Texas AFL-CIO

12/20/2025

If you’re looking for last-minute gifts to spread holiday cheer, buy union-made! ✊

Find a full list of possible gifts here: https://aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/union-made-holiday-gift-guide

12/19/2025

📢 HUGE TEXAS WORKER WIN: Workers at San Antonio’s Grand Hyatt & Hyatt Regency hotels just ratified new contracts with a $20 minimum wage!

“I’ll be able to actually save and not have to worry so much every month about all my expenses,” said housekeeper and UNITE HERE Local 23 member Mary Saucedo.

This marks the first time San Antonio hotel workers will earn a $20/hr minimum wage!

Union members at the Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency hotels ratified a new three-year contract on Thursday.

12/19/2025

JUST ANNOUNCED: Glenn Scott — activist, feminist, and labor organizer — will be inducted into the Texas Labor Hall of Fame!

Scott’s first organizing job in Austin was with AFSCME in 1982. She went on to work for the Clothing & Textile Workers Union, the Texas AFL-CIO, Education Austin, AFT, and National Nurses United. She brought people into the fight, built coalitions, protested, block walked, and generally raised hell.

Join us in Georgetown on Jan. 24 for our Hall of Fame Dinner to honor Glenn & other Texas labor legends! Details: texasaflcioconvention.org

12/18/2025

“No one has done more than Rick Levy for the modern-day labor movement in Texas.”

After decades of leadership, retired Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy leaves behind a stronger, more inclusive Texas labor movement built to win the fights ahead. (via Texas Observer)

“No one has done more than Rick Levy for the modern-day labor movement in Texas.”

12/18/2025

JUST ANNOUNCED: Retired Machinists Union International President Bob Martinez will be inducted into the Texas Labor Hall of Fame!

A proud Texan and U.S. Naval Air veteran, Martinez began his union journey in 1980 as an aircraft assembler at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, where he became a member of IAM Local 776A. From these roots, he became the IAM’s 14th International President in 2016 – making history as the first person of color to lead IAM and the first Latino president of a major labor union in the history of the U.S.

Join us in Georgetown on Jan. 24 for our Hall of Fame Dinner to honor Bob & other Texas labor legends! Details: texasaflcioconvention.org

12/17/2025

🚨 ACTION ALERT: Tell the WNBA to negotiate in good faith with their players!

Send an email to tell officials that players deserve fair pay, better conditions, and improved benefits!

Last October, WNBA players opted out of their 2020 collective bargaining agreement to demand higher salaries, a more mature revenue share system, better working conditions and improved player benefits. Now, after months of stalling negotiations, the WNBA and team owners continue to ignore player dem...

12/17/2025

JUST ANNOUNCED: 55-year IBEW Local 520 member Ralph Merriweather will be inducted into the Texas Labor Hall of Fame!

In 1976, Merriweather became one of the first African Americans in Central Texas to graduate as a Journeyman Wireman. He went on to organize thousands of new union electricians as an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Representative and has dedicated his entire life to service.

Join us in Georgetown on Jan. 24 for our Hall of Fame Dinner to honor Ralph & other Texas labor legends! Details: texasaflcioconvention.org

12/16/2025

📢 HUGE TEXAS WORKER WIN: 165 workers at Microsoft’s id Software in Richardson just voted to unionize with Communications Workers of America!

The developers, artists, and programmers joining CWA Local 6215 are excited to have a stronger voice in shaping decisions that directly impact their work. Welcome to the labor movement, y’all! (via IGN)

165 workers at id Software, the studio behind the Doom and Quake franchises, have elected to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in yet another wall-to-wall developer union within Microsoft.

12/15/2025

Our labor movement stands in solidarity with striking SBWorkersUnited members.

As Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Gonzales Montemayor said, union members don’t cross picket lines. NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE!

12/14/2025

Denton SBWorkersUnited members are holding the line in their Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) strike against Starbucks.

Don’t cross the picket line until Starbucks baristas have a fair union contract that includes better hours, pay, and real protections on the job! (via North Texas Daily)

Editor's note: This article has been updated with a quote from Starbucks provided to the North Texas Daily after publication.

12/13/2025

12/12/2025

Nurses at St. Joseph in Bryan-College Station just unionized with National Nurses United, and they’re ready to bargain for the standard of care their patients deserve.

“At the end of the day, we're here to take care of our patients. We're the advocates, we're the eyes and the ears, and our voice is important.”

(via KBTX Media)