Lifeguards United

Lifeguards United for a $22 Living Wage and Better Benefits. We are lifeguards working together to improve our pay, benefits and working conditions.

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Inflation surges to 3-year high. Yet, City Council only raised the living wage by less than 2 percent while giving higher paid city employees a 4 percent raise. It's always the lowest paid workers who get the worst treatment. @VanessaForATX https://t.co/Z48P2blGqW

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Happens also in Austin Parks and Recreation.

[McKenna Schueler @SheCarriesOn]

U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion a year to fight union organizing efforts, according to a new report from @EconomicPolicy and @LaborLabUS, via @msainat1 of @guardian

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[Urgent Matter @TheUrgentMatter]

UT Austin officials scrutinized anti-fascist student art show over compliance concerns
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[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Congratulations to all the lifeguards who graduated in 2026! https://t.co/PxKBKrMP1p

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Inflation rises 3.8%, yet City of Austin gave a less than 2% increase in wages to lifeguards and other lower income employees, while giving 4% to higher earning employees. @VanessaForATX @chitoforatx

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Retaliation by a government employer against an employee for criticizing management can violate constitutional civil rights protections, particularly the First Amendment right to free speech.

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Austin Parks and Recreation and Austin HR could learn something valuable from these women. https://t.co/500xJVNZZC

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

This is why the City of Austin should offer health insurance to all temporary employees who have worked more than 12 months, as it did until last year when HR took it away. @PaigeForAustin https://t.co/pOaZzIQgz2

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

“she said in court documents she was groomed to have a sexual relationship” by her coach. Grooming can happen to people who are over 18. https://t.co/HEtjpTD2vC

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Some U.S. House members push for new rules after sexual misconduct incidents. Austin Parks and Recreation also needs new rules to stop retaliation against people who report misconduct and fire managers who have inappropriate relationships with lifeguards.
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[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

“Contemporary Art Under Fascism” is on display April 17-18 at the University of Texas at Austin Art Building, 2nd Floor, Large Crit Space, at 2301 San Jacinto Blvd. The opening reception will take place on April 17 from 4-8pm. https://t.co/gHpdSoDDL2

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

When workers expose misconduct, the institution protects itself.

Investigations shift from the misconduct reported → to the worker who reported it.

That’s how you get taxpayer-funded investigations targeting employees instead of the misconduct they report.

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Targeting political opponents and critics for retaliation and investigations has also been done by Austin Parks and Recreation and Austin Human Resources. @CMZoQadri @PaigeForAustin @CMChitoVela

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Austin Parks and Recreation should consult with the UT Title IX office and see if they can provide training to Parks about sexual harassment and healthy workplace and personal boundaries, trauma-informed care, and addressing retaliation. @PaigeForAustin @CMChitoVela @CMZoQadri

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

“I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for.
“The first time I was manipulated and pressured,” she said. https://t.co/teoDOtMx4i

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

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[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

According to a report from a Cultural Scan of Aquatics "Approximately 33% of respondents indicate that they have experienced or witnessed harassment or intimidation in the workplace." @PaigeForAustin @chitoforatx

[Lifeguards United @LifeguardsUnion]

Older men who have inappropriate relationships with staff at many places resign or get fired. Male managers at Austin Parks and Recreation who have had inappropriate relationships with lifeguards have not been fired. Instead subordinates were punished. https://t.co/flAf45Pcep