Jimmy Williams

General President @GoIUPAT.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades General President Jimmy Williams Jr. released the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling on Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians:

“Today’s Supreme Court decision regarding Temporary Protected Status will undoubtedly harm individual workers, their families and their communities, and the construction industry as a whole by pushing workers back into the shadows. When workers are too afraid to show up on the job – or worse, deported to war-torn countries to face certain violence – there will be no one here to build the infrastructure that we all rely on.

Our union was founded by immigrant workers more than 130 years ago and today the construction industry still relies on a largely immigrant workforce. Programs like Temporary Protected Status are essential because of the stability they provide both to workers and to the industry as a whole. These workers currently have legal standing and followed a lengthy and expensive process to remain compliant with both their employers and our government.

In a dangerous industry like construction, workers must feel free to speak up about working conditions and safety without fear of retaliation. When workers feel that the risks are too high to speak up – particularly because of threats to their immigration status – it creates what we see on too many job sites across the country right now, where wage theft, worker misclassification, and poor safety standards are the norm.

At the IUPAT, we have a simple mission: to be the strongest, most powerful voice in the industries we represent. We can only achieve that mission by ensuring that every worker in our crafts can speak up against wage theft, misclassification, and dangerous working conditions. For these reasons, we have long supported bolstering rights, including a path to citizenship, for TPS recipients. TPS recipients and other immigrant workers have built up our American economy, and it is wrong to pull the rug out from underneath them.”

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

The Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda seeks to pit working people against each other—but the labor movement rejects that politics of fear. Congress must protect TPS holders and create a swift pathway to citizenship for the people whose work helps our country prosper.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

On today and all days, we affirm that Black Lives Matter!

We are proud that our union is committed to diversity, equality, and justice, and we will continue to strive to ensure that all workers feel safe and welcome in the IUPAT.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

This is what happens when you don’t go union

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

No bid contracts…. No PLA’s…. No union labor on the job…. This is what you get

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump spent taxpayer money dumping hydrogen peroxide into the Reflecting Pool and somehow only managed to bleach the edges. 💀

The middle looks exactly the same.

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

@McCrae18509 @TexasAFLCIO @GoIUPAT @IUPAT_DC88 @gcaflcio 😂 nice hat loser

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

@McCrae18509 @TexasAFLCIO @GoIUPAT @IUPAT_DC88 @gcaflcio Loser… take your insults elsewhere

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

The coordinated attack by our government, coupled with the corporations that benefit from exploiting the hard work immigrants contribute to our country is a fight we can’t sit on the sidelines for.

@GPBrentBooker and @LIUNA get it!!!!

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is bad for our jobs, our communities, our economy and our labor movement.

@LIUNA President Brent Booker is right: an attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers!

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

No matter who you voted for, every one of us is feeling the affordability crisis. The cost of gas and groceries is sky high, and even our collective bargaining agreements can’t keep up. Workers in this country desperately need change!

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

The DNC shouldn’t need a 200 page report to know what to do - it’s simple:

1) Make it easier to form and join unions

2) Give people health care

3) Raise wages

4) Tax the rich

5) Prioritize the interests of working people and the institutions that fight for them

[Ken Martin @kenmartin73]

Read more about what I have to say here: https://t.co/9wochQttN5

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

This is why I love working with her 👇

[mindy🌷 @mindyisser]

i am begging the left, as we continue to build power, to try to be more normal. i know people don’t like to hear stuff like this but it’s true. people like you when you are pleasant and polite interpersonally!

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

I’m not a politician so I can say proudly… the way you treat your workers makes you a villain!!

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Bezos: "I think what's going on is that it's kind of a tale of two economies. So you have a bunch of people in this country who are doing really well, but you also have a bunch of people in this country who are struggling. Struggling with pay rent, groceries... what's happening here is politicians are using the kind of age-old technique.. picking a villain and pointing fingers, but the problem is that doesn't solve anything."

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

In your 20s, you’ll get the opportunity to join a union. It’s very important that you do!

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

Trumps a scab

https://t.co/xSRezOlLt2

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

Instead of helping people already struggling to pay their bills because of rising costs, the Trump admin just rescinded a rule to expand overtime pay for millions of workers.

[Neidi Dominguez 🐜 @neidid]

Honored to have shared space with all the panelists and participants @Jimmy_iupat @ninaturner Kyle, Maria, and Ashim. Thank you @jwjnational @SEIU and @GoIUPAT for bringing us together.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

It’s day two of the @jwjnational conference!

Labcorp workers are organizing with our union — and are facing a huge battle against a billion dollar company, professional union busters, and illegal intimidation.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Workers have the legal right to organize a union, but unfortunately employers have too much leeway to break the law and intimidate workers.

Stand with Labcorp workers! When we fight, we win!

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

Can’t trust a single one of them…

[mindy🌷 @mindyisser]

with friends like these lol https://t.co/K7EYI32JRT

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Our General President @Jimmy_iupat spoke to @GrimKim for @Playboy about the problems plaguing working-class men in America.
https://t.co/oIs9PAK2zc