Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Mayra Muñoz 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 Mayra Muñoz. Mayra Muñoz has been the president of UAW Local 1850 (Asociación Empleados del ELA), which represents nearly 350 […]

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Rocker Tom Morello Holds the Line with UMWA Members on Strike at Warrior Met Coal 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 […]

Workers Need Stronger Labor Laws Now More Than Ever Nearly 20 years after the publication of Kate Bronfenbrenner’s groundbreaking report on the state of organizing, she testified this week before Congress to preview new data showing that working people continue to face significant barriers in their efforts to form a union. Her testimony was given […]

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Aldo Gomez 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 Aldo Gomez. Aldo Gomez is a first-generation American, and his family is originally from Guatemala. He recently led a Pipeline […]

Freight Railroad Worker Stories: Dennis Sabina of TWU At a recent virtual U.S. Freight Railroad Worker Town Hall, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, President Greg Regan introduced a group of workers who explained the challenges they’ve faced in their three-year fight for a new contract with U.S. freight railroad companies: Since 2015, seven major railroad companies made […]