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REJECT NEOLIBERALISM! Time for a New Vision Rooted in the Needs of Working-People

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered a keynote address at the Foreign Policy for America Leadership Summit, where she called for a new approach that...

Exclusive Conversation with DNC Chair Ken Martin

On February 21st, 2025, Tristin Amezcua-Hogan, The Labor Beacon’s Editor-In-Chief, sat down with the new national Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin for a short,...

NHLPA & PHPA Join The AFL-CIO 

Two of professional hockey’s North American players’ associations— the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA)—announced they are...

AFL-CIO Launches The Department of People Who Work For A Living

If Elon Musk can make up his own government department, so can workers. The AFL-CIO has launched the Department of People Who Work for a...

Less Americans Are In Unions, But More Want Them

On January 28th, 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual report on union density, showing that the total percentage of...

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