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Look for these union-made-in-the-USA products and services while shopping. Buying union-made supports good jobs. America is at its best when we say and shop UNION YES!

Boycott List

The Department maintains and publishes the “Don’t Buy” list of companies being boycotted and the products and services involved. In addition, you can see information on boycott updates.

Label Letter

The Label Letter is the official newsletter of the Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO. The bi-monthly publication is mailed to some 25,000 labor leaders, activists and union members six times a year.
BCTGM Members in BuffaloStrike at Milk-Bone Plant

BCTGM Members in BuffaloStrike at Milk-Bone Plant

One hundred sixty-five members of BCTGM Local 36G, employed at the Milk-Bone brand dog treat plant owned by J.M. Smucker Co., have initiated an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. The workers are taking a stand against increased healthcare costs, low wages, and what they describe as blatant disrespect for labor laws and employees’ rights.

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Do Buy: How to Fly Union

Do Buy: How to Fly Union

By Anna Del Savio—Reprinted with permission from the Northwest Labor Press

Over the past decade, America’s largest airlines have become steadily more unionized. When the Labor Press started tracking airline unionization in 2012, the top airlines ranged from 70% to 85% union; today they’re 80% to 87% union. Delta — the largest airline by passenger miles traveled — remains the one big exception, with just 20% of its employees represented by a union.

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Biden Restored Labor Protections Undercut by Trump

Deregulation and outright corporate favoritism marked the years of the Trump administration. President Biden has thrown his support to workers and the unions that represent millions of them. Under Trump, everything from a failed attempt to enable tip-skimming by...

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