Author: Union Label Department, AFL-CIO

SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson issued a statement regarding the Norfolk Southern Corp., train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. Ferguson, whose union represents workers in...

“Tonight, I’m announcing new standards to require all construction materials using federal money for federal infrastructure projects to be made in America,” President Biden said during his State of the Union Address on February...

A bipartisan group of House and Senate members introduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023 (H.R. 20). A comprehensive proposal to protect workers’ right to come together and bargain for...

“We should be paying public school teachers a minimum of at least $60,000 a year,” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said at a February town hall at the Capitol with national teachers’ union leaders. “I am proud to tell you I will...

On March 1, President Biden introduced his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, Julie Su. If confirmed, Su will become the first Asian American cabinet secretary in his administration. “Julie brings decades of...