Category: AFL-CIO

Every week, the AFL-CIO will be bringing you a roundup of the important news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. These articles are direct to you via https://www.aflcio.org/Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Newspaper Guild Calls on Pittsburgh Steelers to Drop Post-Gazette Sponsorship in Solidarity with Striking Workers

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Newspaper Guild Calls on Pittsburgh Steelers to Drop Post-Gazette Sponsorship in Solidarity with Striking Workers 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 […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFT Applauds Biden Administration’s Proposed Student Loan Reforms

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFT Applauds Biden Administration’s Proposed Student Loan Reforms 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 today’s story. After the Department […]

Tremendous Victory: Worker Wins

Tremendous Victory: 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: IAFF Wins Massive Organizing Campaign Among Fairfax County’s First Responders: More than 1,000 firefighters and paramedics in Fairfax County, Virginia, voted 95% […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: More Than 7,000 New York Nurses Go on Strike

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: More Than 7,000 New York Nurses Go on Strike 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 today’s story. More than 7,000 […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IAFF Seeks to Reduce Risk During Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IAFF Seeks to Reduce Risk During Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month 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 today’s story. […]