Transportation Secretary Duffy told unpaid air traffic controllers to show up to work and do their jobs anyway. Okay then—how about Congressional Republicans show up to do their jobs? Workers are being used as pawns while the GOP protects billionaires’ tax breaks and guts healthcare.

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting. If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

“If I want 40 hours a week, that’s not guaranteed. Rent keeps going up, and a lot of us have to have roommates just to stay in the city,” Andersen said, adding that her pay has remained around $16 an hour for the past three years. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...

ICYMI: Ohio’s Republican leadership is once again trying to rig the rules, pick their voters, and cling to power instead of doing the work Ohioans need. 🔗 https://uaw.org/statement-on-ohio-redistricting-power-play/

Join UAW President Shawn Fain for a live town hall on UAW Facebook, X, or YouTube on Wednesday, November 5, at 6 pm ET. President Fain will answer member questions and outline the union's fight to end plant closures, win a first contract at Volkswagen, and more.

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ICYMI: SEIU Local 1 members and leaders were on the move from Chicago to Springfield to meet with legislators, urging them to support the S.A.L.T. Package and stand up for working families across Illinois. When we fight, we win!

Practice pickets are continuing across California today! This morning @wgawest.bsky.social @dsa.la @californialabor.bsky.social and other community and labor allies joined workers here in Los Angeles! #NoContractNoCoffee

Starbucks workers in Louisville, KY is ready to do what it takes to get a fair union contract - even if that means going on strike. NO CONTRACT? NO COFFEE 🗣️

Starbucks workers at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney store are ready to fight for a fair union contract! Huge crowds of baristas and allies picketed to show Starbucks it’s time to come back to the bargaining table NOW.

The Trump admin has kept the government shut down for a MONTH. Federal workers have missed their paychecks, millions are losing food assistance and going hungry, and our essential services are shuttered. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first.

Letting ACA subsidies expire will result in sky-rocketing health care costs for millions of Americans. Our message to the Trump admin and their allies in Congress is clear: Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first.

Charles Morris, a Houston public health worker, is calling out lawmakers who refuse to fund health care and public services. Their choices are hurting his community. www.afscme.org/blog/houston... #HealthCareHeist

We congratulate the workers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for forming a union through AFSCME District Council 36. www.afscme.org/blog/los-ang...

Today, Oregon AFSCME members stood with @bynum.house.gov to call out the shutdown and attacks on health care and public services. Cutting Medicaid & SNAP to fund billionaire tax breaks hurts working families—and we won’t stand for it.

Oralè Resisters Don’t let your Abuelita Go outside! #LICE see easy abduction and will kidnap her. #LICEAbuelitaAlert #USDemocracy #DondeEstan

Have you checked to see what your Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium will be for 2026? Did you get sticker shock? Help us spread the word that we’re facing a health care crisis. Post a picture of your increase on Open Enrollment Day tomorrow for #PostYourPremium Day!

AFSCME Local 1653 President & furloughed FAA employee Dan Ronnenberg: We can have health care. We can put federal employees back to work. We can have SNAP. Those things are not mutually exclusive.

Are we ready to fight? DAMN RIGHT 🗣️ Ashburn, VA is celebrating Halloween with a picket to tell Starbucks they're strike-ready (and dressed accordingly! 🎃)

Millions are about to lose SNAP benefits. Not by accident, but by choice. Republicans could use reserve funds to help families put food on the table. They’re literally choosing not to.

Lancaster, PA lookin real good out on that practice picket today 💪 Just a peek of what's to come if Starbucks doesn't come back to the bargaining table soon!

A Wisconsin eligibility specialist, Misha Dancing Waters, warns that working families will suffer if funding for SNAP and Head Start ends on Nov. 1. www.afscme.org/blog/a-wisco...

In our November issue: Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Collect Strike Pledges as Company Stalls at Table, and more A $30 annual subscription gets you 11 issues each year! Subscribe by Tuesday, November 11, to get the December issue labornotes.org/subscribe

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BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled again that the administration cannot fire federal workers during the government shutdown while our lawsuit continues.

President Saunders: “Today’s ruling is another victory for federal workers and our ongoing efforts to protect their jobs from an administration hellbent on illegally firing them.”

Fired up in Philly, workers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania are joining a wave of cultural workers in their city and across the country who have formed a union through AFSCME. www.afscme.org/blog/more-ph...

If you’re building homes, you should be able to afford one. In Los Angeles, the city council is considering raising the wage for some construction workers to $32.35/hr. No matter your industry, a living wage is the baseline! https://seiu.co/4qweN5Z

When we fight, we win! A federal judge just barred the Trump administration from firing federal workers at more than 20 agencies during the government shutdown. We’ll keep fighting these illegal firings with everything we have.

UAW members at Mack Trucks stood up to change our broken trade deals that have devastated blue collar communities across the country. On Nov. 1st, they won a 25% tariff on heavy and medium duty trucks, and a lifeline for the workers who built these companies. 🎥 youtu.be/ClPBuI9sjBM?...

Because of the government shutdown, SNAP food assistance is about to run out for 42 MILLION people, including 1.2 million veterans. The Trump administration should be doing everything they can to make sure America’s heroes and everyone who needs food assistance won’t go hungry.

Today is the Sports Equinox, one of the few times where many of America’s pro-sports play on the same day. We wish our MLBPA, NFLPA, MLSPA, and NHLPA union members the best during their games today. As you watch them play, remember that they’re union strong!

Good luck to our MLBPA union brothers on the Dodgers and @bluejays.com as they start the World Series tonight. Play ball, and solidarity forever!

We took to the street to hear people's thoughts on the thousands of federal workers locked out of their jobs or working without pay. They all agree: Congress needs to put working people first.

We know the government shutdown is incredibly stressful for federal workers and their families. They’re missing paychecks and it’s upending their entire lives. If you’re a federal worker that has been impacted by the shutdown, we have resources to help. https://bit.ly/3J1H97v

A new criminal justice wave has formed in Hawaii and California. Where will it go next?

Trump’s billionaire buddies will spend hundreds of millions on a ballroom, but won’t pay people a living wage. It’s never been about the money — it’s always been about the power.

Devin Knox, a human services caseworker and member of AFSCME Local 1805, is this month’s Never Quit winner! Whether he’s coaching youth football or providing assistance to his community, he’s on a mission to help people build better lives for themselves. afscme31.org/news/afscme-...

Working families are suffering. Not only are health care costs slated to double for millions of families, but 42 million people will lose access to food assistance if Congress doesn’t take action urgently.

Being in a union shifts the workplace culture. Unions empower workers to know their rights. AFSCME members like Eliana Holgate know how important it is to have a strong, unified voice with her coworkers. That’s the union difference.

“Until Starbucks starts playing fair and comes back to the bargaining table to settle a fair union contract and resolve pending unfair labor practices, they have no place at the Olympic Games."

America’s national parks are national treasures. Thousands of the federal workers who maintain them and keep them beautiful are at risk of being fired. They are tired of the Trump administration’s DOGE/Project 2025 agenda putting their lives on hold. https://bit.ly/48Hlf3M

And that’s exactly why we’re fighting back. #UnionsForAll

Can 100% guarantee I won’t cross a Starbucks picket line.

Today marks the last day of the UNAC/UHCP strike. For 5 days, 31,000 nurses and professional health care workers have held the line. Strength, heart, & unity makes real change possible. #UNACUHCPStrong #KaiserStrike

If Starbucks doesn’t return to the bargaining table soon, baristas across the country are committed and ready to go on strike. Raq, a union barista in Texas, explains what it’ll take to finish our contracts.

They call this their “small-government, big-lunch’” group photo.