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April Verrett

@seiupres.bsky.social

International President of the Service Employees International Union https://open.substack.com/pub/aprilverrett/p/when-a-child-becomes-a-trap-ice-raids-resistance

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When the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act passed in 1975, Cesar Chavez walked 1000+ miles up the California coast for 59 days to inform farm workers that they had won the right to organize.

We may have more ways to communicate now, but we will not stop. #UnionsForAll

04.03.2026 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No women of color appointed to federal judgeships in Trump’s first year back The Trump administration often equates race and gender diversity with professional incompetence.

Trump has appointed 27 lifetime judges to the federal bench: 17 White men, 7 women and 0 women of color.
This isn’t about qualifications. It’s about control.
Stack the courts with loyalists, and you lock in his agenda for decades.

19thnews.org/2026/02/wome...

03.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Billionaires are gambling with our lives, our communities, and our planet, then calling it β€œbusiness.” We’ve got to hold them accountable.

03.03.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fight for Money. Power. Respect. As we settle into this year, the fight in front of us is coming into clearer view.

What workers across the country are asking for isn’t complicated. It’s consistent. It’s human. It’s urgent.
I keep hearing the same three things, over and over again:

Money. Power. Respect.

Unions are how we win all three.

aprilverrett.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

03.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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When Voting Gets Harder, Women Pay First: The Stakes of the SAVE Act As Congress revives the SAVE Act, new proof-of-citizenship rules could reshape voter registration in ways that burden women voters.

The SAVE Act is voter suppression.

Nearly 90% of women change their last name after marriage. Documentation mismatches means delayed registration, denied registration, or forced extra trips that working people just don’t have time for.
msmagazine.com/2026/02/09/s...

01.03.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, Roxanne Brown was sworn in as the 10th International President of the @steelworkers.bsky.social. The first woman and black person to serve in the position.

History Made.

01.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump touts a 'roaring economy' in his State of Union as Americans continue to struggle Trump said America is entering a "golden age," even as polling shows skepticism from voters on the economy and after he faced a setback on tariffs from the Supreme Court.

Trump can brag about a β€œroaring economy” for 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Working people are still doing the math at the grocery store. Still choosing between rent and medicine.

Corporate profit isn’t dinner on the table. A union is.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

26.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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For Many Cash-Strapped Americans, β€˜Basic Living Has Become a Burden’

8.6 million workers are holding multiple jobs right now.

Because rent keeps going up but wages stay stagnant.

We shouldn’t have to live like this. One job should be enough.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...

25.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to know why the GOP is making it so hard to vote? It’s not because of 'security' or 'logistics.'

It’s because they are terrified of you.

25.02.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

When a corporation is raking in billions in profits but has workers living below the poverty line.
That’s not success.
That is exploitation.

24.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Under Mamdani, City to Probe Businesses Where Most Workers Take Zero Sick Days Employers will be subject to an investigation by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection if more than half their employees took zero paid time off in a given year.

Now THIS is accountability.

NYC is flagging businesses where most workers take 0 PTO and investigating possible systemic violations.

Workers taking β€œ0 sick days” really means they are being pressured, discouraged, or kept in the dark about their rights.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/20/z...

24.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America's national parks.

National parks are supposed to teach the truth.
Not the sanitized edited version.
Scrubbing slavery, Indigenous history, civil rights, Stonewall, and climate science is BLATANT censorship.
www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

23.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HUGE WIN: Chattanooga Volkswagen workers just ratified their FIRST union contract with 96% voting YES.
20% raises.
Lower healthcare costs.
Stronger job security.
That’s the union difference.

23.02.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Union membership edged up in 2025 despite attacks from Trump administration Union membership rose to 10 percent in 2025, despite the Trump administration's efforts to weaken organized labor's power.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

20.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Union membership went UP in 2025.
Even with Trump trying to gut collective bargaining and kneecap the NLRB.

Because workers are choosing POWER. #UnionsForAll

20.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress

When they can’t win on merit, they try to win by making it harder to vote.
We. Have. Seen. This. Playbook. Before.
Never again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

19.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2 Strikes in 3 Years: N.Y.C. Nurses Awaken as a Major Labor Voice

NYC nurses proved something big: when caregivers organize, they can move mountains. Two strikes in three years and they still came out with better pay, stronger conditions & improved patient care.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

18.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reality check.
60 MILLION workers would join a union tomorrow if the rules weren’t rigged against us.
Let workers organize. Let workers win.
#UnionsForAll

17.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, Rev. Jesse Jackson wasn’t just a name, he showed up. In our churches, our marches, our neighborhoods. I’m grateful for the moral courage he modeled, and for teaching us civil rights and workers’ rights are one fight. Thank you, Rev. Jackson.

17.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Healthcare Jobs Have Become the Engine of America’s Labor Market Demand for healthcare workers is outstripping all other sectors. That means big changes in a labor market where retail and white-collar hiring have stalled.

Nearly all of January’s new jobs were in healthcare.
Meanwhile Trump’s admin is squeezing immigration and ramping up deportations… in a sector where immigrants make up 39% of home health aides.

You can’t build a care economy by chasing the caregivers away.
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

17.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #presidentsday, casual reminder:

16.02.2026 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Presidents’ Day reminder: a real president protects working people.

Our jobs, our rights, our healthcare. Period.

16.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Returning Through the Door This month marks one hundred years since the first national observance of what we now know as Black History Month.Thanks for reading With Radical Imagination!

I stood at Cape Coast in Ghana, where our ancestors were forced through the β€œDoor of No Return.” This Black History Month, I’m writing about what we carry, what we refuse to forget, and what we build next.

β€œReturning Through the Door” on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/aprilver...

16.02.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The top 4 tech companies avoided $50 BILLION in taxes last year.

While undocumented immigrants paid an estimated $100 billion.

So yeah… tell me again who’s getting the β€œgovernment handouts.”

16.02.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lee Saunders, thank you @afscme.bsky.social

12.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lawsuits Push Back on Trump’s Attack on Child Care Unions, small businesses, states sue to stop the administration from punishing blue states by withholding $10 billion in funding.

All I can say: Shame on you.

Children are not weapons, and they should NEVER be caught up in political warfare.

Freezing childcare is not only cruel, but illegal.
capitalandmain.com/lawsuits-pus...

12.02.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.

β€œYou’re fired” is not good policy.
Trump has granted himself the power to fire civil servants if they get in the way of his agenda.
Power grab after power grab, it’s disgusting.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

11.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In 2025, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet successfully avoided over $50 BILLION in taxes.

Because of the β€œBig Beautiful Bill,” these corporations paid their lowest tax rate in YEARS.

They dine & dash while working people are left to foot the bill.

11.02.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In 2023, the Boeing CEO got a 45% raise, bringing his pay to $32.8 million.
His workers?
Over 8 years they only saw a 1% raise.
#GreedyCEO

11.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unions Can Win in the South Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, just struck an agreement that will instantly change their lives for the better. It’s a lesson for other workers in the region.

They said β€œunions couldn’t win in the South.”
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga said, watch this.

A first-ever union contract.
20% raises.
Better healthcare.
Real protections.

That’s worker power. ✊🏿
newrepublic.com/article/2062...

10.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1