Season’s Greetings and best wishes for the year ahead!

There it is. After decades of organizing AFT-Maryland is the exclusive bargaining representative of faculty & staff at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Here’s a look at the live reaction following the announcement

The richest 1% took home nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

At their very core, UNIONS EXIST TO PREVENT CHILD LABOR AND DEATH. #1u #UnionStrong #UnionProud #UnionYes 🇺🇸

Sharing examples of recent death threats against legal professionals in AG William Tong's ofc #CTAAGUnion prez Joan Andrews urges GAE cmte embrace #FOIA abuse proposal "so our employees & their families do not have to live in fear." #WorkShouldntHurt AFT AFT Public Employees

Social workers and counselors perform important work in our schools and communities, giving kids and families the tools they need to thrive. This March, in honor of #SocialWorkMonth, we thank them for their vital work. #SocialWorkBreaksBarriers. AFT Public Employees

BREAKING: THE MICHIGAN STATE SENATE HAS VOTED TO REPEAL “RIGHT TO WORK.” 👏 🎉

Thank you Judge Bozzuto for supporting the change to CT Gen. Statue 53a-167c CT Judicial Branch AFT Connecticut AFT AFT Public Employees cga.ct.gov/2023/juddata/t…

Friday is St. Patrick's Day! Make sure to wear green and shop #UnionMade! #1u

We are urging NYS to reject two proposals in the executive budget that would harm nurses & patients across NY. We need your support to tell your elected leaders in Albany! Use this link to e-mail your letter: bit.ly/3FykaM7 or print & mail here: bit.ly/3lhC0fq.

This #PublicServicesDay leaders meet for more climate talks. 🔥Corporations and Billionaires won't save us🔥 🍃But a Global Green New Deal will🍃 When they say we can't afford that - ask them about the $30 trillion+ stashed in offshore tax havens 🤔 publicservices.international/resources/news…

Across the United States, state legislators and corporations are doing all they can to halt union progress. But unions are not giving up without a fight. Including PEF. Read more about how Unions, and PEF, are fighting for you here: bit.ly/3CUIuWI

💥“WE’VE CHANGED THE GAME”: TEAMSTERS WIN HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT💥 Today, the #Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. #1u

"These types of clauses force workers to keep working under dangerous conditions with unsafe workloads that damage patient care." — Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸❌👑💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🇺🇦 & Evelyn DeJesus AFTExecVP 🇺🇸🇵🇷📚👩🏻‍🏫⛪️ in support of Filipino nurses seeking NLRB review of repressive employment contracts Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund aaldef.org/press-release/…

Delaware will offer tuition incentive to hire more certified nurse assistants delawarepublic.org/politics-gover…

The union presence at CES is proof that in order to build the brighter new world we all dream of, workers MUST have a seat at the table. Working people have shaped this country through every technological revolution over the last 247 years, and will be there to build the next.

"With corporations clamoring to use AI and other technology to either automate away jobs or shift the work onto consumers, it’s up to the labor movement to ensure workers have a seat at the table so that technology improves lives for workers and the public." — D. Taylor

PEF offers lawmakers solutions to the statewide staffing shortage: Increase salary grades, improve Tier 6, and clean up the work culture! bit.ly/3ud1fUM

Today in Baltimore, we commemorated Workers Memorial Day by honoring the six Key Bridge workers who went out to a shift and never came home. On this solemn day, we want everyone to know: no matter who you are or where you're from, the labor movement will fight for you.