Our Voice, Our Power: 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:

ICYMI- The Basement is the first unionized escape room in America and has set an important example for other immersive performers. Their three main asks – safety, salary and scheduling – have been a rallying point for these workers since unionizing in 2023. Listen to their story: bit.ly/4sP5LSd

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— Actors' Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM

AFSCME:

This #TaxDay is a reminder of how our system has been rigged against workers.

The Trump admin & anti-worker politicians gutted health care & food assistance for working families to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. This isn’t a resource problem. It’s a fairness problem. pic.twitter.com/7VDZpyiDTM

— AFSCME (@AFSCME) April 15, 2026

Air Line Pilots Association:

The Senate was unanimous. The House passed the ALERT Act. Now comes the hard part – reconciling one bill that must improve safety. pic.twitter.com/2luSnEf1st

— Air Line Pilots Association (@ALPAPilots) April 15, 2026

Alliance for Retired Americans:

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Members Ratify Tentative Agreement with JBS

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.

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 members have overwhelmingly ratified a new two-year contract with JBS USA following a powerful three-week work stoppage.

Workers at the company’s flagship beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, walked off the job after a nearly unanimous vote to authorize an unfair labor practice strike. The new collective bargaining agreement contains a number of major victories—including wage increases that are 33% higher than management’s pre-strike proposal—and not a single concession.

“This tentative agreement is a testament to the incredible resolve of our members at the JBS Greeley plant,” said Kim Cordova, president of Local 7. “These workers stood together on the picket line for three weeks, through extreme weather, because they knew their worth and refused to be disrespected. Today, that sacrifice has been rewarded. This is what union power looks like.”

Kenneth Quinnell Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:13