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Building Trades Offer to Convert Union Halls to Vaccination Sites
This article was written by the AFL-CIO. Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times...
Organized Labor Built Vaccine Facilities
Across the country, states are rushing to rollout the COVID vaccine. As cases are spiking it has become more important than ever to get the vaccine produced and distributed as quickly as possible....
A Community Thanks their Local Teamster
This post was written by the NYTeamsters on Instagram. UPS drivers are appreciated by their customers in cities and towns across the country, but a community in Virginia wanted to express that...
Report: NYPD Excessive Force During Protests
A new report has found that the NYPD was unprepared for protests in June following the death of George Floyd. Find out more about what the New York City’s Department of Investigation's...
Unions That Gave on Thanksgiving
This post was written by the AFL-CIO For Thanksgiving weekend, many working families will take time off to share a meal, either virtually or in person. Many others have to...
Unions Increase Political Power for Poor People
This article was written by the IBEW Media Center. It's generally assumed that politicians are more responsive to their well-heeled and wealthy constituents than they are to the poor and...
"I'm just a Lineman from Penelec"
Tom Whitehead has met heads of state and dined with Academy Award-winning actors. He’s consulted with some of the most respected doctors in the world. He’s traveled the globe and given so...
COVID Can't Stop the IBEW 94 Food Drive
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. Even though their state was among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the members of Cranbury, N.J., Local 94’s “NxtUp94...
IBEW Local 3 NYC: Reliving 9/11 Every Year
This year, we remember the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. On a sunny day, in 2001 our innocence was lost forever as two planes flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Another...
Trump Kills Diversity Training
On Friday, September 4th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) notified federal government department heads that they would no longer be allowed to conduct diversity and inclusion trainings. The...