Texas AFL-CIO

With only FOUR DAYS LEFT to vote early, we are in the final stretch of this election. Billionaires are trying to buy Texas. We need every union member in this fight to secure our healthcare, our schools, and our retirements. Make your plan ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

✊ TEXAS UNION WIN: Workers at Ash Grove Cement in Midlothian voted to unionize with Boilermakers! Texas workers are organizing for better wages, benefits, and protections on the job! Start your union journey: texasaflcio.org/organize

Workers run this state. When we show up at the ballot box, we protect our health, our safety on the job, and our families’ futures.  Let’s fight for a safe and fair workplace for all! Vote early now ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

Across Texas, union members are working to elect pro-worker candidates who will fight to: 👉 Raise worker wages 👉 Lower healthcare costs 👉 Fully-fund public schools 👉 Protect Social Security We’re done settling for crumbs from corrupt politicians. Join us & make a plan to vote ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

Everything really is bigger in Texas, including the strength and energy of our union family! We’re putting it all into electing our union brother James Talarico. Let’s get those early votes in!

If teachers can get out there to block walk during parent-teacher conference season, we all can! Join us this Saturday across Texas to get out the vote for our pro-worker candidates. Every action counts! Let’s get to work ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

Don’t get tricked! 🎃 Celebrate Halloween while supporting workers' rights by choosing union-made candy and snacks. Learn more ➡️ aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/halloween

Let’s vote NOW and run up the score for our pro-worker candidates! The Trump admin is gearing up to claim a “stolen election,” but we’ll make this election too big to rig. Save the Election Protection Hotline — 𝟖𝟔𝟔-𝐎𝐔𝐑-𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 — and show the corrupt politicians that they can’t mess with Texas workers!

Texas public schools belong to our communities, not billionaire-bankrolled voucher schemes. As governor, Gina Hinojosa will fight to put kids and teachers first. Our students need her and our other pro-worker candidates in office. Vote NOW to secure their futures➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

WE ARE TEXAS ✊ Billionaires think they can buy Texas, but working people are taking our power back. Texas AFL-CIO President Leonard Aguilar laid it all out at last night’s massive Houston rally with James Talarico. Let’s take this energy straight to the polls!! ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

We’re proud to back union-first candidate Adrian Reyna for TX HD 125! As an experienced educator and fellow union member, we know Adrian will continue to fight for working families at the Texas Capitol. Vote early for Adrian and all of our pro-worker candidates! ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social joined @iamunion.bsky.social President Brian Bryant, @texasaflcio.org President Leonard Aguilar and Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation’s Hany Khalil in Houston today to rally our Texas union family for our pro-worker union brother @jamestalarico.bsky.social!

Leaving it all out on the field 💪 Texas workers are ALL IN for James Talarico. Let’s win this! ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

With Election Day only 13 days away, every conversation between union members at the door counts. If every union member volunteered for at least one event this October, we’d have what we need to win. Will you join us? Do your part ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

It’s time to vote early! Our families, communities, and futures are all on the ballot this election. Let’s elect pro-worker leaders — like Taylor Rehmet — who work for us! Vote today ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

Let's go, Texas! 🤠➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

✊ TEXAS UNION WIN: Sodexo workers at Meta in Austin just won their first union contract! Congratulations to the UNITE HERE! Local 23 members for raising the standards for hospitality workers in Austin and across our state! That’s the union difference!

We’re tired of the same lies and distractions – Texans know the reality. While defunding our neighborhood public schools, Greg Abbott gave $1 billion to private schools with his private school voucher scam. Our educators and students deserve better. Vote early. ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

TEXAS, early voting starts TODAY! 🤠 This election is critical for working people, and our power is at the polls. We can’t afford for any union member to stay silent. Let’s win for Texas workers! Find your county-specific endorsement list to take with you to the polls ➡️ texasaflcio.org/vote

Congratulations to the graduates of our 2026 Ruth Ellinger Leadership Academy! 🎓 ✊ These labor leaders are the future of the Texas labor movement and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish next!

✊ TEXAS UNION WIN: Houston Symphony musicians just won a four-year union contract! @afm-union.bsky.social Local 65-699 members stood in solidarity to secure tiered wage increases, health protections, and expanded the orchestra to 95 permanent positions. Strong unions build strong communities!

Texas is in play, y’all! 💪 Across our state, union members are knocking doors and making calls to elect pro-worker candidates up and down the ballot!  Workers OVER billionaires, every day!  Join us ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

Rep. Mihaela Plesa is a proven union-first candidate fighting for Collin County! As a proud TSEU-CWA 6186 member, she puts working families ahead of billionaires every day. Let’s keep a labor champion in office! Make your plan to vote next week ➡️ betterinaunion.org/plan

Congratulations to the newest graduates of the Texas Construction Career Pathways MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Program! Know someone ready to step into a rewarding career that builds the future of our state? Learn more and apply at texasccp.com

When union members vote, we all win. Who you vote for impacts your job, your family, and every worker in Texas. We need people who will fight for Texas workers in office. Beat the lines and make a plan to early vote next Monday! Plan ahead ➡️betterinaunion.org/plan

📍 AUSTIN: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earns 1,700x what the avg barista makes, but didn’t have the courage to face his own workers. @sbworkersunited.org members are calling on the company to finalize a fair union contract with reasonable pay, hours, staffing, and protections!

We need your help to block walk this Saturday! We’ve got opportunities all over Texas to pitch in and get our pro-worker candidates elected. Let’s change Texas! Join us ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

📍HOUSTON: We’re proud of all of our Texas tradeswomen who represented their unions at the annual Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference. Tradeswomen get the job done. 💪

Early voting is ONE WEEK away! Who you vote for impacts your job, your family, and every worker in Texas. Don’t sit this election out — make a plan to vote today! Plan ahead ➡️ betterinaunion.org/plan

As we honor the contributions of the Latino community to our union and the labor movement during Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re proud to celebrate the legacy of letter carriers like Loredo, TX Branch 354 founding member and president Jose Vazquez.

✊ TEXAS UNION WIN: Workers at Safran Seats in Gainesville, TX won a union contract that eliminates mandatory overtime!  When workers organize and stand together, they raise the bar for everyone in their communities. That’s the union difference!

Texas is in play, y’all! 💪 Across our state, union members are taking action to elect pro-worker candidates up and down the ballot! We’re going to vote for the change we know we need! Join us next weekend ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

Early bird registration is NOW OPEN for our Women’s Summit - Nov. 20-22 in San Marcos! Join union sisters from across Texas for a weekend of leadership, organizing strategy, and solidarity. Let’s build a better Texas for working women together! Don’t miss out! Register today ➡️texasaflcio.org/women

Thank you to our community sponsors for helping raise over $100,000 at our annual golf tournament! Every dollar goes right back into our movement to support our scholarship program and member outreach. Onward!

We need elected officials that work for us, not billionaires.✊ We’re backing Holly Taylor for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9 Judge—the highest state court for criminal cases in Texas. As an AFSCME Retirees member, she knows our union values and will use them to enforce laws fairly for all Texans.

Working people are worried about their jobs and their futures. We need elected leaders who will protect working people from unregulated AI. We can’t let Big Tech CEOs regulate themselves, we need AI guardrails to protect our jobs, rights and freedoms.

Union member to union member, we’re knocking doors this Saturday for our pro-worker champions. 👟We know they’ll have our backs in office—now it’s time to have theirs. Do your part ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

We’re celebrating Jose Vazquez’s lifetime of solidarity and service for Hispanic Heritage Month. From Laredo, this labor leader went on to help pass the Service Contract Act of 1965 which now protects thousands of workers throughout the U.S. ¡Unidos, somos más!

First time block walking? 👟We’ve got you covered. Door knocking is how we connect with fellow union members, protect our rights, and turn out the vote for pro-worker candidates across Texas. Join the cause ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

Imagine a Texas where we had elected officials that worked for us. It’s time for Greg Abbott’s 16-year reign to end. Our rights, families, and futures depend on it. Join the movement ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

Despite some rain, our 23rd annual Texas AFL-CIO • Walter Umphrey Golf Tournament was a success! Every donation allows us to support our scholarship fund and member to member work. Help us grow our work by making a contribution today: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/texas-afl-cio-scholarship-fund

🚨 TEXAS: The deadline to register to vote is TODAY. You must register in-person, so find a registration event or office near you. Let’s show the power of Texas workers this November! Check your status ➡️ betterinaunion.org/check Find a place to register ➡️ gatewaytovote.org

📍 FORT WORTH: No matter who you’re rooting for this football season, we’re all on the same team when it comes to supporting Texas workers. This weekend, we gathered with our brothers and sisters in North Texas to rally for our pro-labor candidates, including Taylor Rehmet and Katie O’Brien.

🔴 LIVE from Fort Worth for our Workers vs. Billionaires rally with @iamunion.bsky.social! We’re putting in the work to elect pro-worker candidates up and down the ballot this November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=muST...

📍 HOUSTON: Something BIG is happening in Texas. Workers are done settling! We're rallying, block walking, & standing together to make our voices heard. Today, nearly 150 union members, labor leaders, & allies came together with a clear message: Houston workers deserve better. ✊

📍 AUSTIN: We need leaders who stand up to the billionaires and fight for us! That’s why we’re knocking doors to help turn out union members for our pro-worker candidates, even in the rain! 🌧️ Join us every wknd: texasaflcio.org/volunteer Early Voting: Oct. 19-30 • Election Day: Nov. 3

When we fight, we win! Our Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board is the driving force behind building the Texas labor movement. This week, our board came together from across the state to discuss AI’s impact on Texas workers, our electoral work, and our plans for the year ahead.

You have the power to make a difference this election. ✊ Join us this weekend as we talk to other union members about our pro-worker champions across the state! RSVP ➡️ texasaflcio.org/volunteer

Solidarity with our EPA workers! “They believe in the kind of work that they do,” Chen said. “When they’re gagged and have no rights, they’re unable to serve the American public, they can’t do their jobs and they can’t serve the agency’s mission.” More: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We’re proud to stand with our brothers and sisters from TSEU Local 6186! Together, we’ll take back our power from the corrupt politicians and billionaires that want to tell us what we can say, teach, and do.