AFL-CIO News
Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: National Lacrosse League Players' Association 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 64 of our affiliates. Next up is the National Lacrosse League Players’ Association (NLLPA). Name of Union: National Lacrosse League Players’ AssociationMission: The Association works to establish improved working conditions, job security and economic benefits for all members through its role to act on behalf of all members as the collective bargaining unit. The NLLPA cooperates and collaborates with other labor organizations… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Next Generation of Union Leaders Attends IAM Young Workers Program 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. IAM Union members from across the country gathered at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Southern Maryland for hands-on-training and leadership development as part of the IAM Young Workers Program.These up-and-coming union members took part in the experience because they’re all interested in developing… [...]
A Natural Partnership: 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. ‘We Have to Stand Together’: Minnesota Economic Blackout Organizers Push to Take Demonstrations Nationwide: “One of the largest labor unions in the U.S. is pushing to expand Friday’s economic blackout over the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota. Organizers are urging Minnesotans not to work, shop or go to school tomorrow, as part of demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Build a Bear...and a Union! Workers File to Join UFCW Local 655 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. Employees at Build-A-Bear Workshop at Union Station in St. Louis voted unanimously to join United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 655, making it the first Build-A-Bear location in the country to organize.In December, nine assistant workshop managers, sales leads and bear builders at the… [...]
Worker Wins: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. OHSU Workers Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract: AFSCME Local 328 members at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement, averting a potential strike. The bargaining unit at the academic medical center covers a wide range of roles, from administrative work and food service to patient care. Highlights of the deal include immediate wage increases—and a new minimum wage floor of $25 per hour by… [...]