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Posted on January 26, 2018 | by IBEWADMIN

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

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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

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‘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]

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17 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: The NewsGuild of New York Reaches Tentative First Contract Agreement for Journalists at the Daily News

14 November 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: The NewsGuild of New York Reaches Tentative First Contract Agreement for Journalists at the Daily News 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. Journalists at the New York Daily News reached a tentative agreement [read more]

National Native American Heritage Month Profile: Sunnie Patterson

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National Native American Heritage Month Profile: Sunnie Patterson 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 Sunnie Patterson of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE). “I have been a crane operator engineer apprentice for the past four years. I [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: UPTE and the University of California Reach Tentative Contract Agreement for 21,000 Workers

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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: UPTE and the University of California Reach Tentative Contract Agreement for 21,000 Workers 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. The 21,000 members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA (UPTE-CWA) and the University [read more]