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How the largest federation of unions in the United States migrated their mobile program to Action Network — In June 2021, Action Network released a new mobile messaging feature, Click to Call for Call Campaigns, which allows activists to connect to their target(s) to leave a message at the click of a button. …

by Tom Perez After I became Secretary of Labor in 2013, I began having occasional lunches with Richard Trumka, the longtime President of the AFL-CIO. Each time we met, Rich would ask me about the status of the coal dust rule. Until that time, generations of coal miners had been…

This quote — from the night Rich Trumka won the @rooseveltinst’s Distinguished Public Service Award — encapsulated his legacy. Trumka fought for global justice and against apartheid and racism in the labor movement. A tough negotiator but a kind soul, always quick to chat and laugh with whomever was around…

(Excerpted from AFL-CIO Publication № 81, revised April 1976) What Officers Can Do To Improve the Meeting 1. Start promptly! Establish the practice of starting on time. Give notice that the next meeting will begin promptly at 7 (or 8) o’clock. Then speak to some of the officers and members and…

Here’s a Labor Day assignment, a thought experiment from someone who thinks about strategies for reinventing brands every day. (It’s okay to classify that as sad.) Imagine if, say tomorrow, the leadership of America’s unions — from its commanding entity the AFL-CIO, to the UAW, to the International Plate Printers…

JACKSON — Today Jackson Mayor Derek Dobies announced seven endorsements from local and state labor organizations in his campaign for re-election. Dobies, who works as Chief of Staff for the Michigan AFL-CIO, has dedicated his career to fighting for working families across the state of Michigan. “Jackson’s working families are…

We created Action Builder with a laser focus on one thing: making organizers’ jobs easier. Organizing is hard, and will always be tough, time-consuming work. We believe in the power of technology to make this tough job a little easier. But we’ve also lived through technology failing us in the…

The following was sent to leaders of the Colorado AFL-CIO on September, 17th, 2018. The email responds to the body’s rejection of myself as the only union member running for office in Boulder County in favor of the Democratic Party candidate, a professional politician with no union history whatsoever. …

BY MARK GRUENBERG WASHINGTON — Stressing Brett Kavanaugh’s anti-worker court rulings and writings — and educating their members while urging them to contact their senators — unions have started their mass mobilization against President Trump’s nomination of Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Their objective: To convince enough key senators…