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… 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 … Boilermaker Employers (NACBE). Local 169 Business Manager and Secretary-Treasurer Bob Hutsell (pictured above, right) accepted the national safety award last week on the local’s behalf. Overall statistics showed that safety incident …

… making Black history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Clint Brown of the United Food and Commercial … the local, and his efforts have been instrumental in fighting for the rights of workers across Ohio, from paid sick leave to minimum wage increases and many more. Brown's service to the labor movement is extensive. He has been a member of the …

… Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, … Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 2110, voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first contract on Tuesday, one day before the union was set to strike. The new three-and-a-half-year contract … Museum,” said Elizabeth St. George, an assistant curator of decorative arts. “I will now have the opportunity to do the work I love at a Museum I love in a workplace with union rights.” …

… Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. … Working people in Detroit took to the streets Thursday with the March for Workers’ Rights and Economic Justice, showing that Detroit is “Strike City.” The … home workers. The common thread is that the strikers are all seeking fair contracts in the face of management refusal to bargain in good faith.   …

… For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Sasha Romero of the American … … Local 802 member Sasha Romero, principal trombone of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, is the first transgender person to hold a principal brass seat in a major U.S. orchestra. She says the visibility afforded by her position gives her both a …

… Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, … highlights are an updated attendance policy that increases the grace period for being late, provisions protecting the right to call additional labor-management meetings during the year, work schedule transparency, upward mobility opportunities, protections for the current commissions policy and more. …

… the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. … Name of Union:  Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA) Mission : To elevate and maintain the rights and advance and safeguard the economic and working conditions of its members for their … President Adam Vokac, Gulf Coast Vice President Erin Bertram and Atlantic Coast Vice President Jason Callahan. Members Work As : Primarily engine and deck officers on U.S.-flagged vessels, but we also represent shoreside professionals at ports, … union to bargain for a 40-hour workweek while at sea. MEBA helped secure overtime pay and night relief. The union won the right to man their own hiring halls and to have union representatives visit ships to ensure proper working conditions. The …

… It's time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state … AFL-CIO ✊ (@MIAFLCIO) September 17, 2024 Minnesota AFL-CIO: A collective union action pushing for better ventilation at work, for example, has a much higher impact than a single disabled worker asking for this accommodation. … pic.twitter.com/8bgJCbisbR — PA AFL-CIO (@PaAFL_CIO) September 17, 2024 Texas AFL-CIO: 🚨A Trump-appointed judge right here in Texas just sided with a company claiming the NLRB is unconstitutional. We can't afford four years of judges, …