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Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School in Golden, Colorado

The Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School (GCRMLS) will hold its 67th annual session July 7-13 in Golden, Colorado. Held for one week every summer, 250 union leaders, members, and activists gather in the Rocky Mountain region to learn and share real-life successes, challenges, and best practices

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Public Speaking Gives You The Stomachache? We got the remedy, join Labor Slam!

Labor Slam: Public Speaking Course Round #5 REGISTER HERE Date: Wednesday, J uly 17th , 2024 First Wednesday of every month through December unless otherwise noted. Due to the 4th of July holiday we will not be meeting on Wednesday, July 3rd, rescheduled for July 17th. Time: 630 pm -9pm (We will

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John J. Sweeney (1934-2021), AFL-CIO President Emeritus

John Sweeney, who led an era of transformative change in America’s labor movement, passed away Feb. 1 at the age of 86. Sweeney was one of four children born to Irish immigrants in a working-class Bronx neighborhood shortly after the Great Depression. His parents, James and Agnes Sweeney, worked as

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How the Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Causing Support of Labor Unions to Rise

“This pandemic has amplified [public support] even more. It showed how helpless workers are without a union. They couldn’t even get PPE and unions were able to get it for them,” says Trumka. “For years and years and years, people that we call ‘essential workers’ were invisible. It was as if no one

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Biden Moves Quickly to Show Union Workers That Democrats Care

Major labor leaders like Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, are more optimistic about the prospects for organized labor than they’ve been in many years. “I know what he is. Joe Biden’s a blue-collar guy,” said Trumka, who like Biden is from a working-class area in Pennsylvania and has known

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UWUA Family Member Pursuing Master of Public Health; Union Plus Scholarship Deadline This Weekend

The 2021 Union Plus Scholarship application deadline is this Sunday, Jan. 31. The Union Plus Scholarship Program awards scholarships based on outstanding academic achievement, personal character, financial need and commitment to the values of organized labor. Union Plus Scholarship awards are

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Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

According to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, its Rooney Rule proposal is “clearly workable” as evidenced by other big companies that have adopted similar policies. “Diversity and inclusion at all levels is important for companies to succeed, particularly in industries where there has been a

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