🏭 Field notes from Donora: workers, weather, and who gets to tell the truth. Museum stories, oral histories, and the hard lessons still hanging in the air. Listen at 1p on @WPFWDC
#Donora #IndustrialHistory #WorkerVoices #LaborHeritagePowerHour
3/8 Despite the setback, workers remain optimistic outside the assembly plant.
Emanuele Caruana: "Could be a couple weeks. Right now things aren't looking too good, but they're going to be good soon."
Dave Lumley expects workers back by Christmas.
#WorkerVoices #Optimism
HUD HQ belongs in D.C. — not in “let’s-hope-you-like-Metro-transfers” Alexandria.
The Senate even called this kind of decision “major and costly” and said it requires transparency and stakeholder input. We agree. 100%.
#WorkerVoices #DCJobs
13/23 Listen to their voices:
"We are crashing. We are so tired and burnt out, yet management ignores this."
"The abuse we suffer is from the public and patients. We take the brunt of people's frustrations with the health-care system."
These are people caring for us.
#HumanCost #WorkerVoices
It's the technology behind app-based work that makes it possible for workers to have increased flexibility. But that does not make us "independent contractors." - Erica Mighetto, Portland Drivers United
From #California to #Oregon, app-based driver Erica Mighetto-Raviart is encountering the ways #Uber & #Lyft “have bankrupted so many drivers like ourselves.”
Read her #WorkerVoices story to learn more about how she’s organizing to fight for protections on the job: www.nelp.org/story/erica-...
📚 The Last Human Job w/ Allison Pugh
Sociologist Allison Pugh joins us to talk The Last Human Job—why human connection at work matters more than ever.
🎧 Listen at 1p ET on @WPFWDC
#LaborHeritage #HumanWork #WorkerVoices @allisonpugh.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @uaw.org
🎬 LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Washington for All Anthem – Floorchild
Washington State workers battle budget cuts… creatively. 🎤🎨✊
📺 Watch now: bit.ly/4jAWusk
#LaborArts #WorkerVoices #WashingtonForAll #LaborVideo
Shernice Mundell, a former federal employee of the Office of Personal Management, stands on the left side of the graphic. A Black woman wearing hoop earrings, tortoiseshell glasses, and an assured smile, she looks towards the camera. Her quote reads, "People don't think about how many federal employees touch regular everyday citizens."
As a #FederalWorker, Shernice Mundell studied up on #Project2025 before the election. But even she’s found herself bewildered that “it happened this fast.”
Shernice shared her experience in our latest #WorkerVoices piece. Read it here: www.nelp.org/story/sherni...
A groundbreaking bill in Louisiana could reshape the future of labor representation by allowing a nonvoting union representative on the transit board—will this change truly amplify workers' voices?
Learn more here
#LA #CitizenPortal #WorkerVoices #TransitGovernance #BatonRougeTransit
Shernice Mundell is a veteran, mother, & former #FederalWorker who was fired w/o warning just months after a promotion at #OPM.
Her story is a powerful reminder of how attacks on #PublicServants hurt real people & communities. Read her #WorkerVoices story here: www.nelp.org/story/sherni...
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It’s #heartunionsweek - are you covered for all eventualities? #joinaunion
There’s power in a union 💪 #organise #workervoices ❤️
🚨 BREAKING: New survey of 1,000+ Amazon corporate workers finds major problems with return-to-office mandate. www.fastcompany.com/91248618/exc...
#RemoteWork #PowerAtWork #WorkerVoices
