As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

"Employees are striking because we want Starbucks to live up to the values it markets to the world. Starbucks claims it offers the “best job in retail.” As someone doing one of those jobs day in and day out, I can tell you that's not true." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Hit 'em where it hurts! Baristas calling out management for failure to negotiate. No contract? No coffee!

Thank god for Unions! Don't despair. Organize!! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

Dear University of Pennsylvania: Do. Not. Comply. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

over 25% of United Auto Workers nationwide are ACADEMIC WORKERS! friday, join a UAW phone bank against cuts to science research form.jotform.com/252308957361...

A continuation of my rant against the Loomis op ed in today's NYT.

life is better in a union! celebrate and organize today "68% of U.S. adults approve of labor unions. This is the fifth consecutive year that approval of organized labor has been in the 67% to 71% range, a level last reached in the late 1950s and early 1960s." news.gallup.com/poll/694472/...

Boston AAUP Chapters in the Streets!!! #Solidarity #LaborDay #WorkersDeserve #DefendHigherEd

Happy Labor Day! Anybody see this in today's newspaper? ✊🔥 Sign our pledge to stand with over 12,000 union Starbucks workers and say No Contract, No Coffee! 👉 bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

Labor Day isn’t just a long weekend, it's a movement. We’re fighting for healthcare, living wages, housing, immigrant justice & dignity for ALL. This #LaborDay, we put Families First, Not Billionaires.

Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.

Terrible framing below. My re-write: "While some unions have long resisted major organizing efforts," ... "many of the largest unions, including the teachers unions and service workers unions, have grown by organizing new workers and becoming politically powerful." Easy, no? 4/

Loomis claims "we have barely heard a peep from unions" since Trump's attempt to strip Federal workers of their bargaining rights. But he fails to mention the ongoing fight in the courts to restore those rights. It ain't torches & pitchforks, but it ain't nothing neither. 3/

Let's start with the title. Where does Loomis get off saying unions are so quiet? It's clear he wishes we could have national strikes, as they do in Europe and elsewhere. He sighs repeatedly over unions' supposed passivity. It is clear he does not get out much. 2/

The NYT does it again. An opinion piece about labor rife with bad framings, wrong conclusions, and misplaced longing for a kind of labor movement that has never existed in the US. Here's a gift link. My rant follows. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

We’re here in Detroit for #LaborDay! AFT EVP Evelyn DeJesus is discussing what #WorkersDeserve and the importance of showing up with local AFT members.

Get up, get down, Philly is a union town! As part of AFSCME’s Labor Day celebrations, President Saunders is kicking off the 38th Annual Labor Day Parade & Family Celebration in South Philly with more than 4,000 union members & their families.

Massive #LaborDay parade in Detroit! #WorkersDeserve

Today, we celebrate the labor movement's immense contributions to our country and honor all working people who have bravely stood up to the most powerful forces in the world to help create a more fair and just society for us all. 📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social

Organizing my colleagues has been one of the most rewarding activities of my life. I'm a former member of chapters of @cwaunion.bsky.social, @neatoday.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, and @aaup.org. Higher education works because we do 💪

Unions aren't quiet. Media is failing the unions. Loomis' framing stinks.

Labor Day is a very good day for my fellow academics to joint their local @aaup.org and if your school doesn't have one you should start one!

Nothing was handed to us. Every right we have was fought for. This #LaborDay we celebrate the FIGHT, the POWER of workers, and the #SOLIDARITY that keeps us strong! #FeelThePower #UnionStrong #1u

Happy Labor Day, APWU! We encourage you to honor the day by participating in a local action to honor labor's legacy, and unite & fight to build power for the future.

This moment #LaborDay for education workers. Reflections from our collective members on marching, acting, fighting smart: futureschools.substack.com/p/this-momen...

Happy Labor Day! Thank you to the hardworking AFSCME members who make Maryland happen. Here's to fighting the good fight today and every day to protect our livelihoods, our public services, and our communities!

We’re kicking off Philadelphia’s 38th annual Labor Day parade with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, @afscme.bsky.social President Lee Saunders, @lettercarriers.bsky.social President Brian Renfroe and thousands of working people. Philly is a union town! ✊

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quick thread summary of the full frontal assault on the freedom to learn and the public goods of knowledge, research, invention

This is how we do it. AFSCME DC47 President, April Gigetts getting in the good trouble and standing with all our union siblings fighting the oligarchy yesterday at the May Day rally in Philadelphia after Bernie Sanders' barn burner of a speech.

Hey, PLU cohort @afscme590.bsky.social, how are we doing today?

IT’S HAPPENING: Thousands of Los Angeles County workers just walked off the job. For the first time in history, the entire @seiu721.bsky.social LA County membership is on strike. 55,000 strong! #UnionsForAll

McClure also writes: "Unions are filing lawsuits and showing us, again, why we very badly need unions." You have the AAUP there, Dr. McClure. Work with them & give them some teeth.

Proud to be @afscme590.bsky.social ✊🏻

Please read this petition and consider adding your name. And please consider reposting, so everyone can read it. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

NLRB employees line the sidewalk to welcome back Board Member Gwynne Wilcox at HQ this morning after a federal judge ordered her reinstatement. Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.

[2/2] and if you work at Penn, now is a great time to sign and share the joint petition co-sponsored by AAUP-Penn, GET-UP, CIR/SEIU, Penn Libraries United / @afscme590.bsky.social, Penn Museum Workers United / @phillycwu.bsky.social AFSCME DC47 Local 397, and @rapup-uaw.bsky.social

In a world of U Penns, be a Princeton: "'... I wanted to concentrate on strategic issues that are longer term for us, rather than trying to respond directly to the orders that are coming out of Washington,' said [Princeton University President, Christopher] Eisgruber" --Daily Princetonian 2/11/25

Let’s show everyone who The Resistance is. Local 590 is in. But we must all hang together.

"Graduate student workers and postdocs at Caltech are the latest in the US to score big wins in a new contract that was negotiated through a local chapter of the UAW." @uawregion6.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/caltech...

carrboro’s new library is ❤️❤️❤️

Not. Good. At. All. Do not obey in advance. Do not acquiesce. Resist. Primary headline, not seen below is: Vanderbilt University Libraries Removed a DEI Statement From Their Website nashvillebanner.com/2025/02/05/v....

My latest newsletter of Latin American Studies Collections at Penn Libraries: mailchi.mp/e9076f9aee7f...

I believe there is a word to describe what Whole Foods is trying to do ... let me see ... oh yeah--BULLSHIT!

Welcome to the Resistance.

Great news! Your union siblings at Penn welcome you with open arms!! www.thedp.com/article/2025...