LaborLab Featured in The Guardian and Labor Notes This Week LaborLab’s research was front and center in two major outlets this week. The Guardian and Labor Notes both covered the AutoZone union drive in White Plains, New York, where 11 workers are trying to do something, nobody has managed in the company’s history: form a […]

Shuler’s ‘State of the Unions’: Working People Are Hurting, Want and Need Unions More Than Ever       In her fourth annual “State of the Unions” address, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler emphasized the pain working people are feeling, the lack of trust working-class voters have in politicians and that electing pro-worker candidates will rely […]

Wisconsin’s Fall Election will be Tuesday, November 3, 2026   Fall Election:  Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Area Endorsements * Indicates candidate is a union member ** Indicates candidate is a union household member Other Wisconsin endorsements available at: https://bit.ly/44VOxZo

The Spokane Complex Fire continues to devastate communities across eastern Washington. More than 700 structures have been lost, some 65,000 people have been forced to evacuate, and the fires are still burning. Among those impacted are union members and their families who have been displaced, lost their homes, or are facing tremendous uncertainty.   In […]

Hops & Barley Humor Union-made beer list at the bottom of this post “Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer, I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this beer, they […]

Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021) Our brother and AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka passed away on August 5, 2021, at the age of 72.The labor movement, the AFL-CIO and the nation lost a legend. Rich devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership […]

Help our Brothers & Sisters in NALC 59 & APWU 360 The pandemic has proven just how critical our postal service is. Whether it’s deliveries of ballots and voter guides, care packages from family across the country or life-saving medicine, the USPS has kept us connected when we need it the most. But those essential […]

It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO joins newly-elected WI AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale in informing readers of the passing of Phil Neuenfeldt, President Emeritus of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, who died in his home yesterday (Sunday). Phil was one of the truly great leaders of our labor movement. […]