As the election returns rolled in showing President Donald Trump winning strong support from blue-collar voters in November while suffering historic losses in suburbs across the country, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, a Republican […]
Nicole Jeup is an integral part of the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters’ Education and Training Department, specifically with the Veterans in Piping Program, which helps members of the military learn a trade and […]
Let us remain consistently proud of what we can achieve through unity, strive always to be better, and open our hearts and our minds to the differences we have and to what unites us. […]
As lead organizer in the potentially historic effort to unionize 5,800 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, Josh Brewer heads a small army of organizers for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Brewer recognizes that it’s […]
Valerie King is an organizer with the Utility Workers and chairs the union’s Women’s Caucus. She has elevated women’s voices within the union and helped grow their visibility as members across the organization in a few short years. […]
“No sector of the performing arts has been unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” writes Charles McNulty in The Los Angeles Times. “But I’ve been especially concerned about the plight of theater stalwarts, those pioneers and purists […]
Players from the National Football League were among the first to voice their support. Then came Stacey Abrams, the Democratic star who helped turn Georgia blue in the 2020 election. The actor Danny Glover traveled to Bessemer […]
This year, for Women’s History Month, [the AFL-CIO is] taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women’s history across the labor movement. Geoconda Argüello-Kline was raised in Managua, Nicaragua, and […]
Rarely has the chasm between rank-and-file-workers and the extremely wealthy been this wide. While millions of people have lost jobs, gone hungry and struggled to pay for their basic needs, billionaires’ wealth soared to new heights in 2020. […]
By the end of the year, Amazon had broken $100 billion in sales in a single quarter, raking in $125.6 billion by December’s end. Employees at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse facility are currently in the process of voting to join the Retail […]
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