Union Now Is America’s New Strike Fund - The American Prospect The new nonprofit will put money directly into the hands of workers so they can fight harder and win bigger.

It was exciting to talk to Sara Nelson and Bernie Sanders about their new plan to strengthen and expand organized labor. It's pretty straightforward: give workers money.

Today is day 1

There’s a union buster conference going down in Tampa…Ybor no less.

My great grandfather was a unionized cigar roller in Ybor back when it was still a Spanish/Italian/Cuban neighborhood. Union busters can go to hell.

#UnionBustingIsDisgusting
#unionstrong #1u

Tampa conference is a ‘gathering of union busters,’ according to local labor leaders Activist at a May Day protest in Ybor City, Florida on May 3, 2025. A three-day ‘positive employee relations’ conference coming to Tampa this weekend,

📰 Read @shecarrieson.bsky.social’s important exposé on CUE:

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Tampa conference is a ‘gathering of union busters,’ according to local labor leaders Activist at a May Day protest in Ybor City, Florida on May 3, 2025. A three-day ‘positive employee relations’ conference coming to Tampa this weekend,

The CUE, formerly known as the Council on Union-Free Environment, will be convening in Tampa this weekend to discuss the 'u' word, labor policy...and it will also, apparently, feature a “highly realistic” simulation of a union organizing drive led by a LuluLemon rep www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-c...

Oh neat! I just moved here a few years ago for a job with the Weekly, but as often as I do think about leaving Florida broadly, I do like Orlando.

Busted: What Florida’s union busters have been up to | April 2026 (Part 1) A round-up of reported activity by Florida's union avoidance consultants and employers in Florida that hire them.

My latest roundup of reported activity by Florida’s union busters and the employers in Florida that hire them: caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/busted-wha...

8 incredible Tampa Bay spots to lay low if you’re trying to not testify about Jeffrey Epstein Tampa Bay has plenty to offer! Do you currently live in Tampa Bay? Were you supposed to appear at a federal deposition this week about your mishandling of

8 incredible Tampa Bay spots to lay low if you’re trying to not testify about Jeffrey Epstein  www.cltampa.com/news/8-incre...

How do you grow an economy with fewer people? 🎙️Episode #24 of the Power Half-Hour is LIVE!

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John Morgan will pay you $100,000 to come up with a name for his new political party John Morgan at a press conference in support of a $15 state minimum wage. After more than a year of speculation, Orlando’s most famous lawyer, John

Orlando’s John Morgan, who spends winters in Maui, wants to create a new political party in FL but once again confirms he will not be running for governor.

“I do like living in Hawaii, I do like my marijuana, and I do like spending time with my grandchildren” www.orlandoweekly.com/news/electio...

Poverty or prosperity? Ford’s Garage service charge and 1-cent pay for Orlando servers sparks outcry Ford’s Garage. The Hampton Social. Both are restaurants in metro Orlando that began paying their servers far less than the hourly minimum wage in recent

Ford's Garage is now paying servers at select FL restaurant locations $0.01/hour plus commission.

Yes, that's a single penny. Yes, it's legal. And they're not the only restaurant group that's doing this.

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As Florida restricted abortion, state’s maternal mortality committee went dark A secretive panel hadn’t publicly released any annual findings about maternal deaths in years until a Florida Trib reporter asked about the lack of action

As #Florida restricted abortion, its maternal mortality committee went dark. It only released figures when a reporter asked why they were kept secret. floridatrib.org/2026/04/02/a...

According to an annual financial disclosure report filed with the U.S. Department of Labor, Amazon reportedly spent $26.6M last year on 'union avoidance' services.

Two of the seven 'union avoidance' firms Amazon contracted are based in Florida. Source: olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgRep...

I am just imagining that I lived in a country that had at least as many free clinics as Taco Bells

James Fishback draws hundreds to late-night campaign rally at Orlando Taco Bell Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback greeted supporters at a Taco Bell in Jacksonville on March 22, 2026. Apparently he really likes

“I believe that women deserve a choice, and that choice is life," Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback told me in an interview after drawing hundreds to a late-night campaign rally at an Orlando-based Taco Bell www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...

“These anti-teacher efforts are spearheaded by well-funded conservative groups who hide behind progressive sounding rhetoric which masks their anti-union and anti-public worker agenda.” (pg. 57)

Sounds familiar.

this is my district, i voted today, the Democrat was outspent literally and this is not an exaggeration 10x to 15x by the Republicans who were running TV ads every 15 minutes of the county sheriff saying the D candidate was a literal criminal while the D campaign couldn't even afford yard signs

Democrat Brian Nathan wins special election for Hillsborough Senate seat Brian Nathan at WMNF in Tampa, Florida on March 20, 2026. It’s been 224 days since Jay Collins resigned to become Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Lieutenant Governor.

Democrat and union leader (IBEW) Brian Nathan wins special election for Hillsborough Senate seat in Tampa, FL www.cltampa.com/news/democra...

In light of the latest targeted effort to undermine if not eliminate Florida’s public sector unions via SB 1296, am currently reading Joe Burns’ “Strike Back” (2018 edition)

Are ICE agents being deployed to Orlando International Airport? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are being deployed to airports across the country Monday to fill TSA officer shortages, following an

Are ICE agents being deployed to Orlando International Airport? An airport spokesperson told me they haven’t heard anything about it yet from federal partners www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...

You can find the report referenced here: olmsapps.dol.gov/query/orgRep...

Records filed with the U.S. Department of Labor show the Forth Worth Report hired LRI Consulting, the most active union-busting firm in the country, at a rate of $425/hour in mid-February to persuade journalists not to unionize with the @newsguild.org

They voted to unionize anyway.

Union fight renewed: Florida bill could reshape labor power in Miami-Dade For more than a century, Miami-Dade’s public servants — from teachers to transit operators — have shaped the county’s labor landscape through collective bargaining. Unions have long been the primary

Good reporting on Florida's new anti-union bill and how it could affect organized labor down in South Florida if it's signed into law (as expected) by Gov. DeSantis www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/u...

Did a ‘union buster’ really file a federal disclosure report from the grave? Records show a financial disclosure report was filed with the U.S. labor department in January, under penalty of perjury, with the signature of a man who died last year.

Noticed a longtime anti-union labor consultant filed a report with the feds back in Jan., disclosing $500K in payments made to subcontractors for 'union avoidance' gigs in 2025.

Thing is, he died last year. So who signed the form under his name? caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/union-bust...

The politicians and activists pushing these attacks are part of a well-funded and coordinated nationwide effort to remove trans people from public life.

We can fight for the future our families deserve. Resist these attempts to push people into the shadows based on who they are or who they love.

In addition to talking points for HB 743, emails I obtained through a records request show a lobbyist for Do No Harm also wrote an op-ed in support of the bill. It was later published word-for-word by FloridaPolitics under both the Senate and House bill sponsors' names.

Gender-affirming medical care is already banned for trans youth (and restricted for adults) in FL under state law. This new bill would have added more teeth to that. Still, despite advancing in the House, it failed to get a floor vote by either chamber before the end of session.

Emails reveal influential anti-trans group behind Florida bill targeting gender-affirming care providers A pair of Florida bills filed this year sought to penalize healthcare providers who give gender-affirming care to trans minors, or any other person who "aids or abets" them.

New: Records I obtained show Do No Harm, a national group fighting "gender ideology," emailed draft language + talking points to the sponsor of a FL bill (HB 743) this session that sought to penalize anyone who aids or abets gender-affirming care for youth www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

Emails show right-wing group gave talking points to Florida GOP lawmaker on anti-union bill Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, R-Fort Myers Florida lawmakers passed legislation this week that could provide a deadly blow to many of the state’s public

Huge breaking news from @shecarrieson.bsky.social

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