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92K IL/IN/MO/KS healthcare & childcare workers fighting for working families & access to quality care for all. Respect us, protect us, pay us. #union

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 21/09/2026
Wishing everyone observing #YomKippur a peaceful and meaningful fast 💜
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“Springfield failed to meet the moment by leaving behind thousands of seniors who need home care and the workers who make that care possible. > 20K IL seniors eligible for home care through CCP cannot access services due to a severe workforce shortage." seiuhcilin.org/2026/06/spri...
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Springfield Failed to Meet the Moment by Not Prioritizing Rate Increase to Stabilize Home Care Workforce, Provide Care to Thousands of Ill. Seniors in Need - SEIU Healthcare
Adoption of Modest Progressive Revenue Measures is Positive Step, but Falls Short Greg Kelley, President of SEIU Healthcare Illinois, issued the following statement upon the news that state lawmakers ...
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 04/05/2026
Her premium for her and her husband went from $544 → $1,300. So she had to drop their coverage. SEIU member Joyce Rena Bumbray-Graves is now hoping she doesn’t get sick. That’s not healthcare. That’s a gamble. Read more: seiu.co/48Ek30d
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Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise
Americans can't afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress's refusal to extend federal tax credits.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
They’ve got money. We’ve got collective power. Join us: laboris.art #LaborIsArt
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 04/05/2026
This wasn’t about billionaires. It was about the people who actually make everything possible. The ones who sew, build, care, cook, clean, drive, and create. Because culture doesn’t come from boardrooms, it comes from workers. #LaborIsArt. And we are the art.
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Billionaire and former WWE executive Linda McMahon might seem like an odd pick to lead the Education Department given her history of worker exploitation, lack of education experience, and overall disdain for public schools—but what she does have is a whole lot of cash
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
What do a $27 million dollar jet, 47-foot yacht, and the Department of Education have in common? A risk of being crashed by Linda McMahon
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
After becoming a billionaire by exploiting WWE athletes, Linda McMahon bought her way to the top of the Department of Education. Now she’s trying to turn our public education system into another business she can exploit for profit. classsolidarity.org/audits/linda...
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Linda McMahon - The People's Audit | DOCS
Learn about Linda McMahon's role as Secretary of Education at Department of Education. Net worth: $3.2 Billion. Key threats and impact on democracy.
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
And finally, a record breakingly expensive penthouse to keep it all in. Because for an oligarch like Griffin, those other 9 houses and estates just aren't enough. Remember, the man who owns all these thinks public schools have too much money. www.6sqft.com/billionaire-...
AND FOR THE SCOURGE ON HUMANITY, GET A PENTHOUSE IN 220
CENTRAL PARK SOUTH

KEN GRIFFIN BROKE RECORDS WHEN HE ADDED THE UNIT TO HIS $1.5 BILLION REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO IN 2019. IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE "HOME" EVER SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES.

Image of Ken Griffin's head on King Kong, climbing up the building with a $238 Million price tag attached
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An art collection including a priceless Basquiat. Would said artist disapprove of an oligarch funding the crusade against “woke ideology" and a "misguided ideology of oppressor and oppressed"? Not caring is what being an oligarch is all about. www.artnews.com/art-collecto...
FOR THE UNCULTURED MATERIALIST, GET
PRICELESS ART*
$100 MILLION:
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT 
BOY AND DOG IN A JOHNNYPUMP 
1982
(KEN GRIFFIN PURCHASED IN 2020)
$300
MILLION
WILLEM DE KOONING
INTERCHANGE
1955
(KEN GRIFFIN PURCHASED
IN 2016)
$200
MILLION
JACKSON POLLACK
NUMBER 17A
1948
KEN GRIFFIN PURCHASED
IN 2016)

*TAX AVOIDANCE GRIFT
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A first edition US Constitution. Anyone can download a PDF, but if you're an Oligarch, there's nothing like owning the full physical copy of the thing you're ignoring. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
FOR THE RIGHT-WING MEGALOMANIAC, GET A FIRST-EDITION CONSTITUTION
GRIFFIN OUTBID A GROUP OF CRYPTO INVESTORS FOR THE DOCUMENT AT A SOTHEBY'S AUCTION IN 2021.

Image of Ken Griffin holding a copy of the constitution with a "$42 million" price tag on it
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An actual stegosaurus skeleton. It's not planet-destroying fossil fuels yet, but give it a few years of oligarchy-powered chaos... www.cnbc.com/2024/07/18/c...
FOR THE BOY PRINCE IN YOUR LIFE, GET A
STEGOSAURUS SKELETAN
GRIFFIN PURCHASED THE FOSSIL AT A SOTHEBY'S AUCTION
IN JULY 2024.

Image of Ken Griffin riding a stegosaurus skeleton with a large "$45 million" price tag attached
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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Imagine Bernie Sanders' 5% billionaire wealth tax passes. People like hedge funder Ken Griffin, who fueled the crusade to close 50 Chicago public schools, will be tightening their belts. So if you're looking for a gift to cheer him up, check out what the man defunding our schools already owns🧵
Magazine style cover of Ken Griffin with dollar signs over his eyes, in front of a burning pile of cash. Headlines read:
DOCS, DEPARTMENT OF CLASS SOLIDARITY

HOW TO BLOW A BILLION
A GIFT GUIDE BASED ON
CITADEL BILLIONAIRE KEN GRIFFIN'S EXTRAVAGANT PURCHASES FOR HIMSELF

CONSTITUTION?
A BASQUIAT?
PENTHOUSE?
DINOSAUR!?!
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Our tax dollars are funding the suffering in ICE detention centers: overcrowded cells, medical neglect, and trauma. This is a stain on our country. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds
The office of Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff asserts it “identified 510 credible reports of human rights abuse” against immigration detainees. DHS disputed the claims.
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Baristas are saying it plain: #NoContractNoCoffee SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting. Sign the pledge: www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Y’all shouldn’t be telling people to “get a better job.” Y’all should be telling #GreedyCEOs to not pay poverty wages. ALL jobs should pay the bills.
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
AT&T was one of the big corporations lobbying to take our money for food and health care through the Big Ugly Bill. Now they are making $$$ off #ICE/CBP/DHS contracts. Help us say, “That Ain’t Right!”: ppls.ac/att Sun 2-3 PM 15 S. Halsted in Chicago #ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT
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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
[Today's incident was an] escalation that endangers all of our children & families. No parent should be afraid to send their child to daycare. No childcare worker should live in fear that they could be next, just for doing their job! ~Greg Kelley @seiuhcii.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/ahjU7LH...
At a press conference, Greg Kelley speaks. He is president of S.E.I.U. Health Care
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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
NO KINGS IN CHICAGO. We thank Jaquie Algee of @seiuhcii.bsky.social for sharing these photos from yesterday's massive #NoKings march. Thank you for your leadership, Ms. Algee!!
The head of the No Kings march in Chicago. People carry a banner that says NO KINGSJaquie Algee appears with family and with Governor Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, and a host of others in a march
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A judge on Tuesday ruled that the way the Trump Administration targeted SEIU Member Rumeysa Ozturk and other students was blatantly unconstitutional.
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Jessica’s fighting for her mom’s Medicaid this #LaborDay. #SolidaritySeason #HandsOffMedicaid @seiu.org
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Join us at 3:30 at the Jesse Brown VA for the Stand for Veterans, Stand for Unions Rally! We'll be joined by @ramirez.house.gov, @congressmanraja.bsky.social, and others.
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Join us on Labor Day: act.seiu.org/a/laborday25
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September 1 Labor Day Action Chicago
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Indivisible Chicago-South Side @indivchisouth.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“The Trump Administration passed the most regressive, big, bad, ugly-ass bill in history.” ~ Hon. IL State Senator Lakesia Collins at @seiulocal73.bsky.social @seiuhcii.bsky.social rally in Chicago. #FamiliesFirst, not billionaires!
IL State Senator Lakesia Collins speaks on a stage
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
BREAKING: Healthcare workers and disability advocates are blocked traffic in front of Trump Tower to protest Medicaid and SNAP cuts. We're calling on state lawmakers to #TaxtheRich to restore these services. #NoCutsNoHoops #HandsOffMedicaid @accessliving.bsky.social
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
No more ICE Raids, Save Our Medicaid! #Handsoffmedicaid @accessliving.bsky.social
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Save our Medicaid! No more raids! @accessliving.bsky.social
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
There’s joy in the resistance! #HandsOffMedicaid #HandsOffSNAP #NOCutsNOHoops @accessliving.bsky.social
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Make your voice heard as we call on state lawmakers to protect our care. Haga su voz oída mientras exigimos a los legisladores que protejan nuestra atención médica. @accessliving.bsky.social
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SEIU Local 73 @seiulocal73.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
@seiu.org members from Local 73, @seiuhcii.bsky.social, @seiulocal1.bsky.social and allies across Illinois kick off our Justice Journey to demand Freedom, Family, and Justice.
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Progress MO @progressmissouri.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Kat Stewart, an @seiuhcii.bsky.social member, knows the power of #Medicaid and how devastating the impending cuts will be on Missouri families. #NoBillionaireBailout #TaxJustice #Missouri
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy Freedom Day! #Juneteenth marks the day — June 19, 1865 — when the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, TX, learned of their freedom. Through our union, we will continue to fight for freedom and justice for all: no matter what we look like, where we come from, or who we love.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/06/2025
DAVID IS RELEASED and with his family! He still faces an unjust felony charge. While we’re relieved that David is out after three nights in detention, we demand the Trump regime drop the unjust charge against him & end the raids! seiu.co/endraids #FreeDavidEndRaids
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 10/06/2025
“We are relieved that David is free and reunited with his family and we are deeply grateful to the hundreds of elected officials, civil rights leaders, labor partners and allies from across the nation who stood in solidarity...” @seiupres.bsky.social, April Verrett's full statement: seiu.co/3ZYw24f
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/06/2025
ICE’s brutal, military-style tactics have no place in our communities. We demand safety. We demand respect. We demand David’s release. #FreeDavidEndRaids
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/06/2025
This isn’t just about David. It’s about the right to organize. The right to speak out. The right to be safe. The right to be treated like a human. From this rally in Chicago to actions across the country—we won’t back down. #FreeDavidEndRaids
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
We at SEIU Healthcare IL IN MO KS join in the widespread outrage that our union brother, David Huerta, was attacked, injured and detained while standing up to the unjust and cruel treatment of members of our communities…
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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Support our seniors - home care workers are a lifeline for Illinois seniors! Cuts to Medicaid will take away the care seniors depend on for life & health. Cuts will destroy people's jobs! @seiuhcii.bsky.social @seiu.org #Chicago
SEIU leader speaks at an outdoor rally holding a sign that says home care workers: a lifeline for Illinois seniors. Among listeners behind her is president and CEO of Access Living SEIU union workers at an outdoor demonstration with a banner that says SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Indiana. United for quality careCrowd at an outdoor rally. People hold sign saying home care workers: a lifeline for Illinois seniorsPeople at an outdoor rally.  One holds a sign that says Home care workers: a lifeline for Illinois seniors
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Missouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 03/05/2025
“We are the workers of Missouri. Know that nobody should have to choose between their health and earning a paycheck. We’re going to have to keep fighting. No matter what color you are: one sound, one demand.” Shunda Whitfield, a CNA/CMT and union steward with @seiuhcii.bsky.social
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In Springfield with private home care agency workers asking ‘where’s that raise at?’
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iAmerica @iamerica.org · 09/05/2025
We're outside the for-profit ICE detention center where our union sibling Rümeysa Öztürk is being held unjustly, simply for expressing her beliefs. No one should be locked up for exercising their rights. Free Rümeysa and all those unjustly detained! #4the1st
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: 1,500 grad workers at the University of Rochester are ON STRIKE. They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action. We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Today, we uphold his legacy by recommitting ourselves to our fight for the rights and dignity of all workers, to the eradication of poverty-wage work, and to winning justice for all who come here seeking a better future for their families. Que viva Pope Francis
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
SEIU members were there when Pope Francis visited the White House for the first time in 2015, introducing himself as the son of immigrants.
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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Nursing Home Workers Call For Accountability Outside Facility With History Of Chronic Understaffing
[The following is a paid advertisement.] Last Thursday, nursing home workers lifted up the findings in a new report first released in the blue room on April 8th, in a press conference outside of Landmark at 95th, a facility with a well-documented track record of understaffing. Formerly Southpoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, the newly renamed facility [...]
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We're here today because the crisis in the nursing home industry has not ceased. #twill #CareCantWait
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iAmerica @iamerica.org · 31/03/2025
Join the #ConEstasManos ‘With These Hands’ campaign by reminding those in power that working people—not billionaires—build this nation. How do your hands contribute to this country? Comment below! 👇🏽 #WeMakeAmericaWork
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SEIU HCIIMK @seiuhcii.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
To highlight how veterans and federal workers are under attack by the Trump/Musk Administration, @chuygarcia.house.gov has invited our own Eric Rodriguez to be his special guest for tonight's #SOTU Address. Thank you Congressman for standing with us.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 26/02/2025
🚨BREAKING: Extremist Republicans just passed a budget that puts our nation on a disastrous path of ripping away healthcare for 80 million children, pregnant women, veterans, seniors & people with disabilities—all to pay for massive tax cuts for billionaires. This fight isn’t over! seiu.co/43jNPFo
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 25/02/2025
They’re cutting Medicaid
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