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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Paul Snow

12 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Paul Snow For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Paul Snow of the Nevada State AFL-CIO. Paul Snow has been a Teamster since 2018 [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: San Diego Musical Theatre Crew Join IATSE

12 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: San Diego Musical Theatre Crew Join IATSE Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Production workers at the San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) voted overwhelmingly to organize with the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local [read more]

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: UNITE HERE

11 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: UNITE HERE This is the next post in our series that will take a deeper look at each of our affiliates. The series will run weekly until we’ve covered all 65 of our affiliates. Next up is UNITE HERE. Name of Union: UNITE HEREMission: UNITE HERE believes that one job should be enough. Too often, workers are forced to hold down two or three jobs [read more]

A Long and Lasting Relationship: The Working People Weekly List

11 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

A Long and Lasting Relationship: The Working People Weekly List Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. MU Librarians Vote to Join LIUNA 955: “Librarians at the University of Missouri voted to join LiUNA Local 955, a union that represents a number of public employees in [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IAM Local 778 Members Ratify New Contract at Olin Winchester, Winning Raises, Mandatory Overtime Relief

11 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: IAM Local 778 Members Ratify New Contract at Olin Winchester, Winning Raises, Mandatory Overtime Relief Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. IAM Union Local 778 members voted to ratify a new four-year contract [read more]

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Andy Misiluti

10 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Andy Misiluti For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Andy Misiluti of the Laborers (LIUNA). Andy Misiluti, an 18-year member of Laborers Local 242, [read more]

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Waylon James Keahi Mudget

9 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Waylon James Keahi Mudget For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Waylon James Keahi Mudget of the Bricklayers (BAC). “Joining the union was one [read more]

Worker Wins: You Deserve Worker Protections

8 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Worker Wins: You Deserve Worker Protections Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Nonprofit Youth Action Fund Organizes with CWA: Staff at the Generation Z-led organizing nonprofit Youth Action Fund organized with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). “Since 2023, Florida Youth Action Fund (FYAF) has emerged as a critical player in the Florida youth organizing landscape,” [read more]

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Sasha Kahele-Manners

8 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Sasha Kahele-Manners For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Sasha Kahele-Manners of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA). Sasha Kahele-Manners is a flight attendant [read more]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Nonprofit Youth Action Fund Organizes with CWA

8 May 2026 - Kenneth Quinnell

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Nonprofit Youth Action Fund Organizes with CWA Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Staff at the Generation Z-led organizing nonprofit Youth Action Fund organized with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).“Since 2023, Florida [read more]