By Niv Elis and Rafael Bernal Labor unions voicing skepticism about the updated North American trade agreement are becoming a final obstacle to the deal that House Democrats and the White House are seeking to iron out. AFL-CIO President Richard…
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- While an elected mayor won’t take office until 2022, there will be two new City Council members, along with a pair of incumbents, sworn in on Jan. 6. Earlier this year, council selected Melody Joy Hart…
DISTRICT 3 was supposed to be the Republican Party’s breakthrough in the city council election on Tuesday. And then the AFL-CIO got involved. A $100,000 campaign from the state AFL-CIO to place its members on local government boards in Ohio…
As we celebrate millions of service members’ selfless sacrifice this Veterans Day, the Union Veterans Council is fighting to defend their economic rights and dignities when they return home. Join that fight today and be a voice for working-class veterans.…
While the labor movement was busy helping to elect pro-worker candidates in important elections in Kentucky and Virginia this week, union members themselves were on the ballot, and they were elected to local offices across the country at an impressive…
As a manufacturing worker of more than 20 years, I can speak firsthand to the devastation that the North American Free Trade Agreement has caused to our workforce. So can the 150,000 active and retired members of my union, IUE-CWA.…
The White House is considering another round of tax cuts, according to an article last Thursday by The Post’s Erica Werner, Josh Dawsey and Jeff Stein. This is a monstrously bad idea, but it’s hardly a surprise. It displays President…
In response to the out-of-state, dark money group known as "The Freedom Foundation" making an announcement of their attacks on public employee unions in Ohio, Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO released the following statement: The Freedom Foundation’s announcement…
A group of roughly 75 Ohio University students and local and regional residents – many of them union members – gathered outside of Galbreath Chapel on College Green Monday evening to protest a speech from a lawyer associated with the…
Advancements in automation have made businesses more efficient but it's also come at the cost of many jobs. Thousands of manufacturing jobs have already been replaced and millions more are at risk. A new bill in Washington aims to give…