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Naomi Walker

@naomiawalker.bsky.social

Executive Vice President and Acting Comms Director, @EPI-org. President, @epiaction.org‬. Dog mom. Former State Legislative Affairs Director, AFL-CIO. Tweets my own. she/her

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Economic Policy Institute@epi.org · 3w ago

🌟 NEW 🌟 First-of-its-kind analysis from @cmcnich.bsky.social, @jensherer.bsky.social, and @benzipperer.org measures how expanding union membership would boost wages, lower inequality, and benefit communities and democracy. A teaser of what that would mean for workers 🧵 1/

The case for tripling union membership: How rebuilding union power would strengthen workers, the economy, and our democracy

Foreword Imagine union membership tripling in the United States. It may sound radical—if you’ve forgotten history. In fact, more than 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union in the 1950s. Th...

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Liz Shuler@lizshuler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A new @epi.org report found that US companies are spending more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting consultants and lawyers. They’ll spend unlimited money crushing workers’ voices and then claim there’s no money for better conditions.

US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds

Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers

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Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

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Heidi Shierholz@hshierholz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

GOOD NEWS WHEREVER YOU CAN GET IT ALERT: We’ve entered the stretch where the days get longer really fast. Daylight got 1.5 hours longer over the last 60 days, but it will get 2.5 hours longer over the next 60 days. (Exact amounts vary by location, but in this hemisphere, it’s all good.)

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader

Photographer @mostafabassim1 photographed this boy walking home alone with a snack being "randomly" approached by DHS. "After he was unable to produce documentation proving his citizenship, agents informed him that he was under arrest." He said, "Can I just go home?" Answer: No.
Naomi Walker@naomiawalker.bsky.social · last yr.

The Republican budget bill is truly grotesque. It exposes (for the millionth time) the true intent of MAGA Republicans: make life all sunshine and rainbows for folks who are already wealthy and destroy economic security for the rest of us.

Heidi Shierholz@hshierholz.bsky.social · last yr.

Congress is poised to pass one of the most destructive economic bills in generations. It will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwhelmingly to the wealthy. It is a staggering upward redistribution of income. 1/

Heidi Shierholz@hshierholz.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, House Republicans passed a bill that takes food from kids and healthcare from the poor while adding trillions to the deficit—all to provide tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the rich. It’s cruel by design and terrible for the economy. The Senate must reject H.R.1. www.epi.org/press/epi-co...

EPI condemns House passage of dangerous tax and spending bill

Today, the Trump administration and nearly all Republicans in the House of Representatives took another step toward advancing their top economic priority: keeping taxes for the wealthy and corporation...

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Michael Podhorzer@mikepod.bsky.social · last yr.

Many now understand that Trump’s attacks on judges, law firms, universities, non-profit groups, and the media are all related—all part of a fascist power grab. Missing from that list? Unions. A detailed inventory of Trump’s attacks on working people, and how unions are fighting back:

The Trump Regime’s War on Working People: The First 100 Days

How Unions are Resisting Authoritarian Attacks on Workers’ Rights—and Why It Matters for Everyone

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Monique Morrissey@moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · last yr.

The Washington Post reports that Trump is preparing to issue an illegal order to fire the Postal Service board & place the agency under control of the Commerce Dept. Trump’s nominee to head the dept, Howard Lutnick, has encouraged Trump to privatize USPS. 🧵 1/9 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say

The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.

washingtonpost.com

Economic Policy Institute@epi.org · last yr.

The federal workforce is under attack from the Trump administration. But who are federal workers? 🔹 ~3 million people 🔹 93% work outside of DC 🔹 Diverse representation of race & age 🔹 Top occupation: medical/public health www.epi.org/blog/a-snaps...

A snapshot of the federal workforce that is now under attack from the Trump administration

In the first month of his new administration, President Trump has taken drastic steps to reduce the size of the federal workforce, from offering nearly all federal employees a “deferred resignation” b...

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