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Local Union President Elected to the New York State Senate

Local Union President Elected to the New York State Senate Labor stalwart John Mannion has been officially elected to the New York state senate to represent a district in the Syracuse suburbs. Mannion is the president of a local New York State United Teachers (NYSUT/AFT-NEA) union and he received steadfast support in his campaign from the Central New York Ar […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: College Students Campaign in Runoff Election with Support from Georgia AFL-CIO

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: College Students Campaign in Runoff Election with Support from Georgia AFL-CIO Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s […]

Amtrak to Give Horn Salute to Honor Legacy of TTD President Larry Willis

Amtrak to Give Horn Salute to Honor Legacy of TTD President Larry Willis On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Amtrak will honor the legacy of Transportation Trades Department (TTD) President Larry Willis with a horn salute. Larry died Sunday from injuries he sustained in a cycling accident near Great Falls Park in Maryland. He was 53. “Larry was a true champion of the nati […]

Working People Plan Diverse Activities for Thanksgiving

Working People Plan Diverse Activities for Thanksgiving For Thanksgiving weekend, many working families will take time off to share a meal, either virtually or in person. Many others have to work over the weekend. And still others will be helping out their friends and neighbors during these tough times. Here is a sampling of the activities various unions wil […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Demands Action in Face of Shocking COVID-19 Failures

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Demands Action in Face of Shocking COVID-19 Failures Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The United Fo […]

Breakthrough for Organized Labor and Clean Energy

Breakthrough for Organized Labor and Clean Energy Her goal was to go beyond good intentions and rhetoric. So Liz Shuler, as secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the second-highest position in the labor movement and, as it happens, highest-ranking woman in the federation’s history, went to Scandinavia in 2019. She leveraged AFL-CIO’s relationships with their s […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Iowa Federation of Labor Joins Legal Fight Over State OSHA Protections

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Iowa Federation of Labor Joins Legal Fight Over State OSHA Protections Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: RSVP: FLOC Benefit Concert ‘Songs for Justice’

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: RSVP: FLOC Benefit Concert ‘Songs for Justice’ Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The Farm Labor Organizin […]

Voluntary Recognition: Worker Wins

Voluntary Recognition: Worker Wins Despite the challenges of organizing during a deadly pandemic, working people across the country (and beyond) continue organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. This edition begins with several groups of organizers who won voluntary recognition of their new unions. Kentucky Democratic Party Staff Join IBEW: […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: MM&P Members Rescue Downed Pilots in the Pacific

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: MM&P Members Rescue Downed Pilots in the Pacific Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The officers and c […]

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