The AFL-CIO held its 30th convention in Minneapolis, where less than a week later, several unionists were arrested for their anti-ICE resistance. Minnesota unionists say now is the time to translate AFL-CIO recognition into concrete support.
A federal judge declined to pause expanded Labor Department reporting requirements that unions say will bury them in paperwork and divert money from organizing and bargaining.
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Organized and unorganized working people face the growing many-headed threat of Trump and Trumpism. But what are the top AFL-CIO labor “leaders” doing? Beyond public pronouncements, defensive lawsuits, and social media offerings, very little.
Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose ordered the VA to recognize the bargaining contract that represents roughly 300,000 VA employees.
Canadian members of U.S.-based unions – the International Unions – face a new and gigantic question: are the U.S. leaders of their unions doing something, or anything, to oppose the new Trump onslaught on Canada? On them?
AFGE represents VA nurses as well as the masked agents of the Border Patrol roaming the streets of Minneapolis. It kicked ICE out in 2022. Cop unions are a malicious presence in the AFL-CIO.
Under recently retired Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy, labor's efforts to grow the leadership and membership from the bottom up helped bring about successful organizing campaigns for local affiliates in the past few years.
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