After their service and sacrifices, veterans shouldn’t have their essential health care put at risk, but that's exactly what has happened at the VA under their DOGE/Project 2025 agenda.
Eliminating thousands of medical positions is an attack on veterans.
Graphic styled like a news screenshot from “the STAND” with the headline, “Tacoma-Pierce County labor bodies endorse Yolanda Lewis.” A yellow comic-style starburst on the right reads, “bit.ly/TacCityManager to learn more!” In the foreground is a professional headshot of Yolanda Lewis, a Black woman with short, side-parted black hair, wearing a black blazer, pearl necklace, and red lipstick, smiling confidently. The background shows blurred article text referencing Tacoma, WA (March 3, 2026) and labor organizations announcing their endorsement ahead of a Tacoma City Council vote. The overall design uses purple and yellow accents with a bold, campaign-style layout.
PCCLC & Tacoma Joint Labor have issued a joint endorsement for Yolanda Lewis ahead of the city council's vote on appointment today. The endorsement reflects shared values: resilient workforce structures, and leadership grounded in integrity and collaboration. Read more: bit.ly/TacCityManager
🧵 How institutional norms form and how modern authoritarian regimes are using these norms as a tool of consolidation:
Organizations adopt similar structures and practices because of coercive (regulatory), mimetic (imitation), and normative (professional) pressures.
In light of the State of the Union last night, remember this: The Department of Labor reported that the U.S. economy averaged 15,000 new jobs per month in 2025 — compared to 168,000 per month the year before.
That’s an 88% drop, the worst annual jobs revision since 2009.
The SAVE America Act would silence the voices of working people who don’t have passports or can’t afford fancy international vacations.
Congress must protect our right to vote and stop this voter suppression scam.
Flyer reading “You’re Invited — Community Meet & Greet” with details about a City Manager recruitment event in Tacoma. The graphic lists activities including candidate presentations, a City Council Q&A, and an opportunity to meet the finalists. Text encourages working people, labor allies, and neighbors to attend and share feedback. Event details: February 26 at 4:00 PM at the Tacoma Dome. The bottom of the flyer features a photo of the Tacoma Dome with an American flag on top and the headline “City Manager Recruitment Event.”
Tacoma is choosing its next City Manager and working people deserve to be a part of the conversation! Showing up at moments like this is part of how we build a Tacoma that works for its working families. Don't miss the conversation tomorrow at 4:00 at the Tacoma Dome!
Community members are invited to a special City Council meeting for the City Manager Recruitment finalist interviews on Thursday, February 26, from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Tacoma Municipal Building
Logo of South Seattle College Georgetown Labor Center featuring a raised fist holding a hammer and a pen.
Washington’s Labor Education & Research Center is offering two spring courses for union members & allies: a 3 session hybrid training on power-based organizing in March, & a 4-day management workshop with Cornell ILR in April–May. More info & to Register ➡️
https://ow.ly/khRJ50YlhpZ
Three teal AFL-CIO informational posters displayed side-by-side on an outdoor billboard surrounded by greenery. The left poster reads “463,000 workers unionized in 2025” over a raised fist graphic. The center poster states “Highest number of workers covered by union contracts in 76 years” with a pen and paper background. The right poster reads “Full-time union members make $920 more per month than full-time nonunion workers,” citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Thanks to years of sustained organizing, nearly half a million workers unionized in 2025! In the face of relentless attacks on our jobs, our rights and our freedoms, working people are turning to the labor movement to fight back.
Amazing work from our IAM 751 union siblings! Their training institute is helping tackle a root cause of the crisis. When working families can’t access affordable child care, it impacts everything from who can enter apprenticeship programs to who can stay in the workforce.
bit.ly/iam751-child...
New at @npquarterly.bsky.social - BMP's Adaku Utah and @deepaiyer.bsky.social write about the solidarity infrastructure that our movements need to move beyond episodic solidarity.
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A title card for the Labor Notes Podcast episode: How To Debunk Anti-Immigrant Myths. The graphic features a photo of Amazon workers holding up practice picket signs, and cut out photos of pod co-hosts Danielle Smith and Natascha Elena Uhlmann.
Walking through your union halls or scrolling through social media in 2026, you’re probably encountering a stream of anti-immigrant propaganda. These views bleed into the workplace, where pushing back can feel daunting 🧵1/4
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First of all who knows what took place and who bit what.
But if this convo could in any way lead to my being disciplined or affect my personal working conditions, I request my steward or union officer (Jean) be present at the meeting. Without representation, I choose not to answer questions tbh
Unite & Win: Bonus Discussion: Multi-Racial Organizing at Work
This week’s “Unite & Win” with @haymarketbooks.org brings @kimkelly.bsky.social and Jorge Mújica together to talk about organizing a multiracial and multilingual workplace, plus how to keep our co-workers safe against ICE and other forms of authoritarianism. 🔗👇
An image of Rev. Jesse Jackson with the quote, "It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other"
Rest in Peace Rev. Jesse Jackson • A tireless champion for civil rights, workers’ rights and human dignity. In a moment when division is loud, we carry forward his call to solidarity, justice, and love in action.
Teamsters working at Republic Services during contract ratification. Photo: Teamsters 117
About 350 @teamsters.bsky.social members from Locals 38, 117 & 174 in WA ratified a 5-year master agreement with Republic Services, winning raises, pension increases, stronger benefits, more leave, and zero hikes to medical costs—a solidarity-powered win for workers.
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We've already seen 19,000 fewer Washingtonians enroll in healthcare provided under the Affordable Care Act. That's just the start. Premiums are doubling or tripling for many.
President Trump and the MAGA Senate refused to do the bare minimum — extending common-sense tax credits.
Some members may be wary of their union taking up “political issues” like immigration. But many workers have found that fighting for immigrant members and the wider immigrant community has only strengthened the union.
labornotes.org/2026/02/how-...
South Puget Sound healthcare workers are coming together 📅 2/11/26 - Join in person for a screening of WA Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN)’s Know Your Rights training, followed by a discussion: ICE Out of South Puget Sound Healthcare.
A Day of Remembrance Through Stories, Art, Literature and Advocacy Presented by the Puyallup Valley JACL Date: Saturday, February 21 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Doors Open: 9:45 AM Location: Washington State Fairgrounds – Expo Hall Enter through the Gold Gate Free parking at Gold Parking Lot Event Details: The Puyallup Fairgrounds was used as a temporary American concentration camp in 1942. This Day of Remembrance explores the history and legacy of Executive Order 9066 and the incarceration of Japanese Americans, asking important questions such as: What was life like inside the Fairgrounds? How many children were living there? Where were people taken from? Can this happen again? Presenters: • Hana Koishi and Paul Tomita – “Puyallup Assembly Center” survivors and honored guest speakers • Tamiko Nimura – Author of A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake • Chris Hopkins – Artist of a series on the WWII Japanese and Japanese American incarceration experience • Stanley Shikuma – Co-chair for Tsuru for Solidarity’s Child and Family Detention campaign Website: https://PuyallupValleyJACL.org Co-Sponsors: Seattle Chapter of the JACL Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington Tsuru for Solidarity Minidoka Pilgrimage Washington State Fair Event Center
The Puyallup Fairgrounds was used as a temporary American concentration camp in 1942. This upcoming Day of Remembrance on Feb 21 explores the history and legacy of Executive Order 9066 and the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter to save The Washington Post. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
Black-and-white poster honoring mail carriers. On the right, a vintage photograph of a mail carrier wearing a cap, glasses, bow tie, and work shirt holds a stack of letters and envelopes. On the left, large text reads: “Thanking mail carriers today for keeping us connected every day.” Along the lower left edge, smaller vertical text reads “Pierce Labor.”
Thank your mail carriers today!
Free Washington Project is hosting a virtual panel on 2/4 featuring Minnesota AFL-CIO community & faith leaders on the ground in MN, sharing lessons from organizing to defend immigrant workers during ICE enforcement—and how WA communities can prepare to resist.
https://ow.ly/PWUj50Y8pCZ
Today's News:
✍️Fed. workers furloughed in partial shutdown
✍️WA Dems unveil Millionaire tax
✍️Starbucks Workers United: Delete the SBUX app
✍️Blizzard CWA workers ratify contract
✍️Trump calls to ‘nationalize’ elections
https://www.thestand.org/2026/02/furloughs-millionaire-tax-delete-the-app/
Hundreds of Boeing Wichita professionals ratified their first SPEEA contract since the Spirit acquisition, winning a $6K bonus, significant wage gains, guaranteed annual raises & more. The win builds momentum ahead of talks with 16k engineers & tech workers later this year.
https://ow.ly/olEz50Y8pUA
Join Free Washington Project, a coalition of labor and community, TOMORROW for their virtual panel, “Organizing the Resistance: Voices from Minnesota” featuring labor, community, and faith leaders sharing their experiences organizing to defend their communities. actionnetwork.org/events/organ...
Federal agents deployed tear gas on thousands of union members, families, and community members while we protested peacefully today.
This was an attack on working people and an unacceptable escalation from federal agents in Portland.
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