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Biden calls union leaders to the White House

Feb 22, 2021

Continuing a string of overtures to the labor movement, Biden announced a pro-union NLRB nominee and reversed Trump moves on apprenticeship.

John Sweeney, 1934-2021

Feb 17, 2021

Former national AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, who led an era of transformative change in America’s labor movement, died Feb. 1 at age 86.

Joe Biden’s promises to labor

Oct 5, 2020

Joe Biden is putting forward the most pro-labor campaign planks of any Democratic presidential nominee in generations.

Police unions come in for questioning

Jul 1, 2020

Police unions have almost always been an awkward fit in the House of Labor.

COVID-19 has killed more workers in a shorter time than any other health emergency in OSHA’s 50-year existence, but the agency has refused to require employers to take any specific action to protect workers.

Labor confronts police brutality

Jun 17, 2020

Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.

Unions react as the nation explodes in protest over George Floyd killing

Jun 2, 2020

“in the end, the labor movement is not a building,” said the president of the AFL-CIO after protesters trashed AFL-CIO headquarters lobby in D.C.

AFL-CIO sues OSHA

Jun 2, 2020

COVID-19 has caused more deaths among workers in a shorter time than any other health emergency in OSHA’s 50-year existence, yet the agency hasn’t required employers to take any action to protect people on the job.

U.S. House passes labor law reform

Feb 18, 2020

The PRO Act would restore the power of workers to unionize, bargain collectively, and strike.

AFL-CIO endorses Trump’s revised re-write of NAFTA trade treaty

Dec 18, 2019

For the first time in a generation, NAFTA is getting a re-write, and even America’s premier trade union federation has endorsed the final draft.