MK Fletcher

Labor activist. NC native. Knitting fanatic. Baker novice. Solidarity is a verb. Safety & Health Specialist @AFLCIO. Views my own.

[MK Fletcher @marykfletch]

We bring more than a paycheck to our loved ones and families. #1uSafety

[MK Fletcher @marykfletch]

Typically, corporate America is the one to stonewall their workers on issues like wages, retirement, and respect at work. But right now it's happening at the house of labor--after 8 years without a raise.
Sign on and stand with my @aflcioguild! ⤵️
https://t.co/BkhfjNM6ed

[Rick Smith @RickSmithShow]

M. K. Fletcher: We cannot let employers skirt their responsibilities to keep the workplace safe.
@marykfletch @AFLCIO

[Rick Smith @RickSmithShow]

M. K. Fletcher: OSHA & MSHA were created in the 1970s. It's critical they receive adequate funding so they can protect workers. Those who have been asked to go back to work during the pandemic need protection, & we need that accountability.
@marykfletch @AFLCIO

[MK Fletcher @marykfletch]

This 15 year old gets it. Why doesn't OSHA? "Many people are not following CDC guidelines because the county did not make these precautions mandatory."

[Amber Jamieson @ambiej]

A Georgia High School Suspended Two Students For Posting Photos Of Crowded Hallways https://t.co/Rlt4E2482W via @laurenstrapa

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

Unions did this. We did this. Working people did this.

[Milken Institute SPH @GWpublichealth]

#GWSPH professor @drdavidmichaels has launched a new survey of #frontline #healthcare workers. The survey will gather info about #COVID19 exposures/infections, with hopes to identify best practices that will help protect the healthcare workers. https://t.co/NBCnsk7qb5

[Jay B. @jwb625]

In honor of #WorkersMemorialDay Trump is ordering meat processing plants to remain open. Work place safety? Who cares. Donnie says people want hambergers.

[Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO @MDDCStateFed]

We observe #WorkersMemorialDay to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe jobs

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

Below are the names of union brothers and sisters that are known to have been lost due to #COVID19. These individuals are just a few of the workers who have been needlessly taken away by this disease.

Keep our list up to date: https://t.co/cZOJ1RqJJG #1u #WorkersMemorialDay

[Richard Trumka @RichardTrumka]

Just sent over a letter to @USDOL Secretary Eugene Scalia calling for urgent action which is needed to protect workers from COVID19 exposures and infections in the workplace. I also attached the names of the at least 284 union members who have died.

READ: https://t.co/nX00bLyk5y

[Jordan Barab @jbarab]

Today would be a good day for Congress to require #OSHA to issue an emergency standard to protect health care workers from #Covid19 (since OSHA seems incapable of doing it itself.) https://t.co/jTaTiziepd

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

📺WATCH: AFL-CIO President @RichardTrumka was just on Bloomberg @Business discussing the #CoronavirusPandemic and it's effect on the American worker. #1u

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

WATCH: AFL-CIO President @RichardTrumka breaks down the labor movement's response to the #coronaviruspandemic #1u

[National Employment Law Project @NelpNews]

NELP and 48 other orgs signed this letter asking Congress to mandate that OSHA issue an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare and other high-risk workers from contracting #coronavirus.

There's no time to waste. Read more:
https://t.co/qMgeCycleI

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

Take Action: Urge @OSHA_DOL to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard for Infectious Diseases. #COVIDー19 #1u

https://t.co/sg72ydtnJA

[Richard Trumka @RichardTrumka]

This is unacceptable. Comprehensive plans should be in place NOW to protect all frontline workers from the #coronavirus https://t.co/4TCtTiiNxD

[MK Fletcher @marykfletch]

Ask your representative to vote YES on #HR1309. Healthcare and social service workers shouldn’t be assaulted on the job. #Workplaceviolence IS preventable! @RLReindelHi

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

The AFL-CIO urges a vote for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act #HR1309 when it is brought to the floor tomorrow. #1u

[MK Fletcher @marykfletch]

Passed out of the committee 47-1! #BanAsbestosNow

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

The AFL-CIO supports the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 (H.R. 1603), which will be marked up by the @EnergyCommerce Committee on November 19, 2019. #ARBAN #1u

Read the whole letter here: https://t.co/YDzaybX062

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

📎Eugene Scalia is asking the U.S. Senate to hire him as Secretary of Labor.

🚫We don't think he's the right candidate for the job.

Check out his resume here: https://t.co/Fz8xZz2asw #1u #RejectScalia

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

➡️@RepDonBeyer, you still have time to co-sponsor #HR1309 - protect front line workers from workplace violence and sign on today. #1u