Weekends. Overtime. Paid leave. Pensions. None of it just happened. Workers organized for it.

Workers don’t want holidays? Y’all will say anything to justify taking more from working people.

Gloria Steinem spent her life refusing to accept that women and the work we do is worth any less than. She understood that there is no women’s liberation without economic liberation. Rest in power, Gloria. We’re still fighting. 💜

Reminder: if your bosses could pay you less…. THEY WOULD!

71% approve of unions. A record 47% want us to have MORE influence. The message is loud and clear: working people want MONEY. POWER. RESPECT.

United can not celebrate its success while the workers who keep Newark Airport running are losing hours, healthcare, and job security. As @32bjseiu.bsky.social member Sabrina Reliford said: “They are not just changing paperwork. They are changing lives.” ✊🏿

Big Four Airline Lobbyist Told Congress Deregulation Lifts Workers. At Newark, United Is Proving Otherwise. – NJ Urban News

Newark Airport service workers face reduced hours and lost benefits amid United Airlines’ contractor transition, 32BJ SEIU says.

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Bosses love an open-door policy until workers walk through it together.

While folks are being forced to make impossible choices. Healthcare or rent. Groceries or medicine. House Republicans want to weaken the unions that give workers the power to demand better? They know that power matters. That’s exactly why they’re coming after it.

House Republicans ramp up labor union investigations before midterms

Inquiries come after conservative thinktanks claim unions are using member dues to support Democratic causes

yahoo.com

A moment worth celebrating: Everton Blair just made history as Georgia’s first openly gay member of Congress! Representation matters. Breaking barriers matters. Congratulations, Congressman Blair. ✊🏿

Everton Blair, Georgia’s first openly gay congressman, sworn into office

Everton Blair Jr. cast his first votes after being sworn into the U.S. House on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.

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The cost of living is starting to look a lot like the cost of surviving.

Discrimination does not disappear because we stop measuring it. Workers with disabilities have spent generations fighting to be seen, hired, and valued. We should be building a future where every worker can earn good money, exercise real power, and get the respect they deserve.

Labor Department Rescinds Disability Hiring Mandate

A decade-old federal rule designed to increase employment of people with disabilities will soon be no more.

disabilityscoop.com

The devastating flash floods in Nepal are a heartbreaking reminder of how vulnerable our communities are to climate disasters. As rescue efforts continue, SEIU members hold the victims, their families, and the first responders in our thoughts.

Last week, we launched SEIU’s biggest member-led political campaign ever. But this is about more than what we win on Election Day. Money in our pockets. Power in our hands. Respect for the people who keep this country running. That’s what we’re organizing for.

Money. Power. Respect.

This week, I joined Stephanie Ruhle on MS NOW to announce the launch of the largest member-led political program in SEIU’s history.

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The average CEO at America’s 100 largest low-wage corporations made $17.5 million last year. The median worker? $36,571. At some point we gotta stop calling this a pay gap and call it what it is. Greed.

Care is community. Looking out for each other is how we get through this. 💜

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Do you know any seniors, people with disabilities and neighbors who are vulnerable to heat-related illnesses? Check out SEIU HCPA member Wanda’s tips for protecting them and join the 8/28 Heat Week webinar: https://seiu.co/4xFOGMV

They spent years yelling “come here legally.” The Trump administration has now paused ALL immigrant visa applications. Not just undocumented immigration. ALL immigrant visa applications. The goalposts aren’t moving. They’re being ripped out of the ground.

US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions

Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration

theguardian.com

A safe workplace is non-negotiable. Know your rights. Talk to your union rep. Protect each other.

“They just use your mind and they never give you credit.” Dolly sang our struggle, carried a union card, and never forgot the workers by her side. Rest in power to a true union sister. 💜

Dolly Parton Was a Proud Union Sister

Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.

thenation.com

I don’t want working people to learn to live with less. I want us organized enough to demand more.

Taking food away from 5.5 million people is cruel. Plain and simple.

We know we can build better lives for ourselves, but we need money, power and respect to do it. This Friday, we are taking that fight to the Lincoln Memorial because defending our votes means defending our power. Will you join us? seiu.co/Defend

For five years, 12,000+ Starbucks baristas have organized, fought, and stood their ground for a fair contract. And we’re standing right there with them. We’re joining @sbworkersunited.org in boycotting stand-alone corporate Starbucks stores until baristas win a fair contract.

Back to school shouldn’t mean parents have to choose between school supplies, groceries, and rent.

Nearly two weeks without power has left a 73-year-old woman unable to use her breathing machine. The people of Gary, Indiana deserve answers, accountability, and basic dignity.

‘Getting no help’: Thousands in Gary, Indiana, still without power nearly 2 weeks after storms

For some in the predominantly Black city, the lack of electricity has caused medical complications, while others are cooking what food they can at local parks before it spoils.

nbcnews.com

Our election political program is about who gets heard. Who gets ignored. And who is standing with working people. It’s about making sure workers know what’s at stake and electing leaders who will fight for us.✊🏿💜

A better world for all workers means more than better wages. More time. More freedom. More laughter. More joy. That’s the good life.

Using fear of ICE to scare workers out of organizing is union-busting. Fact is Immigrant workers have rights. And when they organize for money, power, and respect, we stand with them. ✊🏿

Union Busters Use ICE to Intimidate Wine Industry Workers

California’s wine industry runs on immigrant exploitation. Now migrant workers are unionizing.

americancommunitymedia.org

Clean energy is being built by workers. And we can't build our energy future without good union jobs.

Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs

Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a growing labor movement has addressed the climate crisis and economic inequality

yahoo.com

Solidarity is strength. Solidarity is strategy. Solidarity is power.

Always an honor to be together in this fight.​​ 💜

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social · 2w ago

Honored to be on a panel with @seiu.org @aprilverrett led by @afscme.bsky.social Lee Saunders at the @afscme.bsky.social convention talking about our 4 union partnership-SEIU, AFSCME, @neatoday.bsky.social & @aft.org