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.
Musicians Back in the Pit: Strike Averted in New York
New York’s live music scene has breathed a collective sigh of relief at the end of October after the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 (AFM Local 802) reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League to avert a strike that threatened to shutter nearly...
AFL-CIO Sets the Standard for Worker Protections in the Age of AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes industries across the country, the AFL-CIO is making sure workers—not corporations—set the terms of this transformation. In its new report, Artificial Intelligence: Principles to Protect Workers, the labor federation lays out a...
Trump’s War on Federal Unions Puts All Workers at Risk
The Trump Administration’s escalating attacks on federal employee unions are more than a government labor dispute — they are a full-frontal assault on the rights of all working people. Through executive orders and agency directives, the administration has sought to...
Undermining the Truth: Why Politicizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics Hurts Working Families
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) makes headlines, it’s usually for a jobs report or an update on inflation. But the recent firing of the BLS director sent up a red flag that every worker should see for what it is: a direct attack on objective, reliable data —...
Americans Strongly Support Unions This Labor Day
While the Trump Administration continues to escalate its attacks on workers and their unions, the American people remain firmly on the side of labor. A new Gallup poll released just ahead of Labor Day shows that nearly 7 in 10 Americans support unions—one of the...
