April Verrett
@seiupres.bsky.social
International President of the Service Employees International Union https://linktr.ee/AprilVerrett
A new report found hundreds of cases where immigration officials misused tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets during protests, the majority of which were peaceful before force was used. Peaceful protest isn't a threat to democracy. A government that attacks people for exercising that right is.
Immigration Officials Misused Weapons Hundreds of Times During Protests, Report Finds
From L.A. to Minneapolis, agents and officers improperly used tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets against protesters and journalists.
capitalandmain.com
We are going to fight. We are going to dream. We are going to live our joy out loud. And we are going to win.
Trinity Goodman sells her plasma twice a week just to get by. Her message to Trump: “You do not know what you’re doing to people who are struggling to live.” These cuts aren’t numbers on a page. They are pushing real people deeper into crisis. Working people deserve more than survival.
Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Haircuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
nytimes.com
Rent goes up.. gas goes up.. NETFLIX GOES UP.. and we're just supposed to adjust. It's only so much "adjusting" we can do, when our paychecks aren't adjusting along with everything else! Working people are getting stretched too thin!
Elon Musk did not work a trillion times harder than anyone else. The tax code let his wealth grow untouched while working people paid taxes on every dollar they earned.
We don't wait for permission. We organize. We fight. We win.
Between 2021 and 2024, Black unemployment and poverty fell to historic lows. Then this administration took office and started dismantling the tools built to confront discrimination. Black progress did not fail. It was targeted.
Black Americans’ prospects worse under Trump administration: National Urban League
The National Urban League released its annual “State of Black America” report Thursday concluding that prospects for minorities in the U.S. are under threat during the second Trump administration.&…
thehill.com
Every heat wave... Every wildfire... Every public health crisis... Care workers are still showing up. Maybe it's time this country showed up for them.
Something is deeply wrong when companies generating billions in profit have workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid just to make ends meet. Working people deserve better. And corporations can afford to do better.
Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery app drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
washingtonpost.com
For 61 years, Medicare and Medicaid have carried a promise working people fought to win: when we need care, it should be there. Now that promise is under attack. SEIU members will do what we have always done: stand together, fight back, and protect what working people built.✊🏿
Healthcare access shouldn’t depend on how much you're willing to suffer at work. A good job should open doors, not lock you inside.
11 million Americans are about to pay more for prescription drugs. They worked. They paid into Medicare. They kept up their end of the bargain. Why won’t this administration do the same?
Paid sick leave isn’t radical. Making people choose between their health and their paycheck is.
Every number on this chart is another family stretching a paycheck that cannot stretch any further. Working people aren't asking for luxury. We're asking to feed our families. That shouldn't be controversial.
"We appreciate everything you do" has never paid a bill. That's why we organize.
Charges have been dropped against SEIU USWW President David Huerta. A win for workers! We won’t stop speaking up to demand justice for all workers, no matter where they were born. We will not be silenced.
Dreamers and TPS holders are our coworkers, neighbors, caregivers, and family. They have built lives here, worked here, and kept our communities running. Congress must sign the discharge petition and bring the Dream & Promise Act to a vote.
Y’all, Black women in unions earn about $9,150 more a year than Black women without one. That is not charity. That is not luck. That is worker power. When we organize, we change the rules. That’s the union difference. 💜✊🏿
They keep telling us to fear the worker beside us instead of the billionaire hanging over our heads.
(1/2) Yesterday’s decision to drop the final charge against my brother, David Huerta, is a victory for everyone who believes standing up for our communities is not a crime. His arrest was an effort to intimidate those who dare to speak out against injustice. That effort failed.
Workers’ fights do not stop at borders, and neither can our solidarity. From the United States, and Puerto Rico, to Canada, to communities across the globe, we are building partnerships across the labor movement because worker power anywhere strengthens worker power everywhere.
The people creating the wealth should have a say in where it goes.
Harassment is not “part of the job.” All workers, even ball players, deserve safety and dignity. Good to see the WNBPA use its power to push for stronger protections. 💪🏿
WNBA commissioner and union leaders discuss steps to protect players from online harassment
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert discussed what more can be done to protect players from online harassment during a virtual meeting with the players’ union executive committee and the union’s Justice...
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Nobody needs a trillion dollars while children are going to bed hungry.
No family should have to live one court ruling away from losing the ability to work, pay rent, and care for the people they love. Immigrant workers belong here. We will keep fighting with them. ✊🏿
Nearly 2 million people have been shut out of work for over six months, and long-term unemployment now makes up 27.3% of all unemployment. Let’s be clear: this economy is not working.
Two Million Workers Are Locked Out of an Improving Job Market
Share of job seekers out of work for six months or longer hovering near highest level in five years
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