Tara Pohlmeyer
@tarapohlmeyer
Texas gal 🌵 | Comms Director @TexasAFLCIO 👩🏻💻 | Formerly Team @gregcasar | views are mine
It’s time for Greg Abbott to cut the bullshit. He’s blatantly using this special session to push Trump’s political agenda in Texas — and we’re not going to fall for it. We’re going to fight back! 💪🏽 #txlege
HUGE line of folks waiting to testify at the Texas Capitol against Abbott & Trump’s plan to take over our state! #txlege #FightTheTrumpTakeover 🎥: @PoojaforTexas
JUST IN: A Pro-Worker Scorecard for Texas Lawmakers! 💯 #txlege
📢 We just released our new Pro-Worker Scorecard for Texas lawmakers. Search for your elected representatives to see how they voted this past session. It’s time to hold our representatives accountable to Texas workers! texasaflcio.org/news/data-texa…
NEW: For eight years, Kerr County sought help from Texas officials to pay for a $1 million early flood warning system. Twice, they were rejected. The third time the state agreed to chip in just 5% of the cost. With @keribla houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
As Texans recover from the recent floods, we have compiled a list of resources for affected counties, available to both union members and the general public. Visit texasaflcio.org/news/central-t… to view the list.
⭐️ We just kicked off our 2025 Constitutional Convention in San Antonio! Together, we’re building a labor movement as BIG as Texas!
The fight for our lives isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, it’s workers vs. billionaires. At @BernieSanders' Fighting Oligarchy rally in #McAllen, Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Aguilar said it best: it’s time for Texas workers to rise up! #UnionStrong
Afraid of ICE raids, 100% of all workers are totally gone on this farm in the Rio Grande Valley — even those working legally. Working on a similar story now and what we're seeing out in the community is devastating. Full story from Border Report for KVEO: borderreport.com/news/100-perce…
As ICE disappears our neighbors, LP leader Brad Lander has been regularly escorting immigrants to their check-ins. Today, in a continuing and troubling trend of intimidation against local officials, ICE arrested him and is currently in custody. We demand his immediate release.
Mayoral candidate Brad Lander was cuffed and detained by ICE agents after asking to see a warrant for people who were detained after an immigration hearing. Video from the city comptroller’s press secretary @chloecbristow. She says he’s still being held in 26 Federal Plaza.
Our 2025 Constitutional Convention is less than two weeks away! Join us in San Antonio on June 26-28 to hear from Texas reporters like @sara_dinatale, @michaelgemilio1, and @josephineklee on how unions can better tell our members’ stories. Details: texasaflcioconvention.org
Super excited to be a part of this! The panel is on Friday, June 27. Huge thanks to @TexasAFLCIO for the invite!
Our 2025 Constitutional Convention is less than two weeks away! Join us in San Antonio on June 26-28 to hear from Texas reporters like @sara_dinatale, @michaelgemilio1, and @josephineklee on how unions can better tell our members’ stories. Details: texasaflcioconvention.org
What an @AP photo by Etienne Laurent of Sen. Alex Padilla being physically dragged away by the DHS secretary's security
Bernie Sanders announces he's taking his Fighting Oligarchy tour deeper into red states: June 20: McAllen, TX w/ Greg Casar June 21: Shreveport, LA, and Tulsa, OK June 22: Amarillo, TX, and Fort Worth, TX, w/ Casar and Beto O’Rourke
“I don’t think you have a heart” Abbott’s predecessor in 2011 youtube.com/watch?v=eCXC-V… Perry Defends In-state Tuition for Undocumented - YouTube
In-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Texas has ended. Texas is permanently enjoined from providing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
NEW: #WorkersOverBillionaires stickers are in! Donate just $6 to our Member Education Fund and get two vinyl stickers. Join the fight 👇 store.texasaflcio.org/workers-over-b…
Texas labor stands with our immigrant brothers and sisters in the fight against SB 8! Alongside @WDActionFund , @Grassroots_News , & @TXCivilRights, we urge all #txlege lawmakers to vote NO on SB 8! #SB8isHATE
People are gathering inside the Capitol to show opposition against SB 8. The Texas House will be taking this up this afternoon. SB 8 will require law enforcement in city’s of 100,000 people or more to help ICE. @cbsaustin
A Rotunda protest of #SB8, the immigration-related bill on today’s House calendar. Note the hardworking photographer Sara Diggins of @statesman in the second picture. #txlege
📢 New data shows Americans support labor unions over big business by the biggest margin in 60 years! Folks know that when we fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and dignity on the job, every worker wins. 🤝 — via Aaron Sojourner & Adam Reich medium.com/@aaronsojourne…