By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer The country just celebrated Labor Day and the contributions working people and unions have made toward a more...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — BlackPressUSA interviewed Janna Rodriguez, an advocate, educator, and champion for early childhood education. She’s the founder and owner of Innovative Daycare Corp in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Union-organized rallies are taking shape, evoking memories of the fight for worker rights alongside civil rights.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Since returning to office, Trump has targeted unions and diversity initiatives. He’s rescinded Executive Order 11246, which prohibited discrimination by federal contractors
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We are bringing the everyday people who’ve demanded better wages from their bosses to Washington insist that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents make clear...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Despite ongoing negotiations over undisclosed provisions, Democratic lawmakers voted to adopt their version of the spending plan because they must pass a balanced...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival mobilizes for a massive gathering, Dr. Barber and others have called on...
By Post Staff Teachers’ unions in Alameda County are criticizing Alameda County Superintendent of Schools L. K. Monroe for paying more than half a million dollars...
Supt. L.K. Monroe Failed to Inform Trustees of Payments to Managers Totaling $600,000 By Post Staff Teachers’ unions in Alameda County are criticizing Alameda County Superintendent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell, the first African American in her current role in Nassau County, has earned selection...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We have seen dramatic change in the makeup of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Biden. Two former counsels to the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — All indications show that Jennifer Abruzzo, the President’s new general counsel, is helping to lead the charge and losing no time. She has...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “COVID-19 has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, and if adequate steps are not taken, this number will continue to grow. As we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The task in front of us that we can’t fail at: Stopping the anti-union, anti-labor judiciary being put in place by an administration...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ronald Reagan, who turned his back on organized labor and started America’s middle-class into a tailspin from which it has never recovered, has...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I want to give thanks for a human right that shaped our country throughout the 20th century and that made Thanksgiving possible for...
OAKLAND POST— Entrepreneur, coach, and real estate investor Charles Patton has recently added voting rights advocate to his title after a visit to the office of...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Recently, the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee formally endorsed Rep. John Ray Clemmons to be Nashville’s next mayor. The Central...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The poverty line for a family of three (a working mom and two children) is $16,910. A woman working full time at the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We will explore the strengths and weaknesses in the current state of labor law and identify proposals that hold employers that violate the...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — In 1961, King spoke before the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest and most powerful labor organization.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The Los Angeles Unified School District and the union representing 33,000 teachers have reached an agreement on salaries.
J. Weston Phippen, THE NATIONAL JOURNAL (The National Journal) — As the country added 280,000 jobs in May, unemployment remained unchanged this month, though it...
ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles is the latest and biggest city to endorse a hike in the minimum wage, adding to...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite what the defenders of “right-to-work” laws claim, those policies offer less protection for employees...
