@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee

The skyrocketing cost of #ACA marketplace health care premiums are at the center of the #GovernmentShutdown. Are your @coveredca.bsky.social costs rising in 2026? ❤️‍🩹 Tell us your story NOW: secure.everyaction.com/SDZFaMRQjEG1...

We’re at the annual Health Care conference hosted by @capitolweekly.bsky.social. Our @thewallner.bsky.social joined @jodihicks.bsky.social of @ppactionca.bsky.social, @mirandadz.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, & more to discuss the devastating impact of H.R. 1 on our health care access.

Come hear Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Gates talk about fearless organizing. This should be insightful and inspiring! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/stacy-...

Covered California premiums (what folks pay after subsidies) will DOUBLE on average for 2026–unless the feds extend the enhanced tax credits that folks have access to today. Some folks will go uninsured and even those who stay covered will be spending twice what they are now.

64% of Valadao’s constituents enrolled in Medicaid and, staggeringly, almost 90% of children in his district: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr... @ezralevin.bsky.social #CA22

Congratulations to Laurel Lucia, a 15-year Labor Center veteran, who completed her first day as deputy executive director of programs! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laurel-lucia...

Dachau in July 1933... reported in the New York Times timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

⚡ KFF’s @cynthiaccox.bsky.social explains how millions of people are expected to lose health insurance coverage over the next decade with cuts to Medicaid and the ACA in the reconciliation bill, as well as other ACA changes not in the bill. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3GrJ9V5

Scott amendment eliminating 90% matching rate for #Medicaid expansion is being described as just about changing federal financing. It's effectively repeal! Amendment language is nearly identical to that in a section labeled "Repeal of Medicaid Expansion" in the 2017 House-passed ACA repeal bill!

To give sense of how much harsher Senate bill's #Medicaid cuts are than House-passed bill's draconian cuts, new CBO scores show Senate has $1.02T/10 yrs in gross Medicaid/CHIP cuts (before interactions) compared to House bill's $863.4B in gross cuts (before interactions). www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach during the "No Kings" protests in San Francisco on Saturday. The protest is among nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump. 📸: Santiago Mejia

A person with measles visited Boston. We're working with local partners to notify those who may have been exposed to measles. Unvaccinated individuals who have been exposed should contact their healthcare provider immediately. Learn more at boston.gov/measles.

My @familiesusa.bsky.social statement on the horrible House vote to make massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA, forcing millions off coverage and raising costs for millions more in both public and private plans.

Latest House bill text includes another blow to the ACA, ending “silver loading.” That would increase premiums by $350 for a hypothetical family. Here’s why: www.brookings.edu/articles/und...

New brief: California’s historic expansion of health coverage to undocumented individuals is at risk due to a new state budget proposal that would curtail Medi-Cal benefits for certain immigrants, including some with legal status. What are the consequences? laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...

Gaaaaaah!!!!

Bad Health Policy Proposals, CA edition: California's May Revise budget proposes benefit cuts and premiums of $100 per month (!) for 2m Ca immigrant Medi-Cal enrollees, & a freeze on new enrollment for undoc adults. Result: 1m more uninsured laborcenter.berkeley.edu/comprehensiv...

Thread. 33 of 40 #Medicaid expansion states (+DC) will now face a 10 point cut in their expansion match rate under House GOP reconciliation bill. Latest language penalizes not only states using own funds to cover undocumented kids but also states covering legal immigrant kids/pregnant women (1/x)

The #OneBigBeautifulBill with the biggest cut to #Medicaid in history: * Bill introed Sun 10pm * Bill debated in E&C Committee starting at Wed 1am * Bill passed Budget Committee Sun 10pm * Bill scheduled in Rules Committee Wed 1am They're rushing this, after dark, without hearings, for a reason.

Congress is currently considering major cuts to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California. Our researchers have analyzed the potential impacts of the cuts to CA and the importance of Medi-Cal to our state. View this work here: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-center...

After 26.5 hour markup, House Energy and Commerce Committee reports out budget reconciliation bill including $625 billion in draconian #Medicaid cuts that would cut Medicaid enrollment by 10.3 million and increase the number of uninsured by 7.6 million.

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨 TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️ OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.

It's nuts that this GOP #Budget proposal, dropped after dark late on Mother's Day, is going to be voted on in a committee starting just 40 hours later, and is not going to have a single hearing on any of the provisions that its backers admit are big and consequential..

Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...

Energy & Commerce text is out. Will go through it in this thread. tl;dr: this'd be the largest Medicaid cuts in history, kicking millions off their health insurance, leading to tens of thousands of additional deaths each year LOTS of bad stuff in this (but the very worst policy did not make it in)

TODAY! 5/7 @ UCB—Jaz Brisack in conversation w/Robert Reich. Brisak cofounded Starbucks Workers United & will discuss their new book about organizing at companies from Nissan to Starbucks to Tesla to Ben & Jerry’s. @rbreich.bsky.social @jazbrisack.bsky.social laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/book-t...

By dose! By eyes! Achooo!

Next week! May 7, 5:30: Jaz Brisack in conversation w/ Robert Reich. Brisack is cofounder of Starbucks Workers United and will discuss their new book about organizing at companies from Nissan to Starbucks to Tesla to Ben & Jerry’s. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/jaz-brisack-... @jazbrisack.bsky.social

This Reddit thread of people being laid off from HHS paints a picture of how the federal government's work on health will be curtailed. h/t: @samsteindc.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/DeptHHS/co...

With the #Signalgate scandal, we see our government openly compromising our national security, the better to violate our rights. I explain here: snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...

Research shows Medicaid work requirements are a bad idea. More than 8 million Californians could be affected. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/eight-millio...

Shot / Chaser

In the last 20 years health insurance premiums have gone up faster than wages, and rising hospital prices are largely to blame, according to @mirandadz.bsky.social www.latimes.com/business/sto...

More and more, I'm having a hard time hearing "Waste, Fraud, and Abuse" as anything but their nicknames.

Do a mitzvah and help spread the news of this local Vermont protest intended to make J D Vance’s lovely ski vacation less lovely first thing tomorrow morning www.waterburyroundabout.org/opinion-arch...

Find out about Medi-Cal rates in other California districts with our recently updated numbers. @mirandadz.bsky.social @laurellucia.bsky.social laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medi-cal-enr...

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

THEY ARE DEFUNDING MEDICAID AND BUYING CYBERTRUCKS WITH THE MONEY. Dems stop saying "uh he promised he would lower the cost of living" and take the layup

Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.

As well as deep sadness and fear I feel a powerful rage. When’s the next protest.

Tonight, over 700 academic workers from across the country gathered to discuss Trump’s attempts to cut NIH funding. Next Wednesday, February 19, we’re taking action to stop them. Find out how to join here: www.labor4highered.org

Webinar FOR CLINICIANS on how to advocate for Medicaid with the legislative staff of a Member of Congress or U.S. Senator, Saturday, February 15th, at 4PM ET MAGA and MAHA are planning massive cuts to Medicaid that would result in catastrophic coverage loss

"would you please put that in writing" is how you pull off insubordination without actually being insubordinate. Very useful when you are getting sketchy (whatever 'sketchy' might mean) instructions from someone who might not want to take responsibility for it later. signed, a former union steward.

NEWS: Sources tell me that DOGE is setting its sights on the Department of Labor next. DOL workers have been ordered to give DOGE access to whatever they ask for—or risk termination. “We’re supposed to stop everything we’re doing and do whatever the DOGE kids ask… It feels dirty and illegal.”

If this happens - and if Musk et al get control of BLS - then all economic bets are off. I can’t say it any more plainly than that.