Author: Union Label Department, AFL-CIO
Union Petitions Up 35 Percent, Unfair Labor Practices Charge Filings Up Seven Percent in First Half of FY24
In an April 9 press release, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reported significant increases in union election petitions and unfair labor practice (ULP) charges for the first half of Fiscal Year (FY) 24 (October –March...
Read MoreReich Proclaims, ‘we are witnessing a historic rebirth of the labor union movement’
In a recent op-ed on the online blog AlterNet, former Secretary of Labor (1993-1997) Robert Reich predicts, “the pendulum will continue to swing towards unions.” Reich, a staunch advocate of labor, wrote the article after the...
Read MoreNALC Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive Saturday, May 11
For more than 30 years, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has conducted an annual nationwide food drive on the second Saturday in May. Using the postal networks, letter carriers collect nonperishable food...
Read MoreEnd 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...
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