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.
Put a Union Label on It: Organizing Gains Show Labor’s Momentum Across Emerging Industries
One of the clearest messages to emerge from the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis was that organized labor continues to grow in places that were once considered difficult, if not impossible, to organize. From ride-share drivers and warehouse workers to...
The Systematic Dismantling of America’s Civil Service
For more than 140 years, the United States has maintained a professional civil service based on a simple principle: federal employees should be hired, promoted, and retained based on merit, qualifications, and expertise—not political loyalty. Today, that principle...
House Passes Faster Labor Contracts Act, Giving Workers a Fair Shot at a First Contract
Working people across the country scored an important victory when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act, legislation designed to prevent employers from dragging out negotiations after workers vote to form a union. For decades, one of...
AFL-CIO Convention Re-Elects Shuler and Redmond, Sets Priorities Through 2030
Delegates representing 65 affiliated unions and approximately 15 million workers gathered in Minneapolis in June for the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention, re-electing President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond while adopting resolutions that...
Holding the Line on the Label: How BCTGM Workers Protected “Union Made” at Kellogg
When workers at Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union walked off the job in the fall of 2021, they were not just fighting for wages, benefits, or job security. They were also defending something that often gets overlooked but...
