So long as AI is unregulated and in the hands of the billionaire class, signing agreements with corporations like Blackrock, OpenAI and Meta to build out data centers is a betrayal of the rest of labor movement Instead, we must unite in demanding a moratorium

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4w ago

"Trump-funding, anti-union tech billionaires tell us they are leading an AI revolution that will fundamentally transform our global economy," writes @tyleropeiu.bsky.social. "I say we take them at their word, get organized and seize the change for the common good."

I said what I said👇

OPEIU@opeiu.org · 3mo ago

“The hardworking professional workforce, such as those working people OPEIU represents, do not have fake jobs, but instead are responsible for all the behind-the-scenes work that keeps our global economy running,” said OPEIU President @tyleropeiu.bsky.social.

Great patient care starts with respecting the people who provide it. Congratulations to the nearly 3,000 nurses of @opeiu.org Local 713 at UF Health Shands on ratifying a contract that invests in the workforce behind one of Florida's top hospitals.

Our power as workers comes first and foremost from our first amendment right to speak out against injustice This egregious conviction against pro-immigrant activists should alarm all of us. We must stand by them until they’re released

Chris Dwan (he/him)@somershade.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‘For the Sotos, this “material support” included owning a “printing press” used to print anarchist zines and being part of a leftist book club, the federal government argued.’ Literal freedom of the literal printing press. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Through a new proposed rule at the USPS, Trump is trying to limit who can vote by mail at a time when historic levels of people depend on it to express their voices / I joined @apwu.bsky.social in submitting a comment that makes it clear workers will not be silenced through this anti-democratic move

The American Postal Workers Union@apwu.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Take action to support vote-by-mail here: usmailnotforsale.org/support/

A tragic story that tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of our country’s billionaire class

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo ago

Many of the migrant laborers who maintain the scenery of the Hamptons cannot afford to live there. The difficult life and lonely death of Francisco Camey reveal the human cost behind the manicured landscape. nyti.ms/4uLqy9t

Musk becomes trillionaire at a time when people can’t afford gas and groceries to feed their families… disgusting

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo ago

Breaking News: Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soared above $150 on its first day of trading.

OPEIU International Vice Presidents Dina Carlisle and Rosalee Agas-Yuu take the mic at the AFL-CIO Convention to support resolution 8 and talk about worker power

Working people must be in the driver’s seat on this issue

AFL-CIO@aflcio.org · 4mo ago

More than 90% of working people favor AI guardrails to protect their jobs and privacy rights. The decisions that politicians make on AI right now are going to shape the next decades for working people. AI should work for us!

OPEIU will be right there doing our part 🫡 We can get this done! No excuses

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 4mo ago

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler made the pledge at the labor federation’s national convention in Minneapolis, where leaders of an embattled labor movement look to reverse decades of decline minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/07/a...

Congrats to Liz and Fred!

AFL-CIO@aflcio.org · 4mo ago

BREAKING NEWS: @lizshuler.bsky.social and Fred Redmond have been re-elected as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO!

Solidarity with the autoworkers!

UAW@uaw.org · 4mo ago

UAW Local 2093 members at American Axle’s Three Rivers plant are ON STRIKE after the company refused a fair deal. While execs took home millions, workers are fighting for basic dignity. No Contract? No Axles! #UAWRegion1D

“It is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems.” Couldn't agree more

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 5mo ago

Pope Leo warns AI revolution driven by ‘idolatry of profit’ ft.trib.al/gsOGwKH

One more reason office workers need a union now more than ever

AFL-CIO@aflcio.org · 5mo ago

Instead of helping working people struggling to pay their bills because of skyrocketing costs, the Trump admin officially ripped away overtime eligibility from millions of workers. The Trump admin is siding with corporate greed. Again.

Our country simply needs to stop supporting countries that insist on killing innocent people, particularly during a ceasefire that we brokered

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 5mo ago

Israeli attacks are intensifying in southern Lebanon, with 552 killed since the 'ceasefire' started on April 16.

As Amazon and Meta have shown us, AI's impacts will go far beyond replacing some jobs Every worker needs a union to make sure they're protected

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo ago

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance

Republicans showing their true colors by eliminating Black Tennessean's only voice in congress the second they got supreme court approval

The Intercept@theintercept.com · 5mo ago

"Right-wing redistricting efforts go beyond a scramble for November, though, and sit within a larger project of white supremacist backlash," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social in her latest Voices column.

And just like that, 600 workers with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social are one step closer to winning the strong contract they deserve

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · 5mo ago

Hundreds of case workers, career coaches and housing specialists at two prominent nonprofits serving recently incarcerated people announced they plan to unionize on Friday morning. buff.ly/zoqqPZf

Honestly kind of impressive how this court manages to find a new low every time they’re given the chance

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 5mo ago

The US supreme court went out of its way on Monday to help Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections by allowing a recent ruling that gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule

Commemorating what was won and a reminder about how much is left on the table Happy International Workers’ Day!

OPEIU@opeiu.org · 5mo ago

LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH Happy International Workers’ Day!

Members coming together to shape the future and direction of their union That’s power

OPEIU@opeiu.org · 6mo ago

OPEIU members, local leaders and staff from across the country spent the weekend in our nation's capital strategizing, learning and hearing from a broad array of speakers on how to build stronger local unions at the 2026 All Regions Educational Conference. #EveryMemberCounts

Absolutely no reason we can’t do this also

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Mexico’s new national health system aims to provide universal care. At a moment when US taxpayer dollars are being harnessed to destroy health care infrastructure abroad, Mexico is attempting to make a constitutional right to care into a lived reality.

Automating away jobs, polluting the environment and driving up electricity costs. Pretty obvious why Americans are rejecting these data centers

NPR@npr.org · 6mo ago

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections. n.pr/3QfF8I1

Trump and his cronies have spent the last decade trying to dismantle our democracy so they can cut out our voices. We can't wait until election day to respond

ProPublica@propublica.org · 6mo ago

NEW: When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social

Won’t someone please think of the rich

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"High earners shoulder an income tax burden far in excess of their proportion of the national income, while the bottom half of earners pay very little," the Editorial Board writes.

Our federal government simply does not care that working Americans can't access quality healthcare. At least that's what their proposed budget says

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 6mo ago

President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the military

America First means take foreign bribes, cut out union labor and use taxpayer money to build gaudy ballrooms for donors

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6mo ago

NYT: “.. Trump, who has promoted ‘Buy America’ policies and vowed to protect American steel, has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for his $400 million ballroom project.” @anaswanson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

Solidarity with @propublicaguild.org

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 6mo ago

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

If this isn’t retaliation I don’t know what is

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Starbucks announced it will expand tipping to make it easier for customers to tip baristas across the US. The company is also adding bonuses in stores that meet certain goals. Except for union baristas. /1

There has never been a healthy society that arrests children by the thousands This is an absolute disgrace

The Marshall Project@themarshallproject.org · 6mo ago

ICE has detained over 6,200 children during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to recently released numbers analyzed by the Marshall Project. Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.