01/21/2026 - 8:30pm
No Work Is Insignificant: What Working People Are Doing This Week
Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here's a look at the broad range of activities we're engaged in this week.
Actors' Equity:
Swing Day continues! Swings sent in their thoughts on things you might not know about a swing’s job, insight on how they plan their day and how you can support the swings in your cast! #EquityTeamSwing
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— Actors' Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social) January 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM
AFSCME:
Alliance for Retired Americans:
Amalgamated Transit Union:
American Federation of Musicians:
American Federation of Teachers:
AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram's piece in @wordinblacknews.bsky.social denounces book bans& curriculum restrictions as the latest in a long history of attacks on Black education. Even in the age of Trump, the blueprint for Black educational power still stands. wordinblack.com/2026/01/game...
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— AFT (@aft.org) January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
American Postal Workers Union:
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
Boilermakers:
Bricklayers:
01/21/2026 - 8:30pm
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AFSCME Local 328 Members at OHSU Overwhelmingly Approve Contract, Setting Stage for $25 Minimum Hourly Wage by 2028
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
AFSCME Local 328 members who work at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new labor contract, putting them on track to set a $25 minimum wage for workers by 2028. The members work in a wide range of jobs, from patient care to administration to food services.
Of the 4,730 members who voted, some 84% voted to approve the agreement, which immediately raises the minimum wage for union members from $18 to $20, with additional raises up to $25 just before the contract’s mid-2028 expiration date. The contract also includes across-the-board raises for members of between 3% and 4% annually for each of the next three years, and a $4,500 ratification bonus.
“Our $25 minimum wage will set a new standard for the city of Portland and the broader labor movement,” the union said on its blog. “Other unions will build on our wins in the same way our contract builds on the work of those who came before us.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Wed, 01/21/2026 - 09:52
