Labor

Immigration panel shows gaps in union members’ knowledge

January 16, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Many union members and leaders are unaware of the AFL-CIO’s strong policy for comprehensive immigration reform.

Trumka: Key battle ahead is the 2018 elections

January 14, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

In fixing the economy -- by sweeping anti-worker elected officials out of office -- workers and their allies will also counter the right wing’s attacks on public sector workers, many female (60 percent), minority or both.

Carrier worker to Trump: “You robbed me after I helped you win”

January 12, 2018 By Jason Jones

Laid-off Carrier employees in Indiana say that Trump is the enemy of American workers.

Unions protest Trump eviction of Salvadorans

January 11, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Not only will terminating TPS for 200,000 Salvadoran workers take away their livelihoods, it will tear apart hundreds of thousands of families.

Organizing a cure for flatlining wages

January 8, 2018 By Rev. Jim Conn

Unemployment is low, profits are high, but wages remain stubbornly flat. Could the decline of organized labor be to blame?