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Trumka on race and class: “When they divide us, they can beat us”

January 19, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King Conference, a 3-day event from Jan. 15-17 in D.C., was entitled "Change The Rules, Be The Power"

Seattle Teamsters local to organize Uber, Lyft drivers after city council vote

December 16, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Teamsters Local 117 in Seattle will step up its efforts to unionize Uber and Lyft drivers.

Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded

December 8, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.

Walmart hired Lockheed-Martin, asked FBI to spy on activist workers

December 2, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The spying was contained in documents filed with the NLRB in a case that OURWalmart -- an employee group to improve pay and working conditions -- filed with the agency.

AFL-CIO veep: “Expect no hero on a white horse” (with podcast)

October 8, 2015 By Larry Rubin

"Union halls used to be more than just places where you talk about work - they used to be part of the community, where all people could come and be together; we have to get back...