By Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg News A committee of employees at Amazon’s recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center is going public with a unionization campaign, a fresh challenge to the e-commerce giant in a city where it plans to build a…
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) just released a new ad in support of its U.S. Mail Not for Sale campaign. The campaign is a worker-led effort that brings together working people, elected officials and member organizations of A Grand Alliance…
This post comes from Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD). One hundred billion dollars is a lot of money. With that much cash you could buy four Starbucks lattes for every living human on the…
CLEVELAND, Ohio - As Ohio Republicans won the race for every statewide executive job from the governor on down this year, something different happened in lower-profile races. The Democrats actually collected more total votes in the 116 Ohio House and…
By Karen Kasler Members of the Ohio House came back to work for their first day since the election to face a room packed with opponents of a bill on public employee unions. The bill may not go far, but…
“I think it’s all about the dignity of work,” says Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in an interview in the back seat of his Chevy Suburban. “I talk about how we value work. People who get up every day and work…
AK Steel Corporation, Middletown Works and Machinists’ (IAM) Local Lodge 1943 celebrated on Friday the launch of the company’s first Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship Program, one aimed at meeting both employee development and business needs. Launched on National Manufacturing Day, the…
Ohio has two types of early voting: in person and by mail. Both begin Tuesday. You apply for a mail-in ballot by requesting an application from your county board of elections, or by filling out the online form: https://www.sos.state.oh.us/publications/#abr. The…
Labor 2018 is well underway in Ohio! The stakes are too high for working people to sit this Election out. Join us as we speak up together at a phone bank or door-to-door canvass from a location near you. If…
The 31st Constitutional Convention of the Ohio AFL-CIO will be held Tuesday, September 18th and Wednesday, September 19th 2018, at the Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel, 50 North Third St., Columbus, OH 43215 convening at 1:00p.m. Registration: of delegates and visitors…