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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Great little write-up on another AFT WA-endorsed candidate for Seattle City Council! Check out the full list of endorsements: www.aftwa.org/endorsements...
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2025 General Election Endorsements
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Check out that lineup of AFT WA endorsed candidates! Katie Wilson for Seattle mayor Erika Evans for city attorney & Eddie Lin, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, and Dionne Foster for council seats 2, 8, and 9. Read the full list of endorsements - and don't forget to vote! www.aftwa.org/endorsements...
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Ballots are out, and AFT WA has endorsements for your state and local races! Learn more about local pro-labor, pro-education candidates here: wa.aft.org/endorsements...
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2025 General Election Endorsements
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AFT @aft.org · 07/08/2025
Social Security helps 16 million older adults and roughly 1 million children stay above the poverty line every month As Social Security turns 90 this month, we’re holding a webinar to celebrate our country’s most effective anti-poverty program—and learn how we can fight attempts to dismantle it.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Webinar: Social Security Fight Back. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Webinar: Social Security Fight Back. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Primary ballots are due TODAY! Get our there and vote!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Primary ballots are due TOMORROW! Please vote if you haven't already, and check out this thread for all of our endorsements. We're lucky to have a lot of inspiring, well-qualified, pro-worker candidates running in our local races.
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Jamie for Seattle District 2 @jamieforseattle.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
People who #GiveAFack about South Seattle see why Jamie Fackler is the fighter District 2 needs on the City Council.
"Jamie is exactly the kind of person we need at city hall; a union worker, a dad, and a person devoted to the well-being and shared prosperity of his community. Jamie's values are rooted in the solidarity that should guide all of us and his leadership moves people to action. I'm proud to endorse Jamie Fackler for City Council." - King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda"Jamie Fackler is a progressive elected Union leader from a working class background. This point of view is not represented in policymaking at City Hall. I have dedicated my life to civil rights, advocating for people marginalized in our community. Longtime neighbor Jamie Fackler will carry forth my vision for District 2." - Former King County Councilmember Larry Gossett"Jamie is not going to roll over to do whatever the council president wants or whatever the mayor wants. He's going to do what the people of this district need him to do." - Former District 2 Councilmember Tammy Morales"I’m proud to endorse Jamie Fackler for City Council. Jamie is a fierce advocate for working people and a proven labor leader who knows how to fight for fair wages, workers’ rights, and economic justice. He brings the grit, heart, and experience our communities need at City Hall." - King County Democrats Vice Chair of Outreach Andrew Ashiofu
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
One week til ballots are due. Have you voted yet? If not, check out our endorsements for some great pro-worker candidates running in Seattle and King County!
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Tap to see just how many Seattleites are ready for change! #ThisIsYourCity
The extensive list of local organizations endorsing Katie Wilson for Mayor.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 24/07/2025
"All who care about higher education must stand up & fight back against this unprecedented continuing assault. To preserve our democracy, we have no choice." -Todd Wolfson AAUP President, "Columbia University Settlement an Unprecedented Disaster" www.aaup.org/news/columbi... @proftwolf.bsky.social
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Columbia University Settlement an Unprecedented Disaster
Never in the history of our nation has a university so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuin...
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Three great candidates endorsed by AFT Washington at the recommendation of members from our local! Your vote especially matters in local elections like this one. Use it! Read more about these candidates (and our other endorsements): wa.aft.org/endorsements...
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2025 Primary Election Endorsements
The AFT Washington COPE committee made endorsements in many of the races in Washington this primary season. If you aren't sure of your legislative district, you can find it at the Washington State Leg...
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Rory O’Sullivan for Seattle City Attorney @electrory.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Seattle Voters: We need more housing! Me: LET’S DO IT. You have your primary ballots #seattle. Vote.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We endorsed Ryan McIrvin @electryanmcirvin.bsky.social for King County Council seat #5 because of his history as an advocate for smart growth and strong communities, amply demonstrated by his time on the Renton City Council. Learn more about Ryan McIrvin at www.ryanmcirvin.com.
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Friends of Ryan McIrvin
Ryan McIrvin is running for King County Council District 5 to deliver results on affordable housing, public safety, transit, climate action, and a strong local economy. As a Renton City Councilmember ...
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Seattle voters! Have you used your free Democracy Vouchers yet? If not, there's still time to take part in this program that helps fund grassroots campaigns and level the playing field too often dominated by big money. Learn more here: aftwa.org/endorsements...
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City of Seattle Voters: Democracy Vouchers
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We endorsed Girmay Zahilay @girmayzahilay.bsky.social for King County Exec because we agree that King County should be a place of safety and opportunity for all, where everyone can thrive. Read more about Girmay Zahilay at www.electgirmay.com.
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Girmay Zahilay for King County Executive
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Jamie for Seattle District 2 @jamieforseattle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Our campaign is calling on the city to implement *immediate* safety improvements on Rainier. There have been 1,500 injury and fatality crashes on this street over the last decade. This is unacceptable. South Seattle deserves safe streets.
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Jamie for Seattle District 2 @jamieforseattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Corporate interests have consistently opposed social housing in Seattle. I not only helped campaign and voted for Prop 1A, but I will continue to fight for the full implementation of social housing in Seattle as a member of the City Council. #GiveAFack
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We endorse Dionne Foster for Seattle City Council seat #9 for her long history of working hard for what is right. You can learn more about Dionne Foster at dionnefoster.com.
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Home - Dionne Foster
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Your City @yourcityseattle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
One of the reasons Katie is running for mayor is that she wants housing to be affordable for all of our residents. Housing costs have doubled since Bruce Harrell first took office. Social housing is one important part of that puzzle. Let’s talk about it!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It's not every day we get to endorse a rank-and-file union leader to represent us in city hall, but Jamie Fackler is that candidate! We are proud to endorse Jamie Fackler for Seattle City Council seat #2. You can learn more about him here: www.jamieforseattle.com
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Jamie Fackler for Seattle City Council | District 2
Jamie Fackler is running for Seattle City Council to advocate for working families and tackle the affordability crisis. Join us in building a better future!
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Rory O’Sullivan for Seattle City Attorney @electrory.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Here's my theory of the case: the City Attorney runs the law firm that represents the people of Seattle. You deserve a city attorney with a clear, bold vision for how to make your life better.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Rory O’Sullivan @electrory.bsky.social was one of the most exciting candidates we met with this season thanks to the expertise & specificity of his answers, the ambition of his vision, and his long track-record fighting the good fight. We are proud to endorse him for Seattle City Attorney.
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Home | Rory O'Sullivan
Rory O'Sullivan is running for Seattle City Attorney to build community, break the cycle of crime, and deliver a safer, fairer Seattle for all. Elect Rory O'Sullivan.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
We endorse Katie Wilson @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social because as a leader of the Transit Riders Union, she ran successful campaigns to raise wages, improve transit, improve renter protections, and increase affordable housing.
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Home | Elect Katie Wilson
I love this city and I know that we can solve our most pressing problems and accomplish great things together. We don’t have to settle for half measures. But we need to take initiative. We need to be ...
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Colleagues, friends, and neighbors! Your primary election ballot should now be in your mailbox and we have ENDORSEMENTS! While these off-year elections often have low turnout, they are critically important in shaping the communities where we and our students live, work, and study. Please VOTE!!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The 50501 Movement is holding "Free America" protests around the country TODAY! The Seattle protest is at Seattle Central from 4-8 p.m. More info here: action.womensmarch.com/events/seatt...
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
And we've walked out!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today's the day! Your colleagues from across unions and all three colleges will walk out of classes and offices at 10 to protest furloughs and budget cuts. Join us!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Furlough? Hell no! On May 1, faculty & staff will walk out of classrooms and walk out of offices. Withhold labor for May Day! Supporting students means supporting faculty & staff! Faculty, rsvp here: tiny.cc/MayDayRSVP
May 1, 2025 Day of Action. 
Furlough?
Hell no!
Faculty and staff across Seattle Colleges: WALK OUT at 10 am!
Join us for a one-day labor action. 
We protest faculty and staff working conditions.
Walk out of classrooms - walk out of offices -withhold labor.
Supporting students means supporting faculty & staff!

RALLY
Seattle Central College, 10am-12pm

Join your faculty comrades & say...
No furloughs!
No job cuts!
Budgets are not balanced on the backs of workers!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Our good union sea captains at Seattle Maritime Academy are preparing some shanties for the wall-to-wall May Day walkout against walkouts and budget cuts. Come sing along with our colleagues from AFT Pro Staff and WFSE! Faculty, rsvp here: tiny.cc/MayDayRSVP
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
On May 1, faculty and staff in AFT 1789, WFSE 304, and AFT 6550 from across the Seattle Colleges will walk out at 10am to stand in solidarity and protest against furloughs for faculty and staff; decades-long chronic underfunding of our colleges; and impending job cuts in student-facing jobs.
Seattle Colleges Staff and Faculty Unions WALK OUT against furloughs + job cuts + chronic underfunding. May 1. Rally @ Seattle Central College 10:45AM to 12PM.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Join us for Solidarity 101! Thursday, April 17 1-3pm! In person at Central (room TBA) or register for zoom link! zoom.us/meeting/regi...
AFT 1789 presents: Dean Spade, Solidarity 101: How We Be Together
Thurs April 17th 1-3pm in person at Seattle Central College and on Zoom

Join us for a talk and discussion on what solidarity means, how to build it, and why, it’s our most valuable tool in this political moment!
Dean Spade is a profeessor at Seattle University School of Law. He has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation, anti-
militarism, and police and prison abolition for the past 25 years. He's the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans
Politics, and the Limits of Law, and Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), and the director of the documentary
"Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!." His new book is Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise
Hell Together.
This event is open to all faculty, students, and staff!
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Despite the rain and heavy grading, it was great to see so many people turn out for South's end of quarter social! Worker power is built on real relationships, and it's always nice to meet some cool new colleagues!
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 20/03/2025
NEW from @stephenlerner.bsky.social: The riskiest course is to stay the course. To meet today’s threats, the labor movement needs a new infrastructure built for struggle.
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For Labor, Caution Is Fatal
The riskiest course is to stay the course.
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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A Washington state for workers. Not the Billionaire class. #waleg
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Glad to hear the budget crisis has apparently been resolved, if they're throwing around this kind of money. We've seen years of stagnating funding for instruction & our facilities need fixes, things as basic as a working HVAC system for the library! Fund education! www.kuow.org/stories/100-...
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$100 million police hiring bill moves on to the state Senate
The state House on Tuesday approved $100 million in funding aimed at helping local police departments hire more officers.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Membership meeting this pm on Zoom! We've been at the table for a year now. Come talk with your union colleagues about what we've won so far, what you still need to see in the new contract, and what you're willing to do to win it.
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UAW @uaw.org · 14/03/2025
🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
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AAUP @aaup.org · 14/03/2025
The assault on First Amendment rights being jointly committed by the federal government & Columbia University are an attack on all workers who dare to protest, speak out, or exercise their freedom of association under the US Constitution. uaw.org/in-shocking-...
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In Shocking Move, Columbia University Fires Union President One Day Before Contract Negotiations Begin, in Further Crackdown on Free Speech - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implem...
In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers.
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Truly despicable attack on academic freedom and labor rights. Columbia's admins have apparently decided to embrace the lawlessness of the present moment to flout labor law and attack their own student-workers.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 11/03/2025
We call for the immediate release of former Columbia University grad student Mahmoud Kahlil, a legal permanent resident of the US. His abduction is an assault not only on basic immigration law but on our 1st Amendment protections of freedom of speech & assembly. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-co...
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AAUP Condemns Trump Administration’s Punitive Weaponization of Federal Grant Funding at Columbia
The Trump administration has taken the unprecedented move of cancelling $400 million in federal contracts and grants to Columbia University in alleged response to “inaction by Columbia’s administratio...
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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
More than 30% of Americans have less than $400 in savings. You won’t last long on the picket line without a safety net – and bosses know it. Urge your senator to VOTE YES on #UI4Strikers so workers can negotiate fair contracts and thrive. #WaLeg
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We're at the bargaining table today! Not to late to join in person at South (CAH 107) or on Zoom (invite is in your Outlook calendar). Come caucus with your colleagues as we weigh the District's latest counter-offers.
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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨ACTION ALERT! 🚨UI for striking workers is up for a vote in the State Senate! Big business knows this bill would level the playing field for workers, and they’re trying to kill it. Email your senator TODAY and tell them to VOTE YES on #SB5041! linktr.ee/wa_aflcio #WaLeg
Urge your Senator to vote yes on unemployment insurance for striking workers is written on a picket sign in front of a group of a SBWU baristas on strike
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Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We @cascadepbsunion.bsky.social once again used our lunch break to hold an informational picket and raise our voices and call for a Fair Contract Now. Folks are mobilized, engaged, and ready to win! If you support public media workers, please sign our petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
Cascade PBS workers in red shirts wave signs calling for a fair contract, good wages, good benefits Cascade PBS workers in red shirts wave signs calling for a fair contract, good wages, good benefits
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AFT @aft.org · 06/03/2025
AFT joins 1,800+ organizations in saying NO to SNAP cuts. Reducing food assistance means fewer kids qualify for school meals—hurting them at home and in the classroom. #ProtectOurKids
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More than 1,800 National, State, and Community Organizations Urge Congress to Protect, Strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Food Research & Action Center
Media Contact:                          Jordan Baker                                                                        jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118   WASHINGTON, March 6, 2025 – The Food Research...
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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Educators from the @aft-seattle.bsky.social and allies rallied to protect public education funding from Olympia and D.C., taking part in a national day of action. thestand.org/2025/03/figh...
AFT rallies at Lynnwood Convention Center
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Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"Union members need to be able to talk sense to their co-workers about immigration—why people come to the U.S., what they contribute here, and why everyone having the same labor rights protects all workers from abuse." labornotes.org/2025/02/immi...
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Immigration Myths Feed Divisions among Workers
The Trump administration’s opening barrage against immigrants—arresting thousands of people around the country and declaring that hospitals, schools, and churches are no longer off limits—has put a ch...
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AFA-CWA, The Flight Attendant Union @afacwa.org · 28/02/2025
BREAKING: Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants vote 95% to ratify industry-leading contract! The three-year agreement provides an immediate, double digit wage increase for the 7,000 Flight Attendants, boarding pay, and retroactive pay.
Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Vote 95% to ratify industry-leading contract
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AFT Seattle @aft-seattle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Union busting is always disgusting, but it's extra gross from an employer that pretends to have progressive values.
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