International President of the Service Employees International Union https://linktr.ee/AprilVerretthttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlw4ytvwjc2lMeanwhile working people are getting crushed by $4.50 gas, rising grocery prices, and rent that won’t quit.15 May 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw4ytvwjc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlvwcgydm22rOne job should be enough. Enough to pay rent. Enough to buy groceries. Enough to see a doctor. Enough to live, not just survive.15 May 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvwcgydm22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlttdakcmc2eGovernor Spanberger’s decision to veto public sector collective bargaining is a betrayal to Virginia’s workers who were promised change. We’re disappointed, not deterred. We will not stop fighting until all workers in Virginia have their rights protected by law. Onward. https://www.seiu.org/2026/05/seius-verrett-thomas-and-contreras-governor-spanberger-has-betrayed-her-promise-to-virginias-workers/14 May 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlttdakcmc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mltj3phfvc2wDemocracy has to show up where workers clock in, not just where voters cast ballots. When workers organize, bargain, and win power on the job, we don’t just raise wages. We strengthen democracy itself. That’s why we say #UnionsForAll. Proud to co-author this piece. Read more below. https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2026/05/saving-democracy-starts-in-the-workplace-and-in-the-south/14 May 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltj3phfvc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlt5pk4lti2yBillionaires want us fighting each other over crumbs while they take the whole table. Workers are setting our own table now.14 May 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt5pk4lti2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlqysfoe4s25Atlanta, I’ll see you in 2 days! Can’t wait to join JWJ and movement leaders at #WRD2026 to strategize, organize, and build the kind of worker power this moment demands.13 May 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqysfoe4s25https://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlqsqnuj6x2wLet's make something clear: ripping healthcare away from working families won’t lower costs. It won’t help workers. It won’t fix our economy. It will only make people sicker while billionaires get richer. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5870619-obamacare-enrollment-decline-gop-cuts/13 May 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsqnuj6x2whttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlqlr5f7vc2eWorking people built this country. We built the schools, hospitals, airports, cities, homes, and care systems. It is past time this country worked for the people who keep it working.13 May 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqlr5f7vc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlojiy3d7k2nCPI Inflation in past year: 3.8% Translation: workers are running faster and still falling behind. Enough. Organize.12 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlojiy3d7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mloa2xslfc2qTennessee Republicans just carved up the state’s only majority-Black congressional district to grab more power. A rigged map won’t silence a people who know their power. They can redraw lines all they want. Working people are still gonna organize and fight back. ✊🏿12 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloa2xslfc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlma7k37fs2dRight now, over 600,000 people are stuck on waiting lists for home care. Congress has a choice: dignity for families and care workers, or more giveaways to billionaires. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5865339-workforce-crisis-caregivers/11 May 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlma7k37fs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlm2fuvnos24Our government should work for all of us. Not just the CEOs. Not just the billionaires. All of us.11 May 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm2fuvnos24https://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mllmdg37hk2gA woman nearly 70 years old commuting four hours a day because her Social Security check only covers a third of her living expenses is not a personal failure. It is a policy failure.11 May 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllmdg37hk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlenescfe22wToday, the @seiu.org family, the labor movement, and the global fight for social justice have lost a giant. It is with a heavy heart and profound gratitude for his life of leadership that we mourn the passing of George Gresham, former president of @1199seiu.org08 May 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlenescfe22whttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlejnr4pp22fThey’re not slick. They are scared.08 May 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlejnr4pp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mled7lc5xk2a$1 billion could change lives for working families. Instead, Senate Republicans want to spend it on Trump’s ballroom. Not healthcare. Not wages. Not workers. A ballroom. They’re playing in our faces. https://www.notus.org/republicans/senate-republicans-seek-1-billion-for-white-house-trump-ballroom-security08 May 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mled7lc5xk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mle4xceets2p76% disapprove of Trump’s handling of the cost of living. Turns out starting wars won’t lower rent, attacking workers won’t lower grocery bills, and cutting healthcare won’t make life affordable.08 May 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle4xceets2phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlc7wlhap32pIt’s not radical to believe workers deserve protection from deadly heat. What’s radical is allowing people to collapse on the job while rolling back safety enforcement. Workers don’t need sympathy after the fact. They need protections on the job right now. https://jacobin.com/2026/05/working-conditions-heat-deaths-protections07 May 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc7wlhap32phttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlc3qgbvy72wThe countdown is ON. One week until I join Jobs With Justice for #WRD2026. Because the future of democracy runs through working people. Let’s strategize. Let’s organize. Let’s go get it. ✊🏿🎤✨07 May 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc3qgbvy72whttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlbzlo7mxs2jCEO pay up 54%. Worker pay down 12%. In every corner of this economy, working people are doing more and getting less. This is why we build power. This is why we organize. This is why unions matter.07 May 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbzlo7mxs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlblo43iqs27Money in our pockets. Power in our hands. Respect in our workplaces. That’s the floor. Not the ceiling.07 May 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlblo43iqs27https://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mlbhkiyils2m“I never thought it was about abuse. I never thought it was about fraud. It’s about taking food away from hungry people,” Exactly. This is not about accountability. This is about stealing from the hungry to protect the greedy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/trump-administration-snap-food-aid07 May 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbhkiyils2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml7hbxeprc2nThe fastest way to build a future that works? Bring workers in from the start. Unions know how to train, organize, solve problems, and move in formation. You want abundance? Then don’t build around workers. Build WITH us. #UnionsForAll https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/democratic-abundance/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=MRTshare&utm_campaign=reportershare202604&utm_content=democraticabundance06 May 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7hbxeprc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml7aulbfrs2mPatient privacy is not optional. Family contact is not optional. Legal support is not optional. Basic dignity is not optional. ICE does not get to rewrite the rules.06 May 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7aulbfrs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml6ypxb3uc2mA ticket to the Met Gala cost $100,000 this year. Meanwhile, 91% of hourly Met staff earn less than a living wage. Make. It. Make. Sense.06 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6ypxb3uc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml4vf2mp6k23The only minority destroying America is the billionaires. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4vf2mp6k23https://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml4s3fkxxk2tThis #AAPIHeritageMonth, we honor AAPI workers who keep showing us what courage looks like. Organizing through fear. Fighting through rising costs. Standing tall for immigrant families. That’s worker power.05 May 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4s3fkxxk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml4gkcfhdk2b“I’m just hoping I don’t get sick or anything.” That’s what a 63-year-old home care worker said after her premiums nearly tripled in just one month. No worker should have to care for others without care themself. No family should have to gamble with their health because Congress refused to act.05 May 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4gkcfhdk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3ml2fqpj6x22dAmericans voted for lower costs. Not higher gas prices. Not for another war. Not an economy that keeps billionaires cashing in. This agenda is failing working families. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/gas-prices-new-high-iran-war-rcna34257804 May 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2fqpj6x22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/seiupres.bsky.social/post/3mkzz5zrpqc27“In some of the higher-cost locations of the country, more than 70% of households aren’t earning enough to cover a basic standard of living.” One👏🏿 job👏🏿 should👏🏿 be👏🏿 enough👏🏿. To live where you work. To feed your family. To get healthcare. And to breathe a little. That is not radical.04 May 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:ubsb5vwrwlqrl6bpfsamp6fb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzz5zrpqc27