Lauren Miller

AFL-CIO President @LizShuler is rallying in Minnesota with working people today to say: #NoKings! When working people peacefully come together and fight for each other, we can stand up to the wealthiest bosses and the most powerful politicians.

Starting now!

No bracket busters or union busters. 🏀✊

We look forward to you rescinding your executive orders and restoring the 1 million federal workers’ union contracts you ripped up, Mr. President.

#mapoli 👀

Players make a statement in the opening match of the USL season, with the league and its player union at an impasse in negotiations for a new CBA. A powerful message from the players. #doop #USL #uslchampionship 📹: ESPN|USL

We are proud of our players for standing together today in pursuit of professional standards. This on-field moment wasn’t about theatrics, but about unity and holding USLHQ accountable. We are united. 
#StandUpForStandards

Louisville and Lexington players paused the USL Championship season opener for 60 seconds after kickoff, letting the clock run without play. A fearless show of unity from @USLPlayers as negotiations reach a critical stage. It’s time for the league to act. #StandUpForStandards

This was such a great act of solidarity to watch. ✊ As the USL soccer players begin their season with an expired union contract and a whole lot of intimidation tactics from the league this week, both teams stood completely still for the first minute of play.

The @USLChampionship's season starts tomorrow, but their players' union contract expired on NYE. The players authorized a strike last week, so the league is using textbook union-busting tactics to intimidate them. Solidarity with @USLPlayers. Union-busting is disgusting.

The AFL-CIO has a very special new union! 🏅

Good riddance.

“USL is completely unique in professional sports that you have a privately held company that owns the league.” USL Players’ Association rejected latest CBA proposal from USL and authorized a strike. Connor Tobin, executive director of USLPA, explains the business model of USL. “USL is completely unique in professional sports that you have a privately held company that owns the league,” he said. “In every other sports league, the league entity does not act as an independent profit center.” “Instead, the league brings in income and then in some way, shape, or form, that revenue is then distributed out to its clubs. That's not how USL works.” “When the money comes into the league. Again, the league's privately held so those owners are the beneficiaries, not the team owners.” “And so one of the things that we have in this ecosystem is a misalignment of financial incentives.” “You have a lot of the investment to build these clubs and build these community assets that are happening at a localized level. Those are team owners that are putting that up.” “They're carrying a lot of the risk, but a lot of the benefits are held by the league office. There's a disconnect there.” “So we can have expansion, we can launch a new league, we can sell new teams. That benefits one entity, it doesn't necessarily stabilize the club entities.” “If the clubs aren't stable. What happens to the players? Because the clubs are our direct employer.” “So again, this is about an ecosystem and an overall business environment. Is it aligned? Is it in balance? Is it working in unison?” “It’s not just risk to the club owners, it’s risk to the players.” “You’re asking about Tormenta, you’re asking about NCFC (both clubs are now on hiatus). Players have signed contracts, who’s carrying the risk in these situations?” “These are guys that signed leases. They’ve moved families to those locations. They’ve sat in market, they’ve trained on their own. And all of a sudden, two weeks out from the season, there’s not gonna be a team, here is a three months of severance.” “What happens to the cost of breaking your lease? What happens to foreign players who might have visas? What happens in any of these situations?” “What are the opportunities for employment on the other side of it given the timing? Who’s carrying the risk? That’s a system that’s not working for anyone.” It will be interesting to see if both parties can find an agreement before Friday, when the USL Championship season is supposed to kick off. [via United Soccer Lounge with Riley James on GOLZ TV]

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Reminder that Jonathan Berry wrote the Department of Labor chapter of Project 2025.

The labor movement isn’t falling for the Trump administration’s attempts to divide us. Even as the state of our union is under attack, workers are banding together to fight back. Watch AFL-CIO President @LizShuler respond to President Trump’s State of the Union address:

President Trump’s speech tonight was a fever dream completely divorced from the reality workers feel every day amid rising costs and vanishing jobs. In 2026 we will organize, fight, and vote for a country that works for us, not the billionaire bosses. aflcio.org/press/releases…

America's unions salute the heroism of @CWAunion Local 2222 lineman and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.

Our union letter carriers, mail handlers and post workers take enormous pride in ensuring that vote-by-mail is safe, secure and reliable. America’s unions oppose any efforts to limit vote-by-mail and denounce any misinformation that undermines its validity and security.

1 in 5 workers in America is an immigrant. Our diversity makes our jobs, our unions, and our country strong. Trying to divide us based on where we are born is a dirty trick that only helps the billionaire bosses.