicians a pass as they dismantle what it has taken a generation for labor to build. Make no mistake, Trump is our enemy. We must take our partisan emotions out of it and look at the man’s actions. Trump supports National Right to Work. His NLRB has waged a war on policies protecting organizing, collective bargaining and they have rewritten labor law in favor of employers. Like Obama, the job growth Trump brags about is in the low wage service sector or gig economy. And his tax bill was simply a trillion dollar gift to corporations. A war is being waged on workers and Hoffa is not only refusing to fight, he won’t even answer the bell. Teamsters should never be divided by what party or candidate we as individuals support. It should be about who supports US. Teamster members deserve better. We refuse to remain silent as Trump dismantles all we have fought for. Real Teamsters aren’t scared to speak up, and they aren’t scared of a fight. Donald Trump with Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Deremer and Sean O'Brien
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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While reporting this story, Hooker received this racist, harassing voicemail at his union office. He became the first Black man to lead his local union in 2020 and he would be the first to lead the union if he wins
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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msainato.bsky.social
I spoke with Richard Hooker Jr., who leads Teamsters Local 623 in Philly, about his run against Sean O'Brien for President of the Teamsters

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Labor activist takes on Teamsters leader allying with Trump: ‘He doesn’t represent the workers’
Richard Hooker Jr is running to replace Trump ally Sean O’Brien as president of the Teamsters International union
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November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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O'Brien hasn't coherently explained his 180 on Trump, but his longtime girlfriend is a big Trump supporter

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DQm...
Teamsters President and girlfriend attending Trump Inauguration Christine Lynch reposting tweet about how great Trump is
November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
msainato.bsky.social
O'Brien hasn't coherently explained his 180 on Trump, but his longtime girlfriend is a big Trump supporter

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DQm...
Teamsters President and girlfriend attending Trump Inauguration Christine Lynch reposting tweet about how great Trump is
November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM