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What It Means To Be an American

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material. 

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

What It Means To Be an American

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

Anniversaries can be celebratory or somber. Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it is the kind of anniversary in which we hail the success of the act, while also acknowledging the deficiencies in our democracy that make the full act necessary.

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

Meet 2016 NYC Labor Day Parade Chair Henry A. Garrido

2016 NYC Labor Day Parade Chair, DC 37 Executive Director, Henry A. Garrido is the first Latino to head District Council 37, the largest municipal employees union in New York City. A native of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Garrido assumed the position on Dec. 31, 2014.

Meet 2016 NYC Labor Day Parade Chair Henry A. Garrido

NYC Building Trades Rally for Worker Safety

This week, members of several Building Trades unions rallied outside of 1 Wall Street to call out developer Gilbane for union-busting tactics and unsafe working conditions.  Chants of "how many more must die" punctuated calls for safety on the job.

NYC Building Trades Rally for Worker Safety

Meet 2016 NYC Labor Day Parade Grand Marshal James T. Callahan

Grand Marshal Callahan is the General President of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), a diversified trade union that represents about 400,000 operating engineers working as heavy equipment operators, mechanics and surveyors in the construction industry, and stationary engineer

Meet 2016 NYC Labor Day Parade Grand Marshal James T. Callahan