The union representing workers at the U.S. Department of Labor is up in arms over plans to induct former U.S. President Ronald Reagan into the Labor Department’s Hall of Fame. A former President of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan boasted at the beginning of his presidency in 1981 that he was the first president of the United States to hold a lifetime membership in an AFL-CIO union, but shortly after set his administration’s anti-union tone with the firing over 11,000 striking air traffic controllers represented by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.
Legislation to combat rampant wage-theft in California’s construction industry passed the state legislature this month with strong majorities. Assembly Bill 1701 would hold general contractors
[Ken Sagar]: “It’s a bad law and it’s a bad deal for Iowans. And it’s clearly a naked power grab on the part of the Koch brothers and the Republican legislature.”
Working people are diverse. We are different colors, gender identities, religions, sexual orientations and ages. The labor movement has been at the forefront of the struggle for every major civil rights law. We stand strong today in the fight for dignity, life and liberty for every worker at the intersection of economic justice and civil rights.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it—and it’s prime time for Kentucky lawmakers to learn a history lesson.
The union is donating $60,000 to groups financially helping dreamers renew their protection status – which costs $495 per person. The union says thousands of Los Angeles students, teachers and alumni face a tight October 5th deadline to renew their status.
[Ken Sagar]: “It’s a bad law and it’s a bad deal for Iowans. And it’s clearly a naked power grab on the part of the Koch brothers and the Republican legislature.”
Thousands of workers pushing for a $15 minimum wage and union rights will hit the streets in Chicago Monday. Joined by hospital workers, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and Rev. William J.
