Afro1mon
Working Together: How members of the Black Press and Black labor movement changed the world
For 12 years, they battled against entrenched racial prejudice within the labor movement. The American Federation of Labor (AFL) initially hesitated to support the BSCP, mirroring the ...
US Labor Department reinstates workers targeted in Trump job cuts, union says
The U.S. Department of Labor has reinstated about 120 employees who were facing termination as part of the Trump ...
US Labor Department reinstates probationary workers targeted for dismissal, union says
The U.S. Department of Labor has reinstated about 120 employees who were facing termination as part of the Trump ...
Afro23d
A. Philip Randolph: The organizer of Black labor who left a blueprint for leaders of the future
It was the first Black union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor. Many scholars cite the important role that the Pullman porters played in the early 20th century. The porters ...
Common Dreams7d
AFL-CIO President Celebrates Reintroduction of the PRO Act
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act:Americans believe in the power of unions, and tens ...
New Republic28d
Federal Workers’ Unions Are Waging the Fight of Their Lives
In the weeks since taking office, President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk have taken drastic steps to slash the federal workforce. In turn, this has spurred a bevy of lawsuits ...
New York Post5d
US Labor Department reinstates more than 100 workers targeted in Trump job cuts, union says
The Labor Department and White House did not ... The largest federal employee union, The American Federation of Government Employees, said probationary employees are now reinstated as the ...