Watch how the United Steelworkers’ CLEAN Car Wash campaign is providing health care and changing lives. Says Oscar Sanchez, a carwash worker: “Now, thank God my...
The following is a crosspost from Mike Hall at AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 12) — Thousands of hardworking Veterans Health Administration employees — including many...
Following are statements released by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Washington State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson regarding the outcome of Tuesday’s Wisconsin recall votes: AFL-CIO...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some of the most hazardous job sites for workers in the nation are the U.S. Department...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now. Based on a technicality, a federal judge on Monday rejected commonsense rules making National Labor Relations Board union elections...
UPDATE (May 14) — Since this story was originally posted May 10, more unions have announced their support for marriage equality, including UNITE HERE, the Association...
UPDATE — When Patty Rose, Secretary-Treasurer of the Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, put out the call this year to donate jars of union-made Jif...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (May 3) — Thousands of working families are gathering outside the Verizon shareholder meeting here this morning, to protest the company’s “VeriGreedy” treatment of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 2) — In 2010, 4,690 workers were killed on the job – an average of 13 workers every day – and an estimated...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: Twenty years ago, when the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) was founded, “you could almost count the number...