“Despite unrelenting attacks on working people, public service workers are organizing, securing strong contracts, expanding collective bargaining and building power in their workplaces and communities,”
Washington, DC – After 14 years as leader, AFSCME President Lee Saunders is retiring. Saunders, came to the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees union
While 11,000 nurses have settled with Mount Sinai & Montefiore, nurses continue to strike Presbyterian hospital. With no contract agreement for NYSNA at New York
Albany, NY – United University Professions (UUP), America’s largest higher education union, has opened negotiations for a new contract with New York state. This is
Our labor movement could not exist without the work of Black union members and leaders. Every day, America’s unions fight for racial justice in the
On January 12, after months of tough bargaining, 15,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) made the difficult decision to go out
Marcus Dieterle at The Baltimore Fishbowl reports the State of Maryland has launched a $5 million program to incentivize small businesses and other employers to hire and train Registered Apprentices. Through
New York, NY — Local 100 and other members of the newly formed inter-union Safety Alliance held a press conference at the Union Hall about
Niagara Falls, New Orleans – The Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and its Affiliated Member Unions adopted a record 38 families for this Holiday Season. The program donated
We know this hasn’t been an easy year for our movement or for working families. The deck has been stacked against us. But the labor
