JohnOct 2

Dozens of #unions weigh in on #GovernmentShutdown: administration attacks those who keep country running; executive engaging in blatant #UnionBusting; CEOs and #billionaires want to keep workers divided

https://aflcio.org/2025/10/1/put-working-people-first-unions-respond-government-shutdown

#union #shutdown #AFLCIO #Trump #ACA #SocialSecurity #veterans #Project2025 #DOGE #Medicaid #AFGE #AFSCME #AFT #IAFF #IFPTE #NATCA #NFFEIAM #NNU #OPEIU #PASS #UWUA #DPE #TTD #capitalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar

‘Put Working People First’: Unions Respond to Government Shutdown | AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement after the federal government’s funding expired at midnight and a shutdown began:

Talala 🇨🇦Mar 10, 2025
Hey- #uaw #nea #seiu #afscme #Teamsters #ufcw #usw #aft #ibew #liuna #iamaw #cwa #ubcja #ilwu #iuoe #ua #nalc #afge #apwu #iaff #UniteHere #npmhu #atu #anu #iatse #iasmartw #iupat #iabsoriw #twua #opeiu #nrlcu you watching this? https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:twjze4qqf6fgxz33ct52wlnl/post/3lk2lofqgoc2i
David Roberts (@volts.wtf)

DHS just tore up a settled, signed union contract with TSA employees, which is straightforwardly, unambiguously illegal. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/03/07/dhs-ends-collective-bargaining-tsas-transportation-security-officers-enhancing

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JohnSep 13, 2024

#Boeing #strike: management attempts to find replacement work. During 2008 strike, #FAA ordered replacement work to stop because it was subpar.

https://labornotes.org/2024/09/boeing-machinists-strike

#strikes #union #unions #scab #Renton #Everett #IAM #Washington #Oregon #PugetSound #SPEEA #IAFF #Teamsters #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Boeing Machinists Strike

Third-shift workers walked out of Boeing’s giant factories at Renton and Everett, Washington, as their contract expired early Friday morning, blasting music and airhorns, shooting off fireworks, and waving hand-made signs. They immediately formed picket lines and began setting up homemade burn barrels with “IAM” carved in the side. “People are really excited to strike,” said Ky Carlson, a third-shift assembler who walked out at midnight and was picketing the Everett plant at 3 am.

Labor Notes
Ultra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Aug 31, 2024

Another #Jackwagon public appearance ends in disaster

"JD #Vance, Fresh Off Doughnut-Shop Debacle, Is Booed at Event With Firefighters

Positive human interactions continue to elude the Ohio senator."

#IAFF

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/jd-vance-booed-at-event-with-firefighters

JD Vance, Fresh Off Doughnut-Shop Debacle, Is Booed at Event With Firefighters

Positive human interactions continue to elude the Ohio senator.

Vanity Fair
Tyler K. NothingAug 29, 2024
#JDVance gets booed at an event for the International Association of Fire Fighters in #Florida. And where's #TFG? I think this will be the first time a presidential candidate let his running mate perform almost all campaigning just months before the General Election. And when he does stump he's apparently told lots of people he doesn't need their votes, that he has plenty. #Weird. #uspol #iaff #xitter #video https://x.com/atrupar/status/1829194849293095241
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) on X

here's a longer video of JD Vance getting booed in Boston by a firefighters group

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M Douglas WrayAug 28, 2024

Tim Walz speaks to Boston firefighters.

https://www.youtube.com/live/jcqptf7Y6F8?si=DjhBUxPIK9EIXsNQ&t=1659

#harris_walz2024 #iaff

Live: Tim Walz addresses a firefighters convention in Boston

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Karl Voit  Aug 27, 2024

"the International Association of #Firefighters (#IAFF) estimates #cancer from turnout gear accounted for 66% of #firefighter deaths from 2002 to 2019." 😲

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/23/pfas-firefighter-gear-ban-massachusetts-connecticut

Two states become first in US to ban use of PFAS in firefighters’ protective gear

Turnout gear sold in Massachusetts and Connecticut must be free of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ by 2027 and 2028

The Guardian
MyronFeb 13, 2024

Despite what you might believe, #asbestos was never banned in the US.

Tell Congress to Ban Asbestos Now
https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/IAFF/Campaigns/107902/Respond

#IAFF #solidarity #health #unions #labor

Tell Congress to Ban Asbestos Now

A broad and determined coalition of fire fighters, public health, and safety officials are calling on the public’s support in their decades-long fight to convince the U.S. Congress to ban deadly asbestos, a carcinogen that continues to threaten the...

fluxusDec 9, 2023
Dafür dass es sich bei #IAFF um 100% Schwurbel handelt, ist keine Recherche nötig, kurzer Blick auf Homepage genügt, dort tauchen auf: Daniele Ganser, Perin Dinekli, Captain Future... Und auch mehrfach die Schwurbel-Location Musikbrauerei. #Neukölln #b1012
https://twitter.com/GoaGoaZwerg/status/1733503556743749951
goagoazwerg.bsky.social (@GoaGoaZwerg) on X

Am Eingang von Heimathafen/"La Maison Bleu" hängt das Statement "No place for racism|sexism|homophobia|fascim|any form of discrimination". Das beißt sich damit, eine Ausstellung und Vernissage zu hosten, die von einem Verein der verschwörungsideologischen Szene kuratiert wird.

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TouristloveNov 21, 2023

In 1977, Martina Navratilova competed against the only known transgender woman in sports. She never faced any other transgender person during her entire forty years of tennis.

Martina WON.

That person later coached Martina to two Wimbledon Championships.

When the athlete had to sue in order to play, Martina publicly supported her.

Martina should be speaking out against the misogynist “sex verification” in Olympic sports. They’re targeting women. Men are hardly ever tested.

#IOC
#IAFF