Shane Smith

IUPAT Director of Organizing and member of District Council 10, Local 1778.

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

Trump's attack on overtime pay is just another way he's siding with corporate greed over hardworking Americans.

Workers see through the lies and aren’t buying his BS anymore— and we’re fighting back.

[Shane Smith @ssmithiupat]

‘It has really gotten out of hand’: wage theft rampant in US construction | US unions | The Guardian https://t.co/LO2NdlfjJb

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

What happened to Labcorp workers who tried to affiliate with our union in Atlanta is exactly why the NLRB's Cemex ruling is so important.

We intend to use the NLRB's Cemex ruling to renew these affiliation drives that were crushed illegally.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Atlanta’s construction is booming, yet companies like Speciality Finishes, Inc. are keeping construction workers down rather than lifting them up.

Our union’s drawing a line in the sand to raise standards in construction and transform the South for working people.

[Jimmy Williams @Jimmy_iupat]

It has to stop. Our rights as working people must be upheld and we deserve to live in a society free from police violence.

Read our full statement here: https://t.co/zBzGIHDIvZ

[IUPAT DC 46 @OntarioPainters]

When we stand together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Wage theft by employers is rampant in our country, especially in construction.

Our union is fighting back to put an end to these illegal practices plaguing our industry nationwide and to make sure construction workers are paid every dollar they earned. https://t.co/fiJ7M9PVtk

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Don’t let the political class try to stand in the way of us and a pathway for economic prosperity.

Demand Project Labor Agreements for Prince George's County Schools!

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

We won!

Nearly 600 workers of Unforgettable Coatings Inc. are receiving a combined $3.6 million in back wages.

Despite facing retaliation and even threats against their immigration status by the company, these brave workers stood firm until they got what they deserved.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

During this historic moment for the labor movement where support for unions is at its highest in decades and new organizing is rampant, the NLRB is gravely understaffed and under-resourced.

It's critical that Congress finally fully funds the NLRB!

[Monte McNaughton @MonteMcNaughton]

Government, labour & business, have to work together to find common ground on the big issues & get things done.  

I joined the @PBCTCOntario to announce $40M in new investments to help students land well-paying jobs in the construction industry.

https://t.co/pm9i1a06H2

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

We have thousands of brothers and sisters in our union with TPS that love our country deeply.

Our General President @Jimmy_IUPAT proudly voted for @JoshShapiroPA & @JohnFetterman for all those who can't yet build our country every day under the most difficult of circumstances.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Iowa has the most anti-union law you’ve never heard of.

We must defeat anti-union laws like Iowa's Chapter 20 in every state in the country and make it easier, not harder, to form and join unions.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

The labor movement is the best guarantee we have to ensure the outrageously rich don't control our society totally.

We have been and will always be the only force able to challenge their otherwise uncontrollable power.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Our union is organizing aggressively in the South to raise standards in the construction industry where the underground economy and exploitation is most rampant.

It's up to us to transform our industry and the South through organization.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

For decades, our union would dress up and march at Labor Day parades together to signify our mutual pride, honor and shared understanding that our trades build the world, not the bosses.

Here's our painters & paperhangers marching in the 1900 Labor Day parade in Buffalo, NY.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

Our union has a tremendous opportunity in front of us with historic federal investment in infrastructure & the renewable energy industry.

We must seize all of the opportunities, including organizing to make "good, green union jobs" a reality for our members for decades to come.

[IUPAT @GoIUPAT]

The largest armed uprising since the Civil War & the largest labor uprising in U.S. history, The Battle of Blair Mountain, began 101 years ago today in West Virginia.

We must never forget the struggles and sacrifices of those who came before us in the labor movement.

[Shane Smith @ssmithiupat]

Great week at our strategic cities summit. Spent sharping our organizing skills and strengthening our relationships with our community partners. Thanks to Josh Downey and the rest of the IUPAT team’s great facilitating! #goiupat