Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021)
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, died on August 5, 2021 at the age of 72 after a lifetime of service dedicated to America’s working
In Memoriam
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Opportunity
2019 WILL Empower Apprenticeship Applications are Now Open
Please help spread the word about an opportunity for college seniors, recent graduates, or rank-and-file activists who are interested in trying out a
Call for Proposals
Continuing the Struggle: The International Labor Organization (ILO) Centenary and the Future of Global Worker Rights
October 29, 2019, will mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the first International Labor Conference (ILC), held in the Pan American Union Building in
LAWCHA
This is Your Daughter’s Labor Movement
If there is going to be a revival of the U.S. labor movement, it’s likely that women are going to lead it. Lane
Opportunity
WILL Empower: Apprenticeship Program for Women
WILL Empower is a bold and ambitious new initiative to identify, convene, train, and nurture a new generation of women labor leaders. Lane
Film & Video
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Heather Booth – Changing the World: New Film Available on Women’s and Civil Rights Activist
Do you have activist students who have questions about how best to build a life around making social change? Do you want to
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Events
LRAN Conference Call for Proposals: Proposal Deadline Friday, March 16
Scholars, labor practitioners, and activists from across the country will convene in Nashville, TN to share new ideas and lessons learned, and connect
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#MeToo Solidarity
Sexual harassment is both a labor and gender justice issue. After all, the workplace is the epicenter of women’s recent outrage about sexual
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OpEd
The media still gets the working class wrong — but not in the way you think.
This will be the first Labor Day since America rediscovered its working class — or, more accurately, one part of its working class.
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Women Hold the Keys to New Working-Class Prosperity
America rediscovered its working class during the 2016 election, and many Democrats and progressives now call for fresh policies to address the nation’s