AFL-CIO Blog

  • Pride Month Profiles: Minas Roros
    Pride Month Profiles: Minas Roros For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Minas Roros. Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) member Minas Roros has been a dedicated public servant for 32 years and is a proud member of his union and the LGBTQ+ community. Roros works as a management and program analyst at the Federal Aviation Administration. He believes unions are invaluable for workers in many industries, including the federal government. Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 06/14/2021 - 09:22 — Jun 14
  • Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Nevada State AFL-CIO Wins Landmark Legislation Strengthening Workers’ Rights
    Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Nevada State AFL-CIO Wins Landmark Legislation Strengthening Workers’ Rights 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 Nevada Legislature came to a close the weekend of May 29–30. Nevada’s labor movement fought tooth and nail for legislation that will better the lives of all Nevada workers. Nevada’s unions worked tirelessly to pass transformative legislation, including ending contractor misclassification (A.B. 227), allowing home care workers to fight for better working conditions (S.B. 340) and ensuring that those who lost jobs due to COVID-19 were able to return to work (S.B. 386). “I’m proud to join our affiliated unions in the work to pass legislation that will benefit their members and all working Nevadans. Nevada is union strong, and this session shows that,” said Rusty McAllister (IAFF), Nevada State AFL-CIO executive secretary-treasurer. Kenneth Quinnell Mon, 06/14/2021 - 08:22 Tags: COVID-19, Community Service — Jun 14
  • Pride Month Profiles: Ryan Sebolt
    Pride Month Profiles: Ryan Sebolt For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Ryan Sebolt. Ryan Sebolt is director of legislative affairs at the Michigan State AFL-CIO. He has more than a decade of legislative experience working for both the Michigan state House and Senate. Sebolt also has worked on state- and local-level campaigns and currently serves as an Ingham County commissioner. A lifelong Michigan resident, Sebolt was born in Lansing and is a graduate of Albion College. He is a member of UAW Local 1981 and is always quick with a helpful contribution or a clever joke when the moment calls for it. Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 06/11/2021 - 09:41 — Jun 11
  • Service + Solidarity Spotlight: It's May, So It's Time for NALC's Stamp Out Hunger Donor Drive
    Service + Solidarity Spotlight: It's May, So It's Time for NALC's Stamp Out Hunger Donor Drive 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. In recent decades, the National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC’s) annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has been the largest one-day collection of food to help needy families each year. Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced NALC, led by National President Fredric Rolando, to be innovative and find new ways to continue its tradition of service to communities across the country. Growing on last year’s successful transition, the Stamp Out Hunger Donor Drive is back. Simply go to NALC.org/food, select your state and click directly on the link to make your contribution this year. All collections stay in the local community, so your efforts have an impact close to home. NALC will go back to the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive when it is safe to do so, but people are still in need now, so NALC is stepping up once again and needs those who can to chip in. Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 06/11/2021 - 08:30 Tags: Community Service, COVID-19 — Jun 11
  • Pride Month Profiles: Darrell Lausche
    Pride Month Profiles: Darrell Lausche For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Darrell Lausche. Darrell Lausche is a literacy specialist in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District in Ohio and a member leader in the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union, AFT Local 795. He has been active as an advocate for anti-discrimination laws in the state, as a strike committee co-chair for his local's most recent contract campaign, and as the chair of the Ohio Federation of Teachers' Human Rights Committee.  Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 06/10/2021 - 09:11 — Jun 10