AFL-CIO News
SOLIDARITY ALERT: Sesame Workshop writers Writers at Sesame Workshop—the incredibly talented team that gives Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, and all our favorite Muppets the words that change our kids’ lives forever—are on the verge of a strike. These writers are fighting for a contract with industry-standard annual raises, improvements to residuals and coverage of all writing work performed for Sesame Workshop—including animation and social media segments.Their current contract expires this Friday, April 19.If the company continues to refuse to engage on core issues and a deal can’t be reached by that deadline, Writers Guild of America… [...]
Worker Wins: A New Way of Doing Business Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. AFSCME Maryland Celebrates Pro-Worker Legislation Victories During 2024 Session: Following the end of Maryland’s legislative session, AFSCME members and leadership are celebrating the passage of bills securing collective bargaining rights for state supervisory employees and public library workers. More than 7,000 state workers will be gaining the right to join a union later this year, in what AFSCME Maryland Council 3 called the largest legislative expansion of collective bargaining rights in the… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IAM Hails Passage of Library Worker Rights Legislation Working people across the United States have stepped 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. The Machinists (IAM) union, which represents Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) workers, is celebrating the passage of the Library Workers Empowerment Act, a milestone piece of legislation initiated by the IAM last year that will grant library staff across Maryland the right to organize.The legislation, cross-filed as H.B. 609… [...]
Fighting for Our Rights: 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:Disneyland cast members have filed for an election with the NLRB. https://t.co/tsWErejmdA— Actors' Equity (@ActorsEquity) April 17, 2024AFGE:🔥The numbers are in! AFGE grew by 5.5% in 2023, making our union the fastest growing large union in the country.We're pushing towards our next goal of… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Send a Letter and Tell Congress to Support Increased Federal Arts Funding Working people across the United States have stepped 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. American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) members' voices are critical in ensuring members of Congress support the funding of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) at $211 million for fiscal year 2025.It's easy to contact representatives and… [...]