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 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 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 […]

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 […]