The shutdown’s over, but the damage is real. Workers went unpaid. Families lost food aid. Healthcare costs are climbing. Thune, Johnson, and Trump’s White House caused this chaos. Working families WON’T FORGET and WE WON’T FORGIVE.🔥🔥🔥

Starbucks loves to brag about having the “best job in retail,” but the folks in the green aprons know the truth. Short staffing, unstable hours, union-busting… that’s not values, that’s exploitation. @sbworkersunited.org #NoContractNoCoffee www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

📣 Say it with us: Columbus is a union town!

If unions were bad for workers, corporations wouldn’t pour millions into union-busting consultants. Funny how they fight so hard to “protect” workers from better wages, safer conditions, and a voice on the job. They’re terrified of one thing: workers having real power.

EARLIER: DC @SBWorkersUnited Baristas are on strike and form a picket line! Avoid Starbucks and take action: seiu.co/NoStarbucks #NoContractNoCoffee

Baristas are on strike. So guess what? Starbucks doesn’t get a dime. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union-busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee seiu.co/NoStarbucks

🎶Picket liiiiiiines And the striking's easyyy🎶🌞🌴 Long Beach, CA is out today demanding Starbucks do the right thing: Finalize contracts with the wages and staffing we need, and put an end to union-busting! #NoContractNoCoffee

If Starbucks baristas have to strike, we need to do the same — by not shopping at Starbucks. When workers stand up for fairness, we stand with them! #NoContractNoCoffee ☕ Stand with baristas. Don’t shop at Starbucks if they strike. seiu.co/NoContract

Solidarity!

Trump’s 50-year mortgage plan: 💸 Save $119/month 💀 Pay THOUSANDS more in interest 🤑 Banks win. You work 'til you die. This isn’t a solution. It’s a scam.

Many Americans are hurting and Congressional Republicans are the ones swinging the wrecking ball. Caving to them doesn’t end the destruction—it just invites them to swing harder.

You shouldn’t need two jobs just to survive.

“…But this weak deal is no cause for celebration. Millions of working families of all backgrounds will now see their healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA tax credits expire… We won’t back down until Congress takes action to resolve our healthcare.”- @seiupres.bsky.social full statement: seiu.co/3Jv77Au

If Starbucks baristas go on strike, we need you to stand in solidarity with us — don’t shop at Starbucks. Together, we can show corporations that when workers speak up, they have to listen. #NoContractNoCoffee

No one should profit from cruelty and inhumanity. But that’s exactly what some airlines are doing when they fly for ICE. Tell airline CEOs to stop cashing in on cruelty! #DeICEflights SEIU.org/DeICEflights

Solidarity with federal workers! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼

✨VICTORY FOR WORKERS✨ This week across the country working people of all races turned out and WON. We chose leaders who fight for: ✅ Higher wages ✅ Care and community ✅ Democracy and dignity When workers lead, we WIN. Let’s keep building power together. 💜✊🏾

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🔥HAPPENING NOW: We’re holding a press conference to call for an end to the government shutdown and to demand action to protect affordable healthcare and basic nutrition assistance for millions of Americans!

THIS is what power looks like. Starbucks baristas are standing tall, with their shoulders back and their heads high, and they’re showing the world what it looks like to demand a fair contract. At SEIU, we see you, we back you, and we’ll be there with you @sbworkersunited.org every step of the way.

If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS. Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org

Solidarity! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

If baristas have to walk out, we’ll walk with them — straight past Starbucks. Workers are fighting for fair pay, fair hours, and an end to union busting. This is what solidarity looks like. #NoContractNoCoffee

Shoutouts to @repyassansari.bsky.social for standing with Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport workers at our recent affordability town hall! @cityofphoenixaz.bsky.social & @mayorgallego.bsky.social, it’s time to create a path to $25/hr living wage!

MAGA Republicans call it a shutdown. Workers call it a shakedown, robbing families of care so billionaires can write off their private jets. ✈💰 Not on our watch. Take action now: seiu.co/42S0COj

🚨The same lawmakers who refuse to lower healthcare costs for working families are now ready to take food from kids, seniors, and people with disabilities. If this shutdown continues, 42 million people could lose SNAP benefits in November. This is unacceptable. Full stop.

Shoutouts to Janae for standing up for airport service workers at City Council and calling on @cityofphoenixaz.bsky.social & @mayorgallego.bsky.social to create a path to a $25/hr living wage!

Trump is spending $250 MILLION dollars on a ballroom. In other news, millions of workers' health insurance premiums are set to double or triple in 2026.

THIS!!!!

3 facts everyone should know right now: Republicans control the House. Republicans control the Senate. Republicans control the White House. Don’t get it twisted: This is their shutdown.

This week’s Weasel of the Week goes to Senate Republicans—for blocking two bills that would’ve guaranteed pay to all federal workers during the shutdown. Workers are being used as pawns while politicians play games with our livelihoods!

“Despite being so essential to air travel, I am paid poverty wages that make everyday a struggle" says airport service worker Nicole. That is just plain wrong. It’s time for @cityofphoenixaz.bsky.social & @mayorgallego.bsky.social to create a path to a $25/hr living wage for all airport workers!

The courage of David Huerta represents what democracy looks like in action: Standing up for others, even when those in power try to intimidate you for it. #StandWithDavid

VICTORY! 📷 SEIU 512 members in Fairfax County have voted to ratify their historic first union contract with a 99.9% majority- a massive victory for over 11,000 public service workers. This is what solidarity looks like! #FairfaxCounty #UnionsForAll #Victory

Ezra is one of many of us at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport who can’t make ends meet. @cityofphoenixaz.bsky.social & @mayorgallego.bsky.social must create a path to a $25/hr wage!

David Huerta’s courage in standing with immigrant workers embodies the best of America’s values – justice, solidarity and dignity for all. The baseless charges against him are an attack on the values we hold dear. #StandWithDavid

Shoutouts to ‪@repyassansari.bsky.social for standing with Phoenix Sky Harbor airport workers Raoul & Ezra at our recent affordability town hall! @cityofphoenixaz.bsky.social & @mayorgallego.bsky.social, it’s time to create a path to a $25/hr living wage!

Working 9-5, M-F should pay ALL your bills. No matter the job.

Cutting SNAP is an economic time bomb. End the shutdown & fund the services America needs.

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.

This transparent effort to dismiss the 'No Kings' rally is happening because they're scared of collective action. Who lies this hard to deny a movement? Authoritarians. Don't buy the lies. Seven million people came together to say NO to a wanna-be dictator. #NoKings

Quick PSA: working an 8-hour shift, Monday through Friday, should be enough to pay your bills and still let you live your life.

The Trump admin has disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil liberties, & slashed services, all while enriching billionaires. This is an attack on all people: white, Black, brown, AAPI, citizen or not. TODAY, working people & unions rise to say #NoKings.

Let’s bring #LatinoHeritageMonth to a close with a commitment to show up for one another. Will you be joining me on Oct 18 to say #NoKings? seiu.co/OCT18

They cut services for families, but fund raids, detention & massive tax cuts for big business. Enough. On Oct 18, Black, brown, white and AAPI workers in their unions are pushing back & building power. Take action: https://seiu.co/OCT18 #NoKings

They’re trying to paint peaceful protest as “hate-America.” But all the people making signs and coming out this weekend aren’t the threat, authoritarianism is. Standing up for democracy is patriotic—and provided for in our First Amendment. https://seiu.co/43o3T8i

This Saturday, the people are showing up in numbers too big to ignore. This #NoKings protest will be one for the history books, because when working people unite, no crown, no billionaire, no self-proclaimed ruler can stop us. seiu.co/OCT18

🚨 Action Alert 🚨 This Saturday, Oct 18, union members & working people from all races across the country are uniting to say: “#NoKings” Find your event or start one: seiu.co/OCT18