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Big Tech Organizing: The Working People Weekly List

22 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Big Tech Organizing: 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. Big Tech Unionizing: "Workers at Google and other Alphabet companies have started the Alphabet Workers Union, in partnership with the Communications Workers of America. This is a breakthrough. It includes all workers. It… [read more]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Inauguration 2021: Brought To You By Unions

22 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Inauguration 2021: Brought To You By Unions Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. On Wednesday, we witnessed a nearly flawless inauguration ceremony that served to uplift Americans and help unify us on… [read more]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Ohio AFL-CIO Mobilizing in Support of Workers First Agenda

21 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Ohio AFL-CIO Mobilizing in Support of Workers First Agenda Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The Ohio AFL-CIO has begun immediately mobilizing to make sure the Workers First Agenda is at the… [read more]

Pathway to Progress: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Scripto Strike

19 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pathway to Progress: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Scripto Strike Georgia State University History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from the bottom up," studying the vital role that working people played in our heritage. Working people built, and continue to build, the… [read more]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Local Leads Fight for Investment in Baltimore Transit System

19 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Local Leads Fight for Investment in Baltimore Transit System Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. A coalition consisting of labor, elected officials and Johns Hopkins University was formed in central Maryland… [read more]

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Masters, Mates & Pilots

15 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Masters, Mates & Pilots Next up in our series that takes a deeper look at each of our affiliates is our newest member union, Masters, Mates & Pilots. Name of Union: International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) Mission: To protect the rights and working conditions of members of the seagoing maritime community. Current Leadership of Union: Donald Marcus serves as international president of MM&P and Donald… [read more]

Get to Know the AFL-CIO's Affiliates

15 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know the AFL-CIO's Affiliates AFL-CIO Starting last year, AFL-CIO has been profiling each of our affiliates. Let's take a look back at the profiles we've already published. Check back as the series moves along to read more affiliate profiles: Actors and Artistes Actors' Equity Air Traffic Controllers AFGE AFSCME AFT Air Line Pilots Association Amalgamated Transit Union American Federation of Musicians American Postal Workers Union Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco… [read more]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: NATCA Members Guide First Flights Carrying COVID-19 Vaccine

15 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: NATCA Members Guide First Flights Carrying COVID-19 Vaccine Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) members in the Michigan cities of Lansing and Grand Rapids were proud… [read more]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IBEW Members Integral to Production and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines

13 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IBEW Members Integral to Production and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Almost one year after the first cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in North America, vaccines from… [read more]

We Are Angry: In the States Roundup

13 January 2021 - Kenneth Quinnell

We Are Angry: 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 Twitter. Alaska AFL-CIO: Pres. @vincebeltrami's statement about attempted coup in our nation’s capital: "We. Are. Angry. Angry at an assault on our nation’s hallowed capital and our elected representatives . . .”… [read more]

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