CWA Local 6215 member Britni Cuington testified about how Governor Abbott & Trumpβs redistricting scheme would make it more difficult for veterans to access the health care and benefits that they earned.
29.07.2025 13:51 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Tell Congress: Sign the discharge petition and give the Protect America's Workforce Act a vote. Call your rep: 844-994-4554 | AFL-CIO
The bill to restore federal workersβ union rights has bipartisan support from a majority of members in Congress!
Tell your rep to sign the discharge petition for the Protect Americaβs Workforce Act to reverse Trumpβs union-busting executive order! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
21.07.2025 23:15 β π 27 π 17 π¬ 0 π 1
President Trumpβs decision to eliminate the 988 LGBTQ+ youth lifeline will cost lives. In the face of a youth mental health crisis and rising attacks against the LGBTQ+ community, we cannot afford to lose this life-saving resource.
17.07.2025 20:52 β π 33 π 14 π¬ 4 π 2
Redmond: At the AFL-CIO, an injury to one is an injury to allβand we believe in that.
So I want the workers at CWA and Wells Fargo to understand: youβve got 15 million people standing behind you.
16.07.2025 03:07 β π 792 π 161 π¬ 6 π 0
Tell Congress: Sign the discharge petition & give the Protect America's Workforce Act a vote. Call your rep: 844-994-4554 | AFL-CIO
We have the bill AND the votes in Congress to overturn President Trumpβs executive order busting federal workersβ union rights. Call your rep and tell them to sign the discharge petition to bring the Protect Americaβs Workforce Act to the floor for a vote. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
17.07.2025 14:47 β π 50 π 31 π¬ 0 π 2
The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking
The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
the Trump administration's commitment to finding new ways to keep the Epstein story alive in a way that makes them look super sus is really extraordinary
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
17.07.2025 15:47 β π 511 π 160 π¬ 23 π 20
This Democrat Wonβt Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either
New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
17.07.2025 15:03 β π 12765 π 5003 π¬ 508 π 681
Americans canβt afford Trumpcare.
16.07.2025 20:22 β π 344 π 110 π¬ 6 π 3
President Claude Cummings and @cwaunion.bsky.social members delivered a petition to Wells Fargo today to tell them to stand with working people and quit their disgusting union-busting!
15.07.2025 20:23 β π 46 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0
A graphic that says, "Join our rally to hold Stan Sherrill and Wells Fargo accountable."
Tomorrow: Join us for a rally in Charlotte, NC to hold Wells Fargo accountable for union busting!
Let us know you'll be there: CWA.org/wfwuJuly15
14.07.2025 15:22 β π 29 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
TRUMP'S BIG UGLY BILL:
β’ Forces nearly a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid, the largest cut to the life-saving program ever by a factor of FOUR
β’ Gives ICE a larger budget than many militaries around the world
β’ Eliminates funding for green energy
β’ Strips healthcare away from 5% of Americans
β’ Kicks 11.8 million people off SNAP benefits
β’ Represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in US history
House Minority Leader Jeffries has been speaking for nearly five hours, which buys us more time to put some last-minute pressure on Republicans.
Call your GOP representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or plan a visit to your local congressional office: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
03.07.2025 13:54 β π 621 π 323 π¬ 12 π 21
Jeffries: "16 members of the House Republican conference who just a few days ago made clear on the record that they will not support devastating cuts to Medicaid -- all we need are 4 Republicans from this group to join us and we can stop these devastating cuts to Medicaid. Join us!"
03.07.2025 14:04 β π 2325 π 533 π¬ 78 π 30
Families rely on Medicaid in moments of crisis. Cutting it means putting their lives at risk. Ellieβs story is proof of whatβs at stake.
03.07.2025 13:38 β π 201 π 60 π¬ 4 π 1
The Big Beautiful Bill is great for billionaires. Not so great if you or a loved one relies on Medicaid. I will be voting HELL NO! Now is the time to speak up and make your voices heard!
02.07.2025 15:56 β π 56 π 13 π¬ 4 π 0
The GOP's tax bill will kill #IBEW jobs and raise energy prices. Tell your representative to vote no. bit.ly/4l2nVfw
02.07.2025 14:58 β π 186 π 82 π¬ 10 π 1
Many GOP House members are waffling, undecided or even leaning no on this bill. Call your Rep. Go to their district office if you can. You're not alone in this, we're organizing everywhere, and we need as many of us as possible. Post about it online, tag them, today is the day to do EVERYTHING
02.07.2025 13:57 β π 107 π 31 π¬ 1 π 7
The Senate has passed their devastating billionaire tax giveaway.
Three Republican Senators voted not: Sen Collins, Tillis and Paul. Vance got to pretend to be a big boy and break the tie.
The bill now will go to the House for a final vote Wednesday afternoon at the earliest. Let's be LOUD
01.07.2025 16:07 β π 788 π 226 π¬ 13 π 26
As @ronwyden.bsky.social said on the Capitol steps: This is not over. We can win this.β
We are fighting right now to Save Medicaid.
30.06.2025 17:31 β π 619 π 92 π¬ 38 π 10
BREAKING: I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor
Republicans wonβt tell America whatβs in the bill
So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor
We will be here all night if thatβs what it takes to read it
28.06.2025 20:33 β π 3053 π 576 π¬ 427 π 117
It sounds like a caricature, but under the proposed budget bill, literally millions of people will likely lose their access to health care to pay for over $200 billion in tax breaks for companies that move jobs and money overseas.
27.06.2025 19:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Congratulations to workers at California broadband provider unWired who voted overwhelmingly to join CWA Local 9333!
27.06.2025 15:34 β π 181 π 25 π¬ 4 π 0
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
25.06.2025 18:26 β π 25375 π 13155 π¬ 2593 π 2069
The hospital behind me saved my son's life.
If Republicans cut Medicaid, it could close.
David Valadao has one last chance to do the right thing for our families and Kern County. - Lupe Martinez
18.06.2025 18:47 β π 155 π 55 π¬ 2 π 1
CWAers visited Senator John Cornyn's office to discuss his vote to cut healthcare to give more tax breaks to the rich, but they wouldn't meet with us.
18.06.2025 15:14 β π 56 π 20 π¬ 4 π 1
The current budget plan on Capitol Hill would throw 16 million people off their health insurance thanks to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts β which could force 338 hospitals to close down. All to give tax cuts to billionaires.
16.06.2025 17:06 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
$75 billion firm wins carve-out in tax bill after lobbying push
Lobbyists for a private equity firm were paid to influence Congress on the obscure provision, records show.
Here's how the billionaires take us all for fools:
Financier wins $1 billion offshore tax handout for the low price of $2m in campaign donations + $500k spent on DC lobbyists.
That's swampy math for you.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
15.06.2025 02:56 β π 12 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
Regressive bills
BOTTOM 20%
TOP 20%
2025
Current G.O.P. bill
Lose
Gain
2017
Obamacare repeal*
Lose
Gain
1997
Tax and budget acts
Unclear
Gain
1996
Welfare act
Lose
No change
Progressive bills
BOTTOM 20%
TOP 20%
2022
Inflation Reduction Act
Gain
Lose
2021
Build Back Better*
Gain
Lose
2010
Affordable Care Act
Gain
Lose
1993
Clinton budget act
Gain
Lose
1990
H.W. Bush tax act
Gain
Lose
Regressive, but all gain
BOTTOM 20%
TOP 20%
2017
First Trump tax cuts
Gain
Gain most
2013
Obama tax cuts
Gain
Gain most
2001/03
W. Bush tax cuts
Gain
Gain most
*Not enacted
NYT found the βbig beautiful billβ would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reaganβs low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
13.06.2025 16:15 β π 1704 π 889 π¬ 32 π 47
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
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If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
12.06.2025 23:18 β π 17752 π 5282 π¬ 805 π 226
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