Union members across the state are getting out the vote for pro-worker candidates! Have you made your plan to vote? ⏰ Vote Early: May 18-22 🗳️ Election Day: May 26 See all our endorsements: texasaflcio.org/endorsements

Congratulations to the 18 pre-apprentices who completed the Texas Construction Career Pathways (TCCP) program! These graduates have completed the nationally-recognized Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) and are ready to build the future of Texas! Learn more at texasccp.com

This AAPI Heritage Month, we honor Shwe Aung for his work to ensure workers at sea are safe and receive fair pay. Watch the documentary Burmese Cowboy to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iR...

Texas unions are by workers, for workers. In 10+ years as governor, Greg Abbott has only stripped worker protections. Let’s vote him out in November!

Nearly 20 union members representing EIGHT unions joined us in Amarillo for our Labor Town Hall! Members are ready to organize, build power, and grow a stronger labor movement in the panhandle. We’re heading across the state to talk to union members in every region — stay tuned for our next stop!

TEXAS UNION WIN: Texas electricians showed up — and TDLR voted down a proposal that weakened licensing standards for journeyman electricians. This was about protecting safety, apprenticeship, and the meaning of a journeyman license.

Early voting for the primary runoffs starts on Monday — let’s get out the vote for our labor-endorsed candidates! Lace up your shoes and join us for a block walk this weekend! SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/txaflcio/?da...

Our new polling shows that more than 90% of workers favor protections from AI for their jobs and privacy and trust unions to deliver over either political party. Workers are united and ready to fight for an AI future that works for them, not just big tech. https://bit.ly/4dkXvTA

“The union is still here,” AFGE President Everett Kelley said. “And if all the working people stand together, we’re going to be unstoppable.” (via Killeen Daily Herald)

📢 Calling all #Amarillo union members! Our Amarillo Labor Town Hall is TOMORROW at 6pm, and we want to hear from you! RSVP to join us: bit.ly/amarillolabor N𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 & 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.

Union leader Marcos Vélez is ready to fight for all of us as our next Texas Lieutenant Governor, if we elect him! ✅ Raise worker wages ✅ Lower health care costs ✅ Fully fund public schools Volunteer to help us get out the union vote: mobilize.us/txaflcio

Today is about appreciating the care, sacrifices and support mothers provide their families every day. We thank you and we’ll keep fighting for all working mothers so they have paid leave, equitable care and good union jobs. Happy Mother’s Day from America’s unions! ❤️

Electing Gina Hinojosa governor in November is how we start rebuilding public education in Texas.

Today’s the day! 🌅📬 Letter carriers are heading out on their routes with one extra mission: collecting your donations for the #StampOutHunger Food Drive. If you haven’t already, there’s still time to help! ! Just leave a bag of nonperishable food by your mailbox before your carrier arrives.

📍 May Day 2026 in the #RGV ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!

LAST CHANCE: Add your name to support @cwaunion.bsky.social members ✊ Tell the FCC to catch up to the internet age so everyone has reliable, quality services:

📍 May Day 2026 in Austin, TX We are the many, they are the few! #WorkersOverBillionaires

Let’s Stamp Out Hunger! 🥫📬 This Saturday, you can leave a bag of nonperishable food near your mailbox for letter carriers to donate to local food pantries. It’s an easy way to help our neighbors! Learn more: www.nalc.org/community-se...

📍 May Day 2026 in San Antonio, TX Together, we have the power to fight for a better future! #WorkersOverBillionaires

Unions offer a path to upward mobility for all workers. If you want strong unions, vote Gina Hinojosa for governor.

📍 May Day 2026 in Austin, TX Solidarity isn’t just a slogan — it’s a decision about how we show up for each other. #WorkersOverBillionaires

Union members’ votes can make a difference in the May 26 primary runoff! Join us for an upcoming action to help elect pro-worker candidates across the state! SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/txaflcio/

📍 May Day 2026 in San Antonio, TX May Day belongs to the workers, and we will never stop fighting for our union brothers and sisters. #WorkersOverBillionaires

#MayDay 2026, Texas-style 🤠 For International Workers Day, Texas workers came together to celebrate the strength and solidarity of our growing labor movement! We choose #WorkersOverBillionaires!

📍 May Day 2026 in Austin, TX Once workers realize our power, there’s no stopping us! #WorkersOverBillionaires

May Day events - rain or shine! Details: texasaflcio.org/events/state...

🚨 ONLY 1 DAY LEFT to apply for the Texas AFL-CIO Career-Building Scholarship! APPLY NOW! Details: texasaflcio.org/careerschola...

JUST ANNOUNCED: Texas AFL-CIO COPE & the North Texas Area Labor Federation voted to endorse @colinallredtx.bsky.social for #TX33! Colin is ready to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with workers to win better wages, fully-fund our public schools, and lower health care costs. #WorkersOverBillionaires

📢 TEXAS WORKER WIN: Concessions workers at Houston’s Bush Airport just won a HUGE wage increase in their new union contract! Some workers will go from $14.50 ➡️ $20/hour! That’s the union difference. Congrats to @unitehere.org Local 23 members! www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

🏆 The Central Texas Apprenticeship Readiness Program brought home NABTU's 2026 Mark H. Ayers Community Achievement Award! Congratulations to Joe Cooper, Chap Thornton, and their team. This #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, Texas is setting the standard on putting students to work!

On #WorkersMemorialDay we have a new report from @texasaflcio.org about the safety and health dangers for Texas workers: - 557 Texas workers died on the job in 2024 - the state’s worker fatality rate is above the national average - rate of young worker deaths has nearly doubled since 2020

On #WorkersMemorialDay, San Antonio union leaders gathered in Labor Plaza to honor the workers who have lost their lives, and commit to holding the line ‘til every worker is safe on the job. Every family deserves to know their loved ones will walk through the door at the end of the day. 🕊️

Honored to spend time with some of the working people who build Texas this National Apprenticeship Week. Ft. Worth. 💪🏽 @texasaflcio.org

This #WorkersMemorialDay, we remember the Texas workers who didn’t make it home.

The Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO seeks a Digital Organizer to be based in Houston, TX. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @texasaflcio.org

We need a governor who will lower health care costs, prioritize patient safety, and follow nurses’ lead!

“A lot of people are already working two or three jobs and struggling now.” Education Austin is speaking out against proposed budget cuts that could mean more work and fewer resources in an underfunded public school system that overworks teachers.

🚨 ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT to apply for the Texas AFL-CIO Career-Building Scholarship! Are you going back to school? Each year, we award $1,500 scholarships to affiliated union members who are advancing their careers! APPLY BY MAY 1! Details: texasaflcio.org/careerschola...

If we want safer workplaces and the end of “right to work” in Texas, we have to vote out Greg Abbott this November!

May Day is International Workers’ Day — the day the world celebrates the bravery of workers throughout history who have sacrificed for safety, dignity and justice on the job. On May 1 & 2, join your union brothers and sisters at events across the state as we fight for a better Texas!

“It was very powerful for them to see that the store can’t run without us.” Starbucks workers in Texas are organizing, striking, and standing together in solidarity. (via @texasobserver.org)

Texas workers are ready for something different. If you want fully-funded public education, better wages, and worker protections, give Greg Abbott the boot this November!

🎬 That’s a wrap on weekend two of our 2026 Ruth Ellinger Leadership Academy! Our fellows are ready to take lessons on solidarity back to their local unions, all to build a labor movement as big as Texas!

Texas has deep labor union roots! ✊🏽 Photo proof: In 1971, Dallas-area @cwaunion.bsky.social members joined the national strike against Western Electric Co. (the manufacturing arm of AT&T / Bell System) to fight for decent wages and a fair contract! 📸: UT at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

Higher education is the engine of our economy. It gives students the skills to pursue their careers and build a life for themselves and their families. That’s why @AFT.org & @AAUP.org are fighting to strengthen higher ed for all. bsky.app/profile/texa...

Most of us agree that college is a place for students to learn new perspectives. But right now, Greg Abbott is working to limit what universities can teach. That’s why professors across Texas are joining @aaup.org — to defend our students and our world-class universities and colleges.

JUST ANNOUNCED: AMARILLO is the next stop on our statewide listening tour! Are you a union member? We want to hear from you! RSVP for our Amarillo Labor Town Hall on Tuesday, 5/12 at bit.ly/amarillolabor 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.

We need to vote out Greg Abbott. Let’s elect labor-endorsed candidates who will actually fight for Texas workers.

Greg Abbott & his billionaire backers are waging culture wars at Texas universities, but @texasaaup.bsky.social & @aft.org members are fighting back! Higher education isn’t some political pawn – it’s many Texans' path to a better life. That’s why union members stand together for academic freedom!📚✊

Together, we helped 21 Austin residents and families of union members complete their citizenship application! Texans work hard, regardless of their status. Now more than ever, immigrant workers are a critical part of our economy and labor movement! ✊🏽