Happy Pride from America’s unions! We’re wishing the LGBTQIA+ community a joyful and safe Pride Month.
Unions are for everyone, and the labor movement will keep fighting to make sure everyone can be their true selves, on and off the job 🏳️🌈✊
Notable update below — a well-respected judge publicly shared concerns about foster care/kids living in hotels then faced an ethics probe. There has been a pattern of retaliation against people who discuss realities of WV foster care — judges, lawmakers, CPS, journalists, etc.
Apple is closing down the first of its US stores to unionize.
Apple says that because of the collective bargaining agreement with these workers, they "couldn’t offer to transfer them to nearby locations.”
The union is outraged, and exploring options to hold Apple accountable.
In energy-rich West Virginia, utility bills are now often exceeding rent and mortgage payments.
One couple's utility payment reached $1,000 a month this winter, eclipsing their $798 mortgage.
Another resident's utility bill was $940 this winter, more than her paycheck.
From the players on the field to the announcers, camera operators, technicians, pre-game and halftime show performers, and all of the stage and broadcast crews — union professionals make the big game possible. #SuperBowlLX
Today is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day! Our dedicated members are proud to deliver to millions of American homes and businesses relying on our universal service. 📬
This year, we’re asking to be recognized with a fair contract. Our work is harder than it has ever been, and we deserve more. First class service deserves first class pay!
📅 Join us on February 22nd as letter carriers across the country call for a fair contract: https://t.co/gp7UrWKNSR
We’ve lost over 10,000 STEM PhDs from the federal workforce in a single year.
10,000.
Never thought the U.S. would ever allow this type of brain drain to occur - but here we are.
I spent the weekend interviewing a wide variety of people affected by @elonmusk and @grok's image generating harassment and CSAM.
Please listen to the people who have been affected and their stories, because if you think you're safe - you're not.
https://t.co/np0FGhEjlh