Pat White, President of the Greater St. Louis Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO issued the following statement in response to executive orders issued by President Donald Trump last week. Like so many of our brothers and sisters, we were horrified to watch over the last week as the President issued executive orders that threaten to criminalizeRead more
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This year’s theme: ‘Stand With Working Families’ A lottery drawing at the St. Louis Labor Council’s July meeting has set the parade line-up for the Greater St. Louis Labor Council’s Labor Day Parade on Sept. 7. All except for Sheet Metal Workers (SMART) Local 36, which requests it always be the last unit in theRead more
by Lydia Saad (as seen in Gallop) PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans’ approval of labor unions has jumped five percentage points to 58% over the past year, and is now at its highest point since 2008, when 59% approved. In the interim, the image of organized labor had suffered, sinking to an all-time low of 48%Read more
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- Raising Standards for the Tech Industry: Worker WinsRaising Standards for the Tech Industry: Worker Wins Despite the challenges of organizing during a deadly pandemic, working people across the country (and beyond) continue organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. This edition begins with: Tech Workers Union Local 1010 Launched to Raise Standards for Tech Industry: Workers in the tech industry will […]
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Union Veterans Council and Pride At Work: End Ban on Transgender Service MembersService + Solidarity Spotlight: Union Veterans Council and Pride At Work: End Ban on Transgender Service Members Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s […]
- Big Tech Organizing: The Working People Weekly ListBig Tech Organizing: The Working People Weekly List Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. Big Tech Unionizing: "Workers at Google and other Alphabet companies have started the Alphabet Workers Union, […]
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- Raising Standards for the Tech Industry: Worker Wins
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Union Veterans Council and Pride At Work: End Ban on Transgender Service Members
- Big Tech Organizing: The Working People Weekly List
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Inauguration 2021: Brought To You By Unions
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Ohio AFL-CIO Mobilizing in Support of Workers First Agenda
- Pathway to Progress: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Scripto Strike
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Local Leads Fight for Investment in Baltimore Transit System