Union Semester @unionsemester
Live in New York City. Defend workers’ rights. Get paid and earn college credits. @MurphyInstitute at @CUNY sps.cuny.edu/academics/jsmi… New York, NY Joined June 2009-
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* ICYMI: @CunySLU Professor @stephanie_luce_, Labor Studies MA student Haley Shaffer & @unionsemester students produced this important report on @WGAEast & digital media workers. #1u Learn about Labor Studies at #CUNYSLU: slu.cuny.edu/labor-studies digitalmediarising.org/#better
* ONLINE TODAY! FIGHTING COVID / BUILDING POWER: Workers & Unions on the Frontlines w/ Angeles Solis @MaketheRoadNY Eric Loegel @TWULocal100 Mark Henry #ATULocal1056 Nikki Kateman @Local338 Josh Freeman @CunySLU Diana Robinson @unionsemester REGISTER: tinyurl.com/FightingCOVIDM…
The @MetroLaborNYC is inviting undergrad. & grad. college journalism (& other majors) students in the tri-state area to write an essay on the theme: “The 2020 elections and My Life/My Community.” Instructions on how to submit your essay or video below. Submission deadline, May 4
.@ChancellorCUNY has announced an Emergency Relief Fund to help students facing financial hardship. Visit cuny.edu for more information.
.@ChancellorCUNY has announced an Emergency Relief Fund to help students facing financial hardship. Visit cuny.edu for more information.
Organizing 2.0 will be online on April 17 -18! Get training on the various techniques that community activists and organizers are using now, to keep working people engaged in improving their own social outcomes, in these uncertain times. RSVP now: ow.ly/ICxe50zb70b
#CunySLU is proud to announce that @Ddee1985, our @unionsemester Program Coordinator, was named to the inaugural 2020 @CityAndStateNY Labor 40 under 40 list! Congratulations Diana! #LaborMovement #LaborOrganizer ow.ly/jtJM50z6Ezr
Thank you @CunySLU 4 the shout out! Diana Robinson, Coordinator of SLU's @unionsemester Program, has been named @CityAndStateNY 's #2020Labor40Under40." The publication describes the annual list as "rising stars in labor ... who are leading the charge." bit.ly/39Q9Jkj
Young people from Immokalee are leading chants in front of the offices of @Wendys leaders, calling for the fast food giant to combat sexual violence in its supply chain by joining the @FairFoodProgram! Want to cheer them on? Join the National #BoycottWendys Call-in Day!
I spy a @unionsemester/@CunySLU alum standing with his colleagues and @CTULocal1 educators! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️ #CTUSEIUstrike #PutItInWriting #FairContractNow
I spy a @unionsemester/@CunySLU alum standing with his colleagues and @CTULocal1 educators! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️ #CTUSEIUstrike #PutItInWriting #FairContractNow
Join us at the @ciw March & Rally: What are you hiding, Wendy’s? Monday, November 18 at 5PM Trian Partners (280 Park Ave, near E 49th St.)
Deadline approaching for Union Semester Spring 2020: All Apps are due by November 1st. Apply today! slu.cuny.edu/labor-studies/…
Interested in labor, community organizing, and advocacy? Join us @CunySLU this spring semester for the Union Semester program. Take classes and get experience working the NYC social justice movement. Early applications are due Oct 1st, Apply today! slu.cuny.edu/labor-studies/…
Congrats to the @CunySLU Spring 2019 Union Semester Students on completing the program! @local79nyc @PSC_CUNY @NYPNU @WGAEast @nyguild @nycworker @forrespect @WorkersUnitedNY
Congrats to our @unionsemester participants who have spent the semester engaging in rigorous academic study and gaining first-hand experience within the labor movement and worker-rights organizations. We are immensely proud of all they have accomplished.#Unionstrong #Democracy
Join us on Friday, May 10th! Celebrate labor journalists and communicators and Bailey! metrolabornyc.org/annual-convent…
Join us on Friday, May 10th! Celebrate labor journalists and communicators and Bailey! metrolabornyc.org/annual-convent…
Congrats to @unionsemester @CunySLU student Bailey Miller on winning the @MetroLaborNYC 2019 Student Journalism Contest #1u metrolabornyc.org/student-labor-…
Congrats to Bailey Miller current Union Semester Student at @CunySLU and intern at @local79nyc on being one of the awardees of the @MetroLaborNYC Journalism Award! metrolabornyc.org/student-labor-…
I’m tired of folks reading: “working class” as white “rural” as white “suburban” as white “Appalachian” as white “rust belt” as white “undecided” as white This flattening and reductionist thinking is lazy and racist. Do better or lose always in every way.
"#GigEconomy companies #Lyft #Uber & #Postmates are racing to file IPOs..a mad dash replete w/multibillion-dollar valuations. But is rush to start trading on public markets also a sprint to evade compliance w/#Labor law?" @theintercept #rideshare #drivers theintercept.com/2019/04/01/lyf…
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Eric Dirnbach ⁉️ @EricDirnbach
4K Followers 5K Following Labor Movement Researcher, Activist, Campaigner, Organizer, Educator, Writer & Socialist ✊️ operarios omnia vincent ✊️
NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA
57K Followers 2K Following New York City Democratic Socialists of America https://t.co/L0Zi8hVWS4 Get Involved: https://t.co/fFdi6WMSvs 📸 https://t.co/jxOKhmq5hp
Jessica Ramos @jessicaramosqns
54K Followers 6K Following New York State Senator. Labor Democrat. Mom. Wife. Queens born and raised. Fighting for a New York worthy of the people who build it.
NYC CLC, AFL-CIO @CentralLaborNYC
13K Followers 3K Following The New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO represents more than 1 million workers in all five boroughs. RTs not endorsements #1u #UnionStrong
RWDSU @RWDSU
24K Followers 2K Following The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) advances the interests and rights of working people. @BAmazonUnion @reiunionsoho @BNWorkers + more!
DSA @DemSocialists
337K Followers 5K Following Democratic Socialists of America is the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in the USA. Students: @ydsa_ 🌹 Tweets are not official statements.
PSC/CUNY @PSC_CUNY
8K Followers 2K Following The union that represents more than 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY). #1U https://t.co/JlV4GXpTej
UNITE HERE @unitehere
44K Followers 10K Following Hospitality workers building an empowered working class. We believe that One Job Should Be Enough. President: @GwenMillsUH. Secretary-Treasurer @STWinstonUH
Elana Levin @Elana_Brooklyn
11K Followers 9K Following 🏳️🌈🤘🏻🗽🐺. Teaching digital strategy to organizers @Organize20. Host @GraphicPolicy. https://t.co/EMUJlFr8dq
Pauforh @Pauforh5616
12 Followers 136 Following
autism @autism580844
55 Followers 4K Following
Emily @halfheadhk
98 Followers 1K Following
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚜 𝙷... @ArisHarkat
467 Followers 391 Following Gewerkschafter sui generis | Aris (ⴰⵔⵉⵙ) = der Löwenjunge - stammt aus dem ⵣ Chaoui | hier privat, frech-freundlich-direkt unterwegs | Ich ❤️ Ausrufezeichen!
Jay🚩🍺 @ThatKid1871
868 Followers 1K Following Perpetual undergrad...oh God please let me graduate Podcast survivor (Red Star Over Asia), episodes below
Union BOB - der Gewer... @UnionBOB
0 Followers 61 Following Gewerkschaft für alle! | Union Messenger | Proud to be a Unionist | Working-class | #SOLIDARITY #UnionBOB #UnionStrong
magnetic deviation �... @thingsinthesink
571 Followers 4K Following socialist, artist, ramblin’ man 🫐🫧⚙️🌹 DSA + Debt Collective organizer (she/they)
Thomas Jardine ⚒️... @ThomasJardine15
55 Followers 432 Following 'if you're not jacked-in. You're not alive.' Your local ideology connoisseur, Cyberpunk nerd. Host of the Ideologica Obscura Podcast
Maria Thomas Fisher @Maria_Fisher
936 Followers 2K Following AFSCME Council 66 Comms/Political Director/Worker Advocate, Chihuahua mom, Beep Baseball volunteer
Stuart Baum @perpetually_stu
157 Followers 1K Following he/him 🏳️🌈 organizing for democracy in the voting booth & the workplace | always @BCJ_United | 💚WSU alum💛 bringing a bit of Detroit to NYC | views my own
Grumpy NYU Researcher @NYUResearcher
23 Followers 353 Following the joy of working is compensation enough
diana reddy @dianareddy
2K Followers 4K Following Prof @BerkeleyLaw - work law, unions, political economy. Fellow @rooseveltinst. Prev @WeAreCTA @AFLCIO. Parent of 2 littles, TX-CA hybrid & lover of mediocre TV
madigan is writing co... @laborcomics
517 Followers 1K Following anti-imperialist illustrator refusing to compromise on human rights • they/elle • end the blockade 🇵🇷 from the river to the sea 🇵🇸
Ben Miller @BenMiller_Tweet
245 Followers 2K Following
Gareth Forest @garethforest
2K Followers 4K Following trades unionist | co-chair @BetterBusesWY @WYNeedsATram |💼 campaigns & political ed @EquityUK |✍️@vittlesmagazine @tribunemagazine | ex-Brusseleir🇧🇪| 353ppm
Rohan @Rpal314
16 Followers 479 Following
Jeff Gold @jeffgoldtweets
429 Followers 3K Following Enemy of humidity, cupidity, depravity, austerity.
Emily Scurrah @emilygraceS91
484 Followers 2K Following @NEUnion | @unitetheunion | Erstwhile @SBWorkersUnited @NEF Radio selecta, record collecta |✡️| 🍉 | She/her
Laborers Fight Back @LaborersFight
2K Followers 4K Following
Isaac Reese @theisaacreese
190 Followers 1K Following Worker at 617MediaGroup. @IUPAT_DC35 Member. @UUtah Alum. Union Semester Alum @cunyslu. Views represented here are my own. #1u (he/they)
Information Center @infocenter
397 Followers 4K Following
Becker Friedman Insti... @BeckerFriedman
43K Followers 10K Following The Becker Friedman Institute @UChicago supports inquiry on significant economic and policy questions. RT/Follow ≠ endorsement.
1199SEIU Training and... @1199SEIUTEF
708 Followers 4K Following The Training and Employment Funds work to ensure 1199SEIU members and institutions have the skills and resources they need to provide high-quality patient care.
annabelle 🍉🌹�... @annabelleinks
448 Followers 2K Following research, strategy, comics in support of social movements
Pathways to Apprentic... @P2ATrades
586 Followers 775 Following Pathways to Apprenticeship (P2A) works to build union middle-class career pathways and community through pre-apprenticeship training.
Rutgers CIWO @RutgersCIWO
678 Followers 2K Following The Center for Innovation in Worker Organization (CIWO) @RU_SMLR is working to shift the balance of power towards greater #equity in our economy and society.
The Center for Critic... @center_critical
124 Followers 558 Following The Center for Critical Thought (CCT) is a collaborative effort in NYC for radical theory, education, culture and imagination.
Egg Price Sufferer �... @normalfolkie
2K Followers 7K Following #IASOLIDARITY | DSA | Somewhere between Woody Guthrie and Taylor Swift | DSA Folk Singers Caucus
Liam McCabe @BkLiam
2K Followers 2K Following Son of #BayRidge, ܟܪܣܛܝܢܐ #SoberDad, Mr. @ChristineSisto. EMT @fdny. @Cornell MPA '25, Helping Homeless Vets #McCabeRun. Host of @BayRidginals.
Joe O'Connor @JoeOC99
5K Followers 5K Following CEO at Work Time Revolution Co-author of DO MORE IN FOUR: Why It's Time For A Shorter Workweek On a mission to create a future of better work and balanced lives
NEWZHQ @NEWZHQ
15K Followers 15K Following NEWZ HEADQUARTERS A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them... 🍄
laborbear @laborbear
174 Followers 568 Following
Kevin Wilson @KevinPEF209
72 Followers 624 Following
Alanna @asalzz
17 Followers 181 Following
DavidIsserman @DavidIsserman
300 Followers 1K Following Writer and historian of Maritime Workers, Syndicalism, Empire, and the British Left. Jewish-American Socialist. Views are my own.
Ren Manning @Ren_Manning_
701 Followers 3K Following We WILL win. Another world is possible. Queer educator organizer artist UU in AZ. they/them #AbolitionNow #Not1More. All views are my own.
Eric Dirnbach ⁉️ @EricDirnbach
4K Followers 5K Following Labor Movement Researcher, Activist, Campaigner, Organizer, Educator, Writer & Socialist ✊️ operarios omnia vincent ✊️
NYSNA @nynurses
15K Followers 2K Following New York State Nurses Association. We are 42,000 members strong. Affiliated w/ @NationalNurses.
NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA
57K Followers 2K Following New York City Democratic Socialists of America https://t.co/L0Zi8hVWS4 Get Involved: https://t.co/fFdi6WMSvs 📸 https://t.co/jxOKhmq5hp
Kim Kelly @GrimKim
121K Followers 12K Following labor journalist & author (FIGHT LIKE HELL, Fight to Win). class war correspondent @inthesetimesmag @teenvogue. booking: @shipman_agency 💌 kimkellywrites@gmail
Labor Notes @labornotes
59K Followers 625 Following Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Follow us on Bluesky: https://t.co/5bPM08eDsd
Jessica Ramos @jessicaramosqns
54K Followers 6K Following New York State Senator. Labor Democrat. Mom. Wife. Queens born and raised. Fighting for a New York worthy of the people who build it.
NYC CLC, AFL-CIO @CentralLaborNYC
13K Followers 3K Following The New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO represents more than 1 million workers in all five boroughs. RTs not endorsements #1u #UnionStrong
RWDSU @RWDSU
24K Followers 2K Following The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) advances the interests and rights of working people. @BAmazonUnion @reiunionsoho @BNWorkers + more!
UFT @UFT
49K Followers 2K Following Official X account of the United Federation of Teachers. We proudly represent NYC public school educators, nurses, child care providers and other professionals.
PSC/CUNY @PSC_CUNY
8K Followers 2K Following The union that represents more than 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY). #1U https://t.co/JlV4GXpTej
UNITE HERE @unitehere
44K Followers 10K Following Hospitality workers building an empowered working class. We believe that One Job Should Be Enough. President: @GwenMillsUH. Secretary-Treasurer @STWinstonUH
Alex Press @alexnpress
83K Followers 2K Following labor reporter 📬: [email protected] 📝 https://t.co/KVgxqVe1pd @radio_cio @jacobin
Make the Road NY 🦋 @MaketheRoadNY
45K Followers 4K Following Building power of immigrant, Black, and brown communities to achieve dignity & justice. 28,000+ members. RTs ≠ endorsements. DONATE: https://t.co/XPC5rxJrMR
Elana Levin @Elana_Brooklyn
11K Followers 9K Following 🏳️🌈🤘🏻🗽🐺. Teaching digital strategy to organizers @Organize20. Host @GraphicPolicy. https://t.co/EMUJlFr8dq
Brett "Solidarity 202... @banditelli
26K Followers 442 Following As long as it takes IS a promise. Stay hydrated. Organize. We will win. Spending my time on the other site
CUNY School of Labor ... @CunySLU
2K Followers 1K Following The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Labor Studies and Urban Studies.
Harry Van Arsdale Jr.... @SUNYEmpireLabor
788 Followers 172 Following Labor studies is an interdisciplinary inquiry into the working-class presence. Learn more about @SUNYEmpire's leadership in educating New York's workforce.
UALE @ualelabor
540 Followers 874 Following People and organizations involved in labor education - unions, universities, worker centers, community organizations, and more! Join Now!
CUNY Rising Alliance @CUNYRising
2K Followers 421 Following The CUNY Rising Alliance is a coalition of student, labor, and community groups advocating for a free and quality public higher education at CUNY.
Economic Policy Insti... @EconomicPolicy
83K Followers 11K Following Nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank using the tools of economics to promote the interests of working people. Find us on Bluesky: https://t.co/JEHYcw1FQq
RLM Art Studio, find ... @rlmartstudio
2K Followers 370 Following Studio & store of Ricardo Levins Morales, social justice movement artist in MPLS. This account no longer regularly used. Browse at https://t.co/B23CiWIaJD.
Teamsters JC 16 @TeamstersJC16
7K Followers 2K Following Teamsters Joint Council 16 and its 25 affiliated local unions represent 120,000 workers in the Greater New York area and Puerto Rico. #1u
Worker Rights Consort... @4WorkerRights
4K Followers 588 Following Worker Rights Consortium is an independent labor rights monitor that conducts factory investigations and helps workers around the world protect their rights.
Mackell @seangmackell
1K Followers 5K Following Program & Field Coordinator | New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO | @centrallabornyc | Opinions are my own | #1u | #nyc1u | #PROAct
Cara Metz @UFTCaraMetz
305 Followers 265 Following Writer for @UFT....former public school student, public school parent, and daughter of two NYC public school teachers....but tweets are my own!
ICE Instructors @ICE_Instructors
131 Followers 236 Following We are the faculty of the @iceculinary Proud members of @UFT Dedicated to a better Institute of Culinary Education. Follow us on Instagram @ICE_Instructors
Urban Green PAC @UrbanGreenPac
915 Followers 3K Following Urban Green PAC supports environmentally responsible legislation. We endorse political candidates who support Progressive Green, Health, & Food initiatives.
UNAC/UHCP 😷 @unacuhcp
26K Followers 22K Following Empowering nurses & health care professionals in California, Hawaii and beyond // @AFSCME @AFLCIO affiliate #1u // Media: [email protected]
Andy Pallotta @AndyPallotta
8K Followers 2K Following
SE MN Area Labor Coun... @SEMNLABOR
751 Followers 234 Following The united labor movement of 40,000 Union members in Southeast Minnesota
UCATS LOCAL 3882 @UCATS3882
199 Followers 31 Following Union of Clerical, Administrative & Technical Staff at NYU, Local 3882. NYSUT, AFT, AFL-CIO
CSEA Local 1000 @CSEALocal1000
2K Followers 133 Following We are workers who join together in solidarity to have clout at the negotiating table, in the political arena and in our communities.
CWA District 1 @CWADistrict1
5K Followers 2K Following CWA District 1 proudly represents more than 150,000 workers in New York, New Jersey, New England, and eastern Canada. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
Mary Cathryn Ricker @mcricker
6K Followers 3K Following Mom, chilly northern woman @NBPTS frmr @SPFE28 @AFTunion leader MN Ed Commish working for strong public schools, labor mvmt & democracy @ShankerInst ED. her/she
LRAN @Labor_Research
5K Followers 3K Following Labor Research & Action Network (LRAN) is an exciting collaboration connecting academics and labor practitioners to help build workplace and economic power.
Food Chain Workers Al... @foodchainworker
11K Followers 1K Following Our members are organizing workers across the supply chain! Read our latest report: https://t.co/CdOVbkOTvW 👩🏾🌾 🏭 📦 🚛 👩🏽🍳🍝🥡🚴🏾♂️🛒
I. Daneek Miller @IDaneekMiller
7K Followers 1K Following Former @NYCCouncil Member for District 27 in Southeast Queens, Chair of the Committee on Civil Service & Labor, and @BLACaucusNYC co-Chair.
BronxUFT @BBOUFT
1K Followers 1K Following The Official Twitter Page of the Bronx Borough Office located at 2100 Bartow Ave. 4th Floor
Susan Perez @SusanUFT
735 Followers 1K Following Teacher, Counselor, Union Activist and loves the Bronx. Views/opinions are mine and only mine!!! #UnionProud #UnionStrong
LIUNA @LIUNA
23K Followers 1K Following Official Twitter page for the Laborers' International Union of North America - Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Construcción
District Council 9 @DC9_IUPAT
2K Followers 1K Following Painters and Allied Trades - Glaziers, Tapers, Sign/Display, Metal Polishers, Wallpaper, Bridge Painters | 15 Locals, One Union.
United Community Scho... @UCS_UFT
415 Followers 266 Following @UFT's Community Schools Initiative, which supports students and families in 31 @NYCSchools. #PublicSchoolProud
Lynne Turner @LynneCTurner
237 Followers 481 Following
1199SEIU💫 @1199SEIU
19K Followers 2K Following Our mission is to win quality healthcare & good jobs for all. ✊ We are the nation’s largest healthcare union. 📍 MA • NY • NJ • MD • DC • FL 🌴
Hector Sanchez Barba @Hesanche
5K Followers 634 Following President & CEO @MiFamiliaVota Chair: @PPGlobe Boards: @PPFA @EarthJustice Chair Emeritus @NHLAgenda
LaborStartUSA @LaborStartUSA
5K Followers 409 Following Official USA Twitter feed for LabourStart - where trade unionists start their day on the net.
Josh Eidelson @josheidelson
32K Followers 6K Following Labor reporter for Bloomberg News and Businessweek, covering the present of work. Email: jeidelson at bloomberg dot net. (Usual disclaimers)
Workers Justice Proje... @workersjusticep
7K Followers 6K Following WJP: Organizing to win labor rights & dignity for gig workers + immigrant NYers. Press: [email protected]
Maritza SilvaFarrell @MaritzaSf
1K Followers 2K Following
Liss Hyde @lissmightknow
4K Followers 2K Following Co-founder of the Freelance Journalists Union (@iwwfju). Writer and strategist specializing in repro health, labor and climate/energy.
AQE New York (aqeny.b... @AQE_NY
10K Followers 5K Following AQE is New York State’s leading community-based organization in the fight for adequate funding and educational justice. Donate now → https://t.co/9xEBlURw55