Wilfred Arceneaux is a server at the Atlanta Airport and an LGBTQ advocate. He canvassed in Atlanta as part of UNITE HERE’s Take Back the Senate campaign to elect labor-endorsed candidates to the US Senate. About the experience […]
A longtime union leader, Corean Holloway works as a laundry attendant at the Warwick Hotel Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. She canvassed her city full time to get out the vote for Biden-Harris during the general election for president. […]
In August 2020, artist Rayneese Primrose, a member of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 764, discovered that her Lady Liberty artwork was selected by the Rockefeller Center as part of the Flag Project, in which artists designed flags that […]
President Biden on Wednesday honored the late John Sweeney, former leader of the AFL-CIO labor union, calling him “a giant of the American labor movement, and a good man.” Sweeney died Monday at the age of 86. “I had the honor and privilege of working closely with John Sweeney during his leadership of […]
John J. Sweeney, a New York union researcher who climbed to the pinnacle of the American labor movement in the 1990s, leading the AFL-CIO for 14 years through an era of fading union membership but rising political influence, died on […]
“Today, working people are one step closer to freely exercising our most fundamental rights on the job,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “The PRO Act will strengthen workers’ ability to come together and demand a fair share of […]
One of life’s constants for Sheila E. comes down to a simple phrase: follow the beat. Sheila is a Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated singer/songwriter behind the seminal hits “The Glamorous Life” and “A Love Bizarre.” She is a fearless […]
John Clayton is a natural born multitasker. He is a member of the American Federation of Musicians. His accomplishments include a Grammy Award and eight nominations. He is a composer, arranger, conductor, producer, educator, mentor […]
The famous slogan, “I Am A Man,” is credited to William Lucy, who was elected president of Public Services International in 1994, the first African American to hold the post. He co-founded the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists in 1972. […]
We at the AFL-CIO urge the Biden administration and Congress to seize this opportunity to transform the lives of working people through bold, structural change, starting with the following five priorities. First, worker empowerment. Because stronger unions are essential to addressing the multiple […]
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