For over 135 years, our union has broadened horizons and redefined what’s possible for workers in our trades.
We must seize all of the incredible opportunities in front of us in this historic moment and build the IUPAT we all know we can be.
Thank you, @NSLU_PDX , for starting the week off right! ILWU Local 5 members were among the crowd of supporters at the NSLU rally this morning, letting New Seasons corporate know that workers are NOT ALONE in their fight for a fair contract. An injury to one is an injury to all!
The results are in: with 92% approval, the workers at @Powells have voted to authorize a strike! What this means, what you can do to help, and what happens next… 🧵
89 years ago, more than 100 workers were injured & police killed Nicholas Bordoise & Howard Sperry after employers tried to force open the port of San Francisco by running scab trucks with police escorts through the longshoremen’s picket line.
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I’ve got my life back,” Peterson, a former deputy for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, told reporters outside court, describing the years since the shooting as “an emotional roller coaster.”
You know who didn't??? Parents, brothers, sisters, friends.
Employers steal an estimated $50 billion a year from workers, surpassing all robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts combined
The vast majority of these stolen wages are never recovered by workers
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For decades, painters have been the lowest paid trade in Oregon.
@IUPAT_DC5 Local 10 has been organizing for years to raise wages. In 2021 and now again in 2023, we've won historic contract gains for painters.
Local 10 embodies what a strong, fighting union looks like.
BREAKING: U-M escalates broad policing powers to intimidate a union member at their home. This comes after months of intimidating picketers on the lines, sending so-called "campus police" miles away from campus to surveil union pickets, and detaining members. Our statement: