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Jody Calemine

@guerino.bsky.social
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Director of Advocacy, AFL-CIO Work wise: Fighting for a government that’s responsive to working people Also: Waiting impatiently for the next great vowel shift Views my own

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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A guy owes you $39,000, some of it 8 years past due, promises to give you $5,000 if you do this one thing for him. The math: $4,000/worker/year wage increase if JCTA passes x 8 years + $2,000 tariff checks + $5,000 DOGE dividend _______ $39,000 + Now, $5,000 for each US adult for midterm GOP win
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 05/09/2026
Labor Day weekend is a celebration of worker power and all that we can accomplish when we stand together in solidarity. Let’s show the billionaires and anti-worker politicians who we are and how we fight! www.mobilize.us/aflcio/?tag_ids=265…
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.
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Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 01/09/2026
The state of our unions? Workers are pissed off. Shit’s too expensive, and CEOs gave themselves a 21% raise while we’re left fighting for scraps. It shouldn’t be this hard to make ends meet. But working people are motivated and ready to fight and take back our country.
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LaborLab @laborlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A new report reveals the steepest decline in employer reporting compliance LaborLab has ever recorded, even as USDOL moved its enforcement attention aggressively toward unions rather than the employers and persuaders whose compliance was actually getting worse. laborlab.us/still-one-si...
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Still One-Sided: Employer Non-Compliance with Transparency Laws Hits a Record High - LaborLab
LaborLab reveals employer non-compliance with LMRDA transparency laws at a record high, while OLMS enforcement stays fixed almost solely on unions.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 01/09/2026
94% of workers say that shit is too expensive. 4 out of 5 people say their paychecks aren’t keeping up with costs. ALL of this is happening in a country where CEOs are making 312x what working people are. This economy isn’t working for working people.
Since 1978, the growth of CEO pay has radically outpaced a typical worker's compensation. CEO compensation +1,460%, worker compensation +18% | AFL-CIO
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Such economic activity could be achieved by ending deportations & creating pathways to citizenship, rather than forcing all of us to work an extra freakin year. And letting everyone join a union if they want would shift $1T into workers’ pockets annually. But let’s get healthy without healthcare!
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
North Carolina teachers spend an average of $1,632 of their own money on school supplies, per Fortune.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Why ‘We Need To Tax Billionaires’" Top economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social is Zeteo's newest contributor and has been busy making the intellectual, political, and financial case for a wealth tax. Read this exclusive excerpt from his latest book:
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Why ‘We Need To Tax Billionaires’
Meet the top economist - and newest Zeteo contributor! - who is making the intellectual, political, and financial case for a wealth tax. Read this exclusive excerpt from his latest book.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
More from me... and WHY UNIONS ARE AMAZING! karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
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The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.
Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement.
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IFJ- International Federation of Journalists @ifjglobal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#USA: Unions sue over visa restrictions, including those affecting journalists. We fully back this action and join @newsguild.org and @nwu.org in condemning these restrictions that threaten independent reporting and coverage of US affairs. Read more ⤵️
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USA: Unions sue over visa restrictions, including those affecting journalists / IFJ
On 18 August, The NewsGuild-CWA, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), filed a lawsuit, alongside with other organisations, challenging the Department of Homeland Security...
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Y’all, Black women in unions earn about $9,150 more a year than Black women without one. That is not charity. That is not luck. That is worker power. When we organize, we change the rules. That’s the union difference. 💜✊🏿
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Chris Cooper, director John Sayles, David Straithairn, Gordon Clapp, Joe Grifasi, and Maggie Renzi
Matewan cast
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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Read this. The cruelty is the point. Thank you @donmoyn.bsky.social and @pamherd.bsky.social for synthesizing and humanizing the data being returned from the impact of the Trump Regime and its enablers' catastrophic and existential policy choices.
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When the One Big Beautiful Bill comes due
Real people are losing SNAP. Medicaid will be next
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
USA: Thousands Of Google Employees Petition Sundar Pichai For Layoff Protections indiawest.com/thousands-of...
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Google Employees Petition Pichai For Layoff Protections
More than 4,500 Google employees petition CEO Sundar Pichai for stronger layoff protections as the company boosts AI investment amid job cuts.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“By making it harder and harder for workers to organize and bargain collectively, the rich seized more and more income and wealth, destroying the US middle class,” @rbreich.bsky.social writes in the foreword of the report. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tripling US union membership would shift $1.2tn to workers annually – report
More density would also narrow racial pay gaps, while a decline in density correlated to surges in wealth inequality
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 15/07/2026
Already making news: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tripling US union membership would shift $1.2tn to workers annually – report
More density would also narrow racial pay gaps, while a decline in density correlated to surges in wealth inequality
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 15/07/2026
🌟 NEW 🌟 First-of-its-kind analysis from @cmcnich.bsky.social, @jensherer.bsky.social, and @benzipperer.org measures how expanding union membership would boost wages, lower inequality, and benefit communities and democracy. A teaser of what that would mean for workers 🧵 1/
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The case for tripling union membership: How rebuilding union power would strengthen workers, the economy, and our democracy
Foreword Imagine union membership tripling in the United States. It may sound radical—if you’ve forgotten history. In fact, more than 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union in the 1950s. Th...
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 13/07/2026
Imagine if 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union. What would wages, benefits, + working conditions look like? If the labor movement beat back billionaires + big corporations, what would it mean for our economy + democracy? Find out Jul 15 at 1p EST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
50 million U.S. workers want to join a union. What if they could? Join the webinar on Wednesday, July 15 at 1:00 p.m. EST
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/07/2026
Congress could soon pass a “crypto regulation” bill that would do nothing about Trump’s corruption or money laundering loopholes.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Nominal wages are flatlining and even declining. In the same period that the planet announced its first trillionaire.
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Heartbroken by the loss of our union sister Vonda McDaniel. She was a fearless leader, a tireless advocate for working people and a cherished member of our AFL-CIO family. Her legacy will live on in every worker she inspired and every fight she helped lead.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 01/07/2026
Trump's NLRB dismissed 34.7% of unfair labor practice charges by unions between January 1, 2025 and April 29, 2026. In the same period, the NLRB also dismissed 67.4% of charges filed by workers against their employers.
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Dismissals of Unfair Labor Practice Charges Have Surged Under Trump
A new report has found that the NLRB has been far more likely to dismiss charges of unfair labor practices under Trump.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In the legislative history of the NLRA, members of Congress worried explicitly about ensuring the independence of the NLRB and endeavored to make it so under the Supreme Court’s Humphreys Executor decision. Words were meticulously debated to meet the requirements the court had communicated.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The Reflecting Pool is a perfect reflection of Trump’s America - a monument to vanity, corruption, incompetence, filth. Please, everyone, tell Trump it is perfect so we can stop wasting taxpayer dollars trying to scrub the slime away. It’s like we are demanding he sweep all the sand off a beach.
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Colman O'Sullivan @colmanos.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 09/06/2026
Far too often, employers refuse to bargain in good faith w/ workers when they win a union, significantly delaying a first contract. Today, the U.S. House could pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would make it easier for workers to secure a first union contract w/o unnecessary delay. 1/4
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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 08/06/2026
We couldn’t be in the legendary Prince’s hometown for the #AFLCIO26 Constitutional Convention and NOT celebrate or honor him. America’s unions wish Minneapolis legend and our @afm-union.bsky.social and @sagaftra.org union brother Prince a happy birthday ✊
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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I do get emotional at this speech every time I read it
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Do we have a spending problem? I argue no. Short 🧵 Here's a graph of all program spending EXCEPT Social Security and Medicare from 1950-present (with projections through 2056). It's already way below average, moving towards historic lows. So clearly that part of the govt isn't a "problem."
All time low under Clinton. Current level lowest except for Clinton and Bush and Obama, but on track to be lowest except a single year under Clinton.
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 24/05/2026
Inequality is costing middle class households tens of thousands of dollars
Title: Even after taxes and transfers, inequality costs middle class families over $19,000 a year
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A new @epi.org report found that US companies are spending more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting consultants and lawyers. They’ll spend unlimited money crushing workers’ voices and then claim there’s no money for better conditions.
theguardian.com
US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/05/2026
Spanberger insists she’s OK with collective bargaining in theory, just not in practice. buff.ly/8zHe3WS
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How Gov. Spanberger Betrayed Virginia’s Workers
After failing to gut a bill that legalized collective bargaining for state and local government workers, she opted to veto it.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thanks to NYHTC, the essential work of housekeepers — so often ignored or demeaned — pays enough in NYC to lead a life of dignity. That’s the power of a union. At this moment of staggering inequality, we need more of it.
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N.Y.C. Hotel Housekeepers Will Earn Over $100,000 Under New Contract
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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
LIRR workers struck and won. Strikes work. If you want to learn how to fight and win better pay for you and your co-workers too, contact us.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If you’d like to forego retirement and instead use your deferred wages to fund the lifestyles of the creators of Trumpcoin, Whalepanda, Asspennies, and Poocoin, Senate Banking is working hard on a bill to make your dream (others might call a nightmare) a reality.
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Crypto Doesn’t Belong In Retirement Plans
Why cryptocurrency fails ERISA's fiduciary standard and doesn't belong in 401(k) retirement plans despite the Trump executive order.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A pyramid scheme always needs new marks. The final frontier for crypto is trillions of dollars in workers’ deferred wages. Senate Banking may move a bill this week to grease the skids for the crypto bros to slide right into your pension and walk off with your money.
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Trump Adviser Says Regulatory Clarity Will Unlock 'Trillions of Dollars' Waiting To Enter Crypto
Significant institutional capital is being hindered from entering the cryptocurrency sector by the delay in passing the Clarity Act, according to White House crypto policy adviser Patrick Witt. "There...
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
CONGRATS: We are incredibly proud of our members who won or were finalists for 2026 Pulitzer Awards. Democracy depends on their journalism and it’s why we fight for – and win – strong contracts to protect our members’ ability to do their work.
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National VA Council @nationalvacouncil.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
UPDATE: VA Central Office is instructing facilities to return to the status quo for all AFGE-represented employees. This includes EVERYONE covered by the Master Agreement before the August 6, 2025 Termination.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
That speech alone cost each of us about $7.20 more each time we fill up the gas tank.
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'Shocked!' Financial pundit says Trump's speech 'triggered' 60-cent gas price spike
MAGA financial pundit Eric Bolling revealed that President Donald Trump's Wednesday night address to the nation had likely "triggered" a 60-cent spike in gas prices.During a Thursday interview on the ...
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In the lose-lose tit-for-tat of the Iran War, the Trump Administration is considering responding to Iran’s blocking of the strait of Hormuz by blocking the strait of your doctor’s office.
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White House Open to Kicking 300,000 People Off Health Care to Fund War
Karoline Leavitt refused to rule out slashing health care funding to keep Donald Trump’s Iran war going.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 24/03/2026
Collective action matters. When we fight, we win. ✊
Following barista strike, Starbucks agrees to bargain with union - union still calls on allies to delete Starbucks app and not buy any Starbucks until agreement is reached
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump's market-turning post
The timing of the earlier volume spikes — across both equities and crude — caught the attention of traders.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 12/03/2026
Higher ed workers in Virginia are fighting to be included in VA’s historic collective bargaining legislation. @aaupmason.bsky.social’s Tim Gibson makes it clear why faculty & all those who teach deserve this right. @aaupvirginia.bsky.social @ucwva.bsky.social
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Sacrifices. Maybe we could sacrifice masks on our secret police.
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Jody Calemine @guerino.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The SAVE Act summed up: we must disenfranchise millions of working class US citizens from being able to vote so that we can ensure 20 (TWENTY) noncitizens who somehow ended up registered in Georgia and who are no longer registered don’t somehow get registered again.
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Republicans Are Tearing Each Other Up About This Big Trump Priority
President Donald Trump and MAGA influencers are demanding the Senate pass a bill its Republican leader says can’t pass.
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