Connor Chapman

Sociology PhD candidate organizing with @pittgradunion | Cities, Climate Change, and Social Movements | he/they | views are my own

[PA AFL-CIO @PaAFL_CIO]

Yesterday H.B 308, a bill that would bring the public sector in Pennsylvania under OSHA standards, passed 111-92. #UnionStrong #WorkerSafety

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[PGHers for Public Transit @Pgh4PubTransit]

🚨🚨 PRT proposed HUGE service cuts due to stagnant state funding. 40% cuts, fair hikes, and a 65% reduction in the paratransit footprint. Its bad, but the good news is that we can fight back SHARE THIS VIDEO, learn more, and take action: https://t.co/cw4gk2vsP1

[PGHers for Public Transit @Pgh4PubTransit]

BREAKING: @pghtransit announced new proposals to slash service across our region, but we're organizing to push for a better solution! Take action NOW at https://t.co/wIXBNEQD1B!

[Transit for All PA! @TransitPa]

We can’t despair; we must organize ✊. Riders & workers need YOU to ensure @PASenateDems @PASenateGOP work with @GovernorShapiro - not for the status quo, but for the service riders need for work, health, community. Let’s win: https://t.co/KqfGVYOYJj (5/end)

[Transit for All PA! @TransitPa]

This morning, @PGHtransit formalized its proposals to cut transit service deeply, and raise fares, across Allegheny County without new money from the PA state government. But what does that mean? (1/)

[Transit for All PA! @TransitPa]

The announcements are coming - this Thursday @PGHtransit will announce FURTHER, devastating cuts to kill jobs for @ATUComm workers, keep people from getting to work and healthcare. The good news? We can stop it by organizing https://t.co/yOuABGC2cq

[UAW @UAW]

🧵IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

[Student Workers of Columbia @SW_Columbia]

Columbia fired our union president the day before we start bargaining—less than a week after allowing ICE to abduct our coworker. Join us tomorrow to make sure they can hear us from the bargaining table!

[Rep. Summer Lee @RepSummerLee]

Kidnapping an activist and jailing him in the middle of the night is a brazen act of authoritarianism.

Punishing dissent by revoking legal status is a dangerous precedent to set.

[Rep. Summer Lee @RepSummerLee]

Free Mahmoud Khalil.

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

BREAKING: Police have been called on current and former Starbucks workers in Pittsburgh. This store went on strike, with workers demanding the company finalize fair contracts.

Shame on @Starbucks for letting it get to this point. $SBUX #ToBeAPartner

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

More than 400 of you have already committed to fighting alongside us not just through a strike win, but beyond it — for a caliber of news you deserve, and fair treatment of the people that make it.

Will you join them in taking that pledge?

https://t.co/Mp8Yj4Q8MR

[G. Gamache @The_G_Genie]

union organizing 101

[PGHers for Public Transit @Pgh4PubTransit]

VICTORY! PGH City Council passes the first-ever budget line item for transit amenities - more shelters and benches are coming in 2025!

Thanks to all of our members who took action, and thanks to @Barb4PGH for making it happen! https://t.co/ZE7KejVKiX

[PGHers for Public Transit @Pgh4PubTransit]

ACTION ALERT 🚨🚨 Can you contact your City Councilperson to support more bus shelters in the City of Pittsburgh? We have the chance to win $110k but WE NEED TO ACT NOW: https://t.co/PbZDyJvXqg

[CGE-UAW @cge_psu]

Today, CGE-UAW organizers officially submitted over 3,000 union cards signed by Penn State graduate workers to the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board in Harrisburg! Now we’re ready for a fair and speedy election. ✊

[Connor Chapman @connor_chap]

Good luck and solidarity from @pittgradunion ! ✊✊✊

[Judith C. @WithoutJudith]

Today, I got to hand-deliver a letter addressed to the Penn State president, provost, and vice provost alongside fellow graduate workers formally stating our intent to file for a union election. We marched together, and we’re ready to bring democracy to the workplace together.

[Judith C. @WithoutJudith]

Today, I got to hand-deliver a letter addressed to the Penn State president, provost, and vice provost alongside fellow graduate workers formally stating our intent to file for a union election. We marched together, and we’re ready to bring democracy to the workplace together.

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

For this #GivingTuesday, will you help Post-Gazette workers on the front lines of the longest strike in the country through the most expensive time of the year?
https://t.co/TCZFc5KU9h

[CFU UAW @CfuUaw]

The academic union wave rolls on! 🎓✊🌊