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Unions Join Juneteenth March for Black Lives
June 19th is celebrated across the country as Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday marks the day that the last slaves in Texas were freed thanks to...
Gallup Poll: National Pride Hits Record Low
A new Gallup poll shows American Pride has reached a two-decade low thanks to Trump. The new low comes as the United States is mired in a global pandemic, economic recession, and daily protests...
GoPro the New Canary in Power Plants
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center For members of Cranbury, N.J., Local 94 working for the state’s largest utility, PSEG, safety is embedded into everything they do. And that...
Stopping Work for 8 Minutes, 46 Seconds
This post was written by CWA District 1 VP Dennis Trainor As trade unionists and as Americans, we were all outraged by the vicious murder of George Floyd. We are heartened by the...
Black Teacher: I Am Not Ok
#IAMNOTOK I am not okay that I am made to feel less of an American than other Americans watching people in their pickup trucks and jeeps waving the big ole red, white,...
Trump Withholding Pay for NYC's Frontline Workers
With over 187,000 cases and 20,000 dead from COVID-19 New York City has been the hardest hit area in the world. On the frontlines of the war have been nurses, transit workers, police, fire, EMS, and...
IBEW Members Step Up in Times of Need
New York remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, so thousands of businesses have been closed and hundreds of thousands are out of work going over the past two months. These are extremely...
IBEW Union Turns Moonshine into Hand Sanitizer
This post was written by the IBEW Media Department “With many members of Gulfport, Miss., Local 903 still working, keeping their families safe requires a plentiful supply of hand sanitizer....
2-Minute Tribute to Grocery Store Workers
Tuesday, April 28th is Workers Memorial Day, a day to mourn the workers who died on the job over the past year. This year’s remembrance takes on a new meaning as our essential workers go to...
Honoring Those Who Died
This post was written by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, when we remember workers killed or injured on the job and renew our commitment to fight for...