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.
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Spotlight the Label: United Food and Commercial Workers
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) re-affiliated with the Union Label Department this past June, and the Department is honored to have such a remarkable and powerful union as an affiliate. The UFCW’s immediate history goes back to 1979, when they officially...
NLRB Proposes New Rule On Joint Employment
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is asking for input on its proposed new rule on joint employment. The rule would make it easier for workers to be considered employees of more than one employer for the purposes of labor relations. According to a Sept. 7 press...
Will We See Striketober 2.0 in 2022?
In October 2021, while the country grappled with COVID lockdowns, and mass resignations, many unionized workers made the difficult decision to join in solidarity with their brothers and sisters on the picket lines. “Striketober,” as it was dubbed in the media, saw...
Major League Baseball Players Association Asks League to Voluntarily Recognize Minor League Players Unionization
In late August, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the union representing MLB players, announced it had sent out union authorization cards to minor league players. Then, just after Labor Day, they announced that more than 50 percent of minor league...
