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.
Labor and Large Charities
## AFL-CIO & The United Way For over 80 years, Labor has partnered with the United Way. Just after World War II, the United Way (then Community Chests and Councils) and the AFL-CIO worked together to create a mechanism for payroll deduction that helped build the...
Protected: Special Focus: Unions Give Back
Special Focus: Unions Give Back
Building better communities is part of the fabric of America’s labor unions, whether it be through organizing workplaces for better wages, benefits, and working conditions or by giving back to others around them. As far back as the 1800s, unions were involved in...
Grad Students in California Launch Largest Academic Strike In U.S. History
Desires for improved, “livable” wages and stronger childcare benefits have driven 48,000 graduate students, teaching assistants, and researchers across the entire University of California system to strike. The employees and students, represented by the United...
Residents at New York Montefiore Medical Center Seek Voluntary Recognition of Union
More than 1,000 doctors employed by the Montefiore Medical Center, one of the largest residency programs in New York City, requested voluntary recognition of a union in November. The residents and fellows at the Bronx Hospital have signed cards from more than 70...
