On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight for safe jobs. This year we will come together to defend hard-won…
The building trades unions in Northeast Ohio are using their financial muscle to build the region and keep their members working. The pension and health and welfare funds supported by many of the 31 unions or district councils in the…
Lynn Rhinehart, AFL-CIO Three years ago, the National Labor Relations Board took modest steps to streamline, modernize and improve the process by which workers petition for an election to vote on forming a union at work. The rules reduced unnecessary delay caused…
STEUBENVILLE — When Assistant Fire Chief Michael Taylor looks back on his 31 years in the Steubenville Fire Department, his ever-present smile gets a little wider. And, when he retires from the department at the end of the month, it’s…
During Women’s History Month, we’re reminded that there was a time when women were silent in our government, homes and workplaces. Fast-forward to present day, and it seems like women are raising their voices louder than ever in Donald Trump’s…
Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are running scared. After the Republican candidate who ran with the ardent backing of the Republican speaker of the House and the Republican president lost a special election for a Pennsylvania congressional seat that was…
Conor Lamb can thank organized labor if he wins in Tuesday’s special election against Republican Rick Saccone. Over 200 coal miners, family members and local activists crowded into a hall at the Greene County fairgrounds Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania’s rural…
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement after President Donald Trump’s announcement on steel and aluminum tariffs this afternoon: Wall Street’s hair is on fire over these tariffs because wealthy investors enrich themselves by closing mills and factories…
Kenneth Quinnell, AFL-CIO February 28, 2018 It makes little sense for the U.S. government to provide tax breaks to companies that outsource America's jobs, and yet the recently passed Republican tax law makes the problem worse, it doesn't solve it. That's why Rep.…
Fifty years after MLK fought and died for our freedoms, working people unite with women’s, racial justice, environmental, LGBTQ and faith leaders and lead resurgence in grassroots activism Nationwide movement demands end to policies that rig the system and the…