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Oklahoma Voice: Oklahoma City lawmaker plans to resign to lead labor group
12 Nov 2025 05:08 GMT
… elected to lead a statewide labor coalition.
Rep. Forrest Bennett, who … State AFL-CIO, a group of 230 labor unions representing over 100,000 workers. He …
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AFL-CIO Fights for Veterans Amid Attacks on Their Jobs, Health Care and Freedoms
12 Nov 2025 00:48 GMT
… 11, 2025 – On Veterans Day, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the … the labor movement is working to expand vets’ access to good jobs … Collins canceled 400,000 VA workers’ union contracts—nearly one-third of …
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Rep. Forrest Bennett elected new state president of AFL-CIO
11 Nov 2025 17:11 GMT
… of the labor organization.
Bennett, 36, started his new job on Monday … , public employees, doctors and nurses, painters, plumbers – and more.”
Union representation in … AFL-CIO Executive Board. He has been a member of the Transport Workers Union …
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‘Workers first’? Don’t make us laugh.
11 Nov 2025 21:51 GMT
… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler called “the single biggest act of union … thousands of private sector union jobs, mostly in the … his attack on organized labor to government employee unions. “They were, … polls show that most union workers voted against Trump all …
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3rd Circuit rules against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in labor dispute with strikers
11 Nov 2025 08:00 GMT
… workweek and workers’ right to appeal discipline," the AFL-CIO wrote in … Ernest Orsatti, a longtime Pittsburgh labor lawyer with Quatrini Law Group … expired contract,” Orsatti said. “ The law requires that when unions and employers bargain …
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Oklahoma state Rep. Forrest Bennett to resign as he takes AFL-CIO position
09 Nov 2025 21:47 GMT
… to resign as he takes AFL-CIO position
Oklahoma state Rep. Forrest … work full-time for Oklahoma unions, expressing gratitude for his … work full-time for Oklahoma unions, expressing gratitude for his … full-time for Oklahoma’s unions—helping them grow, engage …
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Democrats Caved in the Shutdown Fight. Unions Let Them.
11 Nov 2025 00:27 GMT
… cross-union fight to force the Republicans to cave. Culinary workers have … to support needy federal workers and other employees hurt by the shutdown … of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and big progressive unions to …
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Oklahoma City lawmaker plans to resign to lead labor group
10 Nov 2025 23:59 GMT
… elected to lead a statewide labor coalition.
Rep. Forrest Bennett, who … State AFL-CIO, a group of 230 labor unions representing over 100,000 workers. He … Oklahoma’s unions” as president of the Oklahoma State AFL-CIO.
“I’ll …
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Forging a Path to Democracy with Labor and Solidarity at the Center
10 Nov 2025 21:45 GMT
… workers perceive relative status through “public and psychological” wages … author of The Racial Contract, and others have … labor rights, demanding both fair employment practices and union … addressing the AFL-CIO, “The labor-hater and labor-baiter is …
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Red Cup clapback: Pa. Starbucks workers to strike
10 Nov 2025 17:30 GMT
… wait times, higher wages and a resolution for … employee. According to the AFL-CIO, “high CEO-to-worker pay … employee morale and productivity.”
“Our fight is about actually making Starbucks jobs … union contract and the resolution of hundreds of unfair labor …