Que gusto verte en Los Angeles, @yolandadiaz.bsky.social! With Labour Minister Diaz, we strengthened international efforts to combat worker abuse & misclassification, and addressed threats to worker safety that have no borders like heat and consolidation of power by multinational corporations.

What an honor to do the first public talk at the James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, the house that Kent Wong built, alongside the extraordinary Saba Waheed, the exact leader we need for the UCLA Labor Center.

Celebrating women apprentices shouldn’t just be a one-day thing so today, I’m saying to all the women apprentices out there CHANGING the world, BREAKING DOWN barriers, and BUILDING UP communities, I see you and am grateful to you.

Atlanta is showing that at a time of relentless attacks by our own federal government on our nation’s cities, the workers, unions, mayors, and community leaders in Georgia continue to hold the line and even to advance it.

As workers continue to lose ground in the face of relentless federal attacks, states can hold the line and even advance it. I joined EARNCon in New Orleans to unveil TCF’s State Playbook, written with Rachel West. These are high impact ideas where states are already leading and more can do so.

More scenes from the @nationalnurses.bsky.social rally at University Medical Center New Orleans yesterday. There's still time today to show your support for nurses.

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su stands with New Orleans nurses striking for nursing staff retention today! When workers stand united, we’ll never be defeated!

As Acting Sec. of Labor, @juliesulabor.bsky.social worked with local labor and community leaders to help build the Atlanta Good Jobs Alliance. She recently returned to Atlanta for a listening session with @staceyabrams.com and the coalition to strategize for the road ahead. Here’s what we learned.

Will he allow the September jobs numbers to be released by BLS when shutdown ends? Asking for a friend.

Veterans always find ways to continue their service in our workplaces and our communities and we are the beneficiaries in so many ways. Thank you to all our veterans for everything you did and everything you do. #veteransday 🇺🇸

A good time to remember that the flight attendant, TSA officer, counter and gate agent, baggage handler, airport janitor isn’t the reason your flight is delayed. Be kind to them. Let them know you see them. And thank them for working under these circumstances.

Thinking of Setti Warren, the first Black mayor elected in Newton, Massachusetts. Sending love to all who knew him.

We don’t have official jobs numbers this month because we are in the longest government shutdown ever but Trump doesn’t want these numbers out there anyway. #shutdown #JobsFriday

Omar Algeciras has spent his career at DOL making sure that workers get paid what they're owed. No worker should have to work without pay, but that's exactly what 700,000 federal workers have had to do for the last month.(🧵/1)

On Saturday I attended the celebration of life of my friend Howard Halm. I know he was a friend to many, so I'm sharing my thoughts and some memories. His life is woven into so many of the stories that define our community. I hope you'll tell yours too.

They can’t destroy democracy when we the people defend it in the simplest but most profound way we have: by voting.

Listen to @theameilee.bsky.social and @toddntucker.com talk about trade policy & what’s really at stake. It’s not just about stuff, it’s about people.

A great read from Kelly Fay Rodriguez: cutting US support for labor rights around the globe is anti-American. It hurts workers at home and abroad. Gifted article at @foreignpolicy.com

In California, what we do affects the nation and often the world. In the 2024 presidential election, the people who didn’t vote brought about the outcome as much as those who did. Let’s show what happens when California shows up. #yeson50 #california

Black lung is still killing America’s coal miners. Last week, a group of black lung patients made the long journey to Washington D.C. with a simple plea for Trump’s Department of Labor: enforce the silica rule, and stop this plague. My report for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

David Huerta has always stood up for workers, immigrants, and justice — and now he’s being punished for it. His arrest isn’t justice, it’s intimidation. When we speak out, we take back power. Silencing truth-tellers won’t work if we all raise our voices. #StandWithDavid #JusticeForAll #Solidarity

📍Los Angeles, California 🔥🔥#Nokings

Silica is deadly but it doesn’t have to be. We put in place a rule that would have limited exposure for miners and saved lives.

Why the truth, even when it isn’t pretty, is important to know. In fact, when it’s bad, it’s even more important if we want things to get better. #inflation #brokenpromises #economy #BLS #truth

Our friend, Kent Wong.

For Amazon’s drivers, Prime doesn’t pay. A new report by @dschneider.bsky.social, @profsheenalives.bsky.social, Kevin Bruey, and me is about how “same day delivery” is made by people skipping meals & struggling to pay bills. It’s not just bad for Amazon’s drivers, it’s reshaping the whole industry.

Why is it always called “disruptive” when working people demand better? Thank you, @adamconover.net , for having me on Factually! to talk about worker exploitation and massive wealth & income inequality as the disruptive forces we need to address.

On the screen, the stage, and as leader of the largest SAG-AFTRA local, Jodi Long has broken barriers and pushed boundaries, creating a wider circle where more can belong, be heard, and know our worth. You deserve all the honors, Jodi!

Why should we be telling workers that they need to settle with what they have? Check out the new Factually! episode with Julie Su wherever you get podcasts. » Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... » Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6i5s... » YouTube: youtu.be/s91iLtbrcf0

We are in a government shutdown because Republicans can’t justify their ignorant, greedy, and unfair cuts to Americans’ healthcare so they have to lie about what this is about.

We need YOU to be a real-life superhero by fighting for #Prop50! So suit up and join us for our phone bank this Monday as we call union members and tell them the importance of voting YES on Prop 50!

Thank you, @jwj.org and Erica Smiley for an evening of solidarity & celebration. @neididz.bsky.social and @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social what an intro! I hope to always live up to your words.

#womenworkers #WheresWANTO #TradeswomenRising #InvestInWomen #shesnotwaitingshesleading

Thank you, @jimmykimmel.com, for reminding us that entertainers are working poor and hundreds of working people make a show possible. Welcome back. #jimmykimmel #workers

Among other harms, reckless use of ICE raids at workplaces and shackling & detaining workers is threatening investments in the U.S. that were poised to create thousands of jobs. Thank you, @thewarningses.bsky.social, for talking with me about this admin’s latest example of total incompetence.

Working people shouldn’t be criminalized for working.

The night before the latest Jobs Report that showed workers are struggling while the economy slows, the uber-rich were invited to the White House. Steve Schmidt and I talked about this “let them eat cake” moment and many other things on @thewarningses.bsky.social from last week.

One year ago, Dr. Jill Biden welcomed the cast of #TheWestWing, one of my favorite shows, to the White House. Chatted with Aaron Sorkin, Richard Schiff, Dule Hill about how much their work meant. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social and I had to find that big block of cheese!

Two years ago today, I inducted these incredible humans — collectively the El Monte Thai Garment Workers — into the DOL’s Hall of Honor so they could take their rightful place alongside the heroes of American labor. Today and everyday, you should be honored.

We know that when you make the pie bigger for everyone, working people don’t have to fight each other for ever-shrinking slices. We don’t need data to tell us that, but we won’t let Trump undermine all faith in data in his ongoing assault on the truth.

All of what we’re seeing from the Trump administration is a choice to put corporations ahead of caretakers, the wealthy ahead of workers, and the bosses ahead of the busboys.

The work of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report real-time data on the labor market and jobs is complex and requires tremendous expertise, and Trump ridicules and seeks to discredit anything complex. But he does so at all of our peril.

After the disgraceful firing of BLS Commissioner @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social last month, BLS staff knew that an honest Aug Jobs Report would incur the wrath of the Trump admin. But they did their jobs anyway. Unlike Trump World, BLS employees are unwilling to protect their own jobs above all else.

The hardworking & talented investigators at the DOL have an underrated skill in convincing workers to talk about abuses in their workplace even when those workers face retaliation for doing so. Today, those investigators are the ones speaking up about abuses in their own workplace.

As Trump continues with policies that hurt workers and eliminate jobs, his administration is also on a reckless path to cover up facts and lie about it. I partnered with @meidastouch.com to describe how this is the Trump administration in a nutshell.

From two years ago. Back when we: -listened to workers, not terrorized them; -protected them rather than jailed them; -enforced labor laws rather than broke them. #workersrights #heatrule #wagetheft #immigrants #dol

Congratulations to newly elected @sagaftra.org President @iamseanastin.bsky.social!

Natalie Nakase is AP’s 🏀 Coach of the Year! Coach Nakase has been the “first” in a lot of things. How thrilling to watch her first season as a WNBA head coach, The Valkyries’ exciting first season, and as a bonus, her coaching the talented Kaitlyn Chen ⛹🏻‍♀️ #wnba #goldenstatevalkyries #ballhalla

One of the most terrible aspects of the Trump economy is how exclusionary it is by design. It’s fewer opportunities for fewer people; tax cuts for the rich and scraps for the poor; relentless attacks on the jobs, rights, protections, and opportunities that people of color and women have won.

Today, The Century Foundation published a new report from three of the nation's leading experts on unemployment insurance: Sec. @juliesulabor.bsky.social, and @aimstettner.bsky.social and @micheleevermore.bsky.social—leaders of DOL’s Office of UI Modernization during the pandemic: go.tcf.org/ui