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SEIU Healthcare 1199NW workers TOMORROW are calling for wages that keep up, strong benefits, and a fair disciplinary process at Community Health Care clinics across Tacoma, Spanaway and Puyallup. ✊🏻 Will we see you there?

The crushing weight of higher prices is only compounded by the administration’s rollback of wage protections, making workers fight even harder to secure fair pay.

After failed bargaining with MultiCare, registered nurses at Tacoma General and the Mary Bridge NICU are picketing FRIDAY Jan. 23 to demand safe staffing and respect for patient care. When nurses speak up, we show up! Join them and stand with workers fighting for safety and dignity!

Dr. King challenged us not just to dream, but to act. This MLK Day, Pierce County labor walks forward with audacious faith for justice at work and in our communities. #MLKDay

If companies say AI is “material” for investors, it’s material for workers too. Requiring AI disclosures (layoffs vs. upskilling, costs vs. savings) cuts through AI-washing, protects union pensions, and gives workers the truth about which side their employer is on. onlabor.org/what-sec-ai-...

The most “in” thing you can do in 2026? Organize and form a union with your coworkers.

The conditions are ripe for brilliant, courageous leaders to emerge in every workplace and every town. labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...

🎓 Union families: The Jerry Beckendorf Community Service Scholarship is now open! Graduating seniors in Pierce County who are active in their communities may be eligible. Learn more + apply: bit.ly/Beckendorf26

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

The ACA Tax Credits expire in 3 days. Families won’t be able to afford health care next year, and they’re chancing it. Chancing not having to go to the emergency room, not having a cancer diagnosis, or not having a kid break their arm. This isn’t fair.

Stopping clean energy projects already underway and destroying good union jobs threatens to take America backward. With unemployment rising and prices spiking, this order makes no sense. Workers should be allowed to finish the job. aflcio.org/press/releas...

Nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital voted overwhelmingly Dec. 22 to authorize a strike. Check out coverage in @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social, @komo4.bsky.social and @kiro7seattle.bsky.social. List of coverage available at wsna.org/news/media-coverage

This season, let your gifts tell a story of solidarity. 🛒 Buying union-made products and shopping at union-run stores means your dollars are backing fair wages, safe working conditions, and dignity on the job. Check out the @aflcio.org gift guide at go.aflcio.org/gifts

Join us virtually on Human Rights Day, December 10th, at 6 pm to learn about local organizing and global solidarity in the face of corporate power. Get involved in the fight for justice and help shape the future of the trade justice movement. RSVP at tinyurl.com/WFTHumanRights

"Cruz" shares, "It's supposed to rain all week. The road is nothing but mud. The tires sink and I feel the strain in my whole body. But here in the fields, we can’t stop. We push through. Because behind every row of crops, there are families depending on this work. #WeFeedYou

This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth we recognize Indigenous organizers, healthcare workers, caregivers, and leaders who have powered movements for justice for years. As rights, culture, and truth face ongoing attacks, we stand united. 💜

This article was originally published on the Labor Politics Substack and is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? labornotes.org/content/how-...

Sign the petition today and tell Windmill mushrooms, to recognize the union their workers elected. act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i... #BoycottWindmillMushrooms

Farm workers are knocking on doors in WA state to get out the vote. To learn more about UFW WA endorsements go to: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... #GOTV #VOTE

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

At the behest of corporate lobbyists, Trump's CFPB will block states from erasing medical debt from credit reports. This comes as the GOP allows ACA subsidies to expire – which could cause millions to go uninsured and medical debt to skyrocket. A perfect storm of cruelty.

42 million Americans are about to lose food assistance — including 16 million children. Trump’s shutdown is forcing families to choose between paying rent and buying food. Congress must demand that USDA release SNAP now: actionnetwork.org/letters/save... #SNAPDayOfAction

Washington state is suing the Trump Administration for illegally suspending SNAP benefits. Political games from President Trump and Congressional Republicans are harming the most vulnerable Washingtonians. We're fighting to protect the people of our state.

Share the joy of the holidays with a less fortunate Union family by contributing to our 2025 Holiday Assistance fund. Every dollar you donate goes straight to helping families in need.

We polled our readers regarding their biggest concerns about their job and future. Retirement and making ends meet tied as the largest concerns. #VoiceOfTheWorker #BetterInAUnion

❓Did you make your plan to vote by Nov. 4th? With the construction on South Tacoma Way, it's actually easier for us to drive by the 35th Street dropboxes lately 😅

In addition to the “No Kings” protests, there’s another way to flex the power of democracy this weekend: join the WSLC, Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and @mlklabor.bsky.social for canvasses getting out the union vote ahead of the Nov. 4 election. Details ⬇️ https://ow.ly/S9wy50XcHwj

#OtD 4 October 1945 US President Harry S. Truman ordered the Navy to seize half of the US's oil refining capacity in order to break a three-week strike of the nation's oil workers. More info in this excellent book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

The federal government is shut down because the Trump administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Federal workers aren’t your pawns. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first!

🎙️✊ Happy National Podcast Day! The Labor Radio Podcast Network brings together radio shows & podcasts from around the world that lift up workers’ struggles, victories, and demands for justice. Plug in & turn it up! www.laborradionetwork.org

If Congress refuses to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, 22 million people who rely on them to afford coverage will face a 75% spike. Please make a call to tell your senators and representative to stop the health care price spike NOW! Call 855-493-4407.

Last week, we gathered with community partners to envision a new hub in East Tacoma—a place that will combine childcare, workforce development, and support for families under one roof. Read more about how we’re building this future together ⬇️ unionhall.aflcio.org/pcclc

In Sept.1953, Tacoma’s AFL business reps gathered on the steps of the Labor Temple at 1355 Market Street. Meeting each Wednesday for lunch, the group worked to share information, strengthen solidarity, and advance the common interests of union workers.

Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours.

Tacoma, WA 📍 Union families fill Fort Steilacoom Park today with solidarity, music, and calls for justice. 🎶✊ Labor Day isn’t the end of summer — it’s the start of Solidarity Season! #LaborDay #SolidaritySeason @seiu.org @piercelabor.bsky.social

"Immigrants make up almost 20% of the U.S. workforce and that data shows 45% of workers in farming, fishing and forestry are immigrants." apnews.com/article/labo...

Not sure the logo is the problem at Cracker Barrel. How about the poverty wages? 🤷‍♂️

A new UW report highlights that people are being secretly detained and refouled, when people are sent back to countries where they face danger. These violations rip families apart and erase dignity. Our union stands united: no worker should vanish without justice. jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/...

Join us for a community-building Labor Day at Fort Steilacoom Park. Picnic, guest speakers, and live music! Sept 1 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Celebrating worker wins + Building people power!

The livelihoods of home care providers are at risk. A proposed rule by the Department of Labor would strip home care providers of minimum wage and overtime protections. Stand with them by submitting a comment to the Department of Labor: act.afscme.org/letters/stan...

The Trump administration’s stop-work order on Revolution Wind makes no sense. The project is already 80% complete. Hundreds of union members will lose their jobs. New England needs this to help with energy prices. BOEM must reverse course immediately. aflcio.org/press/releas...

KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.” He was just taken into ICE custody.

NEW: Gov. Ferguson said he remains committed to WA laws that bar local police from cooperating with immigration arrests despite threats from U.S. Attorney General Bondi. “Let me be very clear, Washington State will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally faceless accusations,” he said.

Join us for a community-building Labor Day at Fort Steilacoom Park. Picnic, guest speakers, and live music! Sept 1 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Celebrating worker wins + Building people power!

Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report. But BLS revisions are standard, AND key to keeping U.S. labor data accurate and credible. www.axios.com/2025/08/04/b...

Congress had a choice: stand with working families or sell out to billionaires. They chose to shovel $4.5 TRILLION in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy & corporations, while gutting support for our kids & our communities. This is a betrayal. We won’t forget and we sure as hell won’t back down.