In memory of our late National AFL-CIO President, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and Central Labor Councils across our Commonwealth have coordinated a special community services campaign this fall, the Richard Trumka Days of Action.  

NYT: How did you get your start in the labor movement?

Workers at companies like Kellogg’s, Nabisco and John Deere have hit the picket lines in recent weeks hoping to get a better deal from their employers. A new survey suggests the public by and large supports them.

Marcial Reyes could have just quit his job. Frustrated with chronic understaffing at the Kaiser Permanente hospital where he works in Southern California, he knows he has options in a region desperate for nurses.

Instead, he voted to go on strike.