Paul Shearon, formerly a Boeing engineer, was elected in the summer of 2018 as the president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. Across the nation, IFPTE represents 80,000 highly-skilled, workers in both the public and private sectors, including…
If there is a thread that runs through Stephanie Bloomingdale's life, it is this: She stands up for her beliefs and doesn't fear taking on the powerful. Like when she was a second-grader on a playground in rural Dodge County…
The AFL-CIO labor union is worried that General Motors' decision this week to halt production at several factories and cut thousands of jobs in the U.S. could be a pretext for sending work outside the country where labor costs are…
John Weber, AFL-CIO December 12, 2018 One of the country’s best-kept secrets is that the American labor movement trains more workers than any organization other than the U.S. military. Apprenticeships and job training programs represent a powerful, life-changing opportunity that…
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…
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…
“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…
This Labor Day, working people in every corner of the country have good reason to be proud. Our movement is on the rise. We are marching and striking and organizing. We are refusing to accept business as usual. For decades, corporations…