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The American woman who was kidnapped by Taliban-connected militants shared details about the nearly five years she spent in captivity.
The American woman who was kidnapped by Taliban-connected militants shared details about the nearly five years she spent in captivity.
Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly settled a sex harassment claim with a former legal analyst Lis Wiehl, according to a report from The New York Times.
Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly settled a sex harassment claim with a former legal analyst Lis Wiehl, according to a report from The New York Times.
We Are the American Labor Movement, and We Will Not Be Denied
Kaveh Sardari, AFL-CIOAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka honored at the St. Louis Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) awards dinner before the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention.
Here are key excerpts from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's opening remarks from the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention:
Brothers and sisters, St. Louis is a historical gateway to the American frontier, in many ways to the American Dream—many unionists trace their roots to St. Louis and the Show Me state.
It will be our entrance to a new vision of prosperity, not a cookie-cutter America dream of white picket fences but a dream shaped by each of us, a dream in which no one gets left behind.
We gather together as America and the world hunger for solidarity. We need it like we need air. We need it like we need each other. We need it like we need love. Yet fear, hatred, combined with a rigged economy and political system, stand in our way.
People are afraid we can’t get what we need, afraid that there isn’t enough or that it can’t be done. And as scared people sometimes do, some...
Erica Fraysure was last seen in her hometown of Brooksville, Kentucky on October 21, 1997. She has never been seen or heard from since.
Erica Fraysure was last seen in her hometown of Brooksville, Kentucky on October 21, 1997. She has never been seen or heard from since.
Democracy is Not Just Nice, But Necessary
AFL-CIO
At the AFL-CIO Convention’s Global Labor Symposium, the last panel proved to be the most exciting of the day. The topic was Unions at the Forefront of Democracy. After an inspiring introduction by Victor Baez, who leads the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas, the entire symposium went outside to join a rally led by Missouri State Representative Bruce Franks, Jr. to support Black Lives Matter.
After the rally, Rep. Franks addressed the gathering, making clear that the struggle for justice, dignity and respect is universal. The audience engagement grew as they heard about worker repression and denials of free speech in Brazil, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, and Iraq. Working people who have been at the forefront of challenging authoritarian and repressive regimes have told stories of workers who risked job loss, arrests, and violence to protect and defend the rights of all citizens to stand up and fight back!
We don’t have all the answers yet. We are living in a time of widespread anti-unionism by global businesses. But working people are linking arms to share practices...
Republican infighting in Washington may be grabbing headlines, but it's outside the Beltway, in the trenches, that the party's civil war is really being waged.
Wild drag racing, goat dressing and steer decorating — they're all events on the International Gay Rodeo Association circuit.
