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by Tula Connell, Sep 30, 2011
We launched a fun but serious action today with our partners in the progressive community to call on House Speaker John Boehner (R) to move the American Jobs Act and stop stalling while millions of America’s workers suffer without jobs.
Thousands already have taken part in the Twitter campaign, which urges people to sign an online petition directed at Boehner. You can join in as well by clicking here: http://act.ly/4aq or Tweeting one or all of the following:
America wants to work @SpeakerBoehner. So why won’t you pass the American Jobs Act? #BoehnerFail http://act.ly/4aq
John Boehner is @SpeakerBoehner for now. But if he doesn’t create jobs fast, he’ll become #BoehnerFail soon. http://act.ly/4aq
Class warfare for the rich, not jobs, is @SpeakerBoehner’s agenda. #BoehnerFail. http://bit.ly/oa6vu8 http://act.ly/4aq Read the rest of this entry »
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by Mike Hall, Aug 19, 2011
The AFL-CIO’s social media family is growing with the addition of our new AFL-CIO Latino page and a Spanish language Twitter feed. The new initiatives are part of the union movement’s continous efforts to reach out to the Latino workforce, especially younger workers. We want to hear stories from Latino workers and forge new ways to work together for workplace and social justice.
The new Facebook page—a www.facebook.com/aflciolatino—is oriented toward U.S. Latinos whose primary language is English and the postings are in English. Discussions on the page will cover issues important to Latinos and all workers, including education, workers’ rights, health care, politics and more. The page will be updated frequently.
After you like us on Facebook Latino, please share with your Facebook friends or with anyone who might be interested in Latino-labor issues.
Our new Twitter channel—www.twitter.com/aflcioenespanol—is geared toward those who speak Spanish. We want to engage in conversation with Spanish-speakers to learn about the labor issues important to them. It also provides an opportunity to share information with Spanish speakers, including news about unions, upcoming actions, politics and other issues.
Don’t forget our AFL-CIO Facebook page here and follow us on Twitter here.
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by Mike Hall, Dec 3, 2010
Republican lawmakers continue to hold hostage vital unemployment insurance survival help for millions of jobless workers, vowing to keep the Senate gridlocked until the nation’s wealthy are guaranteed continued tax breaks.
More than 900,000 workers already have lost their unemployment insurance since Republicans pulled the plug Nov. 30. Every day another 38,000 job-seekers lose their unemployment insurance.
So please join us Tuesday, Dec. 7 for an online day of solidarity with the jobless via Facebook and Twitter. It’s simple.
- Update your status on Facebook and Twitter to say you’re “in solidarity with jobless workers.”
- Sign our petition urging Congress to extend emergency unemployment aid here.
- Change your Facebook and Twitter profile pictures with images here.
Click here for complete instructions.
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by Mike Hall, Sep 2, 2010
We’ve got a long Labor Day weekend in front of us and that means plenty of time to join American Rights at Work’s first-ever Labor Day Tweet-a-Thon along with celebrity union members—including actors, recording artists, Broadway performers, baseball players and broadcasters.
American Rights at Work’s Liz Cattaneo says the tweet-a-thon is a chance to “send a positive message about the value of unions.”
To showcase the strength, solidarity, diversity of our unions, we’re asking celebrities—along with anyone else who wants to show their union pride—to join us by sending a tweet with the hash tag #unionmember during Labor Day weekend. It’s a great opportunity to have well-known public figures frame unions in a positive light through a fun and influential medium.
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by James Parks, Sep 29, 2009
They’re tweeting in Northern California about the Employee Free Choice Act, sharing about health care reform on Facebook in Montana and posting organizing messages on My Space for workers in York, Pa.
Across the country, union members are using the new social media to mobilize workers and share information.
Steve Selby, an Electrical Workers (IBEW) organizer in York, Pa., knows the value of social media. He urgently needed to reach 300 workers at a local Comcast office. Rather than standing outside the office and handing out a flier with different information each day, Selby taught himself how to set up a MySpace account. He handed out one flier directing workers to his MySpace page, where he shared information the workers needed to know.
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by Mike Hall, Jan 7, 2009
When you get a chance, cruise on over to the Sheet Metal Workers (SMWIA) revamped website. The just-launched site offers several new features—for visitors and SMWIA members—along with a clean and streamlined look.
The site’s new News section brings you a wide variety of worker-orientated labor and political news from the blog world and the mainstream press. The new Multimedia Resource Center gives you access to a wide range of SMWIA news, videos, podcasts and photos. Check out the video gallery here and photo gallery here.
New social networking features include SMWIA Facebook, the Sheet Metal Network and Sheet Metal Twittering.
The site’s Action Center provides information and the chance to join in the union’s and the labor movement’s latest campaigns, including the fight to win the Employee Free Choice Act.
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