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19 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: We’re Just Getting Started Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Minnesota Nurses Ratify Union Contract with Essentia Health-Virginia Hospital: After 10 bargaining sessions that began in July, nurses at Essentia Health-Virginia Hospital, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association (an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU)) voted to ratify their union contract on Wednesday. More [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Flight Attendants at Flight Services Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract

19 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Flight Attendants at Flight Services Overwhelmingly Ratify New 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. Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 578 members who work as flight attendants at Flight Services International have ratified [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Adler Planetarium Staff Vote to Join AFSCME

18 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Adler Planetarium Staff Vote to Join AFSCME 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 the Adler Planetarium voted on Thursday to join AFSCME Council 31, marking the latest victory for cultural workers [read more]

Not One More: What Working People Are Doing This Week

17 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Not One More: 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:Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair union contract, and Equity members can [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: SMART-TD Reaches Tentative Agreement with SEPTA

17 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: SMART-TD Reaches Tentative Agreement with SEPTA 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 SMART-TD Local 1594 reached a tentative agreement with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on Thursday, preventing a holiday [read more]

The Final Push: In the States Roundup

16 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

The Final Push: 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:THE FINAL PUSHWe are close to getting a vote in the House on the Protect America's Workforce Act, a bill that would REVERSE Trump's union-busting and RESTORE collective bargaining rights [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Unifi Fresno Workers Vote to Join IAM Union

16 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Unifi Fresno Workers Vote to Join IAM 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. Aviation staff who work for Unifi at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport have voted to form a union with [read more]

Back to Basics: The Working People Weekly List

15 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Back to Basics: 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. Republican-Led House Votes to Overturn Trump Executive Order on Bargaining Rights: “Liz Shuler, the president of the AFL-CIO, which represents nearly 15 million workers, commended ‘the Republicans and Democrats who stood [read more]

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Major League Baseball Players Association

15 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Major League Baseball Players Association 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 64 of our affiliates. Next up is the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). Name of Union: Major League Baseball Players AssociationMission: The MLBPA represents players on the 40-man Major League rosters, [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Nurses at St. Joseph Health Vote Decisively to Join NNU

15 December 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Nurses at St. Joseph Health Vote Decisively 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 (RNs) at St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, Texas, are celebrating a powerful victory this [read more]