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.
Penn State University Libraries Unveil Digital Archive of Labor History
Penn State University recently unveiled a digital archive of labor history. The digital project, ‘Beneath the Surface and Cast in Steel: Forging the American Industrial Union Movement’ is the culmination of three years of digitization and preparation by the Penn State...
FLRA Finalizes Rule Allowing Federal Employees to Cancel Union Dues
In yet another blow to federal workers, the Federal Labor Relations Authority finalized its rule allowing dues-paying employees to cancel payments to federal unions at any time, rather than the once annual window they now have. In a 2-1 decision, the FLRA ruled that...
Recently Appointed Postmaster General DeJoy Sabotaging the USPS
In an internal memo leaked by the Washington Post, major Trump donor and recently appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy informed employees that the United States Postal Service (USPS) would have to make ‘difficult’ changes to cut costs. The changes stated in the...
Walk in My Shoes: Meet the NNU Nurses
Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN, President of National Nurses United, California Nurses Association, National Nurses Organizing Committee I have been a registered nurse for 41 years, all but one at Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center. I started in the...
AFT Releases Science-Based ‘Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities’
As our country continues to battle COVID-19, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has released what it calls a “flexible blueprint for imagining a new normal for public education, public health and our society.” The five-point plan, which AFT says is based on...
