#aflcio — Public Fediverse posts

I got an email from Ana Gonzalez, of #Texas #aflcio about the ongoing #strike of 70 #skilled #workers represented by the Texas City Metal Trades Council at Ashland Specialty Chemicals in Texas City, #TX.

Workers are asking for our help to send messages to Ashland Plant Manager Darren Becker, urging him to come back to the table in good faith.

In negotiations, Ashland management sought to:

- Force employees to perform work outside their craft, creating serious #safety risks for members and the surrounding #community,

- Slash the paid sick time members earned over decades of bargaining, and

- #Outsource the storeroom to eliminate #union #jobs.

These workers only want to keep Ashland safe and are fighting to keep the #benefits they’ve earned.

She included this link, with q preformatted #email that you can customize and send.

https://act.aflcio.org/letters/take-action-support-texas-city-workers-on-strike

My ex's father worked for Ashland, and it killed him (he died of #leukemia less than a year after the wedding). Worker safety is important.

I got an email from Ana Gonzalez, of #Texas #aflcio about the ongoing #strike of 70 #skilled #workers represented by the Texas City Metal Trades Council at Ashland Specialty Chemicals in Texas City, #TX.

Workers are asking for our help to send messages to Ashland Plant Manager Darren Becker, urging him to come back to the table in good faith.

In negotiations, Ashland management sought to:

- Force employees to perform work outside their craft, creating serious #safety risks for members and the surrounding #community,

- Slash the paid sick time members earned over decades of bargaining, and

- #Outsource the storeroom to eliminate #union #jobs.

These workers only want to keep Ashland safe and are fighting to keep the #benefits they’ve earned.

She included this link, with q preformatted #email that you can customize and send.

https://act.aflcio.org/letters/take-action-support-texas-city-workers-on-strike

My ex's father worked for Ashland, and it killed him (he died of #leukemia less than a year after the wedding). Worker safety is important.

#Protestors in #ScarboroughME call for #ICE to leave #Maine, demand action from leaders

A coalition of immigrant advocates, local leaders and concerned residents are holding an "emergency protest" after ICE agents shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford on Monday.

About 200 people gathered in front of the ICE facility in Scarborough a day after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford.

Updated: 11:38 AM EDT Jul 14, 2026
by Francis Flisiuk

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — "A group of about 200 local activists, elected officials, community organizations and faith leaders are holding an 'emergency protest' outside the Scarborough ICE facility a day after the shooting death of a Colombian man in #BiddefordME.

"On Monday, 26-year-old #JoanSebastianGuerrero was shot and killed by ICE, leaving behind a wife, 3-year-old child, and sister.

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says an ICE officer 'fearing for public safety' [BULLSHIT!] shot and killed the driver. It happened as agents were watching a home of someone they believed was in the country illegally and has a final order of removal from the country.

"Protestors called for the removal of all ICE agents in Maine and the release of all people detained by federal agents.

" 'The governor has to issue a proclamation, saying that ICE is not allowed in our state, and the Attorney General should direct the State Troopers to be filing criminal charges against the murderers in our community,' said @Todd , one of the organizers of the protest.

"Representatives from more than 20 organizations attended the protest including: #MaineYouthPower, Maine Small Businesses Association, Maine #DemocraticSocialists of America, the Maine #WomensLobby, #MaineCoalitionForPalestine, the #MaineGreenParty, #MainePRIDE, #MaineTransnet and the Maine #AFLCIO."

https://www.wmtw.com/article/protestors-in-scarborough-call-for-ice-to-leave-maine-demand-action-from-leaders/71931512

#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ICEOutOfMaine #HumanRights #MaineDSA #MaineGreens #ICE #ICESucks #DefundICE #DefundCBP #MurderPatrol

#Protestors in #ScarboroughME call for #ICE to leave #Maine, demand action from leaders

A coalition of immigrant advocates, local leaders and concerned residents are holding an "emergency protest" after ICE agents shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford on Monday.

About 200 people gathered in front of the ICE facility in Scarborough a day after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford.

Updated: 11:38 AM EDT Jul 14, 2026
by Francis Flisiuk

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — "A group of about 200 local activists, elected officials, community organizations and faith leaders are holding an 'emergency protest' outside the Scarborough ICE facility a day after the shooting death of a Colombian man in #BiddefordME.

"On Monday, 26-year-old #JoanSebastianGuerrero was shot and killed by ICE, leaving behind a wife, 3-year-old child, and sister.

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says an ICE officer 'fearing for public safety' [BULLSHIT!] shot and killed the driver. It happened as agents were watching a home of someone they believed was in the country illegally and has a final order of removal from the country.

"Protestors called for the removal of all ICE agents in Maine and the release of all people detained by federal agents.

" 'The governor has to issue a proclamation, saying that ICE is not allowed in our state, and the Attorney General should direct the State Troopers to be filing criminal charges against the murderers in our community,' said @Todd , one of the organizers of the protest.

"Representatives from more than 20 organizations attended the protest including: #MaineYouthPower, Maine Small Businesses Association, Maine #DemocraticSocialists of America, the Maine #WomensLobby, #MaineCoalitionForPalestine, the #MaineGreenParty, #MainePRIDE, #MaineTransnet and the Maine #AFLCIO."

https://www.wmtw.com/article/protestors-in-scarborough-call-for-ice-to-leave-maine-demand-action-from-leaders/71931512

#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ICEOutOfMaine #HumanRights #MaineDSA #MaineGreens #ICE #ICESucks #DefundICE #DefundCBP #MurderPatrol

#Protestors in #ScarboroughME call for #ICE to leave #Maine, demand action from leaders

A coalition of immigrant advocates, local leaders and concerned residents are holding an "emergency protest" after ICE agents shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford on Monday.

About 200 people gathered in front of the ICE facility in Scarborough a day after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford.

Updated: 11:38 AM EDT Jul 14, 2026
by Francis Flisiuk

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — "A group of about 200 local activists, elected officials, community organizations and faith leaders are holding an 'emergency protest' outside the Scarborough ICE facility a day after the shooting death of a Colombian man in #BiddefordME.

"On Monday, 26-year-old #JoanSebastianGuerrero was shot and killed by ICE, leaving behind a wife, 3-year-old child, and sister.

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says an ICE officer 'fearing for public safety' [BULLSHIT!] shot and killed the driver. It happened as agents were watching a home of someone they believed was in the country illegally and has a final order of removal from the country.

"Protestors called for the removal of all ICE agents in Maine and the release of all people detained by federal agents.

" 'The governor has to issue a proclamation, saying that ICE is not allowed in our state, and the Attorney General should direct the State Troopers to be filing criminal charges against the murderers in our community,' said @Todd , one of the organizers of the protest.

"Representatives from more than 20 organizations attended the protest including: #MaineYouthPower, Maine Small Businesses Association, Maine #DemocraticSocialists of America, the Maine #WomensLobby, #MaineCoalitionForPalestine, the #MaineGreenParty, #MainePRIDE, #MaineTransnet and the Maine #AFLCIO."

https://www.wmtw.com/article/protestors-in-scarborough-call-for-ice-to-leave-maine-demand-action-from-leaders/71931512

#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ICEOutOfMaine #HumanRights #MaineDSA #MaineGreens #ICE #ICESucks #DefundICE #DefundCBP #MurderPatrol

#Protestors in #ScarboroughME call for #ICE to leave #Maine, demand action from leaders

A coalition of immigrant advocates, local leaders and concerned residents are holding an "emergency protest" after ICE agents shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford on Monday.

About 200 people gathered in front of the ICE facility in Scarborough a day after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford.

Updated: 11:38 AM EDT Jul 14, 2026
by Francis Flisiuk

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — "A group of about 200 local activists, elected officials, community organizations and faith leaders are holding an 'emergency protest' outside the Scarborough ICE facility a day after the shooting death of a Colombian man in #BiddefordME.

"On Monday, 26-year-old #JoanSebastianGuerrero was shot and killed by ICE, leaving behind a wife, 3-year-old child, and sister.

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says an ICE officer 'fearing for public safety' [BULLSHIT!] shot and killed the driver. It happened as agents were watching a home of someone they believed was in the country illegally and has a final order of removal from the country.

"Protestors called for the removal of all ICE agents in Maine and the release of all people detained by federal agents.

" 'The governor has to issue a proclamation, saying that ICE is not allowed in our state, and the Attorney General should direct the State Troopers to be filing criminal charges against the murderers in our community,' said @Todd , one of the organizers of the protest.

"Representatives from more than 20 organizations attended the protest including: #MaineYouthPower, Maine Small Businesses Association, Maine #DemocraticSocialists of America, the Maine #WomensLobby, #MaineCoalitionForPalestine, the #MaineGreenParty, #MainePRIDE, #MaineTransnet and the Maine #AFLCIO."

https://www.wmtw.com/article/protestors-in-scarborough-call-for-ice-to-leave-maine-demand-action-from-leaders/71931512

#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ICEOutOfMaine #HumanRights #MaineDSA #MaineGreens #ICE #ICESucks #DefundICE #DefundCBP #MurderPatrol

#Protestors in #ScarboroughME call for #ICE to leave #Maine, demand action from leaders

A coalition of immigrant advocates, local leaders and concerned residents are holding an "emergency protest" after ICE agents shot and killed a Colombian man in Biddeford on Monday.

About 200 people gathered in front of the ICE facility in Scarborough a day after federal agents shot and killed a man in Biddeford.

Updated: 11:38 AM EDT Jul 14, 2026
by Francis Flisiuk

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — "A group of about 200 local activists, elected officials, community organizations and faith leaders are holding an 'emergency protest' outside the Scarborough ICE facility a day after the shooting death of a Colombian man in #BiddefordME.

"On Monday, 26-year-old #JoanSebastianGuerrero was shot and killed by ICE, leaving behind a wife, 3-year-old child, and sister.

"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says an ICE officer 'fearing for public safety' [BULLSHIT!] shot and killed the driver. It happened as agents were watching a home of someone they believed was in the country illegally and has a final order of removal from the country.

"Protestors called for the removal of all ICE agents in Maine and the release of all people detained by federal agents.

" 'The governor has to issue a proclamation, saying that ICE is not allowed in our state, and the Attorney General should direct the State Troopers to be filing criminal charges against the murderers in our community,' said @Todd , one of the organizers of the protest.

"Representatives from more than 20 organizations attended the protest including: #MaineYouthPower, Maine Small Businesses Association, Maine #DemocraticSocialists of America, the Maine #WomensLobby, #MaineCoalitionForPalestine, the #MaineGreenParty, #MainePRIDE, #MaineTransnet and the Maine #AFLCIO."

https://www.wmtw.com/article/protestors-in-scarborough-call-for-ice-to-leave-maine-demand-action-from-leaders/71931512

#MainePol #USPol #MaineResists #ICEOutOfMaine #HumanRights #MaineDSA #MaineGreens #ICE #ICESucks #DefundICE #DefundCBP #MurderPatrol

The U.S. Labor Movement as a Force for Peace

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/the-u-s-labor-movement-as-a-force-for-peace/

Berlusconi returns to power in Italy; Terry Tyler arrested in Louisiana; Battle of Soyang River in Korean War; British General Strike betrayed.

Charleston Five longshoremen face state repression; Jimmy Carter clinches Democratic presidential nomination; Two of "Trenton Six” convicted in racist frame-up; June Tenth movement in Korea against Japanese rule.#2001 #1976 #1956 #1926 #Longshoremen #ILA #AFL-CIO #Korea #Japan #June10thMovement #JimmyCarter #1976elections
This week in history: June 8-14

https://www.europesays.com/people/85417/ After AI layoffs, Newsom faces pressure from labor unions to find ways to ease the pain #AFLCIO #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Automation #CaliforniaLaborFederation #calmatters #DonaldTrump #Economy #Employment #Featured #FeaturedNews #GavinNewsom #JobLosses #Labor #LaborUnions #layoffs #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #NoRoboBossesAct #Politics #Technology #Unions #Workers'Rights

Labor Militancy Is the Only Way to Increase Union Membership › · Argentina General Strike Demands End to Milei's ' ...

One Somali labor federation said the ruling "represents a major victory for workers, trade unions, and social justice across the world."#international-court-of-justice #international-trade-union-confed #labor #liz-shuler #afl-cio #workers
Labor Unions Worldwide Applaud ICJ Ruling Affirming Workers' Right to Strike | Common Dreams

@aadeacon

Corporate law is state law.

So no.

_____

Its a great article, and for people making policy, defending rights, fighting corporations, it is a VITAL resource.

VITAL - Americas founding heroes fought hard to PREVENT Corporations. For exactly the reasons we suffer today.

I urge anyone interested in democracy, rights, workers and or a functioning economy to read it.

Here it is again:
https://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-legislature-passes-first-in-nation-bill-targeting-citizens-united-ruling/

#dems #aflcio #nokings #citizenUnited #bernie #warreb #aoc #campaign #coup

@aadeacon

Corporate law is state law.

So no.

_____

Its a great article, and for people making policy, defending rights, fighting corporations, it is a VITAL resource.

VITAL - Americas founding heroes fought hard to PREVENT Corporations. For exactly the reasons we suffer today.

I urge anyone interested in democracy, rights, workers and or a functioning economy to read it.

Here it is again:
https://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-legislature-passes-first-in-nation-bill-targeting-citizens-united-ruling/

#dems #aflcio #nokings #citizenUnited #bernie #warreb #aoc #campaign #coup

@aadeacon

Corporate law is state law.

So no.

_____

Its a great article, and for people making policy, defending rights, fighting corporations, it is a VITAL resource.

VITAL - Americas founding heroes fought hard to PREVENT Corporations. For exactly the reasons we suffer today.

I urge anyone interested in democracy, rights, workers and or a functioning economy to read it.

Here it is again:
https://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-legislature-passes-first-in-nation-bill-targeting-citizens-united-ruling/

#dems #aflcio #nokings #citizenUnited #bernie #warreb #aoc #campaign #coup

Her union has been going from workplace to workplace to talk with workers about the need for “a general strike pledge to protect workplaces and ...

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.#labor #afl-cio #essentialworkers #internationalsolidarity #internationalworkersday #internationalism #laborhistory #labormovement #mayday #maydaystrong #peoplesworld #ufcw
Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

Her union has been going from workplace to workplace to talk with workers about the need for “a general strike pledge to protect workplaces and ...

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.#labor #afl-cio #essentialworkers #internationalsolidarity #internationalworkersday #internationalism #laborhistory #labormovement #mayday #maydaystrong #peoplesworld #ufcw
Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

Her union has been going from workplace to workplace to talk with workers about the need for “a general strike pledge to protect workplaces and ...

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.#labor #afl-cio #essentialworkers #internationalsolidarity #internationalworkersday #internationalism #laborhistory #labormovement #mayday #maydaystrong #peoplesworld #ufcw
Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

Her union has been going from workplace to workplace to talk with workers about the need for “a general strike pledge to protect workplaces and ...

CHICAGO—“May Day is our day. It belongs to all working people,” declared Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, at a virtual town hall of labor leaders hosted by People’s World on Thursday, April 16.#labor #afl-cio #essentialworkers #internationalsolidarity #internationalworkersday #internationalism #laborhistory #labormovement #mayday #maydaystrong #peoplesworld #ufcw
Labor leaders tell People’s World town hall: ‘May Day is our day’

"Trump Weighing Order To Seize Elections By Declaring Sham National Emergency: Report"

I see no way to fight except full walkout all sectors. Organise the General Strike.

Organise the General Strike.

ORGANIZE

Not just unions, all workers, tools down.

#aflcio #uaw #longshoremen #generalStrike

Big unions, little unions. Unorganized, medical, communications, transportation.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_699c2475e4b0f41da8d4babb/liveblog_69a08057e4b0b62154a86936

@samiamsam @maddad

Yes. A LOT of republican reps are sure theyre going to lose once safe seats because of gerrymandering, it was a big part of why Republican state parties resisted Trump.

#uspoli #gerrymandering #november #generalStrike #uaw #aflcio

"US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s #BillionaireFirst agenda. Donald Trump has staged a year of unrelenting attacks on working people, according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in the US. Now they’re preparing to fight back":
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio
#AFLCIO #CivilService #politics copy: @renewedresistance

"US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s #BillionaireFirst agenda. Donald Trump has staged a year of unrelenting attacks on working people, according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in the US. Now they’re preparing to fight back":
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio
#AFLCIO #CivilService #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Workers First Initiative on AI published by @aflcio outlines AI implementation principles aimed at protecting workers
https://www.admin-magazine.com/News/AFL-CIO-Develops-Worker-Centric-Approach-to-AI?utm_source=mam
#AFLCIO #ArtificialIntelligence #workers #labor #union #CollectiveBargaining #rights #copyright #IntellectualProperty

MAGA chud Asra Nomani and the "Pearl Project" have assembled a detailed spreadsheet of information about the roughly 300 "financial backers" of the "Hate America Protests" today. Includes but not limited to:

- #ACLU
- #Indivisible
- #AFL / #CIO
- Teachers unions (#AAUP, #AFT, etc.)
- Engineers unions (#IFPTE, etc.)
- Healthcare unions (nurses etc)
- #DNC / #Democrats
- Atheist groups (#FFRF etc)
- #WomensMarch
- #Greenpeace

these groups will all be targeted soon. you should expect all these groups to be attacked and many of them to be destroyed via tax audits or similar in the next few years

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UX8-2uRhIIquOgRPPoV_Gp2Rv3jBmMiWbuvA_VsHpqE/edit

#unions #AFLCIO #uspol #uspolitics #nokings #maga #DataRepublican

MAGA chud Asra Nomani and the "Pearl Project" have assembled a detailed spreadsheet of information about the roughly 300 "financial backers" of the "Hate America Protests" today. Includes but not limited to:

- #ACLU
- #Indivisible
- #AFL / #CIO
- Teachers unions (#AAUP, #AFT, etc.)
- Engineers unions (#IFPTE, etc.)
- Healthcare unions (nurses etc)
- #DNC / #Democrats
- Atheist groups (#FFRF etc)
- #WomensMarch
- #Greenpeace

these groups will all be targeted soon. you should expect all these groups to be attacked and many of them to be destroyed via tax audits or similar in the next few years

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UX8-2uRhIIquOgRPPoV_Gp2Rv3jBmMiWbuvA_VsHpqE/edit

#unions #AFLCIO #uspol #uspolitics #nokings #maga #DataRepublican

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/afl-cio-new-england-offshore-wind-energy ‘’. Turn Turbines into Tiny Homes
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/09/from-wind-farm-to-front-door-architects-turn-turbines-into-tiny-homes/

https://blade-made.com/portfolio-items/nacelle/

#AFLCIO #BladeMade #housingcrisis #NewEngland #renewables #reuse #TinyHouses #windturbines

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/afl-cio-new-england-offshore-wind-energy ‘’. Turn Turbines into Tiny Homes
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/09/from-wind-farm-to-front-door-architects-turn-turbines-into-tiny-homes/

https://blade-made.com/portfolio-items/nacelle/

#AFLCIO #BladeMade #housingcrisis #Massachusetts #NewEngland #renewables #RhodeIsland #reuse #TinyHouses #windturbines

So far, 9 agencies have terminated #union contracts that covered >445k #FederalWorkers from the #EPA, US #CoastGuard, #FEMA, #GSA, the Departments of #HHS, #Agriculture & #VeteransAffairs, & parts of #ICE & #Citizenship & #Immigration Services.

“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the #AFLCIO. “There’s not another time when that many people lost their union.”

#law #labor #unions #Trump

#Unions, #community groups join forces for #LaborDay #protests against #Trump and #billionaires

Tens of thousands of people expected to hit the streets for a protest over Trump, billionaires

by Sarah D. Wire, September 1, 2025

"Labor unions and community activists are gearing up for mass protests on Labor Day hoping to remind Americans of the power of the #WorkingClass at a time when billionaires are playing an outside role in national politics.

"More than a thousand '#WorkersOverBillionaires' events are planned nationwide in big and small cities on Labor Day and the surrounding days. in an effort to keep the momentum going from other mass demonstrations and keep pressure not only on President #DonaldTrump, but also the billionaires who support or benefit from his administration.

" 'It’s important to show that there is opposition to the Trump-billionaire agenda in every community big and small, it’s not just cities that are united against what’s happening… it’s all towns, it’s small towns that voted overwhelmingly for Trump,' Saqib Bhatti, executive director of Action Center on Race and the Economy, told USA TODAY. 'It’s very important to show the opposition is there in all these places.'

"On Aug. 28 the White House did not respond to a request for comment on the protests. Instead, it provided a quote from Vice President JD Vance about Democrats not voting for the GOP tax and spending bill and a quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's press briefing about Labor Day.

" 'President Trump believes that American workers are the heart and soul of our economy and our national identity, which is why he’s championed an agenda that puts them first always,' she said. [BULLSHIT!]

"The events, which are locally organized and tailored to local concerns, are led by labor organizations, including the #AFLCIO, national #advocacy groups such as #MayDayStrong, #PublicCitizen and #Indivisible and dozens on local advocacy groups. Some began late last week, others will continue throughout the first week of September."

Read more:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/01/trump-billionaires-mass-protests/85886334007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Resist #Resistance #ResistFascism #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #USPol

#Unions, #community groups join forces for #LaborDay #protests against #Trump and #billionaires

Tens of thousands of people expected to hit the streets for a protest over Trump, billionaires

by Sarah D. Wire, September 1, 2025

"Labor unions and community activists are gearing up for mass protests on Labor Day hoping to remind Americans of the power of the #WorkingClass at a time when billionaires are playing an outside role in national politics.

"More than a thousand '#WorkersOverBillionaires' events are planned nationwide in big and small cities on Labor Day and the surrounding days. in an effort to keep the momentum going from other mass demonstrations and keep pressure not only on President #DonaldTrump, but also the billionaires who support or benefit from his administration.

" 'It’s important to show that there is opposition to the Trump-billionaire agenda in every community big and small, it’s not just cities that are united against what’s happening… it’s all towns, it’s small towns that voted overwhelmingly for Trump,' Saqib Bhatti, executive director of Action Center on Race and the Economy, told USA TODAY. 'It’s very important to show the opposition is there in all these places.'

"On Aug. 28 the White House did not respond to a request for comment on the protests. Instead, it provided a quote from Vice President JD Vance about Democrats not voting for the GOP tax and spending bill and a quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's press briefing about Labor Day.

" 'President Trump believes that American workers are the heart and soul of our economy and our national identity, which is why he’s championed an agenda that puts them first always,' she said. [BULLSHIT!]

"The events, which are locally organized and tailored to local concerns, are led by labor organizations, including the #AFLCIO, national #advocacy groups such as #MayDayStrong, #PublicCitizen and #Indivisible and dozens on local advocacy groups. Some began late last week, others will continue throughout the first week of September."

Read more:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/01/trump-billionaires-mass-protests/85886334007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Resist #Resistance #ResistFascism #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #USPol

#Protest in #FortWorth #dfw today, #NoKings. According to organizers the #FBI closed airspace around the event, which might explain why the helicopter was hanging pretty far back. There *was* a quadcopter hanging out closer to the event though. Probably had about a thousand people milling around, give or take a couple hundred.

Saw reps from #CPUSA, #RCA, and #PSL #PartyForSocialismAndLiberation too, as well as #AFLCIO. #socialism #communism #marxism.

#Protest in #FortWorth #dfw today, #NoKings. According to organizers the #FBI closed airspace around the event, which might explain why the helicopter was hanging pretty far back. There *was* a quadcopter hanging out closer to the event though. Probably had about a thousand people milling around, give or take a couple hundred.

Saw reps from #CPUSA, #RCA, and #PSL #PartyForSocialismAndLiberation too, as well as #AFLCIO. #socialism #communism #marxism.

Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics

https://truthout.org/articles/los-angeles-passes-uss-highest-minimum-wage-as-labor-prepares-for-2028-olympics/

> Meanwhile, #unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the #Olympics.

#labor #laborNews #workers #workingFamilies #hotelWorkers #foodWorkers #AFLCIO #UFCW #HERE #HTC #FRWU #progress #middleClass #economics #USlabor

https://sd.aflcio.org/sftrades/news/no-union-fascists-why-sioux-falls-afl-cio-banned-white-supremacists

#AFLCIO #IWW #LaborMovement #Organize
#SiouxFalls #Solidarity #unions
#workingclasshistory

#Trump Admin Threatens to Stop #SocialSecurity If #DOGE Can’t Have #PersonalData

Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data

by Andrew Perez, March 21, 2025

"Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.

"'My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,' said #LeeDudek, acting Social Security Administration (#SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too broad, according to Bloomberg News. 'As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems,' he said, adding: 'Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.'

"Dudek’s threat to block SSA employees from using the agency’s IT systems — a move that could halt #SocialSecurityPayments — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order in a case brought by the #AFLCIO #LaborUnion. The order bars Social Security Administration officials from allowing DOGE, including Musk, and the SSA’s DOGE team to access personally identifiable information. It also directs Musk and DOGE to delete from their possession all non-anonymized personal data, and bars them from having access to SSA computers or code.

"Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE 'unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.'

"She added that the 'defendants, with so-called experts on the DOGE Team, never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.'"

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#Trump Admin Threatens to Stop #SocialSecurity If #DOGE Can’t Have #PersonalData

Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data

by Andrew Perez, March 21, 2025

"Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.

"'My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,' said #LeeDudek, acting Social Security Administration (#SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too broad, according to Bloomberg News. 'As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems,' he said, adding: 'Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.'

"Dudek’s threat to block SSA employees from using the agency’s IT systems — a move that could halt #SocialSecurityPayments — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order in a case brought by the #AFLCIO #LaborUnion. The order bars Social Security Administration officials from allowing DOGE, including Musk, and the SSA’s DOGE team to access personally identifiable information. It also directs Musk and DOGE to delete from their possession all non-anonymized personal data, and bars them from having access to SSA computers or code.

"Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE 'unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.'

"She added that the 'defendants, with so-called experts on the DOGE Team, never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.'"

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#ResistDOGE #TakeToTheStreets #KillThePoor #USPol #KillTheElderly #HungerGames #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #DisabilityRights #ElderRights #TakeCareOfThePoor

#Trump Admin Threatens to Stop #SocialSecurity If #DOGE Can’t Have #PersonalData

Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data

by Andrew Perez, March 21, 2025

"Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.

"'My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,' said #LeeDudek, acting Social Security Administration (#SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too broad, according to Bloomberg News. 'As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems,' he said, adding: 'Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.'

"Dudek’s threat to block SSA employees from using the agency’s IT systems — a move that could halt #SocialSecurityPayments — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order in a case brought by the #AFLCIO #LaborUnion. The order bars Social Security Administration officials from allowing DOGE, including Musk, and the SSA’s DOGE team to access personally identifiable information. It also directs Musk and DOGE to delete from their possession all non-anonymized personal data, and bars them from having access to SSA computers or code.

"Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE 'unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.'

"She added that the 'defendants, with so-called experts on the DOGE Team, never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.'"

Read more:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/

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#ResistDOGE #TakeToTheStreets #KillThePoor #USPol #KillTheElderly #HungerGames #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #DisabilityRights #ElderRights #TakeCareOfThePoor

#Trump Admin Threatens to Stop #SocialSecurity If #DOGE Can’t Have #PersonalData

Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data

by Andrew Perez, March 21, 2025

"Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.

"'My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,' said #LeeDudek, acting Social Security Administration (#SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too broad, according to Bloomberg News. 'As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems,' he said, adding: 'Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.'

"Dudek’s threat to block SSA employees from using the agency’s IT systems — a move that could halt #SocialSecurityPayments — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order in a case brought by the #AFLCIO #LaborUnion. The order bars Social Security Administration officials from allowing DOGE, including Musk, and the SSA’s DOGE team to access personally identifiable information. It also directs Musk and DOGE to delete from their possession all non-anonymized personal data, and bars them from having access to SSA computers or code.

"Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE 'unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.'

"She added that the 'defendants, with so-called experts on the DOGE Team, never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.'"

Read more:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vvgMF
#ResistDOGE #TakeToTheStreets #KillThePoor #USPol #KillTheElderly #HungerGames #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #DisabilityRights #ElderRights #TakeCareOfThePoor

#Trump Admin Threatens to Stop #SocialSecurity If #DOGE Can’t Have #PersonalData

Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data

by Andrew Perez, March 21, 2025

"Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.

"'My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,' said #LeeDudek, acting Social Security Administration (#SSA) commissioner, arguing the order was too broad, according to Bloomberg News. 'As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems,' he said, adding: 'Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.'

"Dudek’s threat to block SSA employees from using the agency’s IT systems — a move that could halt #SocialSecurityPayments — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order in a case brought by the #AFLCIO #LaborUnion. The order bars Social Security Administration officials from allowing DOGE, including Musk, and the SSA’s DOGE team to access personally identifiable information. It also directs Musk and DOGE to delete from their possession all non-anonymized personal data, and bars them from having access to SSA computers or code.

"Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE 'unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.'

"She added that the 'defendants, with so-called experts on the DOGE Team, never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.'"

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/

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https://archive.ph/vvgMF
#ResistDOGE #TakeToTheStreets #KillThePoor #USPol #KillTheElderly #HungerGames #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #DisabilityRights #ElderRights #TakeCareOfThePoor

#Labor historian #JeffSchuhrke talks with the #NewBooksNetwork about his book "#BlueCollarEmpire: The Untold Story of #USLabor's Global Anticommunist Crusade "

https://youtu.be/pFRhxwSklxs
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#Labor historian #JeffSchuhrke talks with the #NewBooksNetwork about his book "#BlueCollarEmpire: The Untold Story of #USLabor's Global Anticommunist Crusade "

https://youtu.be/pFRhxwSklxs
#USlabour #AFLCIO #AFL #CIO #labour #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #UShistory #USLaborHistory #USpol #USpolitics #CIA #AIFLD #USimperialism #LaborMovement #LabourMovement #USLaborMovement #ColdWar #anticommunism #books

#Labor historian #JeffSchuhrke talks with the #NewBooksNetwork about his book "#BlueCollarEmpire: The Untold Story of #USLabor's Global Anticommunist Crusade "

https://youtu.be/pFRhxwSklxs
#USlabour #AFLCIO #AFL #CIO #labour #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #UShistory #USLaborHistory #USpol #USpolitics #CIA #AIFLD #USimperialism #LaborMovement #LabourMovement #USLaborMovement #ColdWar #anticommunism #books

#Labor historian #JeffSchuhrke talks with the #NewBooksNetwork about his book "#BlueCollarEmpire: The Untold Story of #USLabor's Global Anticommunist Crusade "

https://youtu.be/pFRhxwSklxs
#USlabour #AFLCIO #AFL #CIO #labour #LabourHistory #LaborHistory #UShistory #USLaborHistory #USpol #USpolitics #CIA #AIFLD #USimperialism #LaborMovement #LabourMovement #USLaborMovement #ColdWar #anticommunism #books

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@GottaLaff My career employment, not counting our family business and consulting, was as a mid-level environmental manager, but I was lucky enough to be in a union in a fully unionized local government, the #CityOfSanJose, City Association of Management Personnel (CAMP), International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21 AFL-CIO. #IFPTE #AFLCIO