by Jonathan Rosenblum | Jun 6, 2026 | AFL-CIO, Amazon, labor, Op-Ed, Teamsters, Unions
Beginning June 7, the AFL-CIO quadrennial convention gathers in Minneapolis with the stated aim of organizing “in unity and clarity of purpose to empower working people.” That clarity of purpose ought to include a real commitment to take on the biggest and most important organizing challenge that unions face in this era — Amazon. Thus far, notwithstanding some inspiring individual sites…
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by Sharon Zhang | Dec 13, 2025 | AFL-CIO, bipartisanship, Donald Trump, labor, labor movement, News, Unions
The House has voted on a bipartisan basis to restore labor rights to 1 million federal workers after President Donald Trump yanked them away in an executive order earlier this year, in a rare show of defiance against the president by over a dozen GOP members. In a 231 to 195 vote on Thursday afternoon, the House passed the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would nullify Trump’s orders in…
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