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Unite Here rejoins AFL-CIO
Unite Here rejoined the AFL-CIO "House of Labor" September 17 at the AFL-CIO's national convention.
AFL-CIO unhappy with NY State Senate
In the wake of this year's senate disaster, the New York AFL-CIO has vowed to reevaluate which candidates the 2.5 million-member union will be supporting in the 2010 elections.
Obama addresses AFL-CIO on Labor Day
The entire eight years former president George W. Bush was in office, unions were systematically shut out of the White House and corporate interests took the reigns of the Department of Labor.
AFL-CIO elects Richard Trumka as new president
Richard Trumka was elected the next president of the largest labor federation in the United States, the AFL-CIO, on September 16, 2009.
New leader of AFL-CIO hammers Wall Street
In one of his first acts as the new head of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka issued broad warnings to Wall Street's "apostles of greed" that the labor movement was prepared to battle them if they did not change their ways.
AFL-CIO creates online college for union families
The A.F.L.-C.I.O., the main umbrella group for the nation's labor unions, announced on Thursday that it was joining with the National Labor College and the Princeton Review to create an online college for the federation's 11.5 million members and their families.
Former union coal miner looks to become new AFL-CIO president
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka is running to become president of the AFL-CIO when current president John Sweeney retires in September.
Outgoing AFL-CIO president would accept fast elections in place of card check in EFCA
Too much pressure from business on the Democrats in Congress has caused former AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney to give up on a provision of the Employee Free Choice Act that would replace National Labor Relations Board elections with union authorization card counts.
Fired Hyatt housekeepers keep fighting, gain more support
The Boston housekeepers Hyatt fired in August want their original jobs back and have rejected the replacement positions Hyatt arranged for them with a temporary staffing agency.
Resources for people who work or live in New Jersey
April 3, 2020 1:35 PM
The NJ AFL-CIO has also put together resources for working people who work or live in New Jersey. Check out their COVID-19 Toolbox here.
