Gretchen Newsom
@gretchennewsom.bsky.social
Advocate, Avengeress & Adventuress.
Political Coordinator for IBEW 9th District - the Electricians' Union. Other: CA ETP, SD Convention Ctr, TheCACoastCommission, SDAirportAuth Audit, Lung Assoc.
Opinions expressed are my own.
✊🏽🌾🌹 ~ 📚✈️🌱 ~ 🗣️🐺🌓 ~ 🥃🗽🥧
Political Coordinator for IBEW 9th District - the Electricians' Union. Other: CA ETP, SD Convention Ctr, TheCACoastCommission, SDAirportAuth Audit, Lung Assoc.
Opinions expressed are my own.
✊🏽🌾🌹 ~ 📚✈️🌱 ~ 🗣️🐺🌓 ~ 🥃🗽🥧
I was honored to be recognized as a 2026 California Woman of the Year by Senator Weber Pierson for our shared commitment to empowering working families and championing equity in the workplace.
Take your seat at the table to ensure you’re not on the menu— and rise up for the change we wish to see!
Take your seat at the table to ensure you’re not on the menu— and rise up for the change we wish to see!
April 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I was honored to be recognized as a 2026 California Woman of the Year by Senator Weber Pierson for our shared commitment to empowering working families and championing equity in the workplace.
Take your seat at the table to ensure you’re not on the menu— and rise up for the change we wish to see!
Take your seat at the table to ensure you’re not on the menu— and rise up for the change we wish to see!
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IBEW Ninth District and #IBEW Local 6 in San Francisco teamed up with #BlackRock to showcase the immense value of investing in our union apprenticeship programs.
🔌 Top-Notch Training
💰 High Wage Careers
👷♀️ Diverse Career Paths
🦺 Safety First
#Apprenticeship #FutureOfWork #ElectricalCareers
🔌 Top-Notch Training
💰 High Wage Careers
👷♀️ Diverse Career Paths
🦺 Safety First
#Apprenticeship #FutureOfWork #ElectricalCareers
March 28, 2026 at 12:20 AM
IBEW Ninth District and #IBEW Local 6 in San Francisco teamed up with #BlackRock to showcase the immense value of investing in our union apprenticeship programs.
🔌 Top-Notch Training
💰 High Wage Careers
👷♀️ Diverse Career Paths
🦺 Safety First
#Apprenticeship #FutureOfWork #ElectricalCareers
🔌 Top-Notch Training
💰 High Wage Careers
👷♀️ Diverse Career Paths
🦺 Safety First
#Apprenticeship #FutureOfWork #ElectricalCareers
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
In the 20s, breaking into the electrical industry wasn’t easier for Black Americans. But Sam Taylor did it
In 1922, he founded Taylor Electric—the first Black-owned construction company in Chicago and now one of the oldest IBEW signatory contractors nationwide.
#BlackHistoryMonth
In 1922, he founded Taylor Electric—the first Black-owned construction company in Chicago and now one of the oldest IBEW signatory contractors nationwide.
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
In the 20s, breaking into the electrical industry wasn’t easier for Black Americans. But Sam Taylor did it
In 1922, he founded Taylor Electric—the first Black-owned construction company in Chicago and now one of the oldest IBEW signatory contractors nationwide.
#BlackHistoryMonth
In 1922, he founded Taylor Electric—the first Black-owned construction company in Chicago and now one of the oldest IBEW signatory contractors nationwide.
#BlackHistoryMonth
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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THANK YOU to all our #IBEW CA local unions for rallying together to pass Prop 50!
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
THANK YOU to all our #IBEW CA local unions for rallying together to pass Prop 50!
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
This victory strengthens our fight for pro-worker reps in Congress. We’ll keep pushing to elect leaders who uphold the IBEW values. 💪 Let’s hold them accountable!
#WorkingPeopleFirst
Good Morning, San Diego!
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good Morning, San Diego!
Happy Halloween 🧡💫🖤
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy Halloween 🧡💫🖤
Monterey Marine Moment 🌊
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Monterey Marine Moment 🌊
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Celebrating the new San Diego Airport Terminal 1! ✈️☀️🏄🏼♂️
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Celebrating the new San Diego Airport Terminal 1! ✈️☀️🏄🏼♂️
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
#UnionBuilt under a PLA - on time and on budget - with 10,000 @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social tradespeople - including hundreds of @ibew569.bsky.social electricians and apprentices - working 7 million hours! Bravo!
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IBEW is at the forefront of organizing, training, and building partnerships that matter. “We’re not just building infrastructure — IBEW is building opportunity, security, and America’s energy future.”
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
IBEW is at the forefront of organizing, training, and building partnerships that matter. “We’re not just building infrastructure — IBEW is building opportunity, security, and America’s energy future.”
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
- @davereaves.bsky.social at @aflcio.org Western Convening. #IBEW @ibewinternational.bsky.social
The US needs more electricians …@ibewinternational.bsky.social says the workers can make a great living!
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Thanks to the AI data center boom, it’s a good time to be an electrician
As AI drives demand for data centers, the need for skilled electricians is also expected to surge.
finance.yahoo.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The US needs more electricians …@ibewinternational.bsky.social says the workers can make a great living!
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Gretchen Newsom, of @ibew-9th.bsky.social says ‘there’s nobody else that provides free training, full family healthcare, a pension, and solid wages.
finance.yahoo.com/news/thanks-...
Happy Labor Day!
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Happy Labor Day!
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
Workers Over Billionaires, Always!
✊🏽🌾🌹
Every Worker Deserves a Union =
Workers Standing Together for a Contract with Fair Wages, Quality Healthcare, Retirement Benefits, and Respect.
#LiveBetterWorkUnion
#UnionStrong @sdiclaborcouncil.bsky.social @sdbldgtrades.bsky.social
Happy Labor Day weekend! ✊🏽🇺🇸
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
August 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Labor Day weekend! ✊🏽🇺🇸
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
We owe our 40-hour workweeks, weekends off, and safer workplaces to UNIONS.
Thanks to SD Building Trades Unions for decorating the #CarditfKook!
Now, @californialabor.bsky.social carry the fight forward for Democracy, #Nokings, and YES on Prop 50!
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
Welcome to your Union Rangers and Park Staff -> @nffe.bsky.social!
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia Unionize, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions | KQED
February mass firings brought new urgency to the unionization effort.
www.kqed.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Welcome to your Union Rangers and Park Staff -> @nffe.bsky.social!
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
-> National Parks Staff at Yosemite and Sequoia UNIONIZE, Citing DOGE Firings and Working Conditions:
www.kqed.org/news/1205408...
Bravo @jbpritzker.bsky.social - a true labor champion!
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bravo @jbpritzker.bsky.social - a true labor champion!
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
On his first day in office, Gov Pritzker ordered the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), and later mandated prevailing wages on renewable energy projects.
Building Trades union members like actions for good union jobs! #IBEW
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The Road to Real Energy Independence Is Electric: repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t... by Representative @mikelevin.org.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Road to Real Energy Independence Is Electric: repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t... by Representative @mikelevin.org.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
"If we fail to invest in American manufacturing, American workers, and American innovation, we risk falling permanently behind.
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"That’s why we must stay the course: maintaining strong incentives for EVs, building out a national charging network, and making smart investments in our power grid and domestic supply chains." - @mikelevin.org repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"That’s why we must stay the course: maintaining strong incentives for EVs, building out a national charging network, and making smart investments in our power grid and domestic supply chains." - @mikelevin.org repmikelevin.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
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Yesterday, IBEW #California local unions and our California State Association of Electrical Workers stood united in Sacramento, advocating for our vital legislative priorities that will secure more #IBEW jobs, shape the future of our electrical workforce, and protect our communities.
August 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Yesterday, IBEW #California local unions and our California State Association of Electrical Workers stood united in Sacramento, advocating for our vital legislative priorities that will secure more #IBEW jobs, shape the future of our electrical workforce, and protect our communities.
July 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
POLITICO: Gretchen Newsom, a representative of #IBEW, said Democrats should focus on struggling working-class voters.
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
POLITICO: Gretchen Newsom, a representative of #IBEW, said Democrats should focus on struggling working-class voters.
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
“Instead,” said Newsom, who is not related to the governor, “we’re doing this abundance theory that is abundantly going to abandon workers.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Unions warned the governor was betraying his Democratic base. Gretchen Newsom, a rep of the #IBEW, said Newsom's stance was baffling to people "looking at the Dem Party and wondering what comes next...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Unions warned the governor was betraying his Democratic base. Gretchen Newsom, a rep of the #IBEW, said Newsom's stance was baffling to people "looking at the Dem Party and wondering what comes next...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
"I see this as…devastating to workers all across California,"
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
WTAF! Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and the Carpenters are pushing AB 130, a blatant attack on construction workers in California.
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
Protect Prevailing Wages in California!
ACTION ALERT: CALL YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND SENATOR! IBEW California and CSAEW are in strong opposition to the proposed budget trailer bill that threatens prevailing wages for construction workers. ...
actionnetwork.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
WTAF! Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and the Carpenters are pushing AB 130, a blatant attack on construction workers in California.
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
This bill is a poison pill for prevailing wages, setting the minimum wage for skilled trades below the $20 Fast Food wage!
ACT NOW: actionnetwork.org/forms/protec...
Reposted by Gretchen Newsom
Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Senator Padilla pledged to help us answer some questions on why California’s workers are being hunted down like prey.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.
He’s doing his best to get some answers.