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Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Ironworkers

30 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Ironworkers 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 Ironworkers. 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 [read more]

URGENT: $5 Trillion Gift to Billionaires at Workers’ Expense

30 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

URGENT: $5 Trillion Gift to Billionaires at Workers’ Expense Senators have one final chance to stop these cuts to Medicaid, SNAP food assistance, federal workers’ paychecks and AI safety protections—and keep working families from paying for yet another big tax giveaway to billionaires and big corporations. We urge senators to reject this bill and stand up for working people before it’s too late. While the text of the bill keeps [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Southern California Edison Workers Celebrate Historic Union Election Victory

30 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Southern California Edison Workers Celebrate Historic Union Election Victory 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. More than 1,100 planners, designers and field technicians at Southern California Edison won their election for a union, [read more]

Worker Wins: Giving Families Some Peace of Mind

27 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: Giving Families Some Peace of Mind Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. WGAE Members at Story Syndicate Unanimously Approve First Contract: Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members and management at Story Syndicate reached a deal on their first collective bargaining agreement that was approved unanimously by the members. The contract establishes compensation minimums [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: WGAE Members at Story Syndicate Unanimously Approve First Contract

27 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: WGAE Members at Story Syndicate Unanimously Approve First 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. Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members and management at Story Syndicate reached a deal on their first [read more]

Pride Month Profiles

26 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pride Month Profiles 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. Here's who we've featured so far:Tia BurnettCarl MulertMadison HullAndrew RivasAngie FloresCharles "Cody" TribblePriscilla RoccoLeander LondresHale ReapMatteo HintzSomebody SomeoneShana HarrisZachary PritchettWilliam "Bill" BuchmanJenna HuffmanMonique “Mo” Mate Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 06/26/2025 - 11:05 Tags: Pride [read more]

Pride Month Profiles: Monique “Mo” Mate

26 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Pride Month Profiles: Monique “Mo” Mate 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 Monique “Mo” Mate of NALC. Monique Mate began her career as a letter carrier in 1993, at which point she joined NALC. Her journey in union activism took a significant [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Members at Giant Eagle Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract, Securing Wage Increases

26 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Members at Giant Eagle Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract, Securing Wage Increases 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. More than 5,000 members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1776 at 34 [read more]

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]

Solidarity Is More Important Than Ever: In the States Roundup

25 June 2025 - Kenneth Quinnell

Solidarity Is More Important Than Ever: 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:The Trump Administration has directed ICE to step up enforcement across the nation, despite heavy protests against such activities.Now, more than ever, workers need to [read more]