Penn State Labor School | Labor Activist Academy
Penn State Labor Activist Academy is a series of labor education workshops designed to better equip labor union stewards, labor activists, and leaders to meet the challenges facing today’s labor movement. Classes start October 11, 2022!
2022 Voting Resources
This November, organized labor will combat the power of organized money. We’re voting to protect our freedoms—and our voices will be heard. Register to vote, check your voter registration or request a mail-in ballot today!
Build Our Philly Labor Vote
Join us for our 2022 General Election Labor Walks, Phone and Text Banking. We will contact fellow union members across Philadelphia to get out the VOTE for our union-endorsed candidates!
PA AFL-CIO 2022 General Election Endorsements
We support candidates that focus as the issues our members care about – better pay and benefits, secure retirements, gender equality, workplace health and safety, high quality public education, and civil rights among others.
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AFL-CIO Launches ‘Largest Organizing Drive in History’ to Mobilize Workers for Elections
02 Sep, 2022 Read More > AFL-CIO Launches ‘Largest Organizing Drive in History’ to Mobilize Workers for Elections
How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps Working People
30 Aug, 2022 Read More > How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps Working People
71% of Americans Support Labor Unions
30 Aug, 2022 Read More > 71% of Americans Support Labor UnionsUpcoming Events
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Aug 25 #SaveThePostOffice Day of Action
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71% of Americans Support Labor Unions
30 Aug, 2022 Read More > 71% of Americans Support Labor Unions
35th Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade and Family Celebration
29 Aug, 2022 Read More > 35th Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade and Family Celebration
This Women's Equality Day, Pledge to Protect Voting Rights
29 Aug, 2022 Read More > This Women's Equality Day, Pledge to Protect Voting RightsAFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement
19 Apr, 2022Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.
She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.
Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.
Homecoming for Liz Shuler
04 Apr, 2022LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?
Labor Leader of the Week: Karima Howard, ATU
11 Feb, 2022 Read More > Labor Leader of the Week: Karima Howard, ATUAFL-CIO News Feed
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