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.
Biden Scraps IRAPs
In a bold move, President Biden rescinded another Trump executive order in February, striking down industry-led apprenticeship programs. IRAPs or Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs, created under the Trump administration, sought to remove government oversight...
Union Members Fought and Protected Pension Rights for Ten Million Workers with Butch Lewis Act
The Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act was passed in mid-March and is a huge victory for American workers and retirees. The law provides relief to 10 million members and retirees of underfunded labor-management multi-employer pension funds. Tens of...
Pass the PRO Act!
“The PRO Act is a civil rights act. If you have a union contract, everyone is making the same wages. There’s no differential between men and women, Black and white. There are protections for LGBTQ, for women. The law doesn’t always protect them, their contracts...
APWU CALLS ON BIDEN TO ‘SAVE OUR POST OFFICE!’
In an online petition addressed to President Biden and Senate leadership, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is asking the leaders to quickly fill the four vacancies on the Postal Board of Governors in order to oust Postmaster Louis DeJoy.
New Jersey Congressman Pascrell to Biden: ‘Fire the Entire USPS Postal Board for Dereliction’
Congressman Bill Pascrell In a letter to President Biden, New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell says the entire United States Postal Board of Governors should be fired for “dereliction.” An ardent supporter of the USPS, Pascrell writes,“After several years of...
