Lauren Miller
@laurenmiller.bsky.social
Director of Comms/Public Affairs, @aflcio.org. OG team Elizabeth Warren (2012-2021). LA/DC/BOS. She/her. #persist
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Lauren Miller
@laurenmiller.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Oh hi, new followers! I'm Lauren. I run the comms team at the AFL-CIO. Worked for Sen Elizabeth Warren for about a decade. One of the OG digital directors of progressive politics. Californian by birth, adopted Washingtonian/Bostonian. Love baseball/basketball. Watch a lot of movies. Nice to see ya!
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An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job.
A billionaire does.
A billionaire does.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job.
A billionaire does.
A billionaire does.
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Everyone who fills up their car says, "where the fuck is it $1.99 a gallon?"
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Everyone who fills up their car says, "where the fuck is it $1.99 a gallon?"
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President Trump's claims about jobs and wages simply aren't true.
Unemployment keeps increasing and paychecks aren’t keeping up with the cost of living.
The Trump admin has created an economy where billionaires and giant corporations can cash in while workers have to fight to make ends meet. https://wapo.st/48Gt1KN
The Trump admin has created an economy where billionaires and giant corporations can cash in while workers have to fight to make ends meet. https://wapo.st/48Gt1KN
Unemployment rate rises, signaling weakness in the economy
The labor market cooldown continued this fall, according to new jobs numbers released on a delayed scheduled by the Labor Department.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
President Trump's claims about jobs and wages simply aren't true.
DHS is union-busting TSA tonight.
47,000 workers.
47,000 workers.
Tonight DHS is once again attempting to rip up the AFGE contract of 47,000 TSA officers. This outrageous attack on workers’ rights puts all of us at risk.
It has never been more urgent for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to act. https://bit.ly/4awLqLx
It has never been more urgent for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to act. https://bit.ly/4awLqLx
December 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
DHS is union-busting TSA tonight.
47,000 workers.
47,000 workers.
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America’s unions celebrate the long-awaited release of SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home, brother.
Federal judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention — General President Coleman responds - SMART Union
General President Coleman responded to a federal judge ordering Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from immigration detention.
www.smart-union.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
America’s unions celebrate the long-awaited release of SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home, brother.
And our SMART union brother Kilmar is free.
A huge day for the labor movement.
A huge day for the labor movement.
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
And our SMART union brother Kilmar is free.
A huge day for the labor movement.
A huge day for the labor movement.
Say it again for the folks in the back: "The first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term." 🙌
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Say it again for the folks in the back: "The first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term." 🙌
I've staffed two impeachment trials...
I've battled a Rule 19 fight....
But never have I ever been a part of a successful House discharge petition... UNTIL TODAY.
Thank you, Congress, for passing the Protect America's Workforce Act to restore fed workers' union rights.
Senate, it's your turn.
I've battled a Rule 19 fight....
But never have I ever been a part of a successful House discharge petition... UNTIL TODAY.
Thank you, Congress, for passing the Protect America's Workforce Act to restore fed workers' union rights.
Senate, it's your turn.
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I've staffed two impeachment trials...
I've battled a Rule 19 fight....
But never have I ever been a part of a successful House discharge petition... UNTIL TODAY.
Thank you, Congress, for passing the Protect America's Workforce Act to restore fed workers' union rights.
Senate, it's your turn.
I've battled a Rule 19 fight....
But never have I ever been a part of a successful House discharge petition... UNTIL TODAY.
Thank you, Congress, for passing the Protect America's Workforce Act to restore fed workers' union rights.
Senate, it's your turn.
Turn on CSPAN Democrats and Republicans are about to come together for a floor vote via discharge petition to pass a bill that restores federal workers' union rights. 🥹
December 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Turn on CSPAN Democrats and Republicans are about to come together for a floor vote via discharge petition to pass a bill that restores federal workers' union rights. 🥹
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LAST CHANCE: the House of Representatives will vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act at any moment.
Tell your rep: stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
📲 855-493-4407
Tell your rep: stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
📲 855-493-4407
The House of Representatives is voting on the Protect America’s Workforce Act TODAY!
Now is the time to tell your representative to stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
Make your voice heard. Call Congress: https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Now is the time to tell your representative to stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
Make your voice heard. Call Congress: https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
LAST CHANCE: the House of Representatives will vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act at any moment.
Tell your rep: stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
📲 855-493-4407
Tell your rep: stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
📲 855-493-4407
ICYMI: We've got another (super rare!) successful discharge petition in the House forcing a floor vote THIS WEEK to restore federal workers' union rights.
Tell your member of Congress to pass the bipartisan Protect America's Workforce Act!
Tell your member of Congress to pass the bipartisan Protect America's Workforce Act!
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
ICYMI: We've got another (super rare!) successful discharge petition in the House forcing a floor vote THIS WEEK to restore federal workers' union rights.
Tell your member of Congress to pass the bipartisan Protect America's Workforce Act!
Tell your member of Congress to pass the bipartisan Protect America's Workforce Act!
🚨🚨🚨 The 2 legislative day clock is now ticking for the floor vote on the discharge petition for the Protect America's Workforce Act to undo the Trump executive order that gutted 1 million federal workers' union rights. 🚨🚨🚨
Thank you, @golden.house.gov!
Thank you, @golden.house.gov!
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🚨🚨🚨 The 2 legislative day clock is now ticking for the floor vote on the discharge petition for the Protect America's Workforce Act to undo the Trump executive order that gutted 1 million federal workers' union rights. 🚨🚨🚨
Thank you, @golden.house.gov!
Thank you, @golden.house.gov!
You get what you bought and paid for.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026.
Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You get what you bought and paid for.
I loved the Showtime Lakers, and I loved the Kobe/Shaq Lakers... but the Elden Campbell/Nick Van Exel/Eddie Jones Lakers were MY team growing up.
Rest in peace, Easy E.
Rest in peace, Easy E.
Former Laker Elden Campbell, known for his effortless style, dies at 57
Former Laker Elden Campbell, known for his effortless style, dies at 57
Former Lakers center Elden Campbell, who played 8 ½ seasons of his 15-year NBA career with Los Angeles, has died.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I loved the Showtime Lakers, and I loved the Kobe/Shaq Lakers... but the Elden Campbell/Nick Van Exel/Eddie Jones Lakers were MY team growing up.
Rest in peace, Easy E.
Rest in peace, Easy E.
Big Tech tried to slip language into the Big, Ugly Bill earlier this year to ban states from regulating AI. Once people realized it was there, it failed 99-1.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Big Tech tried to slip language into the Big, Ugly Bill earlier this year to ban states from regulating AI. Once people realized it was there, it failed 99-1.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
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The Union Veterans Council denounces the reckless and violent rhetoric from President Trump after he threatened the lives of members of Congress, including decorated veterans and intelligence officers.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Union Veterans Council denounces the reckless and violent rhetoric from President Trump after he threatened the lives of members of Congress, including decorated veterans and intelligence officers.
Other discharge petitions might be more salacious, but it is HUGE news tonight that two Republicans just got the Protect America’s Workforce Act discharge petition to 218 to restore federal workers’ union rights.
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Breaking news: The discharge petition for @golden.house.gov's bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act has reached majority support with 218 signatures.
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
This bill to restore federal workers’ union rights must be brought to a vote in Congress NOW. https://bit.ly/3M6zJAF
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Other discharge petitions might be more salacious, but it is HUGE news tonight that two Republicans just got the Protect America’s Workforce Act discharge petition to 218 to restore federal workers’ union rights.
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Let’s get the job done. ✊
Starbucks workers will strike. Solidarity!
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Starbucks workers will strike. Solidarity!
🚨 64th Union Alert!!! 🚨
Welcome, NLLPA!
Welcome, NLLPA!
By joining the AFL-CIO and our Sports Council, NLLPA lacrosse members are helping grow a powerful movement of athlete-workers who are standing up for fairness, respect and a safe workplace. A huge welcome to our 64th union and newest members! aflcio.org/press/releas...
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🚨 64th Union Alert!!! 🚨
Welcome, NLLPA!
Welcome, NLLPA!
Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
Boston mayor Michelle Wu officially claims second term, cementing dominance in city - The Boston Globe
Mayor Michelle Wu ran unopposed, presiding unchallenged over Boston politics after a year in which it seemed her true political opposition was President Trump.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
Look, I don't know how many times millennials can tell you to bring back the shops with the red cups and the lamps and the TMNT and Simpsons arcade games. It's like you don't even want Pizza Hut to succeed.
Yum Brands is evaluating strategic options for its Pizza Hut business, including a possible sale of all or parts of the struggling brand.
Yum Brands Explores Sale of Pizza Hut
The pizza chain has nearly 20,000 locations worldwide and reported declining same-store sales for several quarters.
on.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Look, I don't know how many times millennials can tell you to bring back the shops with the red cups and the lamps and the TMNT and Simpsons arcade games. It's like you don't even want Pizza Hut to succeed.
So I guess the new leadership of Vogue is a little less Murphy Brown, a little more Kathy Morningside...
Teen Vogue Is Joining Vogue.com
The transition, in which Teen Vogue will keep its unique editorial identity and mission, fortifies the evolving Vogue ecosystem.
www.vogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So I guess the new leadership of Vogue is a little less Murphy Brown, a little more Kathy Morningside...
When the courts tell you that your actions are illegal and to follow the law so that hungry kids don't starve, that isn't open to interpretation or negotiation.
Breaking news: The Trump administration will release enough funds to pay for half of November's SNAP benefits, following a court order to avoid food insecurity for nearly 42 million Americans.
Trump administration says it is paying out half of November’s SNAP benefits
The Trump administration will release enough funds to pay for half of November's SNAP benefits, following a court order to avoid food insecurity for nearly 42 million Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
When the courts tell you that your actions are illegal and to follow the law so that hungry kids don't starve, that isn't open to interpretation or negotiation.