UPDATE (Feb. 7) — The Senate passed the Federal Aviation Administration bill on Monday that includes an anti-union measure bitterly opposed by many labor groups. Both...
SEATTLE (Jan. 31) — More than 200 workers, students, unemployed people and others rallied and marched to a local Wells Fargo branch Tuesday to call on...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: By TULA CONNELL WASHINGTON. D.C. (Jan. 25) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night made...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: By TULA CONNELL The 72-page report, issued yesterday by the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, makes many solid...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Applications are now open for the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program, which provides $150,000 in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents. This...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has issued the following statement regarding the Ryan-Wyden plan under which Medicare would merely subsidize premiums charged by private insurers. The Ryan-Wyden...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 16) — An AFL-CIO report released Thursday sheds new light on the crisis Alabama immigrant families are facing as a result of HB...
On Thursday, Dec. 8, supporters of extending federal unemployment insurance benefits — led by the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO — visited the Mercer Island...
Nearly 2 million workers who have lost their jobs will lose their federal unemployment benefits if Congress fails to act on an extension by the end...
By CARL VAN HORN Congress is about to decide whether to renew unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless. Unless it acts by Dec. 31, millions who...