News

Barnes & Noble Workers in North Haven Ratify a First Contract

News

Bookstore Workers in North Haven Stand Together for a Strong, First Contract

11 Dec, 2025 Read More >

Human Rights Day | An image with the words, "Safety Dignity Freedom | Rights are for Everyone. No Exceptions."

News

AFL-CIO Observes International Human Rights Day

10 Dec, 2025 Read More >

News

Union-Made Holiday Gift Guide for 2025

09 Dec, 2025

Find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America. Shipping gifts this year? Make sure to ship using a union carrier like the U.S. Postal Service or UPS. Apparel and Accessories Beauty Products Big Spender Books, Stationery Stores and Subscriptions Games and Toys

Recent

Trump May Force 200,000 Salvadorans to Leave the U.S.

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will terminate the provisional residency permits of about 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived in the country since at least 2001, leaving them to face deportation.

09, Jan, 2018

Northeast Semi-Supersonic Train to be Union Built

The developers of a train that would travel nearly half the speed of sound and get passengers from New York to Washington, D.C., in about an hour signed a memorandum of understanding to only use union labor on the project.

03, Jan, 2018

Unions Fight Sexual Harassment

Check out the new AFSCME Council 4 Unplugged podcast, which takes on the topical issue of sexual harassment.

21, Dec, 2017

Seven Reasons Why The Republican Tax Bill is Bad For Working People

Republicans in Congress have reached agreement on a job-killing tax plan that makes working people pay the price for massive tax giveaways to millionaires and wealthy corporations.

19, Dec, 2017

Union-Made Holiday Gift Ideas

It's not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label. Below is a wide range of gift possibilities, from clothes to games to sports equipment and more, made by union-members across the country.

14, Dec, 2017

Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards

A decade ago or so, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimated that making the Bush tax cuts permanent — rather than letting them expire in 2010 — would increase the after-tax

13, Dec, 2017