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Rebuilding Schools, Bridges—and Lives

It only takes a moment talking to Emily Galvin, an apprentice with Ironworkers Local 7 in Boston, to grasp how her first year learning the skilled trades has transformed her life. For one, she has a fresh understanding of the anatomy of a city—of roads, bridges and buildings.

Rebuilding Schools, Bridges—and Lives

Nurses Need Workplace Protections and Respect

Happy nurses week! It’s the time of year when our employers honor us for the hard work we do every day, healing and saving lives.

Nurses Need Workplace Protections and Respect

Dallas Labor News May 4, 2018

Don’t Miss Election Day

The Dallas School Board election is tomorrow, May 5th. The AFL-CIO will be firmly behind candidate Bernadette Nuttall and the school employees’ union, Alliance/AFT.

Dallas Labor News May 4, 2018

‘We Are All Immigrants’

Tefere Gebre came to the United States in 1984 as a teenager. He and four friends had left their home in war-torn Ethiopia and walked nearly 500 miles across the desert to a refugee camp in Sudan.

‘We Are All Immigrants’

This Is How You Really Appreciate Teachers

When it comes to appreciating educators, please heed an old expression: Walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk.

This Is How You Really Appreciate Teachers