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 Riverside Drive bus as it
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, he served as president of
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 of the United Mine Workers
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 should concern every working person.
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 rejected Senate Bill 61, which
New York, NY – The union movement has lost a good friend and staunch advocate with the passing of Rod DuChemin on May 14, 2021 at the age of 81. A
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 Rescue Act, passed by the
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 act virtually inconceivable for her
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 cut benefits by up to
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 with the tumbleweeds driving by,”
