Final count: 953 pro, 258 con - welcome to Actors' Equity Association, Magic United!!!!!!!

Congratulations Disneyland character and parade cast members for voting to join Actors' Equity! To all who work at this happy place: Welcome to our union family!

President Liz Shuler spoke with Alex Witt on MSNBC on how the deck has been stacked against workers and unions in the South for generations – and why the Mercedes UAW vote won't stop the incredible momentum for worker power.

“What you do in classrooms every day is an act of joy, an act of love, an act of democracy,” says ⁦Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣⁩ at ⁦AFT⁩ at #uftspring education conference. “Joy is an act of political and spiritual resistance.”

Today is the final day of voting for Disneyland Parades and Characters Cast Members. Tune in here at 5 p.m. Pacific and follow along with our unofficial vote counter at bit.ly/DisneylandVote for real-time updates!

Standing with REI Union in Chicago today. REI workers are on ULP strike during this year’s anniversary sale. Time for REI to come to the table with a fair contract. #1u

The workers will win. Say it back.

This is one of my favorite AFT facts. I’m proud to lead the union that led to the historic #BrownvBoard ruling.x.com/aftunion/statu…

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

REI Union Chicago members go on strike!

Workers walked out just now during the company’s huge Annual Sale and are demanding REI agree to a fair contract by the end of 2024!
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🚨🚨🚨STRIKE🚨🚨🚨REI Union Chicago is on #Strike REI in protest of their failure to bargain in good faith! In 30min we’ll be starting our rally with our #union siblings across the ChicagoFed #faircontractNOW

My heart is with UAW and the Mercedes workers tonight. You took on every union-busting trick in the book and made huge strides. This temporary setback won’t do anything to slow workers’ momentum in the South or anywhere else and you’ve inspired all of us to keep fighting.

The AFL-CIO strongly opposes the House Committee on Agriculture Farm Bill.

Families rely on Food for Peace – and also SNAP, SNAP’s Thrifty Food Plan, and other federal nutrition and food security programs. We cannot support making harmful policy changes or funding cuts to any of them.

Due to unprecedented infrastructure investments delivered by President Biden, over 95,000 new members have joined the exponentially growing #BuildingTrades family. The generational impact from the infrastructure investments will build a strong infrastructure generation for years to come.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education.

ShareMyLesson has a great collection of K-12 resources to help students understand the Supreme Court decision that continues to impact public schools: sharemylesson.com/collections/br…

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law isn’t just delivering an #InfrastructureWeek ; it’s delivering an #InfrastructureDecade .

#infrastructureweek2024 #buildingtrades #UnionStrong

70 years ago, in the same year that I was born, the moral arc of the universe took a sharp turn toward justice with the Brown v. Board of Education decision, ending segregation in our public schools. (1/4)

Polls have now closed at Mercedes in Alabama! Follow the unofficial vote count at UAW.org/mercedesvote

Brilliant.

Alabama politicians and their corporate puppeteers just passed a law that would deny economic incentives to any business that voluntarily recognizes a union — and it could be coming to Texas.

Texas labor is ready to fight back when it does.

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