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We are an independent, rank-and-file led union fighting for living wages, democratic control of the workplace, and protection from harassment! bluebottleunion.org linktr.ee/bluebottleunion

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“After over 20 years working grocery retail, unionizing my store with my coworkers, and talking to other retail workers across the country, I’ve learned that grocery workers across our industry face similar challenges," Maeg from @traderjoesunited.bsky.social shared with us.

09.03.2026 20:23 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Salute on International Working Women’s Day!

All solidarity to the woman worker around the world - especially trans women - in the store, home, factory, hospital, street corner, online, school, field, office and everywhere

For unions against patriarchy! 💜🚩🏴🧡 #8M

08.03.2026 17:59 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Keep ICE out of Stores, Say Starbucks Workers Since more than 4,000 ICE agents descended on the city of Minneapolis, Starbucks barista Alex Rivers has tried to balance the exacting focus the job requires—baristas are expected to write on every cu...

“We can only ask ICE agents to leave if they are harassing or disrupting business,” Starbucks barista Alex Rivers told @nataschaelena.bsky.social. “Starbucks must follow hundreds of Minnesota businesses and forbid ICE from entering without a warrant.”
labornotes.org/2026/03/keep...

06.03.2026 17:05 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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CLASS COMPOSITION IN THE GROCERY SECTOR Grocery stores as essential services. Although, for workers in the grocery sector there are real challenges—low wages and high turnover, bully bosses and difficult customers. We worked through the pa...

Grocery workers can join the conversation here: bit.ly/groceryinquiry

02.03.2026 15:44 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

“When management says they can't afford better wages or they can't fix staffing, we'll have the receipts showing exactly how they're running these stores into the ground. That's how we stop fighting their fights on their terms and start fighting ours on ours.”

02.03.2026 15:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

“Documenting what we already know is broken, finding out it's broken everywhere, and using that information to build real power,” Janet from @NSLU_PDX shared.

02.03.2026 15:44 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Donate to Support Sheri's Ranch Workers Terminated for Unionizing!, organized by Molly Wylder Welcome to the GoFundMe for the United Brothel Workers (UBW) (A … Molly Wylder needs your support for Support Sheri's Ranch Workers Terminated for Unionizing!

Sheri’s Ranch responded to the petition for union recognition by firing workers Jupiter Jetson, Molly Wylder, Paloma Karr, Adalind Gray, Genevieve Dahl, and Gwen Bunny.

The union will be fighting their unlawful terminations, but for now, they need our support: www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

26.02.2026 18:39 👍 732 🔁 288 💬 7 📌 18
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Block a bill that would hurt MA sex workers The Senate Judiciary Committee just passed a bill out of committee that would treat consensual sex work as equivalent to sex trafficking. If we don't stop them, the House Judiciary Committee may soon ...

MA voters, please use this tool to write your state legislators demanding stronger protections for sex workers' rights and safety actionnetwork.org/letters/bloc...

04.03.2026 18:16 👍 30 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 0
01.03.2026 21:02 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Update on this story: WGA has cancelled the Writers Guild Awards, originally scheduled for March 8, due to the ongoing staff strike. WGA management walked away from the table earlier this week without a deal. Statement from WGSU below:

01.03.2026 20:35 👍 259 🔁 122 💬 3 📌 8

Unions and progressive orgs should be super compliant with their staff unions. Like I’d be embarrassed as a manager if the staff union were striking.

01.03.2026 21:13 👍 83 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 1
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Condé Nast’s LGBTQ Media Brand Them Acquired by Equalpride, Publisher of Out and The Advocate On the heels of layoffs, Equalpride CEO Mark Berryhill says, “Adding the ‘Them’ brand accelerates our mission and expands the ways we can champion LGBTQ+ voices year‑round.”

in less than 6 months Condé Nast got rid of every trans woman on editorial. there is no liberal media.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

27.02.2026 17:30 👍 803 🔁 258 💬 4 📌 8
Layoff Fund - New Seasons Labor Union

"A week after @NSLU_PDX members received their proper wage increase, per the collective bargaining agreement, New Seasons Market laid-off 95 union and nonunion workers." Support these workers here: www.nslu.org/layoff-fund?...

26.02.2026 22:48 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Interview: Lamplighter Brewers Drum Up Community Support Before Union Vote - Working Mass By: Maritza S CAMBRIDGE, MA – In early February 2026, Lamplighter workers filed for union recognition for their bargaining unit of 30-40 workers encompassing the front of house, production, sales, kit...

As Lamplighter workers approach an imminent union vote on Friday, February 27, Working Mass spoke with one worker on the organizing drive with UFCW 1445:

working-mass.com/2026/02/26/i...

26.02.2026 03:15 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks for having us on! To learn more about our union, head to bluebottleunion.org

25.02.2026 20:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CLASS COMPOSITION IN THE GROCERY SECTOR Grocery stores as essential services. Although, for workers in the grocery sector there are real challenges—low wages and high turnover, bully bosses and difficult customers. We worked through the pa...

Grocery workers are sharing their experiences and organizing with their coworkers to share too. So far we have responses from workers in New Seasons Labor Union, UE, and UFCW. Join the conversation here: bit.ly/groceryinquiry

24.02.2026 21:02 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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97% of global coffee production faces more heat because of climate change. 🌍☕ Harvests are shrinking as prices are rising. Learn more linked below.

https://go.climatecentral.org/coffee_and_climate

20.02.2026 14:38 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Coffee Belt Is Already Getting Too Hot To Produce Coffee | Sprudge Coffee The effects of climate change are here.

This, uh, seems bad.

sprudge.com/the-coffee-b...

20.02.2026 15:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Donate to Help Crumbs & Whiskers Staff Through This Crisis, organized by Maddy Hanson On January 11, the Crumbs & Whiskers DC staff delivered a letter to owne… Maddy Hanson needs your support for Help Crumbs & Whiskers Staff Through This Crisis

There's a GoFundMe for the workers: www.gofundme.com/f/help-crumb...

13.02.2026 03:22 👍 76 🔁 47 💬 2 📌 1
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Crumbs & Whiskers, DC’s first cat cafe, temporarily(?) closed in Georgetown, Staff says this happened right after they decided to form a union. - PoPville photo by Ryan Maxwell Ed. Note: There is no announcement about a temporary closure on the Crumbs and Whiskers website (or socials), having said that, appointments are not available to visit until Marc...

Solidarity forever with the workers at DC's cat cafe who were put out of work by their union-busting owner after they announced they intended to unionize. www.popville.com/2026/02/crum...

13.02.2026 03:21 👍 611 🔁 184 💬 11 📌 20
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Now we're on socials and a new inquiry with grocery workers launching soon!

29.01.2026 01:05 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

We've already been kicked off of IG. You can follow us here at the other place and check out our website too!

10.02.2026 18:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Country Where Starbucks Workers Have a National Contract Starbucks has signed union contracts almost nowhere, but in Chile, workers have a national agreement covering 176 stores. They were the first in the world to unionize, in 2009. In the U.S., workers at...

Starbucks has signed union contracts almost nowhere, but in Chile, workers have a national agreement covering 176 stores. They were the first in the world to unionize, in 2009: labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

09.02.2026 21:47 👍 76 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 2

We are looking to understand workers power in the grocery sector in the US in order to further organizing and circulate struggles! Joins us!

09.02.2026 13:06 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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@workinquirywork.bsky.social and @bbiunion.bsky.social have launched a new #WorkersInquiry with the help of our comrades Janet of New Seasons Labor Union-@ueunion.org Local 1010 and Maeg of @traderjoesunited.bsky.social.

09.02.2026 13:06 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.

01.02.2026 02:31 👍 2267 🔁 879 💬 31 📌 33

A general strike is a great idea, and to make it happen, I need you to organize your coworkers into a union at your workplace

31.01.2026 00:45 👍 286 🔁 69 💬 2 📌 4
twincitiestenants | Instagram | Linktree The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.

BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.

linktr.ee/twincitieste...

30.01.2026 20:41 👍 4780 🔁 1474 💬 19 📌 103

We, the employees of the NLRB, are calling on members of Congress to reject the Senate’s proposed funding deal unless it includes meaningful reforms for ICE and CBP’s operations.

Our Union has never endorsed a government shutdown before. But we believe we have no other choice.

30.01.2026 16:13 👍 144 🔁 54 💬 6 📌 1

We call on Starbucks board member and Land O Lakes CEO Beth Ford to say the names of our murdered neighbors, to say the names of the agencies who murdered them in broad daylight.

We can’t afford you trying to stay above the fray! Stand with us and say ICE out now!

25.01.2026 21:55 👍 118 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 2