Lowell Peterson

A day to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was killed while standing up for the collective bargaining rights of sanitation workers. #buildunionpower

United Airlines made over $3.1 billion last year. Instead of reaching a fair deal with its flight attendants, United paid its CEO almost $34 million and provided over $162 million in stock buybacks to shareholders.

United must respect its flight attendants and reach a deal NOW.

ICE out of Long Island! #buildlaborpower

A tweet from the International Trade Union Confederation that says: Venezuela 🇻🇪: @ituc and @CSA_TUCA strongly condemn the US military aggression against Venezuela and the violation of its sovereignty. We call for respect for the Venezuelan people’s right to self-determination, the immediate release of all those detained, and a return to peaceful and democratic dialogue. Peace and international law must prevail.

We join the international labor community in condemning President Trump’s unconstitutional actions in Venezuela.
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-tuca-ve...

Soon NYC will have a new mayor. ID'd as democratic socialist and Muslim. Millennial. Mamdani is bold, pro-union, keen to make material gains for working New Yorkers. Focused on child care, transportation, and affordable housing. This is a 2026 we can get behind! #buildlaborpower

US labor unions gear up to fight against Trump’s ‘Billionaire First’ agenda AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’

“We’re organizing as we speak,” said Shuler. “We can move actual people, in workplaces, in every city, in every state, across the country.”

Hey, team owners, people pay you because they want to see professional athletes work their magic. Without the WNBPA's members, you have no business. Don't play games, listen to what your players demand. #buildlaborpower

‘A very hostile climate for workers’: US labor movement struggles under Trump National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workers’ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations

In my upcoming book I argue that the labor movement cannot rely on the federal government, including the NLRB. We must build power from the ground up, ourselves. #buildlaborpower www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Portugal general strike stalls transport, closes schools in labour reform protest Train services ground to a halt across Portugal on Thursday, hundreds of flights were cancelled, and schools closed as unions launched a first general strike in over a decade and thousands of workers ...

If government attacks workers, Portuguese unions shut things down. #buildlaborpower www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Workers must have the right to bargain collectively about the implementation of AI in their workplaces. They know the workflow and the risks, and by exercising their bargaining power through the union, they can ensure AI enhances their work rather than destroying or devaluing it. #buildlaborpower.

Opinion | To Understand America’s Border Surge, You Have to Look Elsewhere

Wallace-Wells notes that most politics "take a pretty narrow view of the appropriate scope of state action". To achieve progress, we must be bold enough to reject these limits on what is possible, politically. #buildlaborpower. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...

We need an @bsky group to discuss collective bargaining strategies on AI. Working people are in the best position to figure out how AI can devalue or eliminate their jobs - or maybe even to enhance them. #buildlaborpower

Amazon is global; so is the struggle for collective bargaining ag Amazon.

Today in NYC #LaborHistory: Some 400 New York City photoengravers working for the city’s newspapers, supported by 20,000 other newspaper unionists, begin what is to become an 11-day strike, shutting down the papers - November 28, 1953

Today in NYC #LaborHistory: Some 400 New York City photoengravers working for the city’s newspapers, supported by 20,000 other newspaper unionists, begin what is to become an 11-day strike, shutting down the papers - November 28, 1953

Check out this upcoming event with @profwolff.bsky.social & C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social @archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7

Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Five-Year Contract Roughly 3,200 St. Louis-area machinists ended a nearly 15-week strike that curbed jet-fighter production.

One day longer! www.wsj.com/business/boe...

Big Dem victories, but not in Nassau County LI, where the Dems tried to run on the GOP agenda. Voters will always choose the real thing not the generic substitute. Nassau Dems need an agenda, not a mimic. Maybe not the DSA agenda in the suburbs, but one that moves people forward not backward.

No Kings Port Washington NY

Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina

MAGA comes unhinged:
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

The Shifting Ideology Behind Political Violence Researchers see a departure from a pattern that held for nearly 50 years. “This era of violent populism will get worse before it gets better.”

Even the Cato Institute says right-wingers committed most political violence in the U.S. But Trump is shutting down even the most moderate progressive voices. Nothing but a power grab. www.wsj.com/us-news/poli...

The Two-Speed Economy Is Back as Low-Income Americans Give Up Gains High-earners and older Americans are faring better than ever, while fortunes are sliding again for low-wage and young workers

Here's what's real: MAGA means worsening inequality. Source: Bank of America and Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/economy/us-e...

The guy who accused Lisa Cook of filing bad mortgage applications is the guy in line to take her job at the Federal Reserve (His name is Bill Pulte; he's a stooge.) It's pulp fiction, my friends. Low-minded grift. MAGA's assault on unions, cities, courts - all bad. But corruption also stinks.

Air Canada and Striking Flight Attendants’ Union Reach Tentative Deal

Bold strategy, powerful solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

Trump says D.C. has been taken over by violent thugs, but he doesn't realize they have gone home to their districts to do fundraisers.

All working people deserve the freedom, fairness and security that comes from a union contract. That’s what America’s unions are fighting for every day. #BetterInAUnion

For More Than a Century, New Yorkers Have Said the Rent Is Too Damn High

Crises of unequal power and wealth lead to bold solutions. A century ago in NYC this meant rent control and limited-equity coops. What will the movement demand and win during this crisis? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/n...

Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race

There are actual Democrats asking Trump to support Cuomo. O.M.G. Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

Next up, Trump's BLS joins the grift. Argh. Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

The bipartisan bill to restore federal workers’ union rights has majority support in Congress.

Tell your representative to sign the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the floor for a vote without delay
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Brendan Griffith is sworn in as President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO by Secretary-Treasurer Janella T. Hinds.

Tonight at a meeting of Delegates to the NYCCLC, Brendan Griffith was elected and sworn in as President. Thanks to all of our Delegates who made their voices heard in support of a strong & united future for the NYC Labor Movement.