Following barista strike, Starbucks agrees to bargain with union - union still calls on allies to delete Starbucks app and not buy any Starbucks until agreement is reached
Collective action matters. When we fight, we win. ✊
We've posted an update on MSPB litigation challenging the probationary employee terminations, RIFs, and more: federalworkerrights.com/2026/03/16/m...
Starbucks seems obsessed with spending millions boosting CEO pay, executive bonuses, and more money for shareholders, but they’re failing the baristas who make all their profits possible. RT if you agree!
New blog post summarizing this year's litigation over the federal workforce, highlighting some key victories for federal workers in the face of unprecedented attacks: federalworkerrights.com/2025/12/29/w...
New post in a planned series looking back at this year's war over the federal workforce: federalworkerrights.com/2025/12/18/d...
Rather than respecting the right of its doctors to advocate for better working conditions and care for patients, University Hospitals in Ohio chose to fire pediatricians Drs. Beene and Fouts-Fowler for speaking up.
University Hospitals must immediately reinstate these doctors.
Why was the post about Mendelson being open to appointing a Republican deleted? Is he not in fact considering appointing a Republican?
Janeese Lewis George also donated to Aparna - get your facts straight!
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
James & Hoffman is proud to represent former EPA employees who were fired for signing a letter in their personal time that criticized government policy--a violation of their free speech rights under the First Amendment.
NEW: In a new letter, Starbucks investors are expressing concern over the company's sustainability, "as evidenced by more than one hundred Unfair Labor Practice complaints filed this year, worker protests, and threats to strike."
Read their letter to the board:
sbworkersunited.org/starbucks-in...
Table of contents of government brief opposing a TRO of Shutdown RIFs. Where page numbers should be, the document says, "ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED"
Here's the error-filled table of contents of the Government's brief opposing a TRO of the shutdown RIFs
Russ Vought v @russvought The RIFs have begun. 12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
Judge Ilston previously scheduled a hearing for October 16 on a TRO to stop the shutdown RIFs. Lawsuit filed by AFGE and AFSCME. Docket here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
All MSPB filing deadlines will be extended over the course of the government shutdown. Learn more about how the shutdown will impact federal workers' cases here:
federalworkerrights.com/2025/10/03/w...
🚨 Sen. Elizabeth Warren and HUD whistleblowers are speaking out. HUD Secretary Scott Turner, other political appointees, are dismantling civil-rights enforcement, placing HUD on “an unalterable course” toward violating federal law and endangering the public. www.federalunionists.net/press/whistl...
The Trump administration is limiting enforcement of fair housing laws, dismissing them as ideologically driven and DEI in disguise, according to interviews and internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.
“I think it’s extremely tone deaf on the company’s part to expect their employees to completely redesign their wardrobe without any compensation."
“A lot of us are already living paycheck to paycheck.”
NYT today. Same edition as @erikloomis.bsky.social call to action.
Starbucks workers are ready to fight. Who’s with them?
The occupation makes us all less safe in DC and across the country. It’s destroying lives, ripping families apart, and increasing violence.
The Mayor’s choice to praise it is a massive betrayal, especially as neighbors desperately try to protect each other in the absence of government support.
Are you a lawyer interested in litigating against the Trump administration in defense of federal employees? This job might be for you: www.jamhoff.com/jhrecruit/. Feel free to DM for more info.
Starbucks has the worst CEO-to-worker pay ratio out of all major companies, with their CEO making 6,666x more than the average employee last year.
Exciting news: our class action for fired probationary workers at the Department of Interior was just granted! DOI workers can learn more about what will happen next at federalworkerrights.com
LINK: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
FEMA didn’t answer thousands of calls from flood survivors, documents show; agency struggled because call center contracts weren’t extended www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c... via @nytimes.com
Guide from Civil Service Strong on next steps after the Supreme Court's RIF decision: www.civilservicestrong.org/resources/yo...
We have another post on yesterday's RIF decision: Why didn't the Supreme Court address channeling? federalworkerrights.com/2025/07/09/w...
Posted late last night regarding the Supreme Court’s RIF decision:
Here's our post on the Supreme Court decison permitting RIFs to move forward at 22 agencies. It's a major setback for federal employees, but many options remain open for challenging RIFs. federalworkerrights.com/2025/07/08/w...