Also, follow @higheredlabor.bsky.social if you care about this issue. Unions across the country are coming together with a shared vision of a thriving higher ed landscape for all.

Biased, but a great start would be fully funding community college in PA. All community colleges in PA were founded with a promise of 1/3, 1/3, 1/3–state, local, tuition. The state hasn’t kept its deal since at least 1968?

Higher education is a public good. We should support and celebrate it.

Unions bash AI as opposition grows: "We believe in human beings" Union leaders are escalating their anti-AI rhetoric, portraying the industry's leaders as profit-hungry "oligarchs" eager to replace humans.

“We need the Congress, we need this administration to actually put people first, to make sure that the human being is in charge of society—not a robot and not a chatbot.” — @rweingarten.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2026/04/16/u...

Tesla. Disney. CVS Health. United Airlines. PayPal. Billions in profits. $0 in federal corporate income taxes.
That money should be funding schools, healthcare, and public services.
This is why people are mad as hell.

Yes, AND we need Harrisburg to invest in PA’s community colleges!

Facing stalled negotiations, striking Illinois State University workers rally AFSCME members who keep Illinois State University running are striking for fair pay.

AFSCME members who make Illinois State University happen are on day nine of their strike for fair pay.

🗳 Good news! Mail-in ballots should be arriving in mailboxes soon ahead of the May 19 primary election.

You can track the status of your ballot here: buff.ly/pvHCqrS

The GOP Just Passed a Resolution to Open Minnesota Wilderness Up For Mining The Forest Service has warned that mines like the one under consideration could cause “serious and irreplaceable harm.”…

Minnesota’s Boundary Waters comprise over a million acres of untouched forest and thousands of lakes and streams, accessible largely by canoe. On Thursday, Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to open the area up to mining.

Our union is proud to sign on to this powerful vision for higher education! @higheredlabor.bsky.social

Our union is proud to sign on to this powerful vision for higher education! @higheredlabor.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday, April 9th at 1pm outside of the Bonnell building of CCP’s main campus. We will celebrate the one year anniversary of our recent contracts and highlighting the unmet agreements Philly’s college still needs to make good on.

LLMs as contrast dye for where resources are missing.

A Rohingya refugee wanted freedom. America left him for dead in frigid Buffalo. | Will Bunch The U.S. Border Patrol abandoned a blind, disabled Rohingya refugee to die in frigid Buffalo, a new low for the Trump regime.

Thanks, @willbunch.bsky.social for calling attention to this outrage. www.inquirer.com/opinion/alam...

Anyone telling you NOT to call your member of congress today is an op or under the influence of an op

There is literally no reason not to

Telling people not to call is not a radical position

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.

Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.

"Support Minnesota and we'll send you a postcard and sticker" With image of sticker with HELU logo and motto "wall-to-wall and coast-to-coast"

Let’s support workers in MN! Contribute $20+ to Unite HERE Local 17 Solidarity Fund to support mutual aid for MN union members. Send us a copy of your receipt and we'll mail you a special HELU postcard & sticker! workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/un... #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN

Photo of the Target Center in Minneapolis as it fills up for the post-march rally.

Post-march Day of Truth and Freedom Rally in Minneapolis! Amazing turnout, amazing vibes. Commemorate today's solidarity by contributing to Unite HERE Local 17's Solidarity Fund! Tell us & we'll send you a postcard AND a sticker: higheredlaborunited.org/postcards-fo... #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMN #ICEOutofMN

Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos | CNN Politics The ongoing protests and images coming out of Minnesota have prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown as Americans grow alarmed by the ch...

Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are.
And MAGA knows it.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

A display at Independence Mall.

The slavery displays at the President's House on Independence Mall have been removed, sparking outrage locally. It comes after President Trump ordered last year for any displays at National Parks that disparage the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed. spr.ly/63322C7R8j

The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

How One Minnesota Union Is Helping Members Survive the Federal Siege Local 17 is one of many unions, community organizations and faith groups calling for a work stoppage tomorrow, showing a key way Minnesotans are organizing against ICE.

As tomorrow's Minnesota-wide shutdown gathers momentum, here are some of the less visible ways workers and unions are helping each other survive to fight another day, by delivering food to workers hiding in their homes with the lights off. My report from Minneapolis.

A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE.

It includes:

-Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
-The MN AFL-CIO
-SEIU Local 26
-UNITE HERE Local 17
-CWA Local 7250
-Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators
-Faith leaders

And more. 🧵

What an unthinkable horror to see children in ICE's custody. In what possible way does picking up preschoolers off the street make our communities safer?
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Solidarity with the unions, faith organizations, community groups, and people of Minnesota who are participating in a general strike in protest of ICE attacks on their families and neighbors.

OPEIU Statement in Solidarity with Working People in Minnesota

#mnaflcio

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Abolish ICE’s Union The labor movement needs to take a stronger stand against agents of Trump's barbarous immigration policies.

Resurfacing two excellent pieces on ICE/BP's labor unions that tease out the relationship between immigration enforcement, incipient fascism, and labor rights.

newrepublic.com/article/1549...

by @kimkelly.bsky.social

inthesetimes.com/article/dona...

by @sarahlazare.bsky.social + Michael Arria