Kenneth Quinnell

In an effort to get a new contract, hundreds of workers at Wrigley Field could walk off the job this weekend. The members of UNITE HERE Local 1, voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize a strike. More than 700 union members work as bartenders, cashiers, cooks, dishwashers, suite runners and warehouse workers at Wrigley Field. They are seeking a $20 per hour minimum wage, expanded health care coverage and a pension.

Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Cynthia Rivera-Havard of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Neftali Nieves-Reyes of IATSE.

AFSCME's Staff the Front Lines bus tour made stops in 17 cities and turned out more than 2,000 job seekers looking for a career in public service. Six governors, 12 mayors and countless state, city and county employers joined the tour. They sat down with AFSCME members for listening sessions to find solutions and discuss how to better recruit and retain the essential workers needed to keep our communities running. At approximately half the stops, AFSCME also partnered with state and local leaders to put on job fairs. Later this fall, AFSCME plans to release a policy guide with recommendations on how to tackle the staffing crisis in public service, which will include learnings from the bus tour’s listening sessions.

Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Juan Rivera of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).

The Motion Picture Editors Guild/IATSE Local 700 (MPEG/IATSE Local 700) ratified a new animation deal with Nickelodeon on Sept. 14. Some 70 post-production members of the Editors Guild are affected by the new four-year contract.