National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds.
Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds holds both wardrobe and stage cards as a member of IATSE Local 471. Garrick-Reynolds said growing up Dominican-Canadian in Ottawa, Canada, was challenging, and there wasn't a lot of Latin culture or Spanish spoken in her life to reinforce pride in her identity and culture. Theater gave her that sense of belonging, first as a performer, then as an IATSE stagehand and wardrobe technician.
Kenneth Quinnell Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:00Service + Solidarity Spotlight: San Francisco Giants Ballpark Workers Secure Improved Safety, Better Wages and Benefits
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Food service workers at Oracle Park, where the San Francisco Giants play, voted 96.7% in favor of authorizing a strike, and members began signing up for picket duties. However, the pressure of the strike led management at Bon Appetit to agree to a transformative new contract. Nearly 1,000 workers will benefit from increased COVID-19 safety measures, affordable and inclusive health care for workers and their families, a $7-an-hour pay raise, improved hazard pay and bigger pensions.
“In my 32 years working food service at Giants games, I’ve been witness to so much history,” said Deborah Torrano, a member of the negotiating committee and a suite attendant at Oracle Park. “And now we’ve made history, too. We were ready to strike, and now our lives will change.”
The food service workers are members of UNITE HERE Local 2, and they stuck together in solidarity. Now they can focus on the upcoming baseball playoffs and not have to worry about safety and security.
“Ballpark workers’ fierce, determined leadership has paid off,” said Anand Singh, president of Local 2. “Workers got organized and were ready to strike, and they won a life-changing deal. Bon Appetit stepped up and set an industry standard for safe, family-sustaining jobs.”
Kenneth Quinnell Wed, 10/06/2021 - 09:24Secretary of State Blinken Meets with Workers in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh played host last week to the inaugural E.U.-U.S. Trade and Technology Council meeting. Leaders from the European Union and the United States, including co-chairs of the council Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, discussed issues ranging from technology standards to global trade to supply chain security during the day-and-a-half conference.
After the last session on the second day, Blinken held a roundtable conversation with workers where they discussed trade policy, diplomacy, workers’ rights, and the issues and challenges facing America’s workers. Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 5 hosted the roundtable, with members of the United Steelworkers, United Food and Commercial Workers, Communications Workers of America, the Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania and the Teamsters.
“We believe strongly—the president believes strongly—that labor groups have to be our partner in policy, that includes foreign policy,” Blinken said.
Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 10/05/2021 - 10:45Our Crews Deserve Better: The Working People Weekly List
Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List.
‘Our Crews Deserve Better': Seth Rogen and Ryan Reynolds Share Support for Film Industry Workers: “Advocates are sounding the alarm about working conditions in the film industry and two popular Vancouver actors are sharing their support. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) recently announced that it is preparing for a nationwide strike authorization vote citing unsafe working hours, poor wages for workers in the lowest-paid crafts, and inadequate breaks. It also noted that workers on some ‘new media’ streaming projects are paid less, despite working on productions with equivalent budgets. Vancouver's own Hollywood heavyweights Seth Rogen and Ryan Reynolds have shared their support for film workers.”
IATSE Leaders Say ‘Now Is the Time to Change the Culture of Our Work Places’ as Union Gears Up for Strike-Authorization Vote: “IATSE President Matthew Loeb and the presidents 13 Hollywood locals, saying that ‘now is the time to change the culture of our work places,’ issued a joint statement Tuesday urging members to authorize a nationwide strike against film and TV production companies. The union leaders said that the strike-authorization vote, which will be held October 1-3, ‘will empower our negotiators to secure a fair deal.’ ‘We each have witnessed first-hand the physical and emotional suffering our members and their loved ones endure as a result of punishing and unrealistic schedules, and lack of rest or meal breaks,’ they said. ‘We have repeatedly seen the economic impact of inadequate rates for members who do not make a living wage, and the discounted ‘New Media’ pay rates that subsidize mature and profitable streaming businesses.’”
As COVID-19 Numbers Soar, Some Nurses Don't Have Adequate Protections, National Nurses United Says: “Hospitals and health systems must do more to be fully compliant with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect nurses and other healthcare workers from COVID-19, says the latest survey of 5,000 RNs conducted by National Nurses United (NNU). The ETS, which includes requirements on personal protective equipment (PPE), patient and visitor screening, and employee notification within 24 hours of the employer becoming aware of exposure, is the first-of-its-kind enforceable federal COVID-19 standard that went into effect July 21. ‘We are more than 18 months into the pandemic, yet hospitals are still not doing enough to ensure the safety of nurses, patients, and other healthcare workers,’ NNU executive director Bonnie Castillo, RN, said. ‘COVID cases are surging to their highest levels yet in some areas of the country, and some ICUs are over capacity,’ Castillo said. ‘Nurses need optimal personal protective equipment. Healthcare employers must notify nurses as soon as possible when they are exposed and make it easier for RNs and other healthcare workers to get tested.’”
New York Passes Sweeping Bills to Improve Conditions for Delivery Workers: “Since the beginning of the pandemic, food delivery workers on bikes have become even more ubiquitous features of the New York City streetscape, earning low wages and often braving horrendous weather, hazardous streets and the threat of robbery to bring people their takeout orders at all hours of the day. On Thursday, the city became the first in the nation to take aggressive steps to improve those employees’ working conditions, approving a groundbreaking package of legislation that will set minimum pay and address the plight of couriers employed by app-based food delivery services like Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats.”
Low Wages, Grueling Hours, Lack of Rest: Why IATSE Is Ready to Strike: “In recent weeks, members of the union IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, have been sharing their experiences, many of them posting anonymously on Instagram stories. Camera operators, editors, grips, makeup and hair stylists, costumers, writers assistants and more have posted about low pay, exhausting hours, and dangerous working conditions.”
Study: Union Construction Apprenticeships Rival Bachelor's Degrees: “A new national study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) has found that on average, graduates of joint labor-management (union) apprenticeship programs in the construction industry are able to achieve near wage and benefits parity with other types of workers with four-year college degrees.”
20 Years After Mine Disaster, Brookwood Miners Are Still Fighting for Safety: “As I travel the country as president of the AFL-CIO, I meet and talk with union members who are the beating heart of our country—quiet heroes like Haeden Wright. As president of UMWA Auxiliary #2245/2368, for the last six months she’s gone above and beyond to keep the strike pantry stocked, clothing donations stacked and meals delivered each week to union members. Her father was working in Mine #7 the day of the 2001 tragedy, and her husband now works at the same mine as the explosion site (which has since turned into a processing plant).”
North Carolina’s Anti-Labor Record Is a Shameful Betrayal of Our State’s People: “As late as the 1950s, North Carolina was still the least unionized state in the nation. It speaks to the decline of American organized labor that our state’s unionization rate in the 1950s, about 9%, was higher than the national unionization rate today. North Carolina’s rate of union membership today is just below 3%. Perhaps that’s why the international NGO Oxfam recently called North Carolina the ‘worst state in the nation’ for working people. Taking into account wages, working conditions and other indicators, Oxfam damned North Carolina as a working person’s hell. The response from our state’s Republican leadership was silence. After all, even the elected Labor Commissioner, Josh Dobson, has spoken to Art Pope’s John Locke Foundation about his robust support for ‘right-to-work’ laws and strong opposition to collective bargaining rights for state employees. Out of the 50 states, only North Carolina and Virginia forbid their state employees from organizing.”
Pass the PRO Act to Demand More for ALL Workers: “Unions and strong labor laws help to prevent employers from violating civil rights as protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. They also help reduce income equality, which the LGBT community faces at much higher rates than the non-LGBTQ community. Though the National Labor Rights Act (NLRA) began holding employers accountable, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act strengthens the power of the people to improve their workplace conditions, pay and benefits.”
Workers Win, Ending Mondelēz Oreo Cookie Strike: “Key issues were not just raises, but working conditions. Those sometimes included back-to-back 12-to-16-hour shifts, BCTGM said. The workers at the firm’s five U.S. snack plants, including Portland and Chicago, didn’t get all they wanted, but they got a lot from the firm and overwhelmingly ratified the contract, said union President Anthony Shelton. ‘This has been a long and difficult fight for our striking members, their families and our union. Throughout the strike, our members displayed tremendous courage, grit and determination,’ he said Sept. 18.”
Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 10/05/2021 - 10:30National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Sal Herrera
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Sal Herrera.
Sal Herrera is an energic and tireless organizer for IUPAT District Council 88. Prior to IUPAT, Herrera interned with the Texas AFL-CIO. He is a first-generation Mexican American and a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in political communications. Herrera is driven by seeing workers come together to build collective power to provide for their families and their communities.
Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 10/05/2021 - 10:00Service + Solidarity Spotlight: NWSLPA Speaks Out Against Systemic Abuse
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) canceled its matches last weekend in response to pressure from the NWSL Players Association (NWSLPA) amid reports in which several coaches were accused of abusing players. Two head coaches accused of abusive behavior were fired last week, another in September, and a fourth coach resigned in July amid player complaints.
“We refuse to be silent any longer,” the NWSLPA said in a statement. “Our commitment as players is to speak truth to power. We will no longer be complicit in a culture of silence that has enabled abuse and exploitation in our league and in our sport.”
The players association demanded the league undertake an independent investigation into the allegations of abuse, and suspend any staff member who violated or failed to report a violation of their anti-harassment policy. The NWSLPA also set up an anonymous hotline for players to report abuse and is offering psychiatric assistance for current, former or future players.
Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 10/05/2021 - 09:30‘State of the Unions’ Podcast: Democracy, Safe Schools and Union Power
On this week's episode of "State of the Unions," co-hosts Tim Schlittner and Carolyn Bobb are joined by American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten to discuss back to school, the state of play on Capitol Hill and the rise of unions.
“State of the Unions” is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and anywhere else you can find podcasts.
Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 10/04/2021 - 11:00National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Dave Doporto
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Dave Doporto.
Dave Doporto, a veteran and 50-plus-year member of the UMWA, retired from Kaiser Steel in Sunnyside, Utah. He repeatedly trekked from Utah to Washington, D.C., as part of UMWA's successful fight to secure pensions and health care for mine workers.
Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 10/04/2021 - 10:30Service + Solidarity Spotlight: USW Sponsors Innovative Food Pantry for Locked-Out ExxonMobil Workers
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Since ExxonMobil locked out 620 workers more than five months ago, the Texas AFL-CIO, led by President Rick Levy (TSEU/CWA), has supported these workers represented by the United Steelworkers (USW). The corporate giant has sought givebacks from workers while it makes billions in profits, and the USW and the Texas AFL-CIO have called on ExxonMobil to bargain for a fair contract.
Since the beginning of the lockout, the office of USW Local 13-243 has been transformed into a grocery store. A dedicated room in the office stores thousands of food items, household goods, bathroom products and other donated items. Locked-out workers are able to go to the office and choose exactly the items they would need if they were in a grocery store.
“The people that come in here are keeping the fight going—walking the (picket) line each week,” said Mark Morgan, chair of the local’s bargaining committee. “It’s just one of the ways we can try to pay them back and make sure they’re taken care of.”
The flexibility of the pantry allows the USW to assist 200 people a week, and more than $80,000 worth of items have passed through the local’s office since May.
“I knew it was something that I wanted us to be able to do, but so many people came together to actually make it happen,” said Darrell Kyle, president of Local 13-243. “It’s how we support and care for one another.”
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Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 10/04/2021 - 09:36National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Carlos Padilla
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Carlos Padilla.
Carlos Padilla has been a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 since 1993. He works as a pastry baker at Treasure Island Las Vegas. Over the years, Padilla saw co-workers harassed and hassled, and decided to step up and take a more active role in his union, a lesson he's been teaching his son: "I’ve brought my 17-year-old son to about six or seven union picket lines so far. He has been a line marshal and operated the bullhorn. To hear him on the bullhorn, I felt really proud of him. He wears a union button on his backpack when he goes to school every day, and his classmates ask him what it’s all about. He tells them: 'The Culinary Union is the union that my dad belongs to, and they fight for me and my future.'"
Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 10/01/2021 - 10:00Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Fire Fighters Run Annual Best Pink T-Shirt Design Contest for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Every October, the Fire Fighters (IAFF) join other labor and community groups by going pink to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Fire Fighters don pink T-shirts and raise money for breast cancer research.
IAFF members, however, don’t just participate in Breast Cancer Awareness activities, they lead by creating the pink T-shirts worn across the country. IAFF sponsors an annual Best Pink T-Shirt Design Contest that is open to all affiliates. Designers and creative types compete to submit the best T-shirt idea—and the winner gets to see their design come to life.
Submissions to the contest this year can be made anytime between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1. Then, from Nov. 2–8, members and supporters can vote for their favorite design. The winner receives free registration to the 2022 IAFF Affiliate Leadership Training Summit and Human Relations Conference, which will be held from Jan. 9–12, 2022.
Learn more by watching this video from the IAFF.
Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 10/01/2021 - 09:30National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Rigo Valdez
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Rigo Valdez.
While in Seattle to run a multi-union strategic organizing drive, Rigo Valdez uses his position and authority to advise and deepen the Martin Luther King Jr. Country Labor Council's labor and racial equity work, notably by helping to establish a local chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. Valdez's investment in the King County, Washington, labor movement extends far beyond what he was hired to do.
Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 09/30/2021 - 10:00Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Culinary Union Members March in Solidarity with Las Vegas Hospitality Workers
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union, led by Secretary-Treasurer Geoconda Argüello-Kline, marched on the Las Vegas Strip in the first major march by the union since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 35% of the union’s 60,000 members are still not back at work 19 months later. The Culinary Union fully supports the gaming and tourism industries in Nevada and wants all hospitality workers in Las Vegas to be able to return to work.
The Las Vegas hospitality industry was built by members of the Culinary Union and other working people, and is central to the recovery of the state and local economies in the wake of the pandemic. Workers are ready to serve loyal customers with great food, quality beverages and clean guest rooms daily.
The Culinary Union has fought hard to protect its members and to date has had significant and historic success by: extending health care for 18 months for members; keeping families in homes; providing essential food and nutrition to families; enforcing members’ rights in the workplace; helping to elect President Biden; passing the first and only COVID-19 worker safety law; and passing legislation that gives hospitality workers the right to return to their jobs as the economy improves.
The march shows that Culinary Union members are ready to get back to work making Las Vegas the hospitality hub that provides some of the top entertainment and leisure in the country.
Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 09/30/2021 - 09:24National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Isael Mejia
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Isael Mejia.
Isael Mejia has grown Ironworkers Local 848's membership and presence from a small local office room to an entire apprenticeship facility. He also has developed an action committee to get members involved in different causes in our communities. Mejia helps lead the local central labor council, and has been appointed to different workforce development boards.
Kenneth Quinnell Wed, 09/29/2021 - 10:00Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Electrical Worker Inspires Daughter to Follow in Her Path
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
After a divorce a decade ago, Aly Martinez found herself back on the job market. She didn’t attend college and her options were seemingly limited. A friend suggested she look into the trades, and Aly applied to and was accepted for an apprenticeship with Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 613 in Atlanta.
“I was pretty handy around the house, but I never thought I would get into a career like this,” Aly said. “To be honest, I was afraid of working in the electrical industry. But once I got into the program, I was just amazed. I really enjoy my work.”
In 2014, Aly moved to St. Louis and became a member of IBEW Local 1. In her off time, she works as an instructor at the NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center teaching conduit bending.
In 2019, Aly’s daughter, Trinity, applied for and was accepted into Local 1’s apprenticeship program. She was inspired by her mother’s success.
“I know if I put in the time, I’ll be making good money and have good benefits,” she said. “Plus, it’s a lot of fun, and I love the brotherhood. Some of the best people you meet are those working with you on the jobsite.”
Aly hopes to inspire more women to find good jobs in the trades. She joined the executive board of Missouri Women in Trades, and helps women enter and succeed in careers in the building trades.
Kenneth Quinnell Wed, 09/29/2021 - 09:30Service + Solidarity Spotlight: New Program from Machinists Supports Women in Leadership
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
The Machinists (IAM) union, led by International President Robert Martinez Jr., is making good on a promise to support women in their efforts to rise to positions of leadership within the organization with the creation of the Leadership Excellence Assembly of Dedicated Sisters, or LEADS, program. The program launched earlier this year, and its mission is to prepare women in IAM to be business representatives and other union leadership positions.
Last week, women representing every territory of IAM met to plan the curriculum for upcoming classes the program will provide. The meeting was led by IAM General Secretary-Treasurer Dora Cervantes, who said: “The value of gender diversity—particularly in the workplace—cannot be overstated. It starts with our union. Having more female leaders in positions of influence is not only critical to the overall advancement of our IAM sisters, but to our entire union as a whole. We can’t talk change in the workplace without female voices at the table.”
The LEADS program is a joint venture with the IAM Women's and Human Rights Department and the Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, Maryland. The meeting discussed the potential obstacles and solutions IAM members who are women face, as well as a program that would work with districts of all sizes while remaining affordable.
“Together, you are going to be the driving force behind creating pathways for countless more women to take their rightful place in leadership roles in the IAM,” Martinez said. “Let me be crystal clear; that means our IAM Sisters must be in leadership positions at every level of our union. Not just at the local lodge level, but at the district lodge and Grand Lodge levels as well.”
Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 09/28/2021 - 09:36Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFT Launches $100,000 Investment in Believe in Students
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), led by President Randi Weingarten, announced a $100,000 investment in the Believe in Students' FAST Fund program. Believe in Students is a nonprofit organization that helps college students facing financial security meet their basic needs. The FAST Fund is an emergency aid program that quickly identifies students struggling to meet basic needs and helps them get the support they need.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the majority of college students report they have struggled to meet basic needs. Without these needs being met, students face additional barriers to success. The AFT investment will provide funds for 14 existing union-affiliated FAST Fund sites, launch five new sites and provide technical and logistical support.
“College students are consistently burdened by the financial means required to keep up with their studies—and COVID-19 has only increased those stressors. All too often, students have to give up on their dreams of a better future simply because they can’t afford it,” Weingarten said. “The FAST Fund gives students peace of mind by providing cash to those who can’t afford gas to get to campus, the textbooks necessary to keep up in class or even to keep the lights on in their homes. It’s crucial we invest in the future of our country by providing them with the support and resources to thrive.”
Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 09/27/2021 - 09:33National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Danny Esparza
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Danny Esparza.
Danny Esparza has been with UNITE HERE Local 878 as a vice president and organizer for 39 years. He recently came out of retirement to rejoin the staff of UNITE HERE to help organize and protect front-line hospitality workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:00Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Six Months on Strike, UWMA Members Standing Strong
Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
It has been six months since the Mine Workers (UMWA) went on strike against Warrior Met Coal. Warrior operates two mines, a preparation plant and a central shop, located in the heart of Alabama, 15 miles east of Tuscaloosa. The UMWA represents about 850 workers at these facilities. In 2016, due to a series of questionable management decisions, Walter Energy filed for bankruptcy. But the workers decided to save their company, preserve their jobs and their communities by sacrificing wages, time off from work, loss of overtime pay and an end to full health care coverage.
Their sacrifices totaled $1.1 billion over five years in cost savings and helped the company reach revenues in excess of $4.3 billion. The UMWA said the result of these sacrifices and an unheard-of financial comeback for the company was Warrior’s blatant mistreatment of its workers, forcing them to work most holidays and complete 12-hour shifts reaching up to seven days a week. “What Warrior Met has offered is just a tiny fraction of what the workers gave up five years ago,” said UMWA President Cecil Roberts. “These workers are tired of being mistreated, they are tired of being forced to work and missing time with their families. Warrior Met knows it is exploiting these workers, and it’s time for it to stop.” Click here to read a full recap of the strike and how union members and our communities are joining together to win a fair contract.
Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 09/24/2021 - 09:30National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Javier Pierrend
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to our movement. Today's profile features Javier Pierrend.
Javier Pierrend is a bright light! He is a very talented photographer and videographer who helps highlight AFSCME's members and their stories. He is a member of AFSCME's United Staff Union and was previously a member of the Electrical Workers (IBEW). In addition to his work, Pierrend spends his time with his fiance Joseph and their two dogs.
Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 09/23/2021 - 10:00
