🚨 NEW UNION ALERT 🚨
Workers at Sesame Workshop are unionizing with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social!
Stay in the loop by giving them a follow: instagram.com/sesameworker...
Workers at Sesame Workshop are unionizing with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social!
Stay in the loop by giving them a follow: instagram.com/sesameworker...
March 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🚨 NEW UNION ALERT 🚨
Workers at Sesame Workshop are unionizing with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social!
Stay in the loop by giving them a follow: instagram.com/sesameworker...
Workers at Sesame Workshop are unionizing with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social!
Stay in the loop by giving them a follow: instagram.com/sesameworker...
U is for UNION!
Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊
Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊
May 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
U is for UNION!
Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊
Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
May 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
We are so excited and so grateful to announce our union of workers from a broad cross section of Sesame Workshop employees.
We are smarter, stronger, kinder, TOGETHER! #sesameworkersunion #swu #opeiu #opeiulocal153
We are smarter, stronger, kinder, TOGETHER! #sesameworkersunion #swu #opeiu #opeiulocal153
March 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We are so excited and so grateful to announce our union of workers from a broad cross section of Sesame Workshop employees.
We are smarter, stronger, kinder, TOGETHER! #sesameworkersunion #swu #opeiu #opeiulocal153
We are smarter, stronger, kinder, TOGETHER! #sesameworkersunion #swu #opeiu #opeiulocal153
Kickstarter workers, organized with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, are on strike to maintain a four-day workweek and win living wages for all. #UnionStrong
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kickstarter workers, organized with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, are on strike to maintain a four-day workweek and win living wages for all. #UnionStrong
The 32 hour work week is the future! Proud OPEIU is leading the charge on this. @opeiulocal153.bsky.social @kickstarterunited.org
"Labor history suggests that the most effective way for labor to exert control over technology is not to minimize the role of technology at work, but to minimize the role of work in life," writes Vishal Reddy, executive director of WorkFour.
labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
Viewpoint: Labor’s Answer to A.I.? Give Us Our Time Back
When it comes to A.I., there’s a stark gap in ambition between business and labor. If A.I. ushers in a technological boom, corporations intend to use it to wage total war on labor. They will use effic...
labornotes.org
March 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The 32 hour work week is the future! Proud OPEIU is leading the charge on this. @opeiulocal153.bsky.social @kickstarterunited.org
Solidarity forever!
Congratulations to @kickstarterunited.org / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social on winning a 42 day strike that protects and codifies their four-day workweek!
When we fight, we win.
Congratulations to @kickstarterunited.org / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social on winning a 42 day strike that protects and codifies their four-day workweek!
When we fight, we win.
WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
![Graphic with multiple picket signs that reads "[up arrow] Minimum Salary", "4 day Work Week", and a big cancel sign over "AI Replacing Jobs" and so much more. Go to kickstarterunited.org to see it all!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gdife25rfr5drwr2nhncr3rf/bafkreidfgv3xytmgta3x35mjze22ojok7lwh3vlhgrcfbcwr7hjg6bb6eu)
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Solidarity forever!
Congratulations to @kickstarterunited.org / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social on winning a 42 day strike that protects and codifies their four-day workweek!
When we fight, we win.
Congratulations to @kickstarterunited.org / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social on winning a 42 day strike that protects and codifies their four-day workweek!
When we fight, we win.
Proud to stand with workers always!
This morning, I joined my own union, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, for a rally to celebrate the organizing work of @kickstarterunited.org and to call out Kickstarter's horrible union-busting retaliation against their workers.
Solidarity forever! 🥖🌹
This morning, I joined my own union, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, for a rally to celebrate the organizing work of @kickstarterunited.org and to call out Kickstarter's horrible union-busting retaliation against their workers.
Solidarity forever! 🥖🌹
May 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Proud to stand with workers always!
This morning, I joined my own union, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, for a rally to celebrate the organizing work of @kickstarterunited.org and to call out Kickstarter's horrible union-busting retaliation against their workers.
Solidarity forever! 🥖🌹
This morning, I joined my own union, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, for a rally to celebrate the organizing work of @kickstarterunited.org and to call out Kickstarter's horrible union-busting retaliation against their workers.
Solidarity forever! 🥖🌹
We stand with New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) employees joining together in union with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! documentedny.com/2026/06/09/n...
New York Immigration Coalition Employees Push for Union Recognition
Higher wages, financial transparency, and a seat at the decision-making table are among the workers' demands.
documentedny.com
June 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
We stand with New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) employees joining together in union with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! documentedny.com/2026/06/09/n...
Hey, you should follow my union on Bluesky @kickstarterunited.org
You should also follow my union on Bluesky @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
You should also follow my union on Bluesky @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hey, you should follow my union on Bluesky @kickstarterunited.org
You should also follow my union on Bluesky @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
You should also follow my union on Bluesky @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
More than 200 Sesame Workshop employees have signed authorization cards to form the new union, which would be represented by @opeiulocal153.bsky.social. They want job security, fair pay, equitable opportunities, & a seat at the table.
More: www.toughpigs.com/sesame-union/
More: www.toughpigs.com/sesame-union/
The Sesame Workers Union In Your Neighborhood - ToughPigs
A chat with the organizers of Sesame Workshop's union.
www.toughpigs.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
More than 200 Sesame Workshop employees have signed authorization cards to form the new union, which would be represented by @opeiulocal153.bsky.social. They want job security, fair pay, equitable opportunities, & a seat at the table.
More: www.toughpigs.com/sesame-union/
More: www.toughpigs.com/sesame-union/
CONGRATS, @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social and @opeiulocal153.bsky.social for this TREMENDOUS partnership that we hope benefits our Great American Children for MANY, MANY years--decades, even--as our much beloved Sesame Street teaches generation after generation! WE WILL MAKE AMERICA JOKE AGAIN!
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
May 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
CONGRATS, @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social and @opeiulocal153.bsky.social for this TREMENDOUS partnership that we hope benefits our Great American Children for MANY, MANY years--decades, even--as our much beloved Sesame Street teaches generation after generation! WE WILL MAKE AMERICA JOKE AGAIN!
Congratulations to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social for organizing with @opeiulocal153! I helped organize my office with opeiulocal8 years ago.
May 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Congratulations to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social for organizing with @opeiulocal153! I helped organize my office with opeiulocal8 years ago.
I’m proud to be endorsed by MY union, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social. When we fight, we win! And I’ll always fight for workers’ rights and to build the labor movement, because that’s the only way we’ll beat the far-right and win a future that works for all of us.
June 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I’m proud to be endorsed by MY union, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social. When we fight, we win! And I’ll always fight for workers’ rights and to build the labor movement, because that’s the only way we’ll beat the far-right and win a future that works for all of us.
we did it joe @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
we did it joe @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
BREAKING: Workers at the public policy nonprofit @Demos_Org are UNIONIZING!!!
Support their campaign here: opeiulocal153.org/takeaction/sol…
Support their campaign here: opeiulocal153.org/takeaction/sol…
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
BREAKING: Workers at the public policy nonprofit @Demos_Org are UNIONIZING!!!
Support their campaign here: opeiulocal153.org/takeaction/sol…
Support their campaign here: opeiulocal153.org/takeaction/sol…
“I have a lot more in common with someone who’s working in a whole other industry, who does something completely different than I do, than I do with the technocrat billionaires,” said Arleigh Atkinson, a software engineer at Kickstarter.
@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“I have a lot more in common with someone who’s working in a whole other industry, who does something completely different than I do, than I do with the technocrat billionaires,” said Arleigh Atkinson, a software engineer at Kickstarter.
@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Alexis has started at @opeiulocal153.bsky.social in New York, New York
Congratulations, Alexis. Welcome to WILL Empower!
#Labor #organizing #NYC #Unions
Congratulations, Alexis. Welcome to WILL Empower!
#Labor #organizing #NYC #Unions
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Alexis has started at @opeiulocal153.bsky.social in New York, New York
Congratulations, Alexis. Welcome to WILL Empower!
#Labor #organizing #NYC #Unions
Congratulations, Alexis. Welcome to WILL Empower!
#Labor #organizing #NYC #Unions
As an @opeiulocal153.bsky.social steward at SAGE, Josh Tweedy supports colleagues and the broader LGBTQIA+ community every day. Hailing from a union family, Josh says the connections between workers’ rights and LGBTQIA+ liberation are intimately interconnected. #UnionPride #PrideMonth
June 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
As an @opeiulocal153.bsky.social steward at SAGE, Josh Tweedy supports colleagues and the broader LGBTQIA+ community every day. Hailing from a union family, Josh says the connections between workers’ rights and LGBTQIA+ liberation are intimately interconnected. #UnionPride #PrideMonth
Mabel Wong, a member of @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, has worked at Seton Hall University Library for 36 years, providing services to the university and global communities via the interlibrary loan program. #AAPIHeritageMonth
May 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Mabel Wong, a member of @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, has worked at Seton Hall University Library for 36 years, providing services to the university and global communities via the interlibrary loan program. #AAPIHeritageMonth
This rally is going to be streamed live on the Local 153 Instagram at 6 pm Pacific www.instagram.com/opeiulocal153/
Kickstarter United has voted to STRIKE! We are fighting for a 32 hour work week, livable wage for all workers, and protections against AI. Our Seattle members are organizing a rally alongside OPEIU 8. Join us on Thursday in Cal Anderson Park! forms.gle/udwphKvnZDVG...
October 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This rally is going to be streamed live on the Local 153 Instagram at 6 pm Pacific www.instagram.com/opeiulocal153/
We all grew up on Sesame Street values of fairness and kindness, which makes layoffs more egregious.
@sesameworkshop.bsky.social: Negotiate with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social's @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social, and work towards voluntary recognition together.
Put your employees first on Sesame Street.
@sesameworkshop.bsky.social: Negotiate with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social's @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social, and work towards voluntary recognition together.
Put your employees first on Sesame Street.
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We all grew up on Sesame Street values of fairness and kindness, which makes layoffs more egregious.
@sesameworkshop.bsky.social: Negotiate with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social's @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social, and work towards voluntary recognition together.
Put your employees first on Sesame Street.
@sesameworkshop.bsky.social: Negotiate with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social's @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social, and work towards voluntary recognition together.
Put your employees first on Sesame Street.
Janella T. Hinds, Secretary-Treasurer, NYC CLC & VP of Academic High Schools, @uft.org, speaks in support of the @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! We’ll stand with these workers for as long as it takes to make sure they ratify the fair first contract they deserve! #1u
March 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Janella T. Hinds, Secretary-Treasurer, NYC CLC & VP of Academic High Schools, @uft.org, speaks in support of the @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! We’ll stand with these workers for as long as it takes to make sure they ratify the fair first contract they deserve! #1u
And just like that, 600 workers with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social are one step closer to winning the strong contract they deserve
Hundreds of case workers, career coaches and housing specialists at two prominent nonprofits serving recently incarcerated people announced they plan to unionize on Friday morning.
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Staff at Justice-Focused Nonprofits Launch Union Push
Workers at the Fortune Society and the Osborne Association want better wages and health benefits. The organizations help formerly incarcerated people rejoin society.
www.thecity.nyc
May 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
And just like that, 600 workers with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social are one step closer to winning the strong contract they deserve