Tag: AFL-CIO
Black History Month: A reading list from the AFL-CIO
This Black History Month, we at the AFL-CIO want to recognize that Black history is not a separate history; it’s not a single month....
Relief fund established help Hawaiian union families
To help the thousands of union families who lost everything in the massive Hawaiian wildfires of last week, the AFL-CIO has launched a special...
AFL-CIO endorses President Joe Biden for re-election
Washington – The AFL-CIO has endorsed President Biden’s reelection campaign in a major win for the President as he works to shore up Labor...
AFL-CIO’s Shuler: Supreme Court’s decision will not stop workers from exercising...
Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court sided with corporations over working people in its ruling June 1 in Glacier Northwest Inc., v. International Brotherhood...
NEA blasts Senate for denying student debt relief to millions of...
‘Americans deserve a Congress that will help them pursue their dreams — not squash them.’
Washington — The Senate last week narrowly voted to block...
2022 was a banner year for workers, AFL-CIO says
By LIZ SHULER, President, AFL-CIO
and
FRED REDMOND, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
At the end of each year, we like to look back at where we’ve been. It’s good...
Major League baseball players joining AFL-CIO; Minor Leaguers seeking to organize
Baseball fans were delighted with dual news last week affecting America’s favorite pastime:
A unionization drive among Minor League baseball players was launched by...
AFL-CIO plans ‘Labor in the Pulpit’ program Labor Day weekend
This year’s Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, provides a unique opportunity for state federations, central and area Labor councils to reach out to faith...
AFL-CIO: CEO Greed is causing inflation
A message from the AFL-CIO
Wall Street elites blame workers and low unemployment for causing inflation. They say it’s because our wages are rising.
But in...
First woman, first African-American elected to top AFL-CIO leadership
The national AFL-CIO wrote a new chapter in its storied history when delegates elected the first woman and first African-American into its top leadership.
At...