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Worker Wins: ‘The Hardest We Have Ever Fought’

8 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: ‘The Hardest We Have Ever Fought’ Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. SAG-AFTRA and Nickelodeon Reach Tentative Agreement: SAG-AFTRA announced on Wednesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with Nickelodeon Animation Studio Inc. on the terms of its 2025 Basic Cable Television Animation Agreement. The agreement covers SAG-AFTRA members working on animated programs [read more]

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Kevin Ancog

8 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Kevin Ancog For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Kevin Ancog of AFSCME. United Public Workers (UPW) Hawaii member Kevin Ancog is a building maintenance worker at [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AFL-CIO President Celebrates Historic Worker Rights Milestone in Vermont

8 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AFL-CIO President Celebrates Historic Worker Rights Milestone in Vermont 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. On May Day, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler visited Vermont, where she witnessed the passage of a historic constitutional [read more]

Tell Congress: No Cuts to Medicaid

7 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Tell Congress: No Cuts to Medicaid Right now, Congress is considering a reckless budget package that would make the 2017 tax giveaway to billionaires and giant corporations permanent, and expand the tax cuts for the rich by cutting $1.5 trillion from essential programs like Medicaid. Medicaid is the single largest source of health care coverage in the United States, and a major source of funding for hospitals, community health [read more]

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: What Working People Are Doing This Week

7 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: 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:Join us for the next Embracing Equity Series Event: [read more]

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Kristy Pham

7 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Kristy Pham For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Kristy Pham of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Kristy Pham is a member of Communications Workers (CWA) [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: NLRB Sides with Whole Foods Workers in Amazon’s Union Election Challenge

7 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: NLRB Sides with Whole Foods Workers in Amazon’s Union Election Challenge 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. Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled every objection filed by Whole Foods regarding [read more]

RSVP TODAY: Airport Workers Virtual Roundtable

7 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

RSVP TODAY: Airport Workers Virtual Roundtable Join workers, advocates, and community partners at the Airport Workers United's Virtual Roundtable on May 7th at 12 pm ET featuring SEIU International President April Verrett, airport worker leaders from across the country, elected champions and other partners for an important conversation about the intersecting crisis of poverty and safety at our nation's airports. Special guests will share their experiences within the aviation system and highlight a [read more]

Solidarity Forever: In the States Roundup

6 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Solidarity Forever: 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:Electric May Day celebration in Anchorage, Alaska yesterday! Our community came together to stand up for workers in every sector and demand answers from our federal delegation.One Union. One Alaska. One [read more]

Pressure Comes from the People: The Working People Weekly List

6 May 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pressure Comes from the People: 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. U.S. Labor Unions Demand 'Brother' Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Return from El Salvador: “The letter was signed by Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO labor federation; James Williams, Jr., president [read more]