Category: AFL-CIO

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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Francisco Tostado

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Francisco Tostado Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today’s profile features Francisco Tostado. Francisco “Paco” Tostado has been an integral member to the labor movement in Iowa and beyond for nearly two […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: California Labor Federation Secures Top Priority with Signing of Farmworker Organizing Bill

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: California Labor Federation Secures Top Priority with Signing of Farmworker Organizing Bill Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Anthony Neira

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Anthony Neira Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today’s profile features Anthony Neira. Anthony Neira has managed LIUNA Local 113 since 2010, becoming the first Latino business manager for the local. He […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Support AFM’s Campaign for American Music Fairness Act

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Support AFM’s Campaign for American Music Fairness Act Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The bipartisan American […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Trisha Garcia

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Trisha Garcia Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today’s profile features Trisha Garcia. Trisha Garcia is a force both in her community and in the Fontana Unified School District system, which recently […]