AUSTIN, Texas—On Sunday, Sept. 5, the mid-afternoon temperature reached 100 degrees in South Austin, on the shadeless concrete sidewalks of South Congress Avenue, outside the
New York, NY – Respected labor leader Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, died on August 5, of an apparent heart attack. Born in 1949,
WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka died suddenly on August 5, apparently of a heart attack. A former coal miner from western Pennsylvania who became head
New York, NY – In May, the AFL/CIO released its 30th annual report about death on the job. The 250-page report included many major findings that
CONCORD, N.H.—“Right to work for less” legislation will not gain its first beachhead in the Northeast. On June 3, the New Hampshire House of Representatives
New York, NY – The union movement has lost a good friend and staunch advocate with the passing of Rod DuChemin on May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON—The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill now pending in the Senate includes a long-sought measure to rescue the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension plans. The American
New York, NY – Not long before this year’s inauguration, then-Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris sent the Jewish Labor Committee [JLC] a video message of congratulations, an
WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO’s pension panel has roundly condemned proposals made by two leading Senate Republicans to shore up the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension funds that would
Part 2 of a two-part series on labor issues in Texas. AUSTIN, Tex.—“Texas isn’t a state now where people just live out on the prairie
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