Category: AFL-CIO

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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Unions Accelerate Labor 2022 Campaign in Pennsylvania

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Unions Accelerate Labor 2022 Campaign in Pennsylvania 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 Labor 2022 election […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Joseph Valdivia

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Joseph Valdivia 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 Joseph Valdivia. Joseph Valdivia has dedicated his life to serving his country: Twenty years in the U.S. Navy as a readiness […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Georgia State AFL-CIO Ramps Up Political Action Among Local Union Members

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Georgia State AFL-CIO Ramps Up Political Action Among Local Union Members 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. […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Yaneth Valencia

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Yaneth Valencia 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 Yaneth Valencia. Yaneth Valencia on the importance of unions: “I am very happy that I work for a BAC signatory […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Lupe Valles

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Lupe Valles 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 Lupe Valles. Lupe Valles reflects often on the words of her grandfather, a unionist exiled from his home country of […]