The AFL-CIO Executive Council today elected Liz Shuler, a visionary leader and longtime trade unionist, 担任56个工会和12个工会联合会的主席.5 million members. 舒勒是劳工联合会历史上第一位担任该职务的女性. 执行委员会还选举美国钢铁工人联合会(USW)国际副总裁弗雷德·雷德蒙(Fred Redmond)接替舒勒担任秘书兼财务主管, the first African American to hold the number two office. Tefere Gebre will continue as executive vice president, 这是美国188体育平台有史以来最多样化的领导团队.
想象一下:在一个周日的早晨，你走进了从小就在参加的教堂. You have not been to service in a few years. For most of that time, 你在急诊室当夜班护士，偶尔的周末你休息的时间都用来照顾生病的孩子, aging parents and digging out from snowstorms. But you are there now. The usher asks your name and when you answer, he frowns and says "I'm so sorry, 因为你已经六年没有行使你的宗教自由了, I'll have to ask you to leave."
Under the agreement, 该项目的所有工作都将由建筑行业的工会成员完成, including the IBEW. In return, 工会承诺积极参与使该项目取得成果柯克·布伦加德说, executive director of the Baltimore-D.C. Building Trades.
David Groves
on Tuesday, November 14 2017 - 12:57pm
As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, a new report 来自“为美国工作协会”(Working for America Institute)和“与正义一起工作教育基金”(Jobs With Justice Education Fund)的专家介绍说，华盛顿州的学徒计划是劳动力中介合作的成功范例. 这些合作关系将工会和雇主聚集在一起进行招聘, train, 并使特定行业或特定雇主的劳动力多样化.
Dave Jamieson
on Thursday, November 2 2017 - 10:54am
As a pillar of the Democratic Party, 工会多年来一直希望看到主流民主党人推动对该法案的重大改革，以重振工会的队伍. At the press conference Wednesday, 美国188体育平台主席特拉姆卡(Richard Trumka)对这些提议表示赞同, 但他也强调，许多民主党人认为工会的支持是理所当然的.
