Shannon Gillikin

It’s a good day to bargain a contract!

5th st Food Lion is where the people are… saw two union presidents, a school board members, and some parents!

Smart man.

Where do refugees fit on this graph?

ACTION FOR ALBEMARLE CO residents: Do you think our teachers deserve a guaranteed lunch break? Or that when they retire, teachers s/b compensated for their *earned* unused sick days?

Email the school board-say you support our school staff:
schoolboard@k12albemarle.org
Info: tinyurl.com/AEABARGProp

Did someone make you wings at your job today?

I love kindergarteners.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

It’s not worth it. Utterly dumb.

Flyer with bright green background and purple text: Protect Workers' Rights! Sunday, Sept. 21, 1-3 pm, Visible Records, 1740 Broadway. Drop by for a relaxed, convivial afternoon, & WRITE POSTCARDS to our representatives. Everything you need + snacks & good company provided. A Labor Month Action #SolidaritySeptember. Logos for AEA, CEA, Teamsters unions + Indivisible Charlottesville.

If you think our tax $ should be spent to pay school cafeteria staff a living wage (and not to put police in schools), you're our people! Join us tomorrow!

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Union work is hard and frustrating a lot of days, but we had two big wins today including the reduction of police officers from 4 to 2 and the reversal of a classist work day policy. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Yes. ❤️

We have been on a big British baking kick over here lately!

Black background flyer with yellow and red writing and a photo of 3 people, 2 w/ backs to us wearing ATU Local 1200 tee shirts, 1 holding an ATU "we are one" + union fist sign. Text: LABOR MONTH ACTIVITY. Support our CAT Workers! Show your support for Amalgamated Transit Union (workers at Charlottesville Area Transit) - Join us on Sept 15 at 6:30 pm at Charlottesville City Council to encourage Cville to prioritize a fully funded and robust transportation system!

Support our local CAT workers on Monday by showing up at City Council and telling them to fund our transit system! Full info here: tinyurl.com/4u9xane3
#SolidaritySeptember #WorkersOverBillionaires

Yup! I get all my jars there for flower vases.

Salvation Army!

Also listening to us after you already made a decision….

it’s not enough to provide listening sessions or “info hours” 😶 after you rush a vote. I refuse to subscribe to this idea that there is this silent majority driving this ship that no one has ever seen.

Listening to the school board presentation on the return of SROs, and one thing that caught my attention was that the process of getting the MOU in place is not up for further SB votes. Sure they'll have "listening" sessions but the school admin doesn't really have any checks on moving ahead

In case no one has told you today, no longer honoring those who fought for slavery isn’t erasure…

it’s called making better decisions.

THIS.

Charlottesville holds Labor Day protest in support of workers’ rights Community members took to the streets on Monday evening in a show of support for workers and their families.

www.29news.com/2025/09/02/c...

1000 people showed up to support workers rights yesterday! It was so encouraging.

I come from a union family: my dad was a Vietnam veteran and my mom was a teaching assistant and proud WEAC member. I saw firsthand how organized labor gave our family stability, dignity, and opportunity. Those values shaped who I am today.

On Labour Day let's give a shout out to all of the paid and unpaid workers who keep our world running on track.

Who keep us well, fed, trains running on time, build our homes, care for our children.

Let's thank unions for ensuring they are treated fairly and not exploited…

This country. 💔

Honestly I’d be very pleased with a sushi boat on my anniversary!! Congrats yall ❤️

Ditto for SRO’s.

It’s flying through schools I can tell you from experience!

last night i got to watch our school leadership pull a real local politics classic: acting like they want feedback from the public while desperately trying to avoid receiving feedback from the public. proud of everybody who showed up and gave it to them anyway 😘

Zero parents or teachers on this “working group.”