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Posted on January 26, 2018 | by IBEWADMIN

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Take Action: Time is Running Out for Millions of Americans

23 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Take Action: Time is Running Out for Millions of Americans The government shutdown has now dragged on for 23 days. Across the country, federal workers are struggling to pay bills without their paychecks. And President Trump and his allies in Congress still seem to have no interest in getting to work funding the government and fixing the health care crisis. Meanwhile, time is running out for millions of working people [read more]

Worker Wins: ‘Because We Stood Strong, Organized, and United, We Won’

23 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: ‘Because We Stood Strong, Organized, and United, We Won’ Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. AFM Reaches Tentative Agreement with Broadway League: Powered by an overwhelmingly supportive strike authorization vote, American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 announced in the early hours of Thursday that its members have successfully secured a tentative agreement with [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: SEIU Members Overwhelmingly Ratify LA County Contract

23 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: SEIU Members Overwhelmingly Ratify LA County 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. Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 who work for Los Angeles County successfully ratified the new contract [read more]

Federal Workers Provide Essential Public Services: What Working People Are Doing This Week

22 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Federal Workers Provide Essential Public Services: 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:Stage managers and actors are watching closely. We stand with the [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Staff at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Form Union

22 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Staff at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Form Union 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. Staff at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) joined the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union [read more]

No Kings: In the States Roundup

21 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

No Kings: 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. Arizona AFL-CIO:✊The Arizona AFL-CIO stands in Solidarity with the courageous workers organizing at NRG Staging in New Mexico! #1u #Solidarity #IATSE pic.twitter.com/nFfpfPfr6N— Arizona AFL-CIO (@ArizonaAFLCIO) October 13, 2025California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO:Today, @CaliforniaLabor [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Activision Blizzard’s Platform and Technology Workers Join CWA

21 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Activision Blizzard’s Platform and Technology Workers Join CWA 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. In yet another win for video game workers, staff in Activision Blizzard’s Platform and Technology department voted last week [read more]

People, Not Politicians: The Working People Weekly List

17 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

People, Not Politicians: 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. More Than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente Workers Strike for Better Pay and Staffing: “In the largest strike in its union’s 50-year history, more than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and health workers on [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Sutter Health Workers Secure New Tentative Agreement

17 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Sutter Health Workers Secure New Tentative 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. More than 4,700 SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) members at eight Sutter Health facilities across Northern California have successfully leveraged [read more]

Worker Wins: Workers Deserve Respect and Dignity

16 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: Workers Deserve Respect and Dignity Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. UNITE HERE Members at Hilton Americas-Houston Win New Contract and End 40-Day Strike: After bravely holding the line for 40 days in what was the first hotel strike in Texas history, members of UNITE HERE Local 23 who work at Hilton Americas-Houston successfully [read more]