Davon Lomax, a member of the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 9 in New York, hasn’t worked for more than a year. One of his colleagues lost his home and ended up panhandling in the subways.
On Aug. 26, two days before the official dedication of the historic Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., the AFL-CIO and The King Center will host a national symposium to explore how far we have come in fulfilling King’s dream of a nation of economic equality and justice for all people.
When working men and women are free to decide whether to join a union, it helps the economy, improves business and promotes democracy, witnesses testified today before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
More than 200 academics and labor activists came together yesterday to discuss strategies for revitalizing the union movement.
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