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Housing Protestors Arrested in Albany
With days left until New York’s rent control laws expire, dozens of protestors were arrested in a planned civil disobedience outside of the State Senate and Assembly chambers as well as outside...
Why Give to Vote Mama on Mother’s Day
Believe it or not, I wasn’t always this media giant you all love to loath. Like most people still in the union movement, I held different positions within different organizations. Those...
The biggest Food Drive story never told
This Saturday, the largest food drive in the country will take place. The annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is put on by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). Taking part in the food...
Sanctuary Union Stands Up To Trump
Unions are standing up to the Trump Administration on a laundry list of issues, from right-to-work and Janus to the government shutdown. A new front has opened up on immigration, as powerful unions...
Union Teachers Giving Back in Kenya
How do you teach students, when basic comforts that we take for granted are not guarenteed. For students in Kenya, especially in rural areas, this is a dail reality.
The Double Standard For Teachers
A teacher in Bellport NY was fired by her school district after a student found a topless photo that she sent to a fellow teacher who she was in a relationship with. The teacher is now suing...
6 Warning Signs You Might Have Wind Cancer
This post first appeared on Alternative Science. Windmill cancer, or wind cancer as it’s also referred to, is a very real, very serious, very deadly disease. Caused by the noise from wind...
Why the Affordable Care Act is Working
Imagine arbitrarily deciding to knock down your house with no plan for rebuilding it and no idea how to pay for it. In effect, that’s what the Trump administration had attempted to do in...
Women Have Played an Important Role in the Labor Movement
During the month of March, we commemorate Womens' History Month. In this months message, I would like to highlight the work of women in building early union...
Unions Reject the Green New Deal
Below is a letter from the AFL-CIO rejecting the so-called "Green New Deal" that is making its way through Congress.