“If the company can invest millions of dollars in Brian Niccol, who hasn’t worked on the floor of a Starbucks store ... then they can certainly invest money in the workers that are making drinks and keeping the customers coming back every day." www.huffpost.com/entry/starbu...

“If the company can invest millions of dollars in Brian Niccol, who hasn’t worked on the floor of a Starbucks store... then they can certainly invest money in the workers that are making drinks and keeping the customers coming back every day.”

NEW: 45+ major organizations sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol urging the company to finalize fair union contracts. "We will continue to back union workers’ fight, including by not crossing barista picket lines at Starbucks if they feel striking is necessary." 🔥🔥

BREAKING: Starbucks workers in Seattle are participating in a practice picket outside of the Starbucks Roastery, the company's flagship store. Starbucks is still failing to finalize fair union contracts. Baristas don't want to strike... but if they have to, they're ready. ✊🔥

Proud to join in solidarity and support @sbworkersunited.org as they fight for a fair contract! Baristas are the ones making drinks, keeping customers coming back, and bringing in profits. It's time for Starbucks to listen. ✊

"A worker’s ability to organize is essential. It sows the seeds of democracy." Read how our network has been organizing and campaigning to build an economy that works for us all 👇 surdna.org/impact-repor...

Starbucks baristas have been VERY clear: no contract, no coffee. If bosses keep stalling, workers are ready to strike, and the labor movement will have their backs. #UnionStrong #NoContractNoCoffee @sbworkersunited.org inthesetimes.com/article/star...

With #ClimateWeek coming up, take a moment to listen to this talk hosted by @mediajustice.bsky.social. Organizers (including our own Vincent Acuna w/ @athenaforall.bsky.social) and experts unpack the true cost of data centers on our health, communities, and the planet. youtu.be/Z_aBolRFZCo?...

In order to build worker power in the age of AI, automated management, surveillance, and algorithmic pay, we must take a look back at the history of data capitalism & worker surveillance in the US. Check out our visual timeline (starting on pg. 108) 👇 www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/bu...

Today is Mexican Independence Day. This crew of farm workers celebrated it by wearing the colors of the Mexican flag as they harvested peas today on CAs Central Coast. #WeFeedYou

This Saturday (9/20): Join workers, organizers, @athenaforall.bsky.social and @notechforapartheid.bsky.social as they rally against Big Tech's data centers that are powering AI, raising energy bills, and polluting communities across the country. RSVP HERE: bit.ly/datacenterrally

💥BREAKING💥THOUSANDS of low-wage #MOworkers and allies are rallying *inside* the state Capitol to fight Trump’s power grab — right as lawmakers try to ram through their illegal plan to redraw our districts, break up our communities, and steal away working class power ❌

🚨 New Series: Innovations in Community Ownership | Over the next 6 weeks, we’ll explore bold new ways communities are taking control of land + housing to ensure affordability, stability, and a real say in their futures. Learn more: bit.ly/3JYmYqS #CommunityOwnership #HousingJustice #UnderTheLens

Important new research from @mediajustice.bsky.social about how #BigTech is quietly building #DataCenters across the US south, and how communities are fighting back. 👇

📢 Whose streets? OUR streets! THOUSANDS rallied on Labor Day to defend workers’ rights! MO lawmakers want to steal away our freedom to elect leaders who’ll serve our needs over corporate greed. That ain’t right!

NYC public school infrastructure is in crisis. We must do better for students and school staff. Today we rallied at City Hall to release our #GreenHealthySchools plan: ✅Create 321,000 Green Jobs ✅Slash DOE Energy Costs in Half ✅Make schools fully electric & fossil fuel-free

Tucson's residents and city council overwhelmingly rejected a proposed Amazon data center last month -- but the company *really* doesn't want to take "no" for an answer. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...

"Housing all of Chicago’s homeless people would cost about $383k/day, [@ips-dc.org's] https://bit.ly/4lYIx87 told The Intercept, noting that the sum equaled roughly 1/4 of the expense of a deployment of 3,000 Guard members" theintercept.com/2025/09/03/trump-military-occupy-dc-la-chicago/

Today, NYC students and school staff are going back to classrooms that have mold, leaks, and broken heating and cooling. By investing in #GreenHealthySchools, NYC can create 321,000 green jobs, cut energy costs in half, and build healthier communities. Full story: citylimits.org/public-schoo...

🗞️ NEW from @kansascity.com: “It’s anti-Democratic, and it’s anti-American.” #StandUpKC leader and Wendy's worker Fran Marion rallied with over a THOUSAND #MOworkers on Labor Day to fight back against Trump’s authoritarian power grab!

This #LaborDay, we’re highlighting Central Coast United Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), a grantee of our #FairWork initiative! CAUSE aims to create a community where everyone can contribute to and benefit from a sustainable economy that is just & environmentally healthy: bit.ly/3HGHTy9

TOMORROW! We’re rallying at City Hall for #GreenHealthySchools because every student and teacher deserves a safe place to learn and work. Our kids deserve better than moldy ceilings, asbestos, and classrooms that are too hot or too cold. Join us: actionnetwork.org/events/green...

"An intact democracy is the ONLY way to guarantee workers the union rights, fair wages, and safe work we deserve. And multiracial worker organizing is the ONLY way we will defeat the billionaires and racists who seek to divide working people and dismantle our democracy!"

“They want to steal our voice, our vote, our representation, and our power. That’s not right! It’s we the people, not we the billionaires. So we’re fighting back!” Katherine Stewart, Certified Nursing Assistant and union steward with @seiuhcii.bsky.social

Congratulations to @mooreprogress.bsky.social for landing on the City & State Labor Power 100 list! In just 2 years as our Executive Director, Theo has led our coalitions to win safer, more sustainable conditions for New York's workers. ▶️ Full list: www.cityandstateny.com/power-lists/...

AI increasingly plays a role in how much gig drivers get paid—and it’s not working out in their favor. Last month, we joined gig workers and orgs like Gig Workers Rising and @powerswitchaction.org to demand more transparency into how AI decides worker pay. www.youtube.com/shorts/golbA...

Imagine going to work each day not knowing how much you’ll get paid. Instead, an AI software program decides how much to offer in unpredictable ways. If you’re an Uber driver, you face this scenario every day. Learn more from @powerswitchaction.org & Gig Workers Rising. buff.ly/JFHKimj

When the threat of ICE sweeping into Chicago schools loomed after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Chicago Teachers Union — guided by a Bargaining for the Common Good strategy, an organizing network within ACRE — turned their contract into a shield for immigrant families.

Two decades after California enacted landmark heat safety law, farmworkers still suffer from preventable heat-related illnesses—and, in some cases, die. As the state faces increasingly frequents and intense heat waves, effective enforcement are more critical than ever. @latimes.com: bit.ly/413Lywr

Every day, new headlines emerge hyping the power of AI, algorithmic management, and automation technologies to transform work. The narrative surrounding emerging technology often focuses on newness and innovation. But are these tools even working for workers? www.youtube.com/shorts/rjXZQ...

Billionaires are waging a war on working people, so this #LaborDay we're deepening and strengthening our labor and community coalitions—and building power to stand up and fight back. Spread the word about May Day Strong's National Kickoff Call August 14th: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Do you understand that LA and DC are the tip of the iceberg?

Solidarity with the people of Tucson, AZ who made history on Thursday when they shut down Project Blue, a massive data center proposal linked to Amazon that would threaten their water and energy supply!

Feels like a good time to remind people about Amazon's "Project Nessie" -- an algorithm it used to quietly raise prices and see if competitors would follow suit 👀 www.wsj.com/business/ret...

Israel is enacting the next phase of its genocide of the Palestinian people: forced famine. We cannot watch this man-made famine and genocide continue without raising our voices in opposition. Call Congress and tell your reps to demand our government stop backing Israel’s campaign of starvation.

NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨 TechEquity just published “Take the Mic: How Worker Voice Shapes Workplace Technology,” which explores different models of worker voice and why it matters.

🔥 THIS WEDNESDAY (7/30) AT 8PM ET! We’re proud to co-sponsor this powerful virtual event ft. movement leaders, impacted people, union organizers, and elected officials about what’s in the bill, why it passed, and how we fight forward. @pplsaction.bsky.social RSVP: www.crowdcast.io/c/fightforwa...

Uber and Lyft drivers are demanding fair pay and transparency. A new federal bill from @schatz.bsky.social & @chrismurphyct.bsky.social would make Uber and Lyft: ✅ Give drivers 75% of each fare ⚖️ Guarantee equal pay for equal work 🧾 Create pay transparency @nelp.org www.nelp.org/take-action/...

‼️ TOMORROW: The Trump regime is expected to release its AI Action Plan that will put govt resources towards the expansion of AI into our lives. We can’t let tech billionaires write the rules for us. Together with 90+ organizations we're calling for a People's AI Action Plan: peoplesaiaction.com

Uber’s use of secretive fare pricing algorithms driven by artificial intelligence lowers drivers’ wages, causes them confusion and uncertainty, and could undermine public safety — all while boosting company profits to record levels. www.sfpublicpress.org/drivers-prot...

"When we sign up to be organizers or campaigners or strategists, we sign up to say, "I'm going to take responsibility, I'm going to be a protagonist for changing the balance of power." Listen to our ED @laurenrants.bsky.social on the Craft of Campaigns podcast 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4LM1...

Digital surveillance, algorithmic management, mandatory arbitration and class action waivers—these are all labor practices that Amazon uses to manage its Flex drivers. Read about how this exploitative model functions & how workers are fighting back in @nelp.org's new report 👇 bit.ly/AmazonFlexHa...

It's Amazon Prime Day and we know what that means: worker injuries will spike while Amazon rakes in the profits. But we won't stop fighting until every Amazon worker has safety and a voice on the job. Our statement: t.co/QcCDxutK1T

“Amazon owes me 145 unpaid tolls from my time driving for Amazon Flex, just in 2024, amounting to about $2,320…I’ve got two kids in college and can’t afford that Amazon continues refusing to pay me.” Read how #Amazon rips off both its workers and the public: bit.ly/AmazonFlexHarms

If you haven't already, check out their most recent report that surveyed more than 2,500 drivers! www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...

Great turnout today in San Francisco with @powerswitchaction.org & Gig Workers Rising! @techequity.us stood in solidarity alongside drivers, gig workers, and other community partners against AI-driven pay that harms workers. ✊🏽

"Drivers are rising up, organizing. We are not invisible, we are not powerless. Together we have the power to stop Uber and Lyft from mistreating drivers." Daryush with CA Gig Workers Union joins drivers, groups, and allies outside of Uber HQ in San Francisco 💥

“It’s a beautiful day to fight corporate greed! Uber has been pioneering how to use AI to manipulate pay, and if they can do it to drivers, they can do it to all of us.” – Mariah Montgomery, our National Campaigns Director joins speakers at the Gig Workers Rising rally outside of Uber HQ

NOW: Drivers w/ Gig Workers Rising are rallying at Uber HQ in San Francisco with labor leaders + allies to sound the alarm about AI on the job! Driver reports suggest that Uber’s AI-powered pay model pushes them to accept lower fares, and spend more time behind the wheel. We're here to say ENOUGH!

As Big Tech pushes for a federal ban on state or local laws regulating AI for the next decade, a new report from @powerswitchaction.org shows what’s at stake for everyone when companies like Uber use algorithms to determine the pay for their workforce. www.powerswitchaction.org/resources/ub...