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AFL-CIO’s Fred Redmond on Election Night and Allina Hospice Nurses’ First Contract

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olumbus Trades' Dorsey Hager on Bayer, Intel and Election Results

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New Bedford Firefighters' William Sylvia on the Fight for Engine 9

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Trails to Trades' Matt Kosara on Scouting and the Skilled Trades

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LA/OC Trades' Ernesto Medrano on Prop. 45 and Apprenticeships

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USW's Charleeka Thompson on NextGen and Engaging Young Union Members

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NABTU's Dr. Tom Kriger on Trades Futures and the Apprenticeship Boom

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TTD on Spirit Airlines Worker Data and FEP Blue on Open Season Benefits

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Kim Pierce on The Hands That Built This and the Future of the Trades

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Policy Matters Ohio on the $8.6 Billion Gap Between Work and Wages

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UFCW 1776 and FarmSTAND on Pennsylvania's Farm Worker Rights Lawsuit

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SMART's Michael Harris on Sheet Metal Careers and the Training Pipeline

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OFT’s Melissa Cropper on School Funding and Labor Lawyer Richard Mack

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AECOM Tishman's Frank Noviello on 9/11, the Cleanup and Rebuilding NYC

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AFSCME 1072 on Withheld Raises and Layoffs at University of Maryland

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American Legion on Veterans Careers and Alliance on Social Security

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IATSE Local 415 on Two First Contracts Ratified in Tucson

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CWA on Call Centers and Ohio AFL-CIO on Election Prep and November 3rd

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Amazon Driver Fred German on DRI-1 and the Fight for the Teamsters

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OUP USA Guild’s Arbitration Win and TTD’s Regan on Rail and Aviation Safety

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EPI's Lynn Rhinehart on Sectoral Bargaining and the Path Forward

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Bricklayers' Victor Castro on Restoring the Capitol and a Life in Stone

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AFSCME 2975's Evan Newton on Corvallis Workers' Contract Fight

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SMART-TD's Bob Guy on Rail Safety, PSR and What East Palestine Proved

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32BJ SEIU on BWI Airport Workers and IAM's Buffenbarger on AI and Work

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AFL-CIO's Fred Redmond on Election Protectors and the 2 Million Goal

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C/COBCTC's Dorsey Hager on Data Centers, Honda and Ohio's Gas Tax

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Animation Guild on DreamWorks Win and ILEPI on the Union Membership Surge

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Pete Ielmini on Energy Conservation and the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act

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UC Doctors United's Jacob Lentz on Organizing Physicians at UC Health

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MIT's Paul Osterman on Disposable Workers and a New Employment Crisis

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BMWED on CSX Cutting Track Workers While Reporting Record Profits

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Andrew Strom on the Fifth Circuit's OSHA Mental Health Ruling

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Mass Building Trades Recovery Council on No Stigma, No Shame

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BCBS NLO on the 988 Coin Campaign and Mental Health in the Trades

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American Legion and Alliance for Retired Americans on November Voting

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QPR's Shayna Klassen on Suicide Prevention with the Iron Workers

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Ohio Teachers in Crisis and CWA on the Union Wave Into November

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Steven Ruggles on the Coming Labor Shortage and What It Means

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AGMA's Opera Colorado Win and Ohio AFL-CIO on November's Stakes

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EPI's Heidi Shierholz on Tripling Union Density and the Policy Roadmap

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BRS's Tim Tarrant on Ludlow, Blair Mountain and Railroad Safety Today

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St. Mary's Nurse Emily Berceau on Organizing and the Fight Ahead

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Lorena Gonzalez on California Labor, Women in Trades and Worker Power

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Labor Day 2026: U.S. Rep. Norcross on Worker Power and Zhavoronkova on TradesFutures

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Fred Redmond on CEO Pay, the 2025 Paywatch Report and Labor Day 2026

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C/COBCTC on Data Centers, Infrastructure and Outreach

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Rep. Steve Horsford and Dave Megenhardt on Fighting for Workers

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NABTU's Dr. Tom Kriger on Apprenticeship, AI and The Wizard of Oz

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Tom Buffenbarger on ‘Wimpy’ Winpisinger and the Origins of Labor Day

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell on Trade, Social Security and Fighting for Workers

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Insulators Local 6's Jeff Saliba on Energy, Recovery and Union Power

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Food Is Medicine, Aviation Safety and 49 Years of the Labor Fight

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USW's John Lepley on Homestead, Carnegie and the Fight That Built Labor

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U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan on the Labor Caucus, PRO Act and Clean Energy Jobs

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9/11 at 25, US Shipbuilding and the 2032 Social Security Cliff

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Bill McCamley on Wage Theft, Labor History and the Trades Crisis

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Medicare for All History, Head Start Cuts and Ohio's Education Fight

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SMART Union and Union EAP on Mental Health Support That Actually Works

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Cleveland Teachers Fight Back and 100 Years of American Labor Law

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CA Building Trades on Proposition 45 and the November Fight

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LHSFNA on Trench Safety, Work Zones and OSHA Under Pressure

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CWA's Frank Mathews on Union History and the Story of Red on Thursday

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BAC's Tim Driscoll on Labor Law, AI, Immigration and Misclassification

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TSA Administrator Cummins, Transit Funding and Ohio's Labor History

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Fred Redmond on Family, 50 Years With the Steelworkers and Organizing

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C/COBCTC on Data Centers, a New Learning Center and Trades Outreach

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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on the SAG-AFTRA Merger and Labor History

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LEAN Program's Jonathan Ashwell on Recovery in the Building Trades

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Teamsters Launch Teamsters Digital Archivces With Unfiltered Union Oral Histories

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UMD Mass Layoffs, Medicare Advantage and What Workers Need to Know

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Roofers Local 11's Donetta Thomas on Finding Her Path Through Hire360

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Nurse Safety, Boeing's New Direction and the One Big Beautiful Bill

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Study Shows Union Contractors Deliver Projects Faster and Cheaper

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IFPTE on DoD Union Rights, the SAVE Act and a Hawaii Organizing Win

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AFSCME Council 65 on Political Firings and Organizing in South Dakota

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Mechanical Insulators LMCT on Boston Hospitals and Energy Waste

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OFT's Melissa Cropper on AFT Growth, a Library Win and Ohio Elections

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USW's Mariana Padias on Big River Sawmill Win and First Contracts

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AFM Local 4 on Cleveland Orchestra Talks and the AI Threat

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America's 250th Celebrations, Social Security and AI in Medicare

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National COSH on Heat Hazards, Silicosis and Worker Safety Rollbacks

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DirecTV Contract Win, Ohio Organizing and Fighting Oligarchy Training

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NM Building Trades Wellness Coalition on the Mental Health Crisis

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NNU on the Medicare for All Coalition and the July 30 Day of Action

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Andrew Strom on How Judges Chip Away at Worker Wage Protections

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UA Local 43 on Bloomberg's Apprenticeship Grant and Tennessee Valley Growth

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SAG-AFTRA on AI Protections, No FAKES Act and the 2028 Pension Merger

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Boilermakers Local 154 on Data Centers and Grid Reliability

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Brandon Elvey on the Union Pacific Merger and Rail Safety Threats

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Fred Redmond on the AFL-CIO Convention, AI and America at 250

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Dorsey Hager on Drones, Data Centers and Central Ohio's Building Boom

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1,000 Placements, Union Wealth Doubled and a New Cleveland Office

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Ironworker Brian Poindexter on His Primary Win and Fighting for Workers First

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PASS National on FAA Workforce Plan, System Upgrades and Drone Safety

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Skilled Trades Crisis, Lockheed Contract Win and a School District Fight

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Pete Ielmini on Apprenticeship, Senate Bill 4312 and Construction Mental Health

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AFL-CIO Convention Recap, Jones Act and International Travel Health

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NRDC's Juanita Constible on Protecting Workers From Extreme Heat

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Carelon Behavioral Health on Modern EAPs and Workforce Mental Health