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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Carolina Hernandez

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 Carolina Hernandez of IATSE.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: University of Maine Graduate Student Workers Win Union Certification

A majority of graduate student workers at the University of Maine signed cards in support of organizing with the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). The Maine Labor Relations Board last week certified its union as University of Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW. The new union will represent the 1,000 graduate workers across all campuses of the University of Maine System.
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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Brenda Bedolla

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 Brenda Bedolla of the Ironworkers.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IBEW Local 29 Reaches Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement with Duquesne Light Company

Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 29 has reached a tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement with Duquesne Light Co. The agreement addresses key topics like wages, retirement and workforce renewal and investment, and still needs to be ratified by the membership.
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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Veronica Magos Sanchez

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 Veronica Magos Sanchez of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS).
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Resident Advisers at Penn Vote Overwhelmingly to Join OPEIU

Resident advisers at the University of Pennsylvania voted overwhelmingly to unionize, joining a trend of labor organizing among undergraduate students across the country. The R.A.s voted 142 to 22 to be represented by Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 153.