The Label Letter is the official newsletter of the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO. It is published bimonthly and includes the Do Buy and official AFL-CIO Boycott Lists. Subscriptions are available to members only. With the exception of copyrighted material, permission to reprint is hereby granted, but credit to the source is appreciated.
Walk in My Shoes: SMART Local 105 Member Helps Save Woman’s Life on Los Angeles Highway
Reprinted with permission from SMART Los Angeles is famous for its traffic. And a large part of that (in)famy is driven by the East Los Angeles Interchange, where Interstate 10 connects with United States Highway 101. Hundreds of thousands of drivers going to, from...
Labor Day 2025: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness, and Security
The Labor Day holiday is always an opportunity to show our solidarity and strength for all workers. This year, it has a much deeper significance. While we are not the first iteration of the American Labor Movement to face threats to our existence, our opportunity to...
Time to Take Back Labor Day
Let’s be honest: Labor Day has lost its way. What started as a hard-fought tribute to America’s union members has been whitewashed into a weekend of blowout sales, cookouts, and corporate lip service. But behind the scenes—and often right out in the open—those same...
Organized Labor Decries Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Firing of NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox
In a landmark decision on May 22, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), who was dismissed by President Donald Trump earlier this year. The Court’s ruling, which effectively...
California’s “Olympic Wage” Under Threat—But Labor Isn’t Backing Down
While Trump wages war on unions, blue cities are setting new standards—and defending them. In Washington, the war on workers is in full swing. But in Los Angeles, unions are writing a different playbook—raising wages, expanding protections, and organizing to keep wins...
