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.
Nationwide Strikes Demonstrate Workers Power in Numbers
Frito-Lay Workers Ratify New Contract, as Parent Pepsico Faces Separate Strike After a three-week strike, hundreds of Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) members from the Frito-Lay Topeka, Kan., plant will return to work under a new contract,...
Organizing Round-up
Editorial Workers at the Insider Join the News Guild of New York-CWA Editorial workers at the Insider, formerly Business Insider, announced in June that they had voted 241-14 to be represented by The News Guild of New York-CWA Local 31003 in a National Labor Relations...
Union Label Department Unveils New Do Buy Database
In its most comprehensive redesign ever, the Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, has built a new “Do Buy” database of union-made products and services. “We set out to clean up and update our database of products currently housed on our website,”...
Alabama Coal Miners on Strike at Warrior Met Coal
In April, over one thousand coal miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, walked off the job. The workers, members of District 20 of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), are the first miners in Alabama to go on strike in 40 years. The unfair labor...
Two Week ULP Strike at Arnold Air Force Base Brings Best Primary Base Contract in 70-year History
Members of the Air Engineering Metal Trades Council (AEMTC) ended their recent work stoppage after winning a contract they call the “best primary base contract in our 70-year history.” The members had gone on an unfair labor practice strike against the...
