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Powerful three-day strike wins new contract for New Jersey Transit engineers New York, N.Y. On May 18, Locomotive Engineers at New Jersey Transit (NJT) won a new tentative contract with an improved wage offer after a solid three-day strike that halted the vital passenger rail...

Congratulations to the NJT Locomotive Engineers and Trainees for their successful strike! #1u #locomotiveengineers #BLE #njtstrike www.workers.org/2025/05/85722/

20.05.2025 17:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lehigh County's $500 Million Pension Fund Halts Tesla Investments Today, Lehigh County took a step that no other U.S.

The first domino falls! Today Lehigh County, Pennsylvania became the first US pension fund to suspend new Tesla purchases in its actively managed funds 👏🍸🎉 #teslatakedown
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06.05.2025 23:36 — 👍 3358    🔁 877    💬 60    📌 107

United CEO Scott Kirby received an 83% raise last year, while United AFA Flight Attendants haven't had a raise since COVID.

United CEO Scott Kirby received an 83% raise last year for a total compensation of *$33.9 million* in 2024. Yep, you read that right. Meanwhile United AFA Flight Attendants haven’t had a raise since COVID.

Quick thread on Kirby’s sky-high pay. (1/4)

18.04.2025 20:32 — 👍 69    🔁 33    💬 4    📌 2

A crowd of people gathered outside a Hands Off rally in New York City, waiting to get into the main rally

Another photo of the crowd in the street at New York City’s Hands Off rally

Crowds in the streets of New York City at the intersection of 34th and 5th

HANDS OFF in New York City! The crowd is dense all around as labor unions, civil rights organizations, and other activist groups speak out against tyranny.

05.04.2025 18:56 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1

In our movement, brother and sister extend beyond our own union. Today, I learned that a fellow union brother from the building trades, a first-year @smartunionworks apprentice, was unjustly taken by ICE and deported to a prison in El Salvador.

02.04.2025 00:38 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

Postal Workers Throng to 500 Rallies to Save the Postal Service From big cities to small towns, postal workers organized hundreds of rallies across the country in the past week to defend a beloved public service—and the nation’s largest union employer—against priv...

USA: Postal Workers Throng to 500 Rallies to Save the Postal Service www.labornotes.org/2025/03/post...

30.03.2025 13:39 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

This is a do-or-die moment for the American labor movement. Invite everyone you know. On April 5th, we fight back.

30.03.2025 14:19 — 👍 289    🔁 122    💬 3    📌 10

BREAKING: The Slaughter Lane Alamo in Austin, TX files letter of recognition to unionize with @uaw.union.

Photo of the Slaughter Lane Alamo

BREAKING: The Slaughter Lane Alamo in Austin, TX files letter of recognition to unionize with @uaw.union.

NYC Alamo United stands in solidarity with our new comrades at SlaughterHouse United!!

Full statement in 🧵

25.03.2025 19:48 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Across the country today, letter carriers & allies are standing together to make our voices heard: #HELLNO to dismantling the USPS! Our jobs & the universal service Americans rely on are at stake.

23.03.2025 18:09 — 👍 81    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 0

Rallied with @apwu.bsky.social March 20 to Save the People’s Post Office. #1u Next demo is March 23 nationally to #fightlikehell with @lettercarriers.basky.social

21.03.2025 12:33 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives.

Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.

Congress: #StopTheCuts!

15.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 6816    🔁 2397    💬 128    📌 112

The NYC Labor Movement is mobilizing against attacks on federal workers and our essential services. This assault will not go unanswered!

#StopTheCuts!

15.03.2025 18:53 — 👍 62    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 1