February 2, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The latest government report detailing stagnant union membership nationwide was glum indeed, but labor leaders here have a spate of strategies
January 28, 2015 By AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Washington, DC – The recent release of the annual union membership numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in this
January 28, 2015 By John Zogby Washington, DC – The January Zogby Analytics Poll shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton keeping her leads over possible GOP contenders in 2016
January 27, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Worker advocates fighting to bring a $15 an hour minimum wage to the Empire State have rejected Governor Cuomo’s proposal to
January 27, 2015 By Sherrod Brown It was a bittersweet moment when I heard that Senator Barbara Boxer was retiring. She’s served the families of California in Congress for three
January 26, 2015 By Council Member I. Daneek Miller In light of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I would like to use this opportunity, the first of a regular column
January 26, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Hoping to squelch an infestation of county laws banning the union shop, a group of Kentucky labor unions have asked a federal court in
January 22, 2015 By John Zogby Washington, DC—The battle for the presidential elections in 2016 has begun. A President who has taken credit for extricating the U.S. from two major
January 22, 2015 By Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO President Washington, DC – President Obama eloquently and forcefully advocated for working families throughout his State of the Union Address. The President’s
January 20, 2015 By Stephanie West Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has appointed Former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a Special Advisor. Quinn served as a member of
