On the Line

Amazon has reportedly begun to fire Haitian immigrants and other workers on TPS status, selling out their own workers to the deportation machine. Sign here to support Warehouse and Shipping Workers Against ICE: bit.ly/WorkersAgainst…

What does Amazon have to do with ICE? Amazon Web Services provides critical tech infrastructure for the mass deportation machine, but the shipping and warehouse workers that make Amazon run are organizing to stop ICE! Sign their petition here: bit.ly/WorkersAgainst…

Labor can't allow a war on Iran! @SEIU509 President Dave Foley speaks out against the U.S. attack on Iran. This illegal war will cost lives abroad and at home, ripping away the future of the American working class. We can't let that happen!

We are warehouse and shipping workers – from Amazon to UPS to the ports to the highways – and we are taking a stand against ICE. Join us by signing on to our pledge to stand up against these inhumane raids in our workplaces and communities. bit.ly/WorkersAgainst…

Oakland educators are organizing to defend our immigrant communities from ICE. On the Line interviewed three educators and leaders in @OaklandEA about this work and the lessons for others who want to do the same. Check out the full article: laborontheline.org/p/oakland-educ…

WNBA players are in negotiations to fight for what they deserve. If they don't reach a deal, we may see the first every WNBA strike!

Unions and community organizations from across the country have gathered in Chicago to build off of the mass mobilizations of May Day to call again to hit the street on Labor Day – fighting to put workers and families over billionaires!

Legal aid workers in New York City with @UAW are on strike! Many struggle to make ends meet, despite providing critical services for working class New Yorkers. This is just the beginning as more workers across the sector prepare to join them as the strike grows.

The death of Jaime Alanís is a direct result of ICE raids. Prof Frank Barajas, a faculty member at Cal State Channel Islands with @CFA_United speaks out against the arrest of his colleague, Prof John Caravello, who has now been released, and the violent raids.

Veteran union organizer, Gene Bruskin led the Smithfield Foods campaign in 2006, and shares lessons from taking on the bosses of the world’s largest slaughterhouse with a majority undocumented workforce. Check out the full interview with Gene: laborontheline.org/p/episode-22-g…

On the Justice Journey with @SEIU , Black unionists share why they are committed to the fight for immigrant rights. The immigrant rights struggle is everyone’s fight, and workers will stand together with our immigrant brothers and sisters until we’re all free.

In 1998, Puerto Ricans across the island rose up in a general strike to stop the privatization of the public telecommunications company. This show of solidarity and strength shook the government to its core and planted the seeds for new resistance that would grow.

Striking city workers in Philly with AFSCME DC33 – from sanitation to public works to libraries – are fighting for living wages to stay in the city they keep running. As the strike enters its 2nd week, the trash piles are rising and pressure grows on the city to make a fair deal.

The billionaires are ramming through a bill in Congress that will strip millions of working people of healthcare, food assistance, and more – all to fund tax cuts for the rich, the military, and ICE. Union workers are speaking out, and won’t stop this fight until we win.

After traveling from every corner of the country, @SEIU members are standing up to ICE, coming straight to the heart of their detention centers in Louisiana. Free them all!

Immigrant workers may be sent to detention centers thousands of miles from their family and community. But they can’t hide from us and we won’t quit till our people are free.

As ICE escalates their violent assault on immigrant communities, organizers in the immigrant rights movement in LA are calling for a national sick out on July 1st, bringing one of labor’s oldest tactics to the fight for immigrant rights.

Justice for Janitors with @SEIU was a bold campaign to organize low wage immigrant workers. The Battle of Century City in LA marked a turning point for the campaign. We must remember this campaign today as we fight again for immigrant rights.

Billionaires and politicians will justify their wars using “national interests” – and the war hawks are already using this to justify bombing Iran. Gene Bruskin, a veteran labor organizer and anti-war activist, talks about who really benefits from these wars.…

Hit the cookout with some FACTS! Juneteenth is a day to celebrate Black worker power and the ongoing struggle for freedom today. It reminds us that only the people can save the people!