West Michigan Area Labor Council

The voice for Working Famlies in Kent and Ionia Counties in the great state of Michigan.

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

I was going to watch @Nascar 600 but I see it is on @amazon @PrimeVideo sorry but no way in Hell will I do that. No body watches anymore anyways, look at the empty seats each week! #NASCARonPrime

[Jacques Loveall @JacquesLoveall]

Grocery workers in Brainerd Lakes area on strike.

#UFCW8 #1u #UFCW

https://t.co/PcN5fMUDVx

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

Detroit, MI Monday Nov 6. @MIAFLCIO

[Letter Carriers @NALC_National]

Letter carriers are set to rally at two more locations over the next week: San Francisco, CA on Friday, Nov. 3, and Detroit, MI on Monday, Nov. 6. If you are in the area, please join us as we continue to demand protection for letter carriers and safety on the job. #EnoughIsEnough

[Sarah Leach ☮️ @ONNLeach]

Important 👇

[Philly AFL-CIO @PhillyAFLCIO]

Bet you wished you had a union rep right about now @SpeakerMcCarthy

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

This needs to happen! @IAlocal26 #1u

[Senator Dayna Polehanki @SenPolehanki]

"The Multimedia Jobs Act does not cut checks. It does not create budget line items. It does not finance movie studios or bail out failed movie studios," said State Sen. Dayna Polehanki who introduced the bill in the Michigan Senate. " It is a transferable tax credit only that has to be used in Michigan, and it's only redeemable if you spend a certain amount of money using Michigan vendors and Michigan personnel."

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

Likewise in #Michigan #Solidarity

[Iowa AFL-CIO ✊ @IowaAFLCIO]

The @IowaAFLCIO stands resolute with @Teamsters in their fight for a fair contract at @UPS. ✊✊✊
#Solidarity #StrikeSupport #1u #IowaLabor
@AFLCIO @teamsters90 @238Teamsters

[National Employment Law Project @NelpNews]

Texas’s brutal heat wave shows why outdoor #workers need #heatprotections and the #RighttoRefuse work in dangerous conditions: otherwise, workers may feel compelled to overexert themselves or be sent home without pay, risking their livelihoods. https://t.co/hqqiovTQYH

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

WOW! #LBGTQ

[Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger]

2 Michigan journalists have been fired from their jobs at a Grand Rapids TV station after publicly criticizing a memo that told reporters to tone down their coverage of Pride Month. https://t.co/jtvGYNzi9o

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

The #Detroit #Tigers may not have a real good baseball team, they play hard and are fun to watch.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

WHAT A MOVE TO STEAL THE BASE 😮

(via @tigers)

[Texas AFL-CIO @TexasAFLCIO]

This is Texas under HB 2127.

Banning required rest breaks for construction workers in the Texas heat is deadly.

Our hearts are with the family of this worker.

https://t.co/geMHu9V2HD

[Teamsters @Teamsters]

TEAMSTERS TO UPS: NO MORE MEETINGS TILL MONEY GETS REAL

@UPS executives gave the #Teamsters National Negotiating Committee an appalling economic counterproposal on Thursday as negotiations resumed in Washington. #1u

[West Michigan Area Labor Council @KICLC]

@emilyjanelawler @VernorsSoda @7eleven Have not seen it in West Mich yet!

[Texas AFL-CIO @TexasAFLCIO]

HB 2127 is an unprecedented, dangerous power grab that is already beginning to put workers safety at risk, and will leave our communities vulnerable in times of crisis.

The state will now have near total control of the issues that impact us most.

Texans didn’t ask for this.

[Oregon Labor Federation, AFL-CIO @OregonAFLCIO]

Shame on the @Hyatt at the Oregon Convention Center for housing strikebreakers to undermine @OregonNurses! Call the Hyatt at [phone] and press 6 to be connected to the hotel’s executive office. Tell them to immediately cancel the reservations of the strikebreakers.

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

Unions are fiercely committed to fighting for the rights of ALL working people, no exclusions. When we are divided, the boss wins.

Immigrants & refugees helped to build the American labor movement & they help keep us strong today.

PS @marcorubio: We're a FEDERATION, not a union

[NYTimesGuild @NYTimesGuild]

After nearly 800 days without a contract, ~1,000 @NYTimesGuild members voted more than 99 percent in favor to ratify a new 5-year deal that includes an immediate $65,000 salary floor, raises for every member, hybrid work options, a ban on NDAs and new investments in local news.

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

We are extraordinarily saddened to report AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs @WSpriggs passed away peacefully last night.

His work has impacted a generation of economics and workers around the world and his legacy will live on for lifetimes to come.

[Teamsters @Teamsters]

WE RUN THE BUSINESS, WE RUN THE BARGAINING

From the very start of the negotiations process at @UPS, General President Sean M. O’Brien & General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman made it clear to the company that it would follow the #Teamsters' script – not the other way around.