What Labor Day Means to My South Side and Black Union Family

Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, I learned at an early age the power of unions to dramatically improve the opportunities of black families in America.

What Labor Day Means to My South Side and Black Union Family

Trumka: This Labor Day, Fight for Paid Leave

The tension between work and time off has always been a concern of the American labor movement.

Trumka: This Labor Day, Fight for Paid Leave

Labor Day 2017: Working People Take Fewer Vacation Days and Work More

Working people are taking fewer vacation days and working more.

Labor Day 2017: Working People Take Fewer Vacation Days and Work More

Texas Working People Step Up in Worst Storm Ever

As Hurricane Harvey and its remnants bring unprecedented flooding and damage to a huge portion of Texas, working people in the state are going above and beyond their duties to help one another.

Texas Working People Step Up in Worst Storm Ever

Why I Served on Trump’s Manufacturing Council—And Why I Left

In January, I was invited to serve on President Donald Trump’s manufacturing council, along with my boss, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

Why I Served on Trump’s Manufacturing Council—And Why I Left

Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and again made excuses for bigotry and terrorism, effectively repudiating the remarks his staff wrote a day earlier in response to the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va.

Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council

Know Your Voting Rights

Important elections are coming this fall. In addition to electing the next president of the United States, we will be voting for members of Congress, and state and local leaders.

Know Your Voting Rights

What It Means To Be an American

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material. 

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

What It Means To Be an American

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

Anniversaries can be celebratory or somber. Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it is the kind of anniversary in which we hail the success of the act, while also acknowledging the deficiencies in our democracy that make the full act necessary.

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power