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By Thomas J. Kriger, PhD Registered Apprenticeship, the gold standard for workforce training, is an integral part of the Building Trades “brand” in the US construction industry. The highest quality training programs in the industry guarantee that signatory employers...
Top Ten Things to Watch for in 2018
Since taking office in 2017, Trump and his administration have systematically dismantled protections for worker across the country. In this issue of the Label Letter, we have compiled ten things to watch for in 2018, the good, the bad, and the ugly. NLRB...
Union Label 70th Convention Focuses on Power of Boycott, Union Solidarity
The Union Label and Service Trades Department’s 70th Convention’s message was clear to all who attended: We must use the power of the boycott and the power of solidarity to achieve improvements in workers’ lives. Speeches from Missouri AFL-CIO President Mike Louis,...
Walk in My Shoes — Amy Rozny, UFCW Local 881–Pharmacy Technician
I am a UFCW Local 881 member and I have been a pharmacy technician for 8 months at Jewel Osco #3296 in Chicago, IL. I started in high school. I applied and did a training course through Jewel Osco to become certified to become a pharmacy tech. I love my job. I get to...
AFL-CIO Adds Reynolds American, Inc. Vuse e-Cigarettes to Boycott List
On August 21, 2017, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Shuler issued a letter approving a request by Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) President Baldemar Velasquez to add Reynolds American Inc.’s Vuse e-cigarette to the national Boycott list. See the letter....
Union Label Week is September 4-10 and Labor Day
Labor Day falls on September 4, 2017, this year, and is also the day in history when the United States got its nickname Uncle Sam. “Uncle Sam” is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during...
Missouri AFL-CIO Working to Take So-called ‘Right to Work’ Law to Ballot Box
The Missouri AFL-CIO and a coalition of local unions called “Preserve Middle Class America” are looking to gather enough signatures to place Missouri’s recently passed “right-to-work” to work law on the ballot in November 2018. The coalition wants to give voters the...
Union Label Building New App
The Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO, is in the process of building a new App for iPhone and Android devices to help union members and conscientious consumers find union-made products and services. In addition to offering a database of products, the...
The Right to Work
The Right to Work Respect By U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) I joined the IBEW as an electrician’s apprentice in 1979, and spent the following decades wiring buildings, lighting bridges, and fighting for the rights of my fellow workers. I felt the dignity...
We Won!! The USPS and Staples Deal is Over!
From www.apwu.org Postal management informed the APWU in writing that the “Approved Shipper” program in Staples stores will be shut down by the end of February 2017. This victory concludes the APWU’s three-year struggle. The boycott against Staples is over!“I salute...