🚨 Letter from all stakeholders in the airline industry on the impact of the looming government shutdown. Not only would ATC Controllers, FAA inspectors, TSA Officers be forced to come to work without pay. NMB federal mediators who oversee our contract negotiations would be furloughed.

Congrats to CWA Local 1298 members at Frontier Communications who voted to ratify a new contract. Despite tough bargaining & union-busting tactics from Frontier, members held rallies, mobilization events, and trainings to maintain pressure on the company. cwa-union.org/news/cwa-mem...

Just five media companies control 90% of our media market. But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US. The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him. Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

"Neofascism sees the trade union movement as its enemy, while at the same time trying to appeal to the working class that makes up labor’s membership." inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

Happy Labor Day! ✊📰 Across the country, NewsGuild members are winning strong contracts, fighting layoffs and building power on the job. Our victories this year prove what happens when journalists and media workers stand together. Solidarity today and every day. 💪

"I spoke out against hatred and violence in America. "It cost me my job." karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

If it's really all about freedom of speech, then I will speak freely: WE HAVE TOO MANY GUNS. www.gunviolencearchive.org

“I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity. But that line does not disappear with me.” Important testimony today from former CDC director Dr. Susan Coller Monarez:

💡 What is a labor union? What rights do workers get when they form a labor union? We made a plain language guide that talks about what a labor union is and why they matter. Check it out below!

A probationary period is a specific time when a worker starts their new job. Learn more about probationary periods and why they are unfair here: cwalocals.org/gass/probati...

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

As Trump and the GOP transfer trillions from bottom to top — “the wealthiest in 🇺🇸 have never been wealthier” When @marshablackburn says we’re thriving, this is who she means. www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

The "common good" is a set of shared values about what we owe one another as citizens who are bound together in the same society. A concern for the common good—keeping the common good in mind—is a moral attitude. It recognizes that we’re all in it together.

Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X. Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison. Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.

🎧LEVER TIME: Robert Reich recounts his experience working with presidents & seeing the Dem Party’s capitulation to corporate power — which he says helped create conditions for Trump’s rise. He discusses how to fight corruption & save the country. www.levernews.com/robert-reich...

Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing how the extreme wealth concentration is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires. Kudos to Pope Leo for speaking out. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

'Fuck ICE and Free Palestine': Hannah Einbinder's Emmy Moment www.commondreams.org/news/hannah-...

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is a vital step in restoring the protections needed to ensure everyone has an equal voice in our democracy. Urge your members of Congress to support this voting rights bill. act.ucsusa.org/46kgGJS

The US House has taken a small step toward reining in the president's war powers, voting to repeal the Authorization for the Use of Military Force that presidents have used for over two decades to wage war in the Middle East without oversight. www.commondreams.org/news/house-v...

“[Back then,] they had the Carnegies and the Rockefellers. Today, we have the Musks and the Bezoses. [...] It’s a similar period of transition and change and also of resistance: of working people wanting to have some kind of dignity.” apnews.com/article/labo...

#tdih Sept. 11, we share a 🧵 of anniversaries incl. Christiana Resistance, Attica Prison, U.S. backed coup in Chile, Myrna Mack murder in Guatemala, attacks on WTC & Pentagon, more. 💔And "Whose 'Terrorism'?" & Challenge Islamophobia lessons. In their memory, let us teach & work for peace & justice.

Twenty-four years ago, CWA members made a promise to never forget the horrific attacks on the World Trade Center Complex, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The terrorist attacks took the lives of CWA, NABET-CWA, and AFA-CWA members.

Last week the Trump administration shut down the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, which had provided crucial independent advice on protecting air quality for more than three decades.

“America’s classrooms must be safe and welcoming places of learning and discovery." — @rweingarten.bsky.social #ProtectOurKids

Happening TONIGHT! Our friends at @borrowerjustice.bsky.social are hosting a webinar for borrowers who are behind on their federal student loans. The webinar will explain how delinquency and default work & provide borrowers with information about how to prevent default. Register below!

In a vote on Tuesday, the committee shot down the Epstein Files Transparency Act by a margin of 8 votes to 4.

Here is my @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social support video for Moms for Mamdani! ✊✊🧡

Join UCS & speakers from @climateintegrity.org, the Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub, and Lekeh Development Foundation for a webinar on Thurs 9/25 at 1pm ET to learn about holding the fossil fuel industry accountable as we fight for climate justice & a livable planet. #MakePollutersPay #ClimateWeekNYC

Signal Ohio workers across the state walked off the job for two hours! We're still demanding that our CEO & board members recognize us as one bargaining unit. @newsguild.org Show your support by sending an email to them here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-... 📸: Reporters in Akron & Cleveland

NEW: Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. is costing taxpayers up to and over $1 million per day, IPS @nationalpriorities.bsky.social researcher @hannahomestead.bsky.social calculated in newly released findings. “It’s unconscionable." @nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:

Morally, Democrats must not enable what is now occurring. Politically, they cannot remain silent in the face of such mayhem, writes @rbreich.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/dems...

“While billionaires continue to panic & scheme behind closed doors, our campaign is mobilizing tens of thousands of New Yorkers to get involved in the democratic process & rally around an agenda to make this city affordable,” Dora Pekec, a spokeswoman for Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...

We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.

The Delano grape strike began #tdih 1965. Ask your students who organized it — then ask again. Did they know the organizers were Filipino American labor leaders Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee? Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/de...

Think we're going to like Mamdani !

A watershed moment in labor history took place on this day 60 years ago. The Delano grape strike began, bringing together 10,000+ workers, proving the power of boycotts, and unifiying Filipino and Mexican farmworkers who had historically been pitted against each other by bosses.

“Trump is in an alternative universe thinking everything is good. He doesn’t realize that normal people who are just trying to make a living aren’t happy with what he’s doing.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.

ZDCG demands accountability for continued attacks on media workers in Gaza:

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “Working people will stand up every single day and protect our brothers and sisters… we will all stand up for each other and we deserve to live with dignity.”

Labor Day isn’t just a holiday, it’s a call to action. When we stand together, we can demand: 💵Fair pay and safe working conditions 📚Fully funded public schools and accessible higher education 🗳️A democracy where every vote counts *Share these graphics* #WorkersDeserve #LaborDay #UnionStrong

"We’re working more for less. Instead, we should fight to work less for more." inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

TAKE 5 🎬 SAG-AFTRA’s Mary Cavallaro and Becky Hayes cover how important it is to use your Weingarten Rights. #Take5SagAftra

“We’re losing precious, precious time to help stave off these terrible impacts of climate change. And I don’t know what we will say to our children and grandchildren, that this is what we wasted our time on.” Read what else UCS's own Rachel Cleetus has to say: grist.org/politics/us-...

I guess the grand jury figures that a hero ain't nuthin' but a sandwich.

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