Tag: AFL-CIO
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...
YOUR LETTERS: Working people want democracy protected
For working people, our vote is sacred. Whether we’re voting to elect candidates to office or to have a voice in our workplace, democracy...
Labor politics driven ‘from bottom up’
By MARK GRUENBERG
PAI Staff Writer
Labor’s political campaign this year will be driven from the bottom up, emphasizing issues, as state federations and central labor...
AFL-CIO, Bldg. Trades unions hail passage of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
Washington (PAI) — Leaders of the AFL-CIO, North America’s Building Trades Unions and other unions, hailed congressional passage of the...
Shuler elected president of AFL-CIO
Redmond tapped as secretary-treasurer, with executive vice president Gebre rounding out historic leadership team
Washington – The AFL-CIO Executive Council has elected Liz Shuler, a...
YOUR LETTERS: Let’s all get vaccinated
Get vaccinated for yourself, your friends and your family. Add your name saying you got vaccinated, and we’ll send you a sticker. Union-made, obviously!
COVID-19...
AFL-CIO urges union members to get vaccinated – then brag about...
The AFL-CIO is urging union members to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and show their health-conscious union pride with a sticker announcing their vaccination status.
“COVID-19...