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‘Striketober’ Isn’t a Sign of Chaos—It’s a Healthy Development for the Country

The picket line has been crowded lately.

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO Endorses Josh Kaul for Reelection to Attorney General in 2022

(Wisconsin Rapids, September 15, 2021) -- Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, released the following statement on the Wisconsin AFL-CIO endorsement of Attorney Genera

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This Labor Day, the American People Agree: Let’s Build Back Better with Unions

Union Approval Highest Since 1965

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Labor Day 2021

Labor Day is a time to celebrate and honor working people and all we do to keep our communities thriving.

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The Badass 50: #21 Liz Schuler

InStyle Magazine on Wednesday, January 12 - 10:28am

"We are building pathways and support structures to grow a bold, inclusive, and transformative movement — I think that's pretty badass," says Shuler, the first woman elected president of the AFL-CIO in the labor federation's history.

Richard Trumka: The Labor Leader Who Told Hard Truths

Timothy Noah on Monday, January 3 - 1:13pm

here weren’t many strikes in recent decades in which working people scored big victories, but the 1989 Pittston strike was one. Two years earlier, the Pittston Coal Company, in Pennsylvania, dropped out of a trade group that had negotiated a union contract with the United Mine Workers, and the company demanded cuts to miners’ health benefits.

U.S. Labor Movement's Next Frontier is the Tech Industry, AFL-CIO's Shuler Says

Nandita Bose on Monday, December 13 2021 - 11:01am

The U.S. tech sector is the next frontier for labor organizing, and its workers are starting to understand the collective power unions have, President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler said on Friday at the Reuters Next Conference.

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The Protecting the Right to Organize Act passed the House on March 9 with bipartisan support, and President Biden has repeatedly urged Congress to send it to his desk. The Senate is the final obstacle.

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