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.
FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements
In late April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final rule banning noncompete agreements. “Noncompete clauses keep wages low, suppress new ideas, and rob the American economy of dynamism, including from more than 8,500 new startups that would be created a...
OSHA Walkaround Final Rule Issued
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its new Walkaround Rule in March, clarifying who can serve as an employee representative to accompany the OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) during physical workplace inspections. The final...
NALC 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 donations as they deliver mail along their...
NALC Protect Our Letter Carriers Act (H.R. 7629)
Since the inception of the Postal Service nearly 250 years ago, letter carriers have delivered to every community on every street in the United States, rarely being the targets of violence. In recent years, that has changed. Since 2020, there have been more than 2,000...
Starbucks Workers United Announces ‘Path Forward’ on Unionization Efforts
In what is being hailed as a huge victory, Starbucks Workers United announced in late February that they had “a path forward” to union contracts for the more than 9,000 Starbucks baristas at nearly 400 stores that have voted to unionize. The announcement comes more...
