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Stand Up to Protect Ourselves: What Working People Are Doing This Week

17 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Stand Up to Protect Ourselves: What Working People Are Doing This Week 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' Equity:ICYMI - What is the difference between business reps and field reps? [read more]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Esthela Hernandez

17 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Esthela Hernandez Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Esthela Hernandez of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Esthela Hernandez began her career in 1993 as a zero operator in GTE’s (now Verizon) first bilingual Spanish services group, launching a 32-year journey through major [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Delaware DOJ Workers Form Union with AFSCME Council 81

17 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Delaware DOJ Workers Form Union with AFSCME Council 81 orking 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. Professionals at the Delaware Department of Justice (DOJ) who perform a number of duties to support the state’s [read more]

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: In the States Roundup

16 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: In the States Roundup It's time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state federations on X. Alaska AFL-CIO:"Join the union! Everyone I've asked wished they had joined the union a lot sooner." - Lyndon Tulimasealii, Operating Engineers Local 302 Apprentice. #UnionStrong #LaborMonth2025 #UnionDifference pic.twitter.com/vOu2i9z8tm— Alaska AFL-CIO [read more]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Zabdiel Martinez

16 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Zabdiel Martinez Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Zabdiel Martinez of AFSCME. Zabdiel Martinez is an economic support specialist in Dane County, Wisconsin, helping families access food assistance and Medicaid. A proud AFSCME Council 32 member, Martinez fights for strong public services. He’s [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Florida Nurses Decisively Vote to Join NNU

16 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Florida Nurses Decisively Vote to Join NNU 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. Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton–Destin Hospital voted last week to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United [read more]

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: National Nurses United

15 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: National Nurses United This is the next post in our series that will take a deeper look at each of our affiliates. The series will run weekly until we've covered all 63 of our affiliates. Next up is National Nurses United (NNU). Name of Union: National Nurses UnitedMission: NNU is building a militant, class-conscious, national movement of direct-care nurses through union organizing to win health care justice; [read more]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Jennifer Dickerson

15 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Jennifer Dickerson Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Jennifer Dickerson of AFGE. "I am a correctional treatment specialist through the Federal Bureau of Prisons," Jennifer Dickerson said. "I am also part of AFGE Local 3975 as a shop steward, AFGE YOUNG Committee for [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Braxton Winston Elected President of North Carolina State AFL-CIO

15 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Braxton Winston Elected President of North Carolina State AFL-CIO 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. On Friday, Braxton Winston II was elected by delegates at the North Carolina State AFL-CIO’s annual convention as [read more]

A Long History of Fighting for Us: The Working People Weekly List

12 September 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

A Long History of Fighting for Us: 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. Roth's Fresh Markets Employees Reach Tentative Agreement, Cancel Strike: “The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 555 reached a tentative agreement with Roth's Fresh Markets on [read more]