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Business Manager’s Update

Posted on January 26, 2018 | by IBEWADMIN

Under Renovation 6/19/25

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Union Meeting

Posted on December 5, 2017 | by IBEWADMIN

6/19/25 Under renovation

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Opera Singer and Union President: How SNAP Was My Lifeline

30 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Opera Singer and Union President: How SNAP Was My Lifeline When people talk about SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, conversations too often devolve into stereotypes. The recipients are “lazy,” they should “get a job,” and with a “proper work ethic,” no one would need help putting food on the table. Well, I am a professional opera singer who has performed on the Metropolitan Opera stage nearly 1,500 times. [read more]

Worker Wins: The Most Valuable Voices

30 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: The Most Valuable Voices Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Unions Win Extension of Order Halting Trump’s Illegal Shutdown Firings: On Tuesday, a federal judge indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown while a union lawsuit challenging these terminations proceeds through the courts. AFGE and AFSCME first filed [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Sundance Institute Workers Join CWA

30 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Sundance Institute 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. Just a few months before the 2026 Sundance Film Festival is set to begin, workers at the Sundance Institute have successfully secured [read more]

Protect Good Jobs: What Working People Are Doing This Week

29 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Protect Good Jobs: 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:Sierra Repertory Theatre has joined the growing list of employers standing strong with union [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AV Technicians at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino Join IATSE

29 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AV Technicians at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino Join IATSE 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. Audiovisual (AV) technicians at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas formed a union with Theatrical [read more]

Hold Employers Accountable: In the States Roundup

28 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Hold Employers Accountable: 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. California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO:Love to see so many union leaders and members at our Sacramento #YesonProp50 Superwalk! The @CaliforniaLabor movement is putting in WORK this election cycle to make sure all working [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Golf Tournament Raises Money for MS

28 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Golf Tournament Raises Money for MS 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. Nearly 200 golfers, supporters, and guests came out for the 39th Annual ATU Multiple Sclerosis Golf Tournament, one of the [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Health Care Workers in West Virginia Stand Together for a Better Contract

27 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Health Care Workers in West Virginia Stand Together for a Better 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 the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 who work at Montgomery [read more]

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: United Steelworkers

27 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: United Steelworkers 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 the United Steelworkers (USW). Name of Union: The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International UnionMission: The values upon which the USW was [read more]

‘You Need a Voice to Have Freedom’: The Working People Weekly List

24 October 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

‘You Need a Voice to Have Freedom’: 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. North Carolina Teachers Association Becomes AFT Union Affiliate: “‘These North Carolina teachers have been organizing for years to strengthen public education for their students and to secure [read more]