Steve Catanese
@catanese.bsky.social
President, SEIU Local 668 -- representing nearly 20,000 public and essential service workers across Pennsylvania.
Failed journalist, sportsball romanticist, bronze gamer, dog appreciator.
Failed journalist, sportsball romanticist, bronze gamer, dog appreciator.
Pinned
Steve Catanese
@catanese.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Looking Back on the Spanish War -- www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Prayers up for this king this morning. The video of his heroism, for as dire of a moment it was, is breathtaking and inspiring.
I don't want to call it his "sacrifice" because I know he has the will to live and is going to see this through.
I don't want to call it his "sacrifice" because I know he has the will to live and is going to see this through.
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Prayers up for this king this morning. The video of his heroism, for as dire of a moment it was, is breathtaking and inspiring.
I don't want to call it his "sacrifice" because I know he has the will to live and is going to see this through.
I don't want to call it his "sacrifice" because I know he has the will to live and is going to see this through.
The Penn State Faculty Alliance is going to win a union and I'm proud as hell that it's with our local SEIU 668.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
Penn State professors and faculty members filed for one of the largest public sector union elections in state history on Tuesday.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
Penn State faculty file for largest public sector union election in state history
Approximately 6,000 Penn State University professors and faculty members are ready to vote in the largest public sector union vote ever in Pennsylvania.
keystonenewsroom.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Penn State Faculty Alliance is going to win a union and I'm proud as hell that it's with our local SEIU 668.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
It's been a long, beautiful fight for union democracy and we're here -- one of, if not the, biggest public sector union election in Pennsylvania in 50 years.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
Reposted by Steve Catanese
News: Penn State University's faculty -- including full and part time professors at the main and satellite campuses -- have filed for a union election with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board with SEIU Local 668, setting up the state's largest union election in decades.
SEIU, who are organizing the Penn State faculty into a union, are holding a rally in the rotunda.
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
News: Penn State University's faculty -- including full and part time professors at the main and satellite campuses -- have filed for a union election with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board with SEIU Local 668, setting up the state's largest union election in decades.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
Penn State professors and faculty members filed for one of the largest public sector union elections in state history on Tuesday.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
Penn State faculty file for largest public sector union election in state history
Approximately 6,000 Penn State University professors and faculty members are ready to vote in the largest public sector union vote ever in Pennsylvania.
keystonenewsroom.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Penn State professors and faculty members filed for one of the largest public sector union elections in state history on Tuesday.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/09/p...
Reposted by Steve Catanese
SEIU, who are organizing the Penn State faculty into a union, are holding a rally in the rotunda.
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
SEIU, who are organizing the Penn State faculty into a union, are holding a rally in the rotunda.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
The order affirms what we’ve said all along: The PG’s lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didn’t. We’re taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.
Unlike the many previous rulings in our favor against the PG, the 3rd Circuit has enforcement power.
Unlike the many previous rulings in our favor against the PG, the 3rd Circuit has enforcement power.
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The order affirms what we’ve said all along: The PG’s lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didn’t. We’re taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.
Unlike the many previous rulings in our favor against the PG, the 3rd Circuit has enforcement power.
Unlike the many previous rulings in our favor against the PG, the 3rd Circuit has enforcement power.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Reposted by Steve Catanese
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
No one is doing it better right now. On an awkward ass career run.
Tim Pool nodding at "where's the empathy for Donald Trump?" before seeming to realize that Adam Friedland is mocking them is too good
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
No one is doing it better right now. On an awkward ass career run.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
At Lowe’s, for instance, every one of their 273,000 employees could’ve gotten an annual $28,456 bonus over the past six years with the money the retailer blew on stock buybacks. Lowe’s median worker pay was just $30,606 last year. #LaborDay #EconomicJustice #ClassWar
The Average CEO Now Makes 632 Times More Than a Typical Worker | CEO pay has risen nearly 35% since 2019 in absolute terms, while their median worker pay hasn’t even kept up with the U.S. inflation rate. At Starbucks, the gap between CEO compensation and median worker pay hit 6,666 to 1 last year.
The Average CEO Now Makes 632 Times More Than a Typical Worker - Bucks County Beacon
CEO pay has risen nearly 35 percent since 2019 in absolute terms, while their median worker pay hasn’t even kept up with the U.S. inflation rate.
buckscountybeacon.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
At Lowe’s, for instance, every one of their 273,000 employees could’ve gotten an annual $28,456 bonus over the past six years with the money the retailer blew on stock buybacks. Lowe’s median worker pay was just $30,606 last year. #LaborDay #EconomicJustice #ClassWar
Reposted by Steve Catanese
This is not how you host a discussion about the history of slavery in the United States. You take the opportunity to invite on experts in the field, who can communicate and educate the American people on the current state of our understanding of this subject. Let's not turn history into Crossfire.
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is not how you host a discussion about the history of slavery in the United States. You take the opportunity to invite on experts in the field, who can communicate and educate the American people on the current state of our understanding of this subject. Let's not turn history into Crossfire.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
The spending required to build the data centres needed to power the AI era will be one of the biggest movements of capital in modern history.
Who will pay for the $3tn AI building boom? We take a look here: on.ft.com/46StN6Z
Who will pay for the $3tn AI building boom? We take a look here: on.ft.com/46StN6Z
August 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The spending required to build the data centres needed to power the AI era will be one of the biggest movements of capital in modern history.
Who will pay for the $3tn AI building boom? We take a look here: on.ft.com/46StN6Z
Who will pay for the $3tn AI building boom? We take a look here: on.ft.com/46StN6Z
Well-known strategy
August 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Well-known strategy
Have never seen a pristine system designed by deloitte
Here’s a fun fact: Elsa, the FDA’s new disaster AI tool, was developed by Deloitte, a multinational contractor that gave money to Trump’s inaugural fund in 2017 and again in 2025.
gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru...
gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru...
FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report
The AI, dubbed Elsa, is supposed to be making employees better at their jobs.
gizmodo.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Have never seen a pristine system designed by deloitte
like that his reaction is like mine would be, which is "holy shit that's deck, that's rza"
July 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
like that his reaction is like mine would be, which is "holy shit that's deck, that's rza"
Me, the vice president: "gonna own the libs with this tweet. tagging this columnist to really turn the engagement temperature up"
*silence*
Me, the vice president: "ah yes, this is power. This is influence."
*silence*
Me, the vice president: "ah yes, this is power. This is influence."
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Me, the vice president: "gonna own the libs with this tweet. tagging this columnist to really turn the engagement temperature up"
*silence*
Me, the vice president: "ah yes, this is power. This is influence."
*silence*
Me, the vice president: "ah yes, this is power. This is influence."
We stood with David Huerta in Pennsylvania today and we'll continue to stand with him under he's fully exonerated.
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We stood with David Huerta in Pennsylvania today and we'll continue to stand with him under he's fully exonerated.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
In itself it's not the biggest thing but Congress specifically passed a law requiring ICE to allow access to members of Congress because of Trump's antics in the first term. This isn't even norms. It's violating black letter statute law.
And here in NYC today another shocking escalation by Trump.
The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.
This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.
The law *explicitly allows* unannounced visits by congressmembers to federal facilities.
This is yet another breach of democratic norms by an increasingly rogue administration. Don't normalize this.
2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
In itself it's not the biggest thing but Congress specifically passed a law requiring ICE to allow access to members of Congress because of Trump's antics in the first term. This isn't even norms. It's violating black letter statute law.
Reposted by Steve Catanese
The California Labor Movement stands in strong solidarity with our brother David Huerta. We demand his immediate release! @seiuca.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The California Labor Movement stands in strong solidarity with our brother David Huerta. We demand his immediate release! @seiuca.bsky.social
Reposted by Steve Catanese
An American citizen and Los Angeles native, @seiucalifornia @seiuusww President David Huerta was injured and detained when ICE terrorized a working neighborhood. We demand his immediate release!
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
An American citizen and Los Angeles native, @seiucalifornia @seiuusww President David Huerta was injured and detained when ICE terrorized a working neighborhood. We demand his immediate release!
Reposted by Steve Catanese
David Huerta must be released immediately to heal and begin a full recovery. David and all working people have put their bodies on the line for far too long to fight for justice and protect our communities. Violence has no place here.
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
David Huerta must be released immediately to heal and begin a full recovery. David and all working people have put their bodies on the line for far too long to fight for justice and protect our communities. Violence has no place here.