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WESTERN MASS LABOR FEDERATION AFL-CIO ANNOUNCES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING RAIL WORKERS AND DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO STRIKE

10 Jan, 2023

The Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation voted unanimously at their January
membership meeting last night to condemn in the strongest possible terms the Biden
Administration’s conduct of December 2, 2022. In the resolution, the WMALF states that the

THE WESTERN MASS LABOR FEDERATION AFL-CIO ANNOUNCES ANTI- WAR RESOLUTION ON THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

13 Apr, 2022

Last night the Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO joined a growing number of labor organizations in passing a resolution calling for the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine and the resolution of the conflict through intensive diplomatic negotiations t

Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation Calls On President Biden to Cancel All Student Debt

12 Jan, 2022

Springfield, MA — The Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, a coalition of more than 60 public and private sector unions from across Western Massachusetts, voted unanimously Monday night to pass a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to cancel all student debt by executive or

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Northeast Semi-Supersonic Train to be Union Built

The developers of a train that would travel nearly half the speed of sound and get passengers from New York to Washington, D.C., in about an hour signed a memorandum of understanding to only use union labor on the project.

03, Jan, 2018

Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards

A decade ago or so, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimated that making the Bush tax cuts permanent — rather than letting them expire in 2010 — would increase the after-tax

13, Dec, 2017

Bank Deregulation Bill Will Leave Taxpayers Holding the Bag

These days, it’s hard to keep straight all of Congress’ efforts to build plutocracy — the further consolidation of the power of the richest Americans at the expense of the rest of us.

08, Dec, 2017

Washington State’s Innovative Aerospace Apprenticeship Program Touted

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, a new report from the Working for America Institute and Jobs With Justice Education Fund profiles a Washington state apprenticeship program as a suc

14, Nov, 2017

Democrats Have An Ambitious Plan To Help Rebuild Labor Unions

As a pillar of the Democratic Party, unions have wanted for years to see mainstream Democrats push for major reforms to the law that would rejuvenate the ranks of organized labor.

02, Nov, 2017

AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and other workers – took off from Newark International Airport on October 4 on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico, the AFL-CIO announced.

05, Oct, 2017