For a few years in the mid-1990s, AFSCME President Gerry McEntee (1935–2022) repositioned American labor and restored some of its clout.
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Posted inWorking in America
Labor’s John L. Lewis Moment
Will today’s unions invest big-time in the young workers now beginning to rebuild American labor? Or will they remain AWOL and ensure the movement’s continued decline?
Posted inWorking in America
By Helping Self-Organized Workers, Labor Can Save Itself
Unions must create a massive, dedicated project to assist workers like those at the Staten Island Amazon warehouse.
Posted inWorking in America
Why Can’t the AFL-CIO Have Two Presidents?
Liz Shuler and Sara Nelson are the combination the labor movement needs.
Posted inThe Alt-Labor Chronicles: America’s Worker Centers
John Sweeney and Worker Centers
The AFL-CIO president who aligned the labor establishment with the women, immigrants, and minorities of alt-labor
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State of the Unions 2020
On Labor Day 2020, the state of American unions is strong; but an AFL-CIO official finds changing attitudes toward immigrants concerning.
Posted inWorking in America
Reaching Out to the White Working Class
Working America—the AFL-CIO’s campaign among non-union swing voters—has long prioritized discussions on voters’ doorsteps. This year, it may have to find new approaches.
Posted inPolitics
What Swing Working-Class Voters in Battleground States Are Thinking
Working America, an AFL-CIO community-based political program, finds ‘persuadable’ voters are open to at least some progressive policies.
Posted inTAP
Democrats Prepare Articles of Impeachment, Support Trump’s NAFTA (Huh?)
Today on TAP: Even the AFL-CIO is on board with Trump’s USMCA