Brooke Huminski
@radicalhope.bsky.social
Social worker/therapist, Pawtucket, RI resident, feminist, believer in the power of community and relationships to enact social change/resistance in tragic times. Progressive Episcopalian. 1199 SEIU 💪
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
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It hasn’t happened here until now - and it always could have -
Hate this for our community and especially our children/students. This can never be normalized. In mourning with my neighbors and friends in Providence.
Hate this for our community and especially our children/students. This can never be normalized. In mourning with my neighbors and friends in Providence.
December 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It hasn’t happened here until now - and it always could have -
Hate this for our community and especially our children/students. This can never be normalized. In mourning with my neighbors and friends in Providence.
Hate this for our community and especially our children/students. This can never be normalized. In mourning with my neighbors and friends in Providence.
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Maryland is considering putting a $25 minimum wage on the ballot! With costs rising and wages falling behind, workers know the status quo isn’t working.
A living wage is essential. If lawmakers won’t lead, let the people vote. seiu.co/48Qtw3V
A living wage is essential. If lawmakers won’t lead, let the people vote. seiu.co/48Qtw3V
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Maryland is considering putting a $25 minimum wage on the ballot! With costs rising and wages falling behind, workers know the status quo isn’t working.
A living wage is essential. If lawmakers won’t lead, let the people vote. seiu.co/48Qtw3V
A living wage is essential. If lawmakers won’t lead, let the people vote. seiu.co/48Qtw3V
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Remembering Katherine Bulin Ahlquist and sending love to all her knew her and cared for her, especially her wonderful family. She was an amazing person who never sought the spotlight, but always stood for what was right.
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Remembering Katherine Bulin Ahlquist and sending love to all her knew her and cared for her, especially her wonderful family. She was an amazing person who never sought the spotlight, but always stood for what was right.
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Profits soaring. Layoffs rising. Wages stuck.
This is exactly why we organize.
This is why we UNIONIZE.
To take back what’s ours.
Pass it on.
This is exactly why we organize.
This is why we UNIONIZE.
To take back what’s ours.
Pass it on.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Profits soaring. Layoffs rising. Wages stuck.
This is exactly why we organize.
This is why we UNIONIZE.
To take back what’s ours.
Pass it on.
This is exactly why we organize.
This is why we UNIONIZE.
To take back what’s ours.
Pass it on.
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CEO: $96 million for 120 days of work. Baristas: $15/hour and not enough hours to qualify for benefits.
That’s not “the best job in retail.” That’s greed.
Baristas are on strike, and we’re standing with them. #NoContractNoCoffee https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
That’s not “the best job in retail.” That’s greed.
Baristas are on strike, and we’re standing with them. #NoContractNoCoffee https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
CEO: $96 million for 120 days of work. Baristas: $15/hour and not enough hours to qualify for benefits.
That’s not “the best job in retail.” That’s greed.
Baristas are on strike, and we’re standing with them. #NoContractNoCoffee https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
That’s not “the best job in retail.” That’s greed.
Baristas are on strike, and we’re standing with them. #NoContractNoCoffee https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
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How about instead of selling "bearista" cups, Starbucks bargains a fair contract with its unionized baristas? No contract. No coffee. Don't cross the picket line. Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org ✊
Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How about instead of selling "bearista" cups, Starbucks bargains a fair contract with its unionized baristas? No contract. No coffee. Don't cross the picket line. Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org ✊
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all.
Let's discuss.
Let's discuss.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all.
Let's discuss.
Let's discuss.
This is the person that cut USAID.
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is the person that cut USAID.
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And just so we are clear it’s never been about what this country can’t afford.
It’s about what — and who — it chooses to prioritize.
It’s about what — and who — it chooses to prioritize.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
And just so we are clear it’s never been about what this country can’t afford.
It’s about what — and who — it chooses to prioritize.
It’s about what — and who — it chooses to prioritize.
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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#RhodeIsland's Lt. Gov @sabinamatos.bsky.social & the Rhode Island Community Food Bank will be hosting a virtual information session on Thursday October 30th at 7pm.
The event will be in both English and in Spanish and will be broadcast here: www.facebook.com/share/1CXsu3...
The event will be in both English and in Spanish and will be broadcast here: www.facebook.com/share/1CXsu3...
October 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#RhodeIsland's Lt. Gov @sabinamatos.bsky.social & the Rhode Island Community Food Bank will be hosting a virtual information session on Thursday October 30th at 7pm.
The event will be in both English and in Spanish and will be broadcast here: www.facebook.com/share/1CXsu3...
The event will be in both English and in Spanish and will be broadcast here: www.facebook.com/share/1CXsu3...
It does not need to be this way. Together, we need to rise up. Being in a union has taught me the power we have when we come together across divisions. @seiu1199ne
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are working without getting a paycheck.
Families are losing healthcare coverage, and others are on the brink of losing food assistance.
And for what? To protect tax cuts for billionaires. That's unhealthy and destructive for all of us. To put it mildly.
Families are losing healthcare coverage, and others are on the brink of losing food assistance.
And for what? To protect tax cuts for billionaires. That's unhealthy and destructive for all of us. To put it mildly.
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It does not need to be this way. Together, we need to rise up. Being in a union has taught me the power we have when we come together across divisions. @seiu1199ne
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TAKE ACTION: This weekend, working families will feel more hits from Trump’s shutdown.
📈 22M could see healthcare premiums double
💔 4.2M could lose healthcare coverage
🍽 40M could lose SNAP during the shutdown
We’re organizing together. Mass call Thu 10/30 @ 8pm ET. RSVP now: seiu.co/47Od1Ws
📈 22M could see healthcare premiums double
💔 4.2M could lose healthcare coverage
🍽 40M could lose SNAP during the shutdown
We’re organizing together. Mass call Thu 10/30 @ 8pm ET. RSVP now: seiu.co/47Od1Ws
Trump’s Shutdown: Our Healthcare Is On The Line · Working Families Power
## Join our mass call
This weekend, working families across this country are going to face the consequences of Donald Trump’s healthcare cuts and refusal to fund the government.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
TAKE ACTION: This weekend, working families will feel more hits from Trump’s shutdown.
📈 22M could see healthcare premiums double
💔 4.2M could lose healthcare coverage
🍽 40M could lose SNAP during the shutdown
We’re organizing together. Mass call Thu 10/30 @ 8pm ET. RSVP now: seiu.co/47Od1Ws
📈 22M could see healthcare premiums double
💔 4.2M could lose healthcare coverage
🍽 40M could lose SNAP during the shutdown
We’re organizing together. Mass call Thu 10/30 @ 8pm ET. RSVP now: seiu.co/47Od1Ws
I work in a Psychiatric ER with the most vulnerable seeking help for addiction and/or various mental health crises. Now many, amidst not having housing are losing access to food. This is heartbreaking and unjust. #snap #cruelty #addiction
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I work in a Psychiatric ER with the most vulnerable seeking help for addiction and/or various mental health crises. Now many, amidst not having housing are losing access to food. This is heartbreaking and unjust. #snap #cruelty #addiction
Building a gold ballroom and increasing the ICE budget while cutting money for…checks notes…food.
Federal shutdown will cut $29M in monthly food assistance benefits for 140,000 Rhode Islanders. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/10/22/r...
Rhode Island food pantries slammed as SNAP beneficiaries brace for funding to run dry • Rhode Island Current
As a lapse in federal food assistance nears amid the government shutdown, food pantries across Rhode Island have already seen a surge in demand as clients prepare for the potential loss in SNAP benefi...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Building a gold ballroom and increasing the ICE budget while cutting money for…checks notes…food.
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When ICE is allowed to profile by race, everyday working people pay the price.
https://seiu.co/4362YcC
https://seiu.co/4362YcC
ICE arrests US citizen in Oregon. Attorney decries ‘illegal abduction’
Francisco Miranda, who was born in California, was detained by masked agents, taken away in an unmarked van and held for several hours at the ICE office in Portland.
seiu.co
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When ICE is allowed to profile by race, everyday working people pay the price.
https://seiu.co/4362YcC
https://seiu.co/4362YcC
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FULL STORY: Nurses and other staff at Butler Hospital voted to ratify a new contract that will raise wages, add benefits + ultimately end a high-stakes, three-month strike that closed dozens of beds and shuttered the hospital’s addiction unit. @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...
Butler nurses vote to ratify contract, ending R.I.’s longest hospital strike - The Boston Globe
“This contract ends the strike and, most importantly, ensures that caregivers can return to their patients,” said hospital and union leaders in a joint statement.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
FULL STORY: Nurses and other staff at Butler Hospital voted to ratify a new contract that will raise wages, add benefits + ultimately end a high-stakes, three-month strike that closed dozens of beds and shuttered the hospital’s addiction unit. @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...
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Care New England workers at multiple facilities allege a pattern of intimidation and retaliation
"The only way to end this is to give us the fair contract we need for ourselves, our families, and our patients.”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/care-new-e...
"The only way to end this is to give us the fair contract we need for ourselves, our families, and our patients.”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/care-new-e...
Care New England workers at multiple facilities allege a pattern of intimidation and retaliation
"The only way to end this is to give us the fair contract we need for ourselves, our families, and our patients.”
steveahlquist.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Care New England workers at multiple facilities allege a pattern of intimidation and retaliation
"The only way to end this is to give us the fair contract we need for ourselves, our families, and our patients.”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/care-new-e...
"The only way to end this is to give us the fair contract we need for ourselves, our families, and our patients.”
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/care-new-e...