AFL-CIO News
Know Your 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: Equity has been negotiating a new Touring agreement with The Broadway League since January. We are fighting for 3 main points: we need per diem and wage increases, better housing and sufficient coverage for stage managers and actors. Read more and join the… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Washington State AFL-CIO President Sims Appears on PBS Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. April Sims (AFSCME), president of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, appeared on the KBTC/PBS program "Northwest Now," where she discussed young workers boosting union organizing, registered apprenticeship programs, non-compete contracts, how racial divisions are stoked to exploit the working class, and other topics. The segment also featured Peter… [...]
Support Trades Apprenticeships: 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 Twitter. Alaska AFL-CIO: We need YOU to show up and support our new brothers and sisters @agwa_uaw! This Friday, they will march to UA President Pitney's office with a super majority of authorization cards. We need the Fairbanks labor movement to back them up! #1u #UnionStrong pic.twitter.com/F84lpTSQX2— Alaska AFL-CIO (@AKAFLCIO) March 28, 2023 Arizona AFL-CIO: Was an honor to be apart of… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Labor Activists Participate in Leadership Intensive Training Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. On March 24, 32 leaders and staff from state federations, area labor federations and central labor councils across the country completed three and a half days of sessions with the Leadership Intensive (LI). The event was run by Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies and took place in… [...]
Starbucks Founder Howard Shultz’s Congressional Testimony: Lies Detected Today, Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Shultz testified in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. He was subpoenaed to answer for his flagrant and illegal union-busting, and this a big deal because it’s the first time Congress has held a hearing on this topic in decades. Howard Schultz isn’t only testifying on behalf of himself and Starbucks. He’s there to speak for every corporation and executive who think they can get away with breaking federal labor law because they have money and power. Here are the… [...]