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2025 Indiana-Armstrong CLC Scholarship

10 Aug, 2025

Congratulations to Grace Bowersox and Melina Fry on being awarded the 2025 Indiana-Armstrong Central Labor Council Scholarships. Grace is the daughter of Mike (UMWA Local 1412) and Sarah Bowersox and the granddaughter of Ron Bowersox (UMWA Local 1412 President and Director of Veterans' Affairs for

Resolution to Protect the Department of Education and Our Kids

02 Mar, 2025

On Thursday, February 27th the Indiana-Armstrong CLC passed a resolution calling on Congress to protect the U.S. Department of Education and stand up for our kids and communities. We urge all our affiliates and allies to stand in solidarity with our union siblings in education on March 4th as they

Support for Amazon's Whole Foods Grocery Workers

24 Jan, 2025

Grocery Workers at Amazon’s Whole Foods Need Your Support! SIGN THIS PETITION Grocery workers are the backbone of our community, ensuring we have access to fresh, healthy food every day. Yet, many of these employees are struggling with understaffing, unrealistic productivity demands, stagnant wages

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Congress Must Take Action to Protect Workers

The nation watched earlier this year as heroic warehouse workers at the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, made history.

26, Jul, 2021

Labor Movement Leads PRO Act Events in Backyards of All 100 Senators

This week, the AFL-CIO is leading a PRO Act Week of Action, part of the labor movement’s national campaign urging senators to pass this transformative labor law reform. This week of action includes at least one event near every U.S.

22, Jul, 2021

To Build Back Better, Give Workers a Voice and a Stake

This week, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos realized his dream of flying to space, after spending a reported $5 billion on his rocket company.

21, Jul, 2021

Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment

In April 2020, after the labor market took its largest one-month hit in modern history, Black men and women suffered job losses proportionate to those of white women. Still, their losses were far less severe than those of Hispanic men and women.

19, Jul, 2021

Union Plus Launches New Retiree Healthcare Program

This month, Union Plus launched a new Retiree Healthcare Program in partnership with Anthem and the AFL-CIO Mutual Benefit Trust.

15, Jul, 2021

AFL-CIO Unveils Executive Paywatch Report

2020’s growth in pay inequity between workers and CEOs confirms the “executive base salary reductions” touted during the COVID-19 crisis were just lip service, per this year’s AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report, which was unveiled this morning by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler (IBEW).

14, Jul, 2021