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.
NLRB Hearing Begins on Amazon Union Election Interference
A New York Post article in early May reported on testimony given by Alabama Amazon warehouse employee Darryl Richardson. Richardson testified before the National Labor Relations Board that the retail giant has made conditions worse since defeating unionization efforts...
Biden Names Thea Lee to Lead DOL’s International Affairs Division
President Biden has named former AFL-CIO Chief of Staff and trade official, Thea Lee to head the Department of Labor’s international affairs division. In her capacity at the DOL, Ms. Lee would be the undersecretary for international labor affairs where she would...
AFL-CIO and Its Allies Test New North American Trade Pact, File Complaint with the Biden Administration Over Labor Violations at Mexican Auto Parts Factories
On May 10, the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y de Servicios Movimiento 20/32 (SNITIS) and Public Citizen announced that they have filed the first complaint under the Rapid...
Biden EOs Create Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, Raise Wages for Nearly Four Hundred Thousand Americans
Having campaigned on promises to be the most pro-union president ever, President Biden held fast to his commitment on April 26, when he signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. The Task Force will be...
The Problem Isn’t Unemployment Benefits: Restaurant Workers Were on the Brink Pre-COVID, the Pandemic Just Made Their Plight More Visible
“It’s not that we are on unemployment. We did our unemployment stint, and we found something else,” former three-time Memphis bartender of the year, Allan Creasy told the Washington Post in May. Creasy is one of ten former restaurant employees the Washington Post...
