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Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Immigrant Solidarity, Oral History and More

Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Immigrant Solidarity, Oral History and More Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly The latest episode of the "Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly" features immigrant solidarity, oral history and more. This week’s highlights from labor radio and podcast shows focusing on working people include: “You know, I'm not just the epithet that th […]

Save the News: Meet Andy Nguyen

Save the News: Meet Andy Nguyen The NewsGuild-CWA member Andy Nguyen didn’t think he was going to lose his job when he received the email for the “all-staff” meeting. But that is exactly what happened. Dozens of journalists got laid off, including him, because of the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about how journalists and the whole j […]

Chinese American UNITE HERE Member Shares Her COVID-19 Story

Chinese American UNITE HERE Member Shares Her COVID-19 Story This week we are lifting up Andee Huang, a laid-off Chinese American hotel worker from Boston and a member of UNITE HERE Local 26. She'd been working at the Westin Boston Waterfront for 13 years. Ever since she and all her co-workers lost their jobs in March, Huang has been helping other worke […]

Service + Solidarity: Meet Jennifer Cody

Service + Solidarity: Meet Jennifer Cody Jennifer Cody is an actress from New York and a member of the Actors' Equity. Her industry is 100% unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Broadway is closed for the indefinite future. Learn more about how dancers, singers and the rest of her community are affected during these dangerous times. Kenneth Q […]

Maine AFL-CIO Is Using All the Digital Tools in Its Toolbox to Help Workers

Maine AFL-CIO Is Using All the Digital Tools in Its Toolbox to Help Workers Maine AFL-CIO With unprecedented numbers of Mainers out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s labor movement is deploying digital tools in innovative ways to help workers who are being impacted by COVID-19. The Maine AFL-CIO is using a full range of online platforms to […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Mine Workers Stand with Navajo People

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Mine Workers Stand with Navajo People AFL-CIO During the COVID-19 pandemic, working people across the United States have stepped up to help out their friends, neighbors and communities. In our new Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of those stories every day. Here's today's story. Mine Wor […]

Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Essential Workers Bill of Rights, Kooper Caraway and More

Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Essential Workers Bill of Rights, Kooper Caraway and More Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly The latest episode of the Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly features an Essential Workers Bill of Rights, Kooper Caraway and more. This week’s highlights include: Belabored: Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen report on school employees in Minnesota fighting f […]

Why Domestic Workers Like Nicanora Montenegro Should Be Considered Essential Workers

Why Domestic Workers Like Nicanora Montenegro Should Be Considered Essential Workers Nicanora Montenegro is a Filipina American in-home support services (IHSS) provider in San Diego and the district chair of United Domestic Workers of America (UDW)-AFSCME Local 3930. As an IHSS provider, she takes care of the most vulnerable folks in our community who are al […]

Fix Unemployment Programs: What Working People Are Doing This Week

Fix Unemployment Programs: What Working People Are Doing This Week AFL-CIO Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here's a look at the broad range of activities we're engaged in this week. Actors […]

Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Fire Fighters and COVID-19, the Longest Wildcat Strike and More

Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Fire Fighters and COVID-19, the Longest Wildcat Strike and More Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly The latest episode of the Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly features firefighters during COVID-19, the country’s longest wildcat strike, a new show and more. This week’s highlights include: IAFF Podcast: Hosts Mark Treglio and Doug Stern talk with […]

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