From January through October 1979, the United Farm Workers (UFW), led by civil rights icon Cezar Chavez, were locked in a life or death labor dispute after thousands of its union members demanded better pay from corporate lettuce growers in California. The saga included long grueling marches, extensive hunger strikes and took a violent turn […]
Pride Month Profiles: Jon Schleuss For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today’s Pride Month profile is Jon Schleuss. Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, grew up in rural southern Arkansas. He began his activism in college, organizing […]
Service + Solidarity Spotlight: NABTU and NWLC Team Up to Promote the Care Infrastructure 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. We […]
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 – The 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the largest airline and aerospace labor union in North America, released the following statements about United Airlines’ announcement to hire over 25,000 airline workers and purchase 200 737 MAX airplanes: “The workers we represent at United and Boeing will benefit tremendously […]
International President Robert Martinez Jr. has appointed Edison Fraser to serve as Transportation Coordinator, effective immediately. Fraser previously served as a Grand Lodge Representative for the IAM Transportation Department. “This opportunity gives me a bigger opportunity to work with the entire membership of the Transportation Department, as opposed to my recent role as a Grand […]