Gretchen Newsom
@gretchennewsom.bsky.social
Advocate, Avengeress & Adventuress.
Political Coordinator for IBEW 9th District - the Electricians' Union. Other: CA ETP, SD Convention Ctr, TheCACoastCommission, SDAirportAuth Audit, Lung Assoc.
Opinions expressed are my own.
✊🏽🌾🌹 ~ 📚✈️🌱 ~ 🗣️🐺🌓 ~ 🥃🗽🥧
Political Coordinator for IBEW 9th District - the Electricians' Union. Other: CA ETP, SD Convention Ctr, TheCACoastCommission, SDAirportAuth Audit, Lung Assoc.
Opinions expressed are my own.
✊🏽🌾🌹 ~ 📚✈️🌱 ~ 🗣️🐺🌓 ~ 🥃🗽🥧
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
THANK YOU to all our #IBEW CA local unions for rallying together to pass Prop 50!
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
THANK YOU to all our #IBEW CA local unions for rallying together to pass Prop 50!
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
Good Morning, San Diego!
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good Morning, San Diego!
Happy Halloween 🧡💫🖤
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy Halloween 🧡💫🖤
Monterey Marine Moment 🌊
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Monterey Marine Moment 🌊
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Celebrating the new San Diego Airport Terminal 1! ✈️☀️🏄🏼♂️
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Celebrating the new San Diego Airport Terminal 1! ✈️☀️🏄🏼♂️
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
IBEW is at the forefront of organizing, training, and building partnerships that matter. “We’re not just building infrastructure — IBEW is building opportunity, security, and America’s energy future.”
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
IBEW is at the forefront of organizing, training, and building partnerships that matter. “We’re not just building infrastructure — IBEW is building opportunity, security, and America’s energy future.”
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
The US needs more electricians …@ibewinternational.bsky.social says the workers can make a great living!
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Thanks to the AI data center boom, it’s a good time to be an electrician
As AI drives demand for data centers, the need for skilled electricians is also expected to surge.
finance.yahoo.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The US needs more electricians …@ibewinternational.bsky.social says the workers can make a great living!
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Happy Labor Day!
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Happy Labor Day!
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
Happy Labor Day weekend! ✊🏽🇺🇸
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
August 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Labor Day weekend! ✊🏽🇺🇸
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
Welcome to your Union Rangers and Park Staff -> @nffe.bsky.social!
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia Unionize, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions | KQED
February mass firings brought new urgency to the unionization effort.
www.kqed.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Welcome to your Union Rangers and Park Staff -> @nffe.bsky.social!
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
Bravo @jbpritzker.bsky.social - a true labor champion!
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bravo @jbpritzker.bsky.social - a true labor champion!
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
The Road to Real Energy Independence Is Electric: repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t... by Representative @mikelevin.org.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Road to Real Energy Independence Is Electric: repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t... by Representative @mikelevin.org.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
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"That’s why we must stay the course: maintaining strong incentives for EVs, building out a national charging network, and making smart investments in our power grid and domestic supply chains." - @mikelevin.org repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"That’s why we must stay the course: maintaining strong incentives for EVs, building out a national charging network, and making smart investments in our power grid and domestic supply chains." - @mikelevin.org repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
Yesterday, IBEW #California local unions and our California State Association of Electrical Workers stood united in Sacramento, advocating for our vital legislative priorities that will secure more #IBEW jobs, shape the future of our electrical workforce, and protect our communities.
August 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Yesterday, IBEW #California local unions and our California State Association of Electrical Workers stood united in Sacramento, advocating for our vital legislative priorities that will secure more #IBEW jobs, shape the future of our electrical workforce, and protect our communities.
July 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
POLITICO: Gretchen Newsom, a representative of #IBEW, said Democrats should focus on struggling working-class voters.
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
POLITICO: Gretchen Newsom, a representative of #IBEW, said Democrats should focus on struggling working-class voters.
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Unions warned the governor was betraying his Democratic base. Gretchen Newsom, a rep of the #IBEW, said Newsom's stance was baffling to people "looking at the Dem Party and wondering what comes next...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Unions warned the governor was betraying his Democratic base. Gretchen Newsom, a rep of the #IBEW, said Newsom's stance was baffling to people "looking at the Dem Party and wondering what comes next...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
WTAF! Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and the Carpenters are pushing AB 130, a blatant attack on construction workers in California.
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
Protect Prevailing Wages in California!
ACTION ALERT: CALL YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND SENATOR! IBEW California and CSAEW are in strong opposition to the proposed budget trailer bill that threatens prevailing wages for construction workers. ...
actionnetwork.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
WTAF! Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and the Carpenters are pushing AB 130, a blatant attack on construction workers in California.
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
Forcibly removing a U.S. Senator is disgraceful and reflects a troubling disregard for democracy@ Thank you, Senator Alex Padilla / @padilla.senate.gov, for being a champion of the people! Together, we will fight for dignity and justice for all.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
California Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed at Noem presser
The senator was stopped and shoved back by multiple men.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Forcibly removing a U.S. Senator is disgraceful and reflects a troubling disregard for democracy@ Thank you, Senator Alex Padilla / @padilla.senate.gov, for being a champion of the people! Together, we will fight for dignity and justice for all.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
The recent ICE raids are not acts of enforcement; they are cruel, targeted attacks designed to instill fear in our communities and divide us.
Immigrant workers are the backbone of our economy, deserving of dignity, respect, and due process.
Immigrant workers are the backbone of our economy, deserving of dignity, respect, and due process.
June 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The recent ICE raids are not acts of enforcement; they are cruel, targeted attacks designed to instill fear in our communities and divide us.
Immigrant workers are the backbone of our economy, deserving of dignity, respect, and due process.
Immigrant workers are the backbone of our economy, deserving of dignity, respect, and due process.
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
The IBEW Ninth District demands the immediate release of our union brother #DavidHuerta, unlawfully detained by ICE while standing up for workers.
His arrest is an...affront to every worker's right to organize and...justice.
We will fight for the rights and safety of all working people.
His arrest is an...affront to every worker's right to organize and...justice.
We will fight for the rights and safety of all working people.
June 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The IBEW Ninth District demands the immediate release of our union brother #DavidHuerta, unlawfully detained by ICE while standing up for workers.
His arrest is an...affront to every worker's right to organize and...justice.
We will fight for the rights and safety of all working people.
His arrest is an...affront to every worker's right to organize and...justice.
We will fight for the rights and safety of all working people.