AFSCME Ohio Council 8 Thanks Community and Elected Leaders For Standing Up For Workers CLEVELAND – John Lyall, AFSCME Ohio Council 8 president, announced today an agreement has been reached with Cuyahoga County, and nurses and medical staff at the Cuyahoga…
Before a replacement deal for Nafta takes effect, Mexico needs to prove it will enforce labor reforms that it’s enacting, said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Tuesday, detailing a key objection to the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. He said Democratic lawmakers…
Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga administers the oath of office to Secretary-Treasurer Cropper On April 12, 2019, The Ohio AFL-CIO Executive Board elected Melissa Cropper (AFT) by acclamation as the the state federation’s Secretary-Treasurer. Cropper will succeed Petee Talley who…
Members of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 300 held their annual Fish With A Fire Fighter Day April 13, hosting 187 young anglers at Yoctangee Park in Chillicothe, Ohio. The free event, designed to introduce local youngsters…
“Whenever public dollars are on the line, the bar should be very high,” said Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown, who oversees the finance committee. “Your budget doesn’t grow as fast as your population does, so it’s getting tighter. We needed to feel…
For more than a quarter century, North America’s working families have raised our voices for a better trade policy. The defenders of corporate-dominated trade rules too often portray trade as an end in itself. But trade is not an end,…
Our current school funding formula fails students, parents and taxpayers. It is not based on, and therefore fails to provide, the programs and services students need to succeed. It has been declared unconstitutional multiple times because the reliance on property…