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

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

02 Feb, 2021

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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.

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

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

29 Jan, 2021

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29 Jan, 2021

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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.

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

Biden Moves Quickly to Show Union Workers That Democrats Care

29 Jan, 2021

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29 Jan, 2021

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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.

Biden Moves Quickly to Show Union Workers That Democrats Care

NY Times: Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

29 Jan, 2021

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29 Jan, 2021

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NY Times: Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

Workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, will vote next month on whether to unionize. The largest, most viable effort to unionize Amazon in many years began last summer at a Fairfield Inn outside of Birmingham in the right-to-work state.

NY Times: Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

Actors' and Stage Managers' Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines

29 Jan, 2021

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29 Jan, 2021

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Actors' and Stage Managers' Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines

Joining its sibling union IATSE, Actors' Equity Association announced its commitment to providing resources from a shuttered theatre industry towards vaccinating the population— including union members.

Actors' and Stage Managers' Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines

Climate Jobs NY Update: CJNY Celebrates Wednesday’s Historic “Climate Day” Executive Orders

Climate Jobs NY Update: CJNY Celebrates Wednesday’s Historic “Climate Day” Executive Orders

29 Jan, 2021

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Climate Jobs NY Update: CJNY Celebrates Wednesday’s Historic “Climate Day” Executive Orders

Before President Biden signed this week's climate actions, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry led a press briefing to preview the details of the Administration’s “whole-of-government” approach to tackle the existential crisis of climate ch

Climate Jobs NY Update: CJNY Celebrates Wednesday’s Historic “Climate Day” Executive Orders