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"Journalism is not a crime": Chicago reporters sue Trump over violence at ICE protests Press groups say Trump's agents used force to silence reporters.

NEW: ICE is attacking journalists in Chicago, and the @chicagonewsguild.bsky.social is fighting back.

"Journalism is not a crime," @jschleuss.com told @axios.com.

The 1st Amendment makes press freedom a cornerstone of our democracy, and we will fight to defend it.

www.axios.com/2025/10/06/d...

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Many CWA members work at PBS & NPR stations and play a crucial role in keeping our communities informed. Without public television and radio stations, we will lose access to critical local news and programming.

CWA Statement on Executive Order Silencing Union Workers Last night, President Trump issued yet another illegal executive order targeted at workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain contracts.

Last night, President Trump issued yet another illegal executive order targeted at workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain contracts.
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Last night President Trump issued an unlawful Executive Order purporting to strip nearly two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights. This illegal attack on roughly 700,000 federal workers and their unions is an assault on the entire labor movement and all American workers. It's not surprising that the billionaires in the Trump Administration hate unions. Unions are a bulwark against tyranny, both in the workplace and in civil society. Right now, federal union members are defending the American people from Elon Musk's reckless and unconstitutional dismantling of the federal government. [...]

And we know that these occurrences won’t stop with federal unions—the anti-union zealots in the Administration want every worker in America weak, isolated, disposable and at the mercy of their boss. The WGAE stands ready to join with our sibling unions and the broader labor movement to resist this attack on working people. We must stand together.

The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO (WGAE), Executive Director Sam Wheeler:

makes sense to get ride of classic non-systemic issues, like immigration

In lead-up to Trump crackdown, an iconic civil rights group fired all the attorneys in its unit defending undocumented migrants | CNN Politics With Trump back in the White House after having promised during the campaign to unleash “the largest deportation operation in American history,” the cadre of attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Cent...

CNN covers SPLC’s catastrophic decision to layoff its entire immigration staff in June.

SPLC says it did so because they want to focus on “broad, systematic issues.”

So why can’t SPLC executives explain how they plan to do so? www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/p...

In lead-up to Trump crackdown, an iconic civil rights group fired all the attorneys in its unit defending undocumented migrants | CNN Politics With Trump back in the White House after having promised during the campaign to unleash “the largest deportation operation in American history,” the cadre of attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Cent...

A civil rights group that successfully defended migrant workers fired dozens of attorneys and staff. It leaves a huge void in immigration advocacy.

Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Giving Musk's 'DOGE' Access To Payment System Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.

Two massive unions have sued the Treasury Department for granting Musk's “Department of Government Efficiency” access to federal government payment systems.

SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity.

www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...

🚨BREAKING: Alliance for Retired Americans and two labor unions file lawsuit against Treasury Dept. to block disclosure of personal and financial information to Musk and DOGE.

Follow @democracydocket.com for details on this and every pro-democracy lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com

Late last night, with about 15 minutes notice to the Union, the NLRB’s HR sent an email adopting the terms of the forked-up resignation scam. HR also provided us a contract that appears to be drafted by AI or LegalZoom. As labor lawyers, we’re happy to go over this in detail. 🧵

Thank you!!!

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ASAN staff is uniting to form the Autistic Self Advocacy Union! Today, we have officially asked management to voluntarily recognize our union. We hope they choose to do so soon!

There’s a lot of challenging work ahead of us. If we remember that we’re stronger together, we can make it through.

Let’s keep fighting for workplace justice in 2025 and beyond!

Support Laid Off SPLC Employees Despite SPLC laying off 60+ colleagues, the SPLC Union hasn’t given up fighting for a just and equitable workplace. We can’t thank you enough for the solidarity and support you’ve shown us since this ...

We’re thankful for your solidarity during such a hard year.

Please consider making a donation to the SPLC Union Layoff Fund to help our colleagues still struggling after the disastrous layoffs in June.

Give them the gift of financial security to start off the new year: bit.ly/LayoffFund

Unions make the holidays happier, with fair pay, vacation days, and better benefits - not to mention more control over your schedule. It’s a great time to think about joining or forming a union! aflcio.org/formaunion

Support Laid Off SPLC Employees Despite SPLC laying off 60+ colleagues, the SPLC Union hasn’t given up fighting for a just and equitable workplace. We can’t thank you enough for the solidarity and support you’ve shown us since this ...

We haven’t given up. This Giving Tuesday, show support to those targeted by SPLC’s disastrous layoffs and donate to our Layoff Fund: bit.ly/LayoffFund

And read up on our latest update, including Margaret Huang’s plans to hire even more unnecessary executives: tinyurl.com/splcunionnov24

Periodic reminder that you can help our laid off colleagues, who were impacted by SPLC’s disastrous layoffs earlier this year, this Giving Tuesday by giving to our layoff fund.

Hello new followers! A reminder that you can help our former colleagues, who were fired as part of SPLC’s disastrous layoffs, out by donating whatever you can here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

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Support Laid Off SPLC Employees Despite SPLC laying off 60+ colleagues, the SPLC Union hasn’t given up fighting for a just and equitable workplace. We can’t thank you enough for the solidarity and support you’ve shown us since this ...

Help our former colleagues who were impacted by SPLC's disastrous layoffs earlier this year. Donate any way you can here: bit.ly/LayoffFund

And read up on the latest update from the SPLC Union: tinyurl.com/splcunionnov24

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🚨ACTION NEEDED: H.R. 9495 includes a poison pill provision that is a serious threat to nonprofits. This bill would remove due process and hand over considerable power to future administrations.

Join us in urging Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495!
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We represent 1,000 people across the newsroom and in our commercial operations — including award-winning journalists and the talented marketing, advertising and printing plant staff who help readers and watchers find their work.

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Hello! 👋 We’re the NewsGuild-CWA, the largest union of journalists and media workers in North America — a sector of the @cwa.org and an affiliate of the @aflcio.bsky.social.

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SPLC Union Staff Vote No Confidence in CEO Margaret Huang On June 12th, 2024, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) laid off 61 bargaining unit members of the SPLC Union. With years of funds in reserve, these layoffs were a targeted attempt to break the SPL...

Help our union out. Tell the SPLC board and leadership that it’s time for CEO Margaret Huang to go.

Write to them today here: actionnetwork.org/letters/splc...

In an email, a SPLC → Read more spokesperson said: "The SPLC Board was unanimous in re-affirming its support of the recent reorganization and in its recognition of the leadership of CEO Margaret Huang. We respect the bargaining unit's right to oppose the changes to the SPLC programs and activities, and we empathize with all employees who were impacted by the staff restructure. These decisions are never easy, but necessary to strengthen our strategic framework and focus so that we can meet the challenges of this decade and beyond.

SPLC Union members had the bravery to use their full names in this Guardian story about our recent vote of no confidence in Margaret Huang’s leadership.

Meanwhile, SPLC leadership hid behind anonymity to deliver corporate doublespeak. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Southern Poverty Law Center union expresses no confidence in nonprofit's leadership • Alabama Reflector The civil rights nonprofit said in a statement on Monday that it continued to back President and CEO Margaret Huang.

The SPLC Union said in a statement that the vote, which came at the end of August, reflected criticism of recent layoffs at the civil rights nonprofit, and accused leaders of having anti-union attitudes. #alpolitics

If you’ve ever read so much as one SPLC story for 20 seconds, we need you to write to our board and tell them:

It’s time for Margaret Huang to go.

actionnetwork.org/letters/splc...

Today, @splcunion.bsky.social went public with our request to the SPLC Board to remove Margaret Huang as CEO.

A majority of bargaining unit members, myself included, voted no confidence in her leadership. We did so after SPLC laid off a quarter of our unit in June.

tinyurl.com/vncsplc

A good morning to organized labor in the nonprofit sector taking on the daunting task of pushing nonprofits to live up to their actual mission, I appreciate u