Big Bend Chapter AFL CIO

05/24/2026

05/11/2026

Rain may have delayed us, but solidarity doesn’t stop for bad weather! 🌭✊

Join the Big Bend Labor Chapter for our rescheduled May Day Picnic on Saturday, May 23 from 1-3 PM at J. Lee Vause Park. Come hang out with union members, friends, and community allies for hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks, and a celebration of working people.

Bring your appetite and your solidarity, we can’t wait to see you there!

RSVP here:

Join the Big Bend Labor Chapter for our rescheduled May Day Picnic as we celebrate International Workers’ Day and the power of working people coming together in solidarity. ⚠️ Please note: Due to inclement weather, this event was postponed from May 2 to May 23. Bring your family, fellow union ...

04/30/2026

🚨 Event Update: May Day Picnic Postponed 🚨

Due to inclement weather, the Big Bend Labor Chapter’s May Day Picnic originally scheduled for May 2 has been postponed.

But don’t worry, we’re still coming together to celebrate International Workers’ Day, just a few weeks later!

📅 New Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Location: J. Lee Vause Park (6024 Old Bainbridge Rd)

Join us for hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks, and plenty of solidarity as we celebrate working people and our shared movement.

Please help us spread the word about the new date, we hope to see you there! New Mobilize RSVP link to come.

04/29/2026

Proud to endorse Jeremy Matlow as he stands with workers! Building a Tallahassee by workers and for workers will take all of us.

North Florida’s largest labor union has endorsed City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow for Mayor of Tallahassee.

The Big Bend Labor Council represents over a dozen bargaining units representing over 5,300 employees across Leon, Gadsden, Franklin, Wakulla, Liberty, Calhoun, Madison and Taylor counties, including more than 3,000 in our Capital County.

The endorsement comes just before May Day, a worker’s holiday more than a century old where nearly half a million workers across the states went on strike to demand an eight-hour workday.

Today, the labor movement continues to align with elected leaders to pursue greater healthcare, workplace safety, and childcare benefits, entitled by the dignity of all who labor.

“This endorsement shows the broad support our campaign has gained from working families all across Tallahassee,” said Commissioner Matlow. “Workers represented in the endorsement include Leon County Schools teachers, faculty at FSU and FAMU, support staff, bus drivers and postal workers.”

“Our community faces the biggest decision in years at the ballot box in 2026 City Commission elections. The contrast between insider elites’ and everyone else’s views could not be clearer. This endorsement means Tallahasseeans can walk through a new chapter at City Hall in solidarity, committed to reform and a new day in local government.”

“I am proud to receive this endorsement and as Mayor, I will bring its spirit of pro-worker advocacy to my work at City Hall every day,” Matlow concluded.

BBLC President Jordan Scott added, “Jeremy Matlow continuously receives endorsements from organized labor because he is committed to making Tallahassee a place for fair wages and safe working conditions. He knows that it is not developers who drive our economy but the majority of us who go to work every day to put food on the table for our families and loved ones. Building a better Tallahassee is about building a movement of workers, communities, and neighborhoods.”

04/28/2026

Today on , we recognize, in solidarity and in remembrance, the many treasured lives lost, disabled, or injured in the workplace and we are resolved to continue advocating for continued workplace reform to prevent any more tragedies. On this day and every day, we hope to uphold the promise to remember the dead, and fight for the living.

04/15/2026

🌍✊ Join Us for May Day! ✊🌍

May Day -also known as International Workers’ Day- is a time to honor the bravery of workers throughout history who fought for safety, dignity, and justice on the job.

Now more than ever, we’re coming together in solidarity to fight for a better future for ALL workers. Our strength is in our unity. 💪

📅 Saturday, May 2
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EDT)
📍 J. Lee Vause Park and Dog Park
6024 Old Bainbridge Rd Tallahassee, FL

Bring your friends, family, and fellow union members as we stand together against attacks on workers’ rights and build power for the future.

👉 RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event/939619/

Together, we are a global movement standing up to the billionaires threatening our rights and freedoms. Solidarity forever! ✊

May Day, or International Workers’ Day, the day the world celebrates the bravery of workers throughout history who have sacrificed for safety, dignity and justice on the job. We’re united in our resolve to fight for a better future for ALL workers abroad and at home, including those targeted by ...

04/03/2026

Democrats officially claimed a second upset in Florida’s special elections when Brian Nathan, an electrical workers union leader, won a tight state senate contest in the reliably Republican West Tampa. Nathan, a Navy veteran and member of a new cadre of working class Democrats, will join Emily Gregory, a small-business owner with a public-health background, as upstart Democrats in Tallahassee. Read more: https://nyti.ms/47y9v2d

03/13/2026

2026 Sine Die Legislative Brief Daniel Diaz | March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 A Note on a Session Unlike Any Other Welcome to your 2026 Sine Die Legislative Brief, where we take a look at the full list of issues working families have been tracking throughout the regular legislative session and report o...

03/07/2026

"Political appointees from the business world, from insurance executives to roofing contractors, are dictating how professors must teach their courses and even providing state-created textbooks for doing so."

The Board of Governors overseeing the new curricula includes roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors.

03/04/2026

Bills? Up. Groceries? Up. Healthcare? Skyrocketing. Workers in Florida need relief- ask lawmakers not to turn their backs on Florida workers today- ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1296: https://bit.ly/40eOlCd