McKenna Schueler
@shecarrieson.bsky.social
Staff Reporter for Orlando Weekly | Words in Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, In These Times, Strikewave, Facing South. Also have a Substack: Caring Class Revolt. Retweet =/= endorsement. Say hi/send tips: mckenna@orlandoweekly.com
Sizable turnout for a picket line organized by Allegiant pilots represented by the Teamsters Local 2118 @ Orlando-Sanford Airport
They’re joining pilots at 21 other airports today for a picket (not a strike) to raise awareness of their fight for a fair union contract @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
They’re joining pilots at 21 other airports today for a picket (not a strike) to raise awareness of their fight for a fair union contract @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sizable turnout for a picket line organized by Allegiant pilots represented by the Teamsters Local 2118 @ Orlando-Sanford Airport
They’re joining pilots at 21 other airports today for a picket (not a strike) to raise awareness of their fight for a fair union contract @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
They’re joining pilots at 21 other airports today for a picket (not a strike) to raise awareness of their fight for a fair union contract @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Lively cover for @cltampabay.bsky.social this week feat. a story I wrote on Central Florida pols’ reactions to the victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in NYC, including democratic socialist St. Pete city council member @richiejfloyd.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lively cover for @cltampabay.bsky.social this week feat. a story I wrote on Central Florida pols’ reactions to the victory of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in NYC, including democratic socialist St. Pete city council member @richiejfloyd.bsky.social
Starbucks workers in Oviedo, FL—a suburb about a half hour from Orlando—are ‘just practicing for a just contract’ as part of a national pressure campaign for a strong union contract with @sbworkersunited.org
story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Starbucks workers in Oviedo, FL—a suburb about a half hour from Orlando—are ‘just practicing for a just contract’ as part of a national pressure campaign for a strong union contract with @sbworkersunited.org
story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Workers at the Italy pavilion of Disney World’s Epcot, employed by the Patina Group, will take a strike vote due to lack of progress in union contract talks. If authorized/approved by workers, a strike could be called as soon as their contract expires Sept. 30 @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Workers at the Italy pavilion of Disney World’s Epcot, employed by the Patina Group, will take a strike vote due to lack of progress in union contract talks. If authorized/approved by workers, a strike could be called as soon as their contract expires Sept. 30 @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
New National Nurses United organizing campaign just dropped at HCA’s Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in north FL.
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New National Nurses United organizing campaign just dropped at HCA’s Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in north FL.
#TBT to when the city of Dunedin (Gov. Ron DeSantis' hometown, for the record) didn't just defund their police department but literally dismantled it www.tampabay.com/archive/1995...
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#TBT to when the city of Dunedin (Gov. Ron DeSantis' hometown, for the record) didn't just defund their police department but literally dismantled it www.tampabay.com/archive/1995...
Planned Parenthood agreed to pay a consultant subcontracted through the Labor Relations Institute (a.k.a. LRI Consulting) at least $425/hour, as LRI previously disclosed in its own report to the federal Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS). olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgRep...
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Planned Parenthood agreed to pay a consultant subcontracted through the Labor Relations Institute (a.k.a. LRI Consulting) at least $425/hour, as LRI previously disclosed in its own report to the federal Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS). olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgRep...
Happy May Day. Hundreds of Lockheed Martin employees represented by @uaw.org in Orlando and Denver today are out on an unfair labor practice strike.
Story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy May Day. Hundreds of Lockheed Martin employees represented by @uaw.org in Orlando and Denver today are out on an unfair labor practice strike.
Story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Story incoming for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Remember when protecting the children in Florida meant eliminating youth work permit requirements and gutting staffing in a government division tasked with enforcing child labor law.
April 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remember when protecting the children in Florida meant eliminating youth work permit requirements and gutting staffing in a government division tasked with enforcing child labor law.
A panel of Florida Republicans yesterday signaled support for a bill that would ban publicly-funded guaranteed income programs, which don’t exist in Florida anyway.
The bill sponsor described them as “socialist.” He’s not the first to do so. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
The bill sponsor described them as “socialist.” He’s not the first to do so. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
April 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A panel of Florida Republicans yesterday signaled support for a bill that would ban publicly-funded guaranteed income programs, which don’t exist in Florida anyway.
The bill sponsor described them as “socialist.” He’s not the first to do so. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
The bill sponsor described them as “socialist.” He’s not the first to do so. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
The only rank-and-file public employee who spoke in favor of the anti-union bill yesterday was a teacher who worked w/ the anti-union Freedom Foundation last year to try and (unsuccessfully) dismantle her union in Miami-Dade County.
March 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The only rank-and-file public employee who spoke in favor of the anti-union bill yesterday was a teacher who worked w/ the anti-union Freedom Foundation last year to try and (unsuccessfully) dismantle her union in Miami-Dade County.
The target of Florida's 2023 anti-union law was teachers unions. Instead, dozens of other public sector unions have been decertified, including a union that represented state-employed attorneys.
The attorneys first unionized in 2004 after a 12+ year fight for recognition.
The attorneys first unionized in 2004 after a 12+ year fight for recognition.
March 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The target of Florida's 2023 anti-union law was teachers unions. Instead, dozens of other public sector unions have been decertified, including a union that represented state-employed attorneys.
The attorneys first unionized in 2004 after a 12+ year fight for recognition.
The attorneys first unionized in 2004 after a 12+ year fight for recognition.
New roundup of what Florida’s union avoidance folks have been up to: caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/busted-wha...
March 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New roundup of what Florida’s union avoidance folks have been up to: caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/busted-wha...
Remember when the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (and OSHA) actually published press releases about employers found to have committed wage theft/overtime/child labor violations?
R.I.P. transparency, I guess.
R.I.P. transparency, I guess.
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Remember when the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (and OSHA) actually published press releases about employers found to have committed wage theft/overtime/child labor violations?
R.I.P. transparency, I guess.
R.I.P. transparency, I guess.
🚨Florida Republicans have filed legislation for the 2025 legislative session (HB 1217/SB 1328) that would 1. make it harder for public sector workers to form unions 2. make it harder for them to keep their union alive.
In part, would ban voluntary recognition of public sector unions 🧵
In part, would ban voluntary recognition of public sector unions 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🚨Florida Republicans have filed legislation for the 2025 legislative session (HB 1217/SB 1328) that would 1. make it harder for public sector workers to form unions 2. make it harder for them to keep their union alive.
In part, would ban voluntary recognition of public sector unions 🧵
In part, would ban voluntary recognition of public sector unions 🧵
Another year, another bill that aims to (further) weaken child labor law in Florida.
Similar legislation that was eventually watered down last year before passage came directly from the Foundation for Government Accountability, a right-wing think tank. www.flhouse.gov/sections/bil...
Similar legislation that was eventually watered down last year before passage came directly from the Foundation for Government Accountability, a right-wing think tank. www.flhouse.gov/sections/bil...
February 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Another year, another bill that aims to (further) weaken child labor law in Florida.
Similar legislation that was eventually watered down last year before passage came directly from the Foundation for Government Accountability, a right-wing think tank. www.flhouse.gov/sections/bil...
Similar legislation that was eventually watered down last year before passage came directly from the Foundation for Government Accountability, a right-wing think tank. www.flhouse.gov/sections/bil...
Hotel workers at Hilton Buena Vista Palace near Disney are fighting for a new contract w/ UNITE HERE Local 737 in Orlando that delivers higher pay, comparable to what other employers offer, and a better pension that allows older workers to retire w/ dignity
Story TK for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Story TK for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hotel workers at Hilton Buena Vista Palace near Disney are fighting for a new contract w/ UNITE HERE Local 737 in Orlando that delivers higher pay, comparable to what other employers offer, and a better pension that allows older workers to retire w/ dignity
Story TK for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
Story TK for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social
A new union formed by former AFSCME staffers in Jacksonville has won its first public sector union election in Florida, representing Jacksonville Housing Authority employees who saw their union decertified after Florida's 2023 anti-union law fully took effect.
February 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A new union formed by former AFSCME staffers in Jacksonville has won its first public sector union election in Florida, representing Jacksonville Housing Authority employees who saw their union decertified after Florida's 2023 anti-union law fully took effect.
This week's cover of @orlandoweekly.bsky.social (it's Valentine's Day-themed)
Folks who are local can pick up a copy (for free) through next Tuesday, or you can read the issue online here: issuu.com/euclidmediag...
Folks who are local can pick up a copy (for free) through next Tuesday, or you can read the issue online here: issuu.com/euclidmediag...
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This week's cover of @orlandoweekly.bsky.social (it's Valentine's Day-themed)
Folks who are local can pick up a copy (for free) through next Tuesday, or you can read the issue online here: issuu.com/euclidmediag...
Folks who are local can pick up a copy (for free) through next Tuesday, or you can read the issue online here: issuu.com/euclidmediag...
In print this week for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social, Orlando police have arrested roughly 2 dozen homeless people for sleeping on public property since Jan. 1, when a state law allowing people to sue for failing to enforce a statewide camping ban took effect. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In print this week for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social, Orlando police have arrested roughly 2 dozen homeless people for sleeping on public property since Jan. 1, when a state law allowing people to sue for failing to enforce a statewide camping ban took effect. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...
Another year, another effort to undercut Florida’s minimum wage requirements—this time, targeting interns, work-study and apprenticeship programs.
flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
February 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another year, another effort to undercut Florida’s minimum wage requirements—this time, targeting interns, work-study and apprenticeship programs.
flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
flhouse.gov/Sections/Bil...
Florida Gov. DeSantis' 2025-26 budget proposal includes additional $$ to carry out Florida's 2023 anti-union law — nearly $900k for extra staff, court reporting, and ballot processing services for union elections.
Turns out, union-busting is expensive t.co/sQELq0gsd7
Turns out, union-busting is expensive t.co/sQELq0gsd7
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Florida Gov. DeSantis' 2025-26 budget proposal includes additional $$ to carry out Florida's 2023 anti-union law — nearly $900k for extra staff, court reporting, and ballot processing services for union elections.
Turns out, union-busting is expensive t.co/sQELq0gsd7
Turns out, union-busting is expensive t.co/sQELq0gsd7
New Starbucks union drive just dropped in Florida—near Trump’s neck of the woods, too, in a pretty affluent area.
January 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
New Starbucks union drive just dropped in Florida—near Trump’s neck of the woods, too, in a pretty affluent area.
Is it just me or is anyone else getting a "No Records Found" page and/or error messages in efforts to search the U.S. Office of Labor-Management Standards' federal database of disclosure reports (LM-20s/LM-21s) submitted by persuaders, a.k.a. "union busters." olmsapps.dol.gov/olpdr/#Persu...
January 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Is it just me or is anyone else getting a "No Records Found" page and/or error messages in efforts to search the U.S. Office of Labor-Management Standards' federal database of disclosure reports (LM-20s/LM-21s) submitted by persuaders, a.k.a. "union busters." olmsapps.dol.gov/olpdr/#Persu...
