AFL-CIO
Activision Is Resisting Diversity Hiring Push by America's Unions
This month the AFL-CIO submitted shareholder proposals requesting that Activision and Electronic Arts implement a "Rooney Rule" in their hiring practices to improve gender and racial diversity in the gaming industry.
Why Protesters Would Burn a Union Office
The motivations for the burning of the AFL-CIO office in Washington DC are unclear, but raise questions about how unions associate with police and address their brutality.
American workers want to believe Trump on NAFTA but fear Wall Street in the White House
This week, President Trump announced his intentions to renegotiate NAFTA, the 23 year-old trade pact that links the economies of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico
Why Do LA Unions Want an Exemption to the New $15 Minimum Wage?
A major LA labor activist says workers should trade the higher minimum wage for the ability to collectively bargain.
Some Unions Think Supporting Keystone XL Was A Mistake
President Obama vetoed legislation approving the pipeline, and some labor activists think its time for unions to join the climate movement.