AFSCME Local 590 DC 47

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

"Employees are striking because we want Starbucks to live up to the values it markets to the world. Starbucks claims it offers the “best job in retail.” As someone doing one of those jobs day in and day out, I can tell you that's not true."

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Hit 'em where it hurts! Baristas calling out management for failure to negotiate. No contract? No coffee!

Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment

Thank god for Unions! Don't despair. Organize!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...

The only acceptable response to this preposterous proposal can only be, in the immortal words of Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe at the Battle of the Bulge, "Nuts!"

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

Dear University of Pennsylvania:

Do. Not. Comply.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

9/5 National Phonebank Please click the link to complete this form.

over 25% of United Auto Workers nationwide are ACADEMIC WORKERS!

friday, join a UAW phone bank against cuts to science research

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A continuation of my rant against the Loomis op ed in today's NYT.

Labor Union Approval Relatively Steady at 68% in U.S. Public approval of labor unions remains historically strong at 68%, marking the fifth consecutive year with nearly 70% support.

life is better in a union!

celebrate and organize today

"68% of U.S. adults approve of labor unions. This is the fifth consecutive year that approval of organized labor has been in the 67% to 71% range, a level last reached in the late 1950s and early 1960s."

news.gallup.com/poll/694472/...

Group of workers showing solidarity for Labor Day!

Workers over Billionaires!

Boston AAUP Chapters in the Streets!!!

#Solidarity
#LaborDay
#WorkersDeserve
#DefendHigherEd

STARBUCKS IS BREWING A LATTE PROBLEMS by refusing to settle a union contract. Starbucks is in hot water. The coffee giant is stonewalling a contract with 12,000+ union baristas. For less money than CEO Brian Niccol paid himself last year, Starbucks can sign a fair union contract TODAY. This Labor Day, tell Starbucks: NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE! bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

Happy Labor Day! Anybody see this in today's newspaper? ✊🔥

Sign our pledge to stand with over 12,000 union Starbucks workers and say No Contract, No Coffee!

👉 bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

Labor Day isn’t just a long weekend, it's a movement.


We’re fighting for healthcare, living wages, housing, immigrant justice & dignity for ALL.


This #LaborDay, we put Families First, Not Billionaires.

Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.

But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.

In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.

This is why unions are vital.

While many of the largest unions, including the teachers unions and service workers unions, have grown by organizing new workers and becoming politically powerful, many others have long resisted major organizing efforts, preferring to focus on protecting current members.

Terrible framing below. My re-write: "While some unions have long resisted major organizing efforts," ... "many of the largest unions, including the teachers unions and service workers unions, have grown by organizing new workers and becoming politically powerful." Easy, no? 4/

Loomis claims "we have barely heard a peep from unions" since Trump's attempt to strip Federal workers of their bargaining rights. But he fails to mention the ongoing fight in the courts to restore those rights. It ain't torches & pitchforks, but it ain't nothing neither. 3/

Let's start with the title. Where does Loomis get off saying unions are so quiet? It's clear he wishes we could have national strikes, as they do in Europe and elsewhere. He sighs repeatedly over unions' supposed passivity. It is clear he does not get out much. 2/

Opinion | Trump Is Wiping Out Unions. Why Are They So Quiet?

The NYT does it again. An opinion piece about labor rife with bad framings, wrong conclusions, and misplaced longing for a kind of labor movement that has never existed in the US. Here's a gift link. My rant follows. 1/
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

We’re here in Detroit for #LaborDay! AFT EVP Evelyn DeJesus is discussing what #WorkersDeserve and the importance of showing up with local AFT members.

Get up, get down, Philly is a union town!

As part of AFSCME’s Labor Day celebrations, President Saunders is kicking off the 38th Annual Labor Day Parade & Family Celebration in South Philly with more than 4,000 union members & their families.

Massive #LaborDay parade in Detroit! #WorkersDeserve

Region 1C members marching, Solidarity Day III, Labor Day, Detroit, September 5, 1983. Photo courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Kohler Strike Float, Labor Day, Detroit, Michigan, 1957. The float won parade trophy. Photo courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Children dress in patriotic garb during Detroit's 1941 Labor Day Parade. September 1, 1941. Photo courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Walter Reuther delivers an address to the crowd gathered in front of City Hall during the 1960 Labor Day demonstration. Photo courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Today, we celebrate the labor movement's immense contributions to our country and honor all working people who have bravely stood up to the most powerful forces in the world to help create a more fair and just society for us all.

📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social

Organizing my colleagues has been one of the most rewarding activities of my life. I'm a former member of chapters of @cwaunion.bsky.social, @neatoday.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, and @aaup.org.

Higher education works because we do 💪

Unions aren't quiet. Media is failing the unions. Loomis' framing stinks.

Labor Day is a very good day for my fellow academics to joint their local @aaup.org and if your school doesn't have one you should start one!

Nothing was handed to us. Every right we have was fought for. This #LaborDay we celebrate the FIGHT, the POWER of workers, and the #SOLIDARITY that keeps us strong!

#FeelThePower #UnionStrong #1u

Happy Labor Day, APWU! We encourage you to honor the day by participating in a local action to honor labor's legacy, and unite & fight to build power for the future.

This Moment: Labor Day Our collective is taking this moment to reflect as individuals on how we see the struggle against Trump's massive assault unfolding.

This moment #LaborDay for education workers. Reflections from our collective members on marching, acting, fighting smart: futureschools.substack.com/p/this-momen...

Happy Labor Day! Thank you to the hardworking AFSCME members who make Maryland happen. Here's to fighting the good fight today and every day to protect our livelihoods, our public services, and our communities!

We’re kicking off Philadelphia’s 38th annual Labor Day parade with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, @afscme.bsky.social President Lee Saunders, @lettercarriers.bsky.social President Brian Renfroe and thousands of working people.

Philly is a union town! ✊