VICTORY: Burdett Birth Center will remain open, providing critical maternity care to the Capital Region! Congrats to the SBBC coalition, our NYSNA nurses, & other community members who contributed to this—when we fight, we win!
#maternalhealth
#healthequity
#patientsoverprofits

BREAKING: Burdett Birth Center in Rensselaer County will remain open for at least the next five years thanks to NYS budget grant funding.

$5 million in state funds will help keep facility at Burdett Birth Center open timesunion.com/news/article/s… via @TimesUnion

23rd Annual Business Meeting of the Capital District Area Labor Federation. Local 294 Delegates attended the Capital District Area Labor Federation this morning at the Labor Temple. Secretary Treasurer Chuck Greenfield, Business Agent Stan Koniszewski and Vice President George

Workers Memorial Day at the Labor Temple. Teamsters Tom Quackenbush Stan Koniszewski Jason Hughes

Capital District Area Labor Federation Organizing Panel. Tom Quackenbush Stan Koniszewski Jason Hughes Teamsters #Organizing #UnionStrong #Teamsters

“Most people don’t realize that 15 out of the 20 states with the highest union density are also the states with the lowest rate of workplace fatalities. That’s not a coincidence!”
Liz Shuler @aflcio OSHA_DOL #DeathOnTheJob #WorkersMemorialDay

'The UAW said Friday night that it made history with its biggest organizing win in decades when workers at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant in Tennessee voted to join the union.'

freep.com/story/money/ca…

In The Bronx, where 1 in 3 households live below the poverty line, NYC Sanitation increased vendor tickets by 29%

Tickets range from $25 -$1000, forcing vendors like Miguel to lose housing

This war on working families must end. We need #PermitsNotTickets thecity.nyc/2024/04/12/ven…

America has 813 billionaires. More than any other country in the world.

They have a combined net worth of $5.7 trillion.

Meanwhile, at least 65% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

That insane amount of wealth inequality is a policy failure.

I'm attending a @theactionnet event: Workers Memorial Day 2024. RSVP here: act.aflcio.org/events/workers…

Only losers support brands that mistreat workers. For this year’s Final Four, boycott Molson Coors/Miller.

#BoycottCoors #BoycottMiller #NoContractNoBeer #Teamsters #TexasTeamsters #1u

Dustin Reidy Mark Emanatian, Director of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, says 'In the richest country in the world, not just the world but the history of the world, nobody should be waiting 19 hours in Emergency Room to receive medical care. Healthcare is a human right!'

I'm attending a @theactionnet event: Workers Memorial Day 2024. RSVP here: act.aflcio.org/events/workers…

ATTENTION ALL SHOPPERS: DON’T BUY MOLSON COORS
Teamsters are getting the word out to customers: Don’t buy any Molson Coors products until this company agrees to a fair contract for 420 brewery Teamsters in Fort Worth.

During a nationwide Day of Action against Molson Coors,

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Ask Your Legislators to Fix Tier 6 to Protect Our Public Services. Write one here: act.aflcio.org/letters/ask-yo…

Join me in telling the Governor and our State Reps to fully fund hunger relief in the upcoming budget! Sign the petition at feedingnys.org #feedingtheline [@feedingnys]

This is great…so necessary

We’re fighting poverty, not the poor ♥️

I just took action with @theactionnet: Virtual Phone Bank for Tom Suozzi. Take action here: act.aflcio.org/forms/virtual-…