April Verrett
@seiupres.bsky.social
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International President of the Service Employees International Union
https://linktr.ee/AprilVerrett
Meanwhile working people are getting crushed by $4.50 gas, rising grocery prices, and rent that wonât quit.
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One job should be enough. Enough to pay rent. Enough to buy groceries. Enough to see a doctor. Enough to live, not just survive.
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Governor Spanbergerâs decision to veto public sector collective bargaining is a betrayal to Virginiaâs workers who were promised change. Weâre disappointed, not deterred. We will not stop fighting until all workers in Virginia have their rights protected by law. Onward.
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SEIUâs Verrett, Thomas, and Contreras: Governor Spanberger has betrayed her promise to Virginiaâs workers
Governor Spanbergerâs decision to veto public sector collective bargaining is a betrayal to Virginiaâs workers who were promised change
https://www.seiu.org/2026/05/seius-verrett-thomas-and-contreras-governor-spanberger-has-betrayed-her-promise-to-virginias-workers/
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Democracy has to show up where workers clock in, not just where voters cast ballots. When workers organize, bargain, and win power on the job, we donât just raise wages. We strengthen democracy itself. Thatâs why we say
#UnionsForAll
. Proud to co-author this piece. Read more below.
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Saving democracy starts in the workplace â and in the South
Workers in the South are standing up to unjust employment practices and finding empowerment in having democracy in their economic lives.
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2026/05/saving-democracy-starts-in-the-workplace-and-in-the-south/
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Billionaires want us fighting each other over crumbs while they take the whole table. Workers are setting our own table now.
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Atlanta, Iâll see you in 2 days! Canât wait to join JWJ and movement leaders at
#WRD2026
to strategize, organize, and build the kind of worker power this moment demands.
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Let's make something clear: ripping healthcare away from working families wonât lower costs. It wonât help workers. It wonât fix our economy. It will only make people sicker while billionaires get richer.
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Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts
State Obamacare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congressâs ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage. Experts and state oâŚ
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5870619-obamacare-enrollment-decline-gop-cuts/
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Working people built this country. We built the schools, hospitals, airports, cities, homes, and care systems. It is past time this country worked for the people who keep it working.
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CPI Inflation in past year: 3.8% Translation: workers are running faster and still falling behind. Enough. Organize.
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Tennessee Republicans just carved up the stateâs only majority-Black congressional district to grab more power. A rigged map wonât silence a people who know their power. They can redraw lines all they want. Working people are still gonna organize and fight back. âđż
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Right now, over 600,000 people are stuck on waiting lists for home care. Congress has a choice: dignity for families and care workers, or more giveaways to billionaires.
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Americans want to age at home â Congress must help make it possible
The Home and Community-Based Services Access Act and the Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act have been introduced to provide much-needed support for caregivers and direct care workers, and to ensuâŚ
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5865339-workforce-crisis-caregivers/
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Our government should work for all of us. Not just the CEOs. Not just the billionaires. All of us.
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A woman nearly 70 years old commuting four hours a day because her Social Security check only covers a third of her living expenses is not a personal failure. It is a policy failure.
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Today, the
@seiu.org
family, the labor movement, and the global fight for social justice have lost a giant. It is with a heavy heart and profound gratitude for his life of leadership that we mourn the passing of George Gresham, former president of
@1199seiu.org
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Theyâre not slick. They are scared.
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$1 billion could change lives for working families. Instead, Senate Republicans want to spend it on Trumpâs ballroom. Not healthcare. Not wages. Not workers. A ballroom. Theyâre playing in our faces.
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Senate Republicans Seek $1 Billion for White House Ballroom Security
The request was included in the text of a reconciliation package released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
https://www.notus.org/republicans/senate-republicans-seek-1-billion-for-white-house-trump-ballroom-security
9 days ago
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76% disapprove of Trumpâs handling of the cost of living. Turns out starting wars wonât lower rent, attacking workers wonât lower grocery bills, and cutting healthcare wonât make life affordable.
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Itâs not radical to believe workers deserve protection from deadly heat. Whatâs radical is allowing people to collapse on the job while rolling back safety enforcement. Workers donât need sympathy after the fact. They need protections on the job right now.
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Workers Donât Have to Die in the Heat
Californiaâs heat protections for workers decreased heat-related deaths by 31% in recent years. With deaths climbing around the United States, extending these protections throughout the country could save as many as 1,500 lives each year.
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/working-conditions-heat-deaths-protections
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The countdown is ON. One week until I join Jobs With Justice for
#WRD2026
. Because the future of democracy runs through working people. Letâs strategize. Letâs organize. Letâs go get it. âđżđ¤â¨
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CEO pay up 54%. Worker pay down 12%. In every corner of this economy, working people are doing more and getting less. This is why we build power. This is why we organize. This is why unions matter.
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Money in our pockets. Power in our hands. Respect in our workplaces. Thatâs the floor. Not the ceiling.
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âI never thought it was about abuse. I never thought it was about fraud. Itâs about taking food away from hungry people,â Exactly. This is not about accountability. This is about stealing from the hungry to protect the greedy.
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Trump administration claims food aid fraud but critics say âthereâs no evidenceâ
Agriculture secretary claims without evidence Snap recipients included owners of luxury cars
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/trump-administration-snap-food-aid
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The fastest way to build a future that works? Bring workers in from the start. Unions know how to train, organize, solve problems, and move in formation. You want abundance? Then donât build around workers. Build WITH us.
#UnionsForAll
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Democratic Abundance: An Abundance That Works for Workers
Kate Andrias and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez explore how centering organized labor can transform the "abundance agenda" into a truly democratic movement that delivers housing, energy, and infrastructur...
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/democratic-abundance/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=MRTshare&utm_campaign=reportershare202604&utm_content=democraticabundance
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Patient privacy is not optional. Family contact is not optional. Legal support is not optional. Basic dignity is not optional. ICE does not get to rewrite the rules.
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A ticket to the Met Gala cost $100,000 this year. Meanwhile, 91% of hourly Met staff earn less than a living wage. Make. It. Make. Sense.
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The only minority destroying America is the billionaires.
add a skeleton here at some point
12 days ago
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This
#AAPIHeritageMonth
, we honor AAPI workers who keep showing us what courage looks like. Organizing through fear. Fighting through rising costs. Standing tall for immigrant families. Thatâs worker power.
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âIâm just hoping I donât get sick or anything.â Thatâs what a 63-year-old home care worker said after her premiums nearly tripled in just one month. No worker should have to care for others without care themself. No family should have to gamble with their health because Congress refused to act.
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Americans voted for lower costs. Not higher gas prices. Not for another war. Not an economy that keeps billionaires cashing in. This agenda is failing working families.
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Gas prices hit $4.23 per gallon, a new high for the year
As the Iran war enters its third month with peace talks stalled, the global energy crisis shows no sign of letting up.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/gas-prices-new-high-iran-war-rcna342578
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âIn some of the higher-cost locations of the country, more than 70% of households arenât earning enough to cover a basic standard of living.â Oneđđż jobđđż shouldđđż beđđż enoughđđż. To live where you work. To feed your family. To get healthcare. And to breathe a little. That is not radical.
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Today is a celebration of workers. But itâs also a declaration: enough is enough. Our rights, our healthcare, our jobs, and our futures are under attack. But we are not powerless. We are organized. We are united. We know how to fight, and we damn sure know how to win.
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Surveillance pricing, hiding fees in fine print, rewarding executives. Weâre not going to just adjust to greedflation. Weâre going to organize against it.
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But let it be known: we will not be silenced. We will VOTE, no matter what.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Iâm headed to
#WRD2026
with
@jwj.org
. Workers are reviving democracy by doing what we do best: organizing, strategizing, and building power TOGETHER. See yâall in the room. âđż
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Something different is happening this Met Gala⌠Not a red carpet. Not billionaires playing dress up. Workers telling the truth. đ Go to the link. Add your name:
laboris.art
#LaborIsArt
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140,000 workers killed by workplace hazards every year. 380 every day. And Trump is gutting the very agencies meant to keep workers safe. That number should haunt every lawmaker rolling back worker protections.
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55 Years After OSHA Opened Its Doors, Trump Administration Attacks Workersâ Rights and Protections, Wiping Away Decades of Progress | AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIOâs 35th Annual âDeath on the Jobâ Report provides a national and state-by-state analysis of workersâ health and safety and policy recommendations for how the government can better protect w...
https://aflcio.org/press/releases/55-years-after-osha-opened-its-doors-trump-administration-attacks-workers-rights-and
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Today, the Supreme Court struck another blow to the Voting Rights Act. They know when Black, brown, immigrant, and working voters move in formation, we have POWER. Thatâs why theyâre trying to silence us. Our answer is the same as always: organize, mobilize, and fight back.
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This is not a series of isolated tragedies. It is a pattern. It is a crisis. We donât build stronger communities by avoiding hard conversations. We build them by protecting Black women fully, consistently, and without excuses.
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Femicide Crisis: Rising Gun Violence Against Black Women
Rising cases of Black women fatally shot by men they loved highlight a deadly femicide crisis. Black women face disproportionate violence, mostly from intimate partners. Awareness and action are criti...
https://www.ebony.com/call-it-what-it-is-black-femicide/
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May Day is about MONEY. POWER. RESPECT. Not as a slogan. As a demand. Working people are done surviving on crumbs while billionaires try to buy our government, divide our communities, and keep us afraid. This Friday, we take that demand to the streets.
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No child care = no workforce. No early educators = no stability. No safe spaces = no room for children to learn, grow, and thrive.
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Poverty wages. Low staffing. No benefits. They are not âsaving moneyâ. They are squeezing workers and calling it a business plan.
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Productivity grew 73% between 1979 and 2019. Middle wages grew 23%. Top 1% earnings grew 169%. Yâall see the game, right? Workers built this economy. Itâs time workers got Money. Power. Respect.
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Extreme heat. Dangerous machinery. Toxic chemicals. Retaliation for speaking up. No paycheck is worth a workerâs life. No corporation should get rich by cutting corners on safety. This is why we organize.
#UnionsForAll
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Every 104 minutes corporate neglect kills another worker
WASHINGTONâA worker dies from corporate negligence every 104 miutes. The suppliers of auto parts for Hyundai and Kia cars. The Subway restaurant chain. The nationâs biggest homebuilder, which let Donald Trumpâs vicious and violent ICE agents raid its job sites.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/every-104-minutes-corporate-neglect-kills-another-worker/
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A nurse shouldnât pay more in federal taxes than a hospital CEO. A janitor shouldnât pay more than a corporate landlord. A housekeeper shouldnât pay more than a hotel CEO. I can keep going.
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A country this rich should not make retirement feel like a luxury.
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'Work Until You Drop': 40 Percent of Older Workers, Aged 55 to 65, Have No Retirement Savings
Four in ten American workers have no retirement savings while the average American believes $2.1 million is required for comfortable retirement. Most American households have less than $150,000 saved ...
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/04/work-until-you-drop-40-percent-of-older-workers-aged-55-to-65-have-no-retirement-savings/?twclid=2dne1yfjgjj58dmxi6dhq65t14
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Federal jobs helped build the Black middle class because they were union jobs that offered what too many workplaces still donât: clear pay, real protections, healthcare, and a path to stability. Now Black women are being hit hardest by the cuts. That is not efficiency. That is an attack.
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Federal Job Cuts Hit Black Women Hard â A Year Later, Unemployment Is Up
Losses in government positions are undermining a critical engine of economic mobility for the Black middle class.
https://capitalandmain.com/federal-job-cuts-hit-black-women-hard-a-year-later-unemployment-is-up
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They take the credit⌠We do the work. They hoard the wealth⌠We get the scraps. Time to flip the script.
23 days ago
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This is how intimidation works: make an example out of one civil rights group and hope the rest get quiet. We're not going to be bullied out of defending our communities.
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Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for insid...
https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be
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This moment in history needs you. It needs all of us. It's time for workers to take back our power. On May 1st, join us in the streets.
#MoreThanMayDay
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The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009, back when there was no iPad, no FaceTime, and no Instagram. $7.25⌠thatâs not a wage, thatâs a relic.
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