Resistance
Resistance to the Trump administration is growing. Nationwide demonstrations on October 18 drew millions of American citizens to protest actions taken by the White House and its appointees. The government shutdown has resulted from the refusal of the White House and...
Solidarity, Pride and Resistance
This Labor Day and the week long celebration of labor rights and unionism and social progress resulting from the combined strength of organized workers was on display across the country. The many photos of these events in this issue of the Label Letter present a...
AFL-CIO is Hitting the Road For a Cross-Country Bus Tour in Support of Working People
America’s labor movement is hitting the road. While politicians in Washington, D.C., continue to sow chaos and uncertainty for working people and big corporations profit off our backs, the AFL-CIO is launching a nationwide bus tour to provide voice to and build power...
Trump Targets Federal Employee Unions
The Trump Administration’s attack on workers’ rights and workers’ unions intensifies. It has unilaterally, illegally ended collective bargaining for million federal workers while at the same time eviscerating federal agencies that serve a multitude of Americans by...
Musk’s DOGE Threatens Workers’ RightsProtected by Labor Department and OSHA
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is not a real department, has mounted an attack on the very real Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration DOGE, a contrivance of the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk, is aimed at government worker and agencies that serve all Americans.
The Label Letter Turns 50
The current issue of the Label Letter marks the fiftieth year of its publication. Throughout its long history, the Label Letter has upheld the mission of the Union Label & Service Trades Department: to promote the products and services offered to the public by members of our affiliated unions.
Across the Labor Movement, Women are Leading and Workers are Winning
This issue of the Label Letter presents a brief history of women in the Labor Movement and salutes the many women who have achieved leadership roles in labor organizations at every level.
An Alarm Bell Calls for Action: VOTE
Despite his disavowals, Trump is up to his ears in the swamp that is Project 2025. Project 2025 is the arch-conservative Heritage Foundation’s game plan for a second Trump administration. The principle feature of this 920-page plan are a gutting of the federal...
Biden Restored Labor Protections Undercut by Trump
Deregulation and outright corporate favoritism marked the years of the Trump administration. President Biden has thrown his support to workers and the unions that represent millions of them. Under Trump, everything from a failed attempt to enable tip-skimming by...
End NotesDefend Your Rights—Register and VOTE
In 1916 Congress passed the first federal child labor law, the Keating-Owen Act, and a reluctant President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law. The law covered only a fraction of the children working at the time. It left unprotected nearly two million other kids. Two...
