(Feb. 5, 2015) — Today is the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that allows workers to take unpaid...
The following is from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union: SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 5, 2015) — The ILWU is trying to keep dock employers at the...
Jeff Johnson, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015: Yesterday I walked the picket line with...
The following is from the USW: PITTSBURGH (Feb. 1, 2015) — The United Steelworkers Union (USW) announced that it is calling for a work stoppage at...
UPDATE (Jan. 30, 2015) at AFL-CIO Now — McCain fails to move Jone Act repeal — A move by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to scuttle the...
UPDATE — This important effort has been extended to urge folks to continue calling. Thank you to all who have already called — and those of...
(Jan. 21, 2015) — Following are statements by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Washington State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson regarding President Barack Obama’s State of...
(Jan. 20, 2015) — As you read this, the White House has launched a full-court press to pressure democrats in Congress to support “fast track” legislation...
The following is from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union: SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 13, 2015) — In contract negotiations Monday afternoon, officials from the Pacific Maritime...
WASHINGTON (Jan. 9, 2015) — Some 1 million workers could lose their employer-provided health insurance under a Republican bill (H.R. 30) that passed Thursday to redefine...