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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

Thanks @aaronsojourner.org. Trump’s DOL cut off funding, leaving states scrambling and millions vulnerable when the next recession hits. Biden-era funds modernized outdated UI systems—faster payouts, less fraud, easier access. We need to fix UI, not break it. Read more: #Unemployment #EconSky

Last year, I commemorated 9/11 with first responders and Mayor Andy Schor in Lansing, MI. Each year we remember those we lost, those who survived, and the workers in the towers, in the skies, and on the ground.

Spent the evening with the incomparable @thetamlyntomita.bsky.social to honor her labor of love, Outside in Theatre, a community space and theatre in Los Angeles. The show, Torera, about love, class, family, bullfighting, & following your dreams, is fantastic. Please go see it this month! Olé!

Pedro Vasquez Perdomo, locked up by ICE without a warrant, challenged race-based ICE arrests in Los Angeles.

Back when @govpritzker.illinois.gov welcomed us to #Chicago because, instead of waging war on American cities, we invested in good jobs & training programs that gave people a real shot. Back when we worked with governors & mayors to create opportunity rather than attacked them to create fear.

#dol #jobsreport

Former Acting Secretary of Labor @juliesulabor.bsky.social responds to today’s disastrous news that employers added just 22,000 jobs in August.

All eyes on the BLS for the August Jobs Report tomorrow. #bls #jobsday #jobsreport #dol

Read my latest and more at: juliesulabor.substack.com/p/labor-day-...

Labor Day 2025. Our community, our streets, our country. Our power, our beautiful diversity. It’s better in a union. #laborday #workers #unions

Thank you, @repwilson.bsky.social. I loved working with you to make life better for working people. Thank you for having me at your tele-town hall. Happy Labor Day!

Since the BLS commissioner was fired by Trump for reporting facts, the current acting comm’r is a career staffer. He will defend the integrity of the data along with the other career staff. Trump’s interference will be resisted. All eyes will be watching.

Workers are under direct attack on many fronts. Yet Trump says he’s on the side of workers? This Labor Day, let’s check the scoreboard. juliesulabor.substack.com/p/labor-day-... #laborday #labordayweekend

@katiephang.bsky.social always puts on a master class in tackling the issues, cutting through the noise, and demanding accountability. Thanks for having me on to talk about who pays when those in power lie about jobs and the economy. #BLS #dol

Happening outside the US Department of Labor…

American workers get $50 billion stolen from them a year in wage theft. That’s more than all robberies, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts combined… #WarOnWorkers #wagetheft #workers #immigrants #dol

#wagetheft #protectworkers #dol #WarOnWorkers

More from Wednesday when I talked to @majorityreport.bsky.social‘s @emmavigeland.bsky.social about how this admin has unilaterally rescinded the NLRA by gutting the NLRB and other agencies that protect workers’ rights. #union #workers #riseup #dol

A recap of the wild Jobs of August, a look behind the scenes of what Jobs Day was like when we didn’t fire people for telling the truth, and who it’s all really about – all in my latest Substack. #JobsReport #WarOnWorkers #dol

At every turn, working people are hurting because of this administration’s War on Workers led by the Union-Buster in Chief. Thank you @majorityreport.bsky.social, for having me on to talk about my article in @prospect.org. Thank you @emmavigeland.bsky.social for the conversation.

I love public transit. Everywhere I go, I love using it, loved being part of an administration that invested in it, and most of all love the workers who make it possible at every stage — building it, making it run, and keeping it running! Thank you @atucomms.bsky.social and @lizshuler.bsky.social.

Unions: 🧵/1 -are how workers join together to make life better 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏿 🫱🏾‍🫲🏻 -make sure working families get things that aren’t required by law but are required to live a decent life 🩻🏝️⏰ 🏦 -help pass policies that benefit everyone 🏘️👷🏽‍♀️⚖️🏥🎓

The first Friday of every month, @eganreich.bsky.social and I would meet at 7:45 am in my office. BLS would report the monthly jobs numbers & Egan helped find ways for me to talk about them publicly that were clear, concise, and honest—just like his latest article. #jobsreport #dol

ICYMI from last week: Great speaking with @kedseconomist.com along with my former colleagues in the Biden admin, Hornung & Alex Jacquez, about what’s happening in our economy, who’s hurting, and why accurate data matters. Thank you, @groundwork.bsky.social for pulling us together. #jobsreport

Black Americans serve with pride in the federal government, making up nearly 20% of the workforce. Public sector union jobs have been a key path to economic security for the Black community. Attacks on federal employees and hostility toward Black excellence go hand in hand for this administration.

He hates the truth. That’s why he tries to hide it. #jobsreport #federalworkers #dol #bls #releasetheepsteinfiles

Our hearts are with the @steelworkers.bsky.social and their families impacted by the U.S. Steel plant explosion in Pittsburgh today. Thank you to the first responders who are working tirelessly to rescue and help the workers.