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Caitlin Benstead

@c-benz.bsky.social
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Chronically ill labor activist in the PNW. I'm all about memes, nature, learning, and fighting for economic and racial justice. "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free" - Frederick Douglas #UnionsForAll #BlackLivesMatter #ReproductiveJustice

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Caitlin Benstead @c-benz.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
FREE THE MORENO FORERO FAMILY ‼️
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🚨An SEIU 925 member at UWMC has been in ICE detention since March after being denied re-entry from the Philippines. UW must do more: protect workers’ jobs if they’re detained, allow leave for immigration proceedings & educate employees on rights. Sign: bit.ly/uw-protectimmigrants
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UW, protect immigrant employees!
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Whether you see your job as blue collar, white collar, pink collar, or even *hoodie* collar (shoutout to remote workers!), we all deserve dignity and fair pay. Joining together in a union is how we make it happen—so slide on over! #UnionsForAll #UnionMemes
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Dismantling and defunding the Department of Education will mean major funding losses for states, impacting students and schools nationwide. Public education needs more funding, not less. #ProtectPublicEducation #FundOurFuture
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Caitlin Benstead @c-benz.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer."
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Wildfire experts in Washington state warn of fallout from Trump’s Forest Service cuts
President Donald Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 06/02/2025
Marko Elez's reported resignation has interesting implications for Musk/DOGE control over Treasury payment data. Elez was one of only two DOGE affiliates permitted by court order to access the data, and DOJ claimed that the other (Tom Krause) had only supervised Elez's work.
ORDER
(February 6, 2025)
With the consent of the parties, the Court DEFERS RULING on the Plaintiffs' [8] Motion
for a Temporary Restraining Order and ORDERS as follows:
• The Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of
records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, except that the
Defendants may provide access to any of the following people:
• Mr. Tom Krause, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the
Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to
payment records will be "read only";
• Mr. Marko Elez, a Special Government Employee in the Department of the
Treasury, as needed for the performance of his duties, provided that such access to
payment records will be "read only";
• Any person who is an employee (but not a Special Government Employee) of the
Department of the Treasury and who has a need for the record or system of records
in the performance of their duties;
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Change doesn’t happen by itself—get involved, take action, and make it happen!
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 06/02/2025
Take away our kids and grandparent’s Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaires? NO F*#&ING WAY! LISTEN UP, CONGRESS: Families of every race and every place should have the freedom to get the healthcare we need. Call 866-426-2631. Tell Congress #HandsOffMedicaid
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Fashion-forward Elle Woods never saw herself as a union leader—until her dream job turns into a nightmare. Determined to prove everyone wrong, she takes on the biggest challenge yet: unionizing her workplace & showing the skeptics that solidarity is always in style. #LaborRomCom
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/02/2025
Italian lawmakers have accused Donald Trump Jr. of hunting a protected duck in Venice’s lagoon. “It is morally despicable,” a lawmaker in parliament said on Tuesday. “And it’s a crime.”
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A Trump. A Dead Duck. And an Uproar in Italy.
A video shows Donald Trump Jr. sitting in hunting gear beside a dead protected bird. Italian lawmakers want answers.
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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Elon musk isn’t elected. He’s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches. And right now he’s locked himself in a room with grandpa’s Social Security check.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 04/02/2025
The unions are seeking an injunction to block what they call an illegal "ultimatum" for federal workers.
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Unions Sue To Stop Trump's 'Deferred Resignation' Program
The unions are seeking an injunction to block what they call an illegal "ultimatum" for federal workers.
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Caitlin Benstead @c-benz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.”
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Department of Labor Memes @deptoflabormemes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
hey so this is insane
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Medicaid is under attack. Do you know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Corporate elites try to divide us—by race, gender, and immigration status—while they profit from our struggles. Whether we’re Black, white, Latine, Asian, or Native, we all want the same things: affordable healthcare, fair wages, and a better future for our families. #UnionsForAll #GreedyCEOs
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SEIU Local 73 @seiulocal73.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Thanks to CPS Security Personnel, SEIU Local 73 members, who followed district protocols to protect students.
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“We are farmworkers working the land of the state, keeping the economy strong. We are not just the growers making money off of our labor." #UnionsForAll #SiSePuede www.cascadepbs.org/investigatio...
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Farmworkers rally in Olympia amid federal court battle over wages
Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a WA migrant workers’ union, is involved in an ongoing lawsuit with the Department of Labor over a shift to hourly pay.
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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
An economy driven by greedy CEOs, aka oligarchs, leaves most of us behind. A union-led economy? It’s about fairness and shared success. #GreedyCEOs #UnionsForAll
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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