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Posted on January 26, 2018 | by IBEWADMIN

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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Bus Drivers Get Big Raises in New Island Transit Contract

24 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Bus Drivers Get Big Raises in New Island Transit Contract Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1576 bus drivers and dispatchers who work for Island Transit in [read more]

Worker Wins: A Life-Changing Contract

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Worker Wins: A Life-Changing Contract Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. IAM Union Local 2789 Members Ratify Strong New Contract at John Deere in Georgia: IAM Union (IAM) Local 2789 members at John Deere’s facility in Augusta, Georgia, voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year collective bargaining agreement that the union said is the strongest contract [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IAM Union Local 2789 Members Ratify Strong New Contract at John Deere in Georgia

21 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IAM Union Local 2789 Members Ratify Strong New Contract at John Deere in Georgia Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. IAM Union Local 2789 members at John Deere’s facility in Augusta, Georgia, voted [read more]

CALL: Tell Your Representative to Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act

20 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

CALL: Tell Your Representative to Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act It’s time to get it done for America’s workers.Thanks to the hard work of working families, union members and our allies, our bipartisan bill to reverse President Trump’s union-busting executive order is getting a vote in Congress. That’s right: We’ve got the 218 signatures we need—Democrats AND Republicans—to force Congress to vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act in [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Union Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement

20 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Union Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Members of AFSCME Council 31 and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have reached a [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: News Workers in Lancaster, Harrisburg Ratify First Union Contract; Secure Raises, More Affordable Health Care

19 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: News Workers in Lancaster, Harrisburg Ratify First Union Contract; Secure Raises, More Affordable Health Care Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Nine months after voting to organize a union, journalists at LNP | [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Minneapolis Teachers Ratify Contract with School District

18 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Minneapolis Teachers Ratify Contract with School District Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Members of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, an affiliate of both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National [read more]

‘This Is Everyone’s Win’: The Working People Weekly List

17 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

‘This Is Everyone’s Win’: The Working People Weekly List Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of U.S. Stores on ‘Red Cup Day’: “More than a thousand unionized Starbucks workers walked off the job across the country on Thursday, demanding concessions [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Staffers at Iconic D.C. Concert Venues Win Voluntary Union Recognition

17 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Staffers at Iconic D.C. Concert Venues Win Voluntary Union Recognition Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Workers at renowned Washington, D.C., music venues have secured voluntary recognition of their efforts to organize with [read more]

National Native American Heritage Month Profile: Zuben Ornelas

14 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

National Native American Heritage Month Profile: Zuben Ornelas Throughout National Native American Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Native Americans have made to the labor movement and toward expanding the rights of working people. Today's profile is Zuben Ornelas of the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). Zuben Ornelas joined IATSE in 1993 and has served on Local One’s Social Justice, DEI and [read more]