Texas has deep labor union roots! ✊🏽
Photo proof: In 1971, Dallas-area @cwaunion.bsky.social members joined the national strike against Western Electric Co. (the manufacturing arm of AT&T / Bell System) to fight for decent wages and a fair contract!
📸: UT at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Higher education is the engine of our economy. It gives students the skills to pursue their careers and build a life for themselves and their families. That’s why @AFT.org & @AAUP.org are fighting to strengthen higher ed for all. bsky.app/profile/texa...
Most of us agree that college is a place for students to learn new perspectives.
But right now, Greg Abbott is working to limit what universities can teach. That’s why professors across Texas are joining @aaup.org — to defend our students and our world-class universities and colleges.
JUST ANNOUNCED: AMARILLO is the next stop on our statewide listening tour!
Are you a union member? We want to hear from you! RSVP for our Amarillo Labor Town Hall on Tuesday, 5/12 at bit.ly/amarillolabor
𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺.
We need to vote out Greg Abbott.
Let’s elect labor-endorsed candidates who will actually fight for Texas workers.
Greg Abbott & his billionaire backers are waging culture wars at Texas universities, but @texasaaup.bsky.social & @aft.org members are fighting back!
Higher education isn’t some political pawn – it’s many Texans' path to a better life. That’s why union members stand together for academic freedom!📚✊
Together, we helped 21 Austin residents and families of union members complete their citizenship application!
Texans work hard, regardless of their status. Now more than ever, immigrant workers are a critical part of our economy and labor movement! ✊🏽
We believe in a Texas where every worker has what they need! Who’s going to help us get there?
Happy birthday, Dolores Huerta!
As a lifelong champion for labor rights, civil rights, and women’s rights, you’ve changed countless lives and continue to inspire Texas workers!
These pro-worker candidates are ready to fight for better wages, fully-funding our public schools, and lowering health care costs.
Your vote could be the deciding factor in these races! View our full list of endorsements:
Our pro-worker endorsements in Texas House races for the primary runoff: #txlege
Our pro-worker endorsements in Congressional races for the primary runoff:
Our pro-worker endorsements in state races for the primary runoff:
🗳️ JUST ANNOUNCED: We just approved our full Texas AFL-CIO COPE 2026 Primary Runoff endorsements!
Unionize Texas! ✊🏽
Workers at Graphic Packaging International in Waco just voted to form a union with @steelworkers.bsky.social so they can have a voice in the workplace.
If you’d like to form a union, visit texasaflcio.org/form-union
🚨 ON STRIKE 🚨
Unionized staff at ProPublica @propublicaguild.org walked off the job today.
Stand with workers: DO NOT cross the picket line.
That means no visiting ProPublica's website, social media or engaging with its content today.
With @marcosisaiasvelez.bsky.social as candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Texas labor is literally on the ballot.
He’s keeping the fight for working Texans front and center.
(via @dallasnews.com)
www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
Greg Abbott has failed Texas workers for far too long.
Gina Hinojosa is the easy choice for governor, and we’re all in.
Over a century ago, Black, white, & Hispanic sawmill workers secretly organized the Brotherhood of Timber Workers in East Texas.
In an era of Jim Crow laws, workers demanded fair wages & basic rights for everyone – regardless of skin color or gender.
💪🏽 Workers from across Texas came together for our Dallas Solidarity School to learn, build, and take action together.
This is how we build Texas worker power!
📢 @afscme1624.bsky.social members in #ATX are still sounding the alarm!
The City’s IT consolidation plan would weaken emergency response and expose critical systems to cyberattacks. Let’s protect Austinites, let’s fully #StopOneATS!
Greg Abbott is defunding our public schools, hurting our kids, and failing all Texas workers. He has to go.
🚨 ONLY 1 MONTH LEFT to apply for the Texas AFL-CIO Career-Building Scholarship!
Are you going back to school? Each year, we award $1,500 scholarships to affiliated union members who are advancing their careers!
Apply by May 1! Details: texasaflcio.org/careerschola...
Our union movement is the power of the collective. Together, we can WIN! ✊🏽
Texas AFL-CIO Women's History Month Ceole Speight 1928-2022 - Harris County Volunteer-in-Programs Coordinator - Began her labor career in the Retail Clerks Union of the UFCW - Mentor to hundreds of young workers throughout her years of service - Inducted into the Texas Labor Hall of Fame in 2013
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we honor Ceole Speight, whose leadership brought people together across unions, communities, and movements. Her legacy lives on in the generations of Texas labor leaders she mentored.
Read more: texasaflcio.org/hall-of-fame...
Two volunteers from IBEW Local 716 sit at a table, helping a Citizenship Clinic participant review their N-400 form.
Volunteers sit across from Citizenship Clinic participants as they answer questions and review N-400 forms.
Two volunteers from USW Local 13-1 and IBEW Local 716 sit at a table, helping a Citizenship Clinic participant review their N-400 form.
Union members of USW Local 13-1 (including President Brandi Sanders) pose for a group photo after the successful citizenship clinic. Also in the photo are Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor and Texas AFL-CIO Texas Immigrant Worker Project Coordinator Fabiola Barreto.
Together, we helped Houston residents (and families of union members!) complete their citizenship application!
Texans work hard, regardless of their status. Now more than ever, immigrant workers are a critical part of our economy and labor movement! ✊🏽
📍 Dallas, TX #NoKings Rally ✊🏽
EPA workers are being fired for protecting your family's health. We stand with AFGE as they fight back in the courts, in D.C., and in the streets.
From brand new organizing in Waco to standing with @marcosisaiasvelez.bsky.social for Lieutenant Governor, steelworkers don’t just talk about power – they build it ✊🏼
USW District 13 Council members are ready to keep organizing!
“Organizing should be your number one priority no matter what.” True then, true now. That’s why Ralph Merriweather is in the Texas Labor Hall of Fame.
Organizing must be our number one priority.
Unions are under attack. We need to organize, mobilize, and build power to meet this moment!
