April Verrett
@seiupres.bsky.social
International President of the Service Employees International Union
David Huerta is back in court TOMORROW because this administration thinks attacking one labor leader will silence millions. They’re wrong. We don’t bend, we don’t bow, and we stand with David today and always. Justice for David. ✊🏿
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
David Huerta is back in court TOMORROW because this administration thinks attacking one labor leader will silence millions. They’re wrong. We don’t bend, we don’t bow, and we stand with David today and always. Justice for David. ✊🏿
Nearly a QUARTER of U.S. households are living paycheck to paycheck.
Groceries up.
Rent up.
Wages crawling.
Trump and his billionaire buddies want us pointing fingers at each other while they rig the economy against working people.
Groceries up.
Rent up.
Wages crawling.
Trump and his billionaire buddies want us pointing fingers at each other while they rig the economy against working people.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nearly a QUARTER of U.S. households are living paycheck to paycheck.
Groceries up.
Rent up.
Wages crawling.
Trump and his billionaire buddies want us pointing fingers at each other while they rig the economy against working people.
Groceries up.
Rent up.
Wages crawling.
Trump and his billionaire buddies want us pointing fingers at each other while they rig the economy against working people.
If Republicans in Congress can find TRILLIONS for billionaire tax cuts, they can find the money to keep ACA tax credits for 22 million people.
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If Republicans in Congress can find TRILLIONS for billionaire tax cuts, they can find the money to keep ACA tax credits for 22 million people.
Wage theft steals more money than all property crime combined every year.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wage theft steals more money than all property crime combined every year.
I was at CareFest this week with folks who know the truth: care work is the backbone of this country. Every family depends on it, every community is lifted by it. Workers are done being invisible. We’re shaping a future where care is valued, respected, and fully funded. Let’s get it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I was at CareFest this week with folks who know the truth: care work is the backbone of this country. Every family depends on it, every community is lifted by it. Workers are done being invisible. We’re shaping a future where care is valued, respected, and fully funded. Let’s get it.
Trump and his billionaire buddies just handed out another round of tax giveaways, this time sneaking hundreds of billions to private equity, crypto giants, and foreign real estate investors.
Meanwhile, workers? Still fighting for rent, healthcare, and a damn break.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile, workers? Still fighting for rent, healthcare, and a damn break.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trump and his billionaire buddies just handed out another round of tax giveaways, this time sneaking hundreds of billions to private equity, crypto giants, and foreign real estate investors.
Meanwhile, workers? Still fighting for rent, healthcare, and a damn break.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile, workers? Still fighting for rent, healthcare, and a damn break.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
No contract. No coffee.
NoContractNoCoffee.org
NoContractNoCoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
NoContractNoCoffee.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No contract. No coffee.
NoContractNoCoffee.org
NoContractNoCoffee.org
When Democrats & Republicans come together to block a union-busting order, it tells you everything.
Federal unions are essential. They are the guardrails that keep government honest, accountable, and functioning.
Workers moved in formation, & Congress had to follow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...
Federal unions are essential. They are the guardrails that keep government honest, accountable, and functioning.
Workers moved in formation, & Congress had to follow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...
House Republicans Just Broke With Trump Yet Again
Thanks to five GOP members, a House majority is now forcing a vote to block Trump from breaking federal unions.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When Democrats & Republicans come together to block a union-busting order, it tells you everything.
Federal unions are essential. They are the guardrails that keep government honest, accountable, and functioning.
Workers moved in formation, & Congress had to follow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...
Federal unions are essential. They are the guardrails that keep government honest, accountable, and functioning.
Workers moved in formation, & Congress had to follow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...
They want to make an example of David Huerta to scare organizers, immigrants, workers, and politicians into silence. But the example he sets is courage and we stand united in solidarity for #JusticeForDavid
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
They want to make an example of David Huerta to scare organizers, immigrants, workers, and politicians into silence. But the example he sets is courage and we stand united in solidarity for #JusticeForDavid
21% of workers do not get a single paid sick day.
Part-time workers, low-wage workers, hospitality workers, the very people who keep this country running, are the least likely to have paid sick time.
This is why we unionize.
Part-time workers, low-wage workers, hospitality workers, the very people who keep this country running, are the least likely to have paid sick time.
This is why we unionize.
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
21% of workers do not get a single paid sick day.
Part-time workers, low-wage workers, hospitality workers, the very people who keep this country running, are the least likely to have paid sick time.
This is why we unionize.
Part-time workers, low-wage workers, hospitality workers, the very people who keep this country running, are the least likely to have paid sick time.
This is why we unionize.
Standing in Ghana at #AFRECON2025, I felt the full circle of history: we are the return. Our struggles are global, and so is our power. When workers across continents move together, nothing can stop us. ✊🏿💜
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Standing in Ghana at #AFRECON2025, I felt the full circle of history: we are the return. Our struggles are global, and so is our power. When workers across continents move together, nothing can stop us. ✊🏿💜
Personally, I like my coffee without a pump of union busting. #NoContractNoCoffee
Solidarity with the striking baristas with @sbworkersunited.org NoContractNoCoffee.org
Solidarity with the striking baristas with @sbworkersunited.org NoContractNoCoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
NoContractNoCoffee.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Personally, I like my coffee without a pump of union busting. #NoContractNoCoffee
Solidarity with the striking baristas with @sbworkersunited.org NoContractNoCoffee.org
Solidarity with the striking baristas with @sbworkersunited.org NoContractNoCoffee.org
Corporate profits have jumped over 70% since 2020, while worker wages barely moved. The money is there, workers just aren’t getting it.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Corporate profits have jumped over 70% since 2020, while worker wages barely moved. The money is there, workers just aren’t getting it.
Trump wants you to believe your struggle is your neighbor’s fault. But workers know better.
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers, They’re Tanking the Economy
Donald Trump rode back into office by leaning on the same faux populist refrain he weaponized a decade ago: immigrants are “taking your jobs!” Since then,
www.counterpunch.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump wants you to believe your struggle is your neighbor’s fault. But workers know better.
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
🚨BARISTAS ARE STILL ON STRIKE🚨
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨BARISTAS ARE STILL ON STRIKE🚨
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent.
#NoContractNoCoffee
NoContractNoCoffee.org
Y’all shouldn’t be telling people to “get a better job.”
Y’all should be telling #GreedyCEOs to not pay poverty wages.
ALL jobs should pay the bills.
Y’all should be telling #GreedyCEOs to not pay poverty wages.
ALL jobs should pay the bills.
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Y’all shouldn’t be telling people to “get a better job.”
Y’all should be telling #GreedyCEOs to not pay poverty wages.
ALL jobs should pay the bills.
Y’all should be telling #GreedyCEOs to not pay poverty wages.
ALL jobs should pay the bills.
I’ve got a call to action for y’all:
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, don’t spend any dollars at major corporations that enable this admin's harmful policies, support ICE, or chase tax breaks. Shop small and make your dollars count.
weaintbuyingit.com
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, don’t spend any dollars at major corporations that enable this admin's harmful policies, support ICE, or chase tax breaks. Shop small and make your dollars count.
weaintbuyingit.com
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I’ve got a call to action for y’all:
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, don’t spend any dollars at major corporations that enable this admin's harmful policies, support ICE, or chase tax breaks. Shop small and make your dollars count.
weaintbuyingit.com
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, don’t spend any dollars at major corporations that enable this admin's harmful policies, support ICE, or chase tax breaks. Shop small and make your dollars count.
weaintbuyingit.com
Your weekly reminder that if unions weren’t so effective, billionaires wouldn’t spend millions trying to bust them.
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Your weekly reminder that if unions weren’t so effective, billionaires wouldn’t spend millions trying to bust them.
Starbucks loves to brag about having the “best job in retail,” but the folks in the green aprons know the truth.
Short staffing, unstable hours, union-busting… that’s not values, that’s exploitation. @sbworkersunited.org
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Short staffing, unstable hours, union-busting… that’s not values, that’s exploitation. @sbworkersunited.org
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I'm a Starbucks barista. I'm striking because I want 'the best job in retail.'
Baristas want Starbucks to succeed. We take pride in the green aprons and in our customers who return each morning.
www.usatoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Starbucks loves to brag about having the “best job in retail,” but the folks in the green aprons know the truth.
Short staffing, unstable hours, union-busting… that’s not values, that’s exploitation. @sbworkersunited.org
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Short staffing, unstable hours, union-busting… that’s not values, that’s exploitation. @sbworkersunited.org
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Our tax dollars are funding the suffering in ICE detention centers: overcrowded cells, medical neglect, and trauma.
This is a stain on our country.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
This is a stain on our country.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds
The office of Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff asserts it “identified 510 credible reports of human rights abuse” against immigration detainees. DHS disputed the claims.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Our tax dollars are funding the suffering in ICE detention centers: overcrowded cells, medical neglect, and trauma.
This is a stain on our country.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
This is a stain on our country.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
For generations, Native American workers have led movements for justice.
We honor the Indigenous leaders who have taught us what resilience looks like and we carry their fight forward in every act of solidarity.
#HonorThoseWhoCameFirst
We honor the Indigenous leaders who have taught us what resilience looks like and we carry their fight forward in every act of solidarity.
#HonorThoseWhoCameFirst
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For generations, Native American workers have led movements for justice.
We honor the Indigenous leaders who have taught us what resilience looks like and we carry their fight forward in every act of solidarity.
#HonorThoseWhoCameFirst
We honor the Indigenous leaders who have taught us what resilience looks like and we carry their fight forward in every act of solidarity.
#HonorThoseWhoCameFirst
“Poor folks are abusing the system, poor folks are abusing the system” Y’ALL WAKE UP.
The wealthy elite are buying politicians and getting millions of dollars in tax credits and deductions.
Tesla didn’t pay a DIME of federal income tax last year.
Who is really abusing the system?
The wealthy elite are buying politicians and getting millions of dollars in tax credits and deductions.
Tesla didn’t pay a DIME of federal income tax last year.
Who is really abusing the system?
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Poor folks are abusing the system, poor folks are abusing the system” Y’ALL WAKE UP.
The wealthy elite are buying politicians and getting millions of dollars in tax credits and deductions.
Tesla didn’t pay a DIME of federal income tax last year.
Who is really abusing the system?
The wealthy elite are buying politicians and getting millions of dollars in tax credits and deductions.
Tesla didn’t pay a DIME of federal income tax last year.
Who is really abusing the system?
Starbucks workers are on STRIKE.
Don’t cross that picket line y’all, buy your latte local.
#NoContractNoCoffee
Don’t cross that picket line y’all, buy your latte local.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Starbucks workers are on STRIKE.
Don’t cross that picket line y’all, buy your latte local.
#NoContractNoCoffee
Don’t cross that picket line y’all, buy your latte local.
#NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas are saying it plain: #NoContractNoCoffee
SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting.
Sign the pledge:
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting.
Sign the pledge:
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Baristas are saying it plain: #NoContractNoCoffee
SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting.
Sign the pledge:
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
SEIU stands shoulder to shoulder with Starbucks workers demanding respect, fair wages, a real contract, and an end to union-busting.
Sign the pledge:
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
Tesla shareholders have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk.
Also worth noting that Tesla workers have an injury rate 31% above the industry standard.
Elon Musk’s wealth is built off of the exploitation of his workers.
Also worth noting that Tesla workers have an injury rate 31% above the industry standard.
Elon Musk’s wealth is built off of the exploitation of his workers.
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Tesla shareholders have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk.
Also worth noting that Tesla workers have an injury rate 31% above the industry standard.
Elon Musk’s wealth is built off of the exploitation of his workers.
Also worth noting that Tesla workers have an injury rate 31% above the industry standard.
Elon Musk’s wealth is built off of the exploitation of his workers.