National Native American Heritage Month Profiles: Christopher Kee Anaya-Gorman Throughout National Native American Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Native Americans have made to the labor movement and toward expanding the rights of working people. Today’s profile features Christopher Kee Anaya-Gorman, a stage manager and member of […]
Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Illinois Labor Movement Wins Workers’ Rights Amendment 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. One of the most […]
Election 2022: Thank You To everyone who voted, canvassed, phone banked and organized: Thank you. We showed how far the labor movement will go to protect our freedom. And guess what? You haven’t seen anything yet. There’s no such thing as an off-year election. That’s why we drove calls, phonebanked, collected signatures and knocked on […]
Every Vote Counts: What Working People Are Doing This Week Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here’s a look at the broad range of activities we’re engaged in this week. […]
Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the 600,000-member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released the following statement: “We are so proud that Machinists Union members from coast to coast joined millions of Americans to make their voices heard at a critical time for our democracy. The IAM took its grassroots political engagement program to […]