By SABRINA RODRIGUEZ, Politico President Donald Trump has repeatedly said unions are supportive of the new North American trade pact, as he ramps up his push for Congress to approve the deal this summer. But the head of America's largest…
For far too long, trade deals have benefited corporations at the expense of working families. Now, with the new NAFTA back on the table, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will host a series of town hall meetings this June to discuss…
Rarely does an Athens City Council meeting get as packed with concerned citizens as its meeting Tuesday evening. The citizens – including current and former County Commissioners, a former state representative, and current candidates for City Council – attended to…
House Democrats have a plan to make unions great again. They’re trying to get support for a sweeping labor reform bill that would reverse decades of Republican-backed policies meant to crush labor unions. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act…
In the 1930s, America’s farmworkers were excluded from the landmark protections extended to other workers as codified under the New Deal. The 1935 National Labor Relations Act and the 1938 Fair Labor Practices Act expressly exempted them, along with domestic…
Early in the morning on Nov. 26, 2018, Dave Green, the president of Local 1112 of the United Auto Workers, which represents workers at a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, received a call from the plant’s personnel director. Green…
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…