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MAKE A CALL: Tell the Senate to Say NO to Big Tech’s AI Overreach

25 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

MAKE A CALL: Tell the Senate to Say NO to Big Tech’s AI Overreach As corporations speed up their use of artificial intelligence (AI), workers are at a dangerous crossroads every day.Workers want strong protections and real accountability from tech companies to stop the unsafe, unethical use of AI before it’s too late. That’s why state lawmakers across the country have been working on guardrails that protect workers’ jobs, safety [read more]

Pride Month Profiles: Jenna Huffman

25 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pride Month Profiles: Jenna Huffman For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Jenna Huffman of CWA. Jenna Huffman is a CWA Next Generation activist from District 6, Local 6215. Based in Austin, Texas, she is involved in bargaining for a new, fair contract [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Nurses Ratify First Agreement

25 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Nurses Ratify First 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. Members of California Nurses Association (CNA)—which is affiliated with National Nurses United (NNU)—at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial in California [read more]

Pride Month Profiles: William "Bill" Buchman

24 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pride Month Profiles: William "Bill" Buchman For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is William "Bill" Buchman of AFM. William Buchman joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1992 after two seasons with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He was appointed assistant principal bassoon in 1996. [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Planned Parenthood Central Coast Clinical Workers Secure Tentative Agreement

24 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Planned Parenthood Central Coast Clinical Workers Secure 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. SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) members who work at Planned Parenthood California Central Coast (PPCCC) clinics have reached [read more]

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Elevator Constructors

23 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Elevator Constructors 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 are the Elevator Constructors (IUEC). Name of Union: International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC)Mission: To promote and protect the interests of elevator constructors, with a focus on dignity, skills [read more]

Speaking Out Against Injustice: The Working People Weekly List

23 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Speaking Out Against Injustice: 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. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on How Labor Is Uniting in Response to Trump: “In an exclusive interview with Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan, the U.S. labor leader also discusses DOGE, [read more]

Pride Month Profiles: Zachary Pritchett

23 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pride Month Profiles: Zachary Pritchett For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Zachary Pritchett of AFSCME. Zachary Pritchett is an emergency room (ER) nurse at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles and a proud member of United Nurses Associations of California/Union of [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: San Diego IATSE Members Secure Powerful Contract

23 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: San Diego IATSE Members Secure Powerful 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. Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 122 members who work for Encore Global won a historic contract that includes wage increases [read more]

Worker Wins: We’re Proud of What We’ve Achieved Together

20 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: We’re Proud of What We’ve Achieved Together Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Vermont Hospice Workers Vote to Join AFT: Earlier this month, staff at the University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network Home Health & Hospice voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming a union with AFT Vermont, an affiliate of the American Federation of [read more]