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Seven Mountains AFL-CIO statement on worker fall at Mount Nittany Medical Center

19 Sep, 2025

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Connor Lewis [email protected] Seven Mountains AFL-CIO urges Mount Nittany Medical Center to work with contractors to address worksite safety “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Alliance Exterior Construction worker injured in a fall at Mount

STATEMENT BY SEVEN MOUNTAINS AFL-CIO ON THE JULY 7 STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING AND RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR ORDINANCE

11 Jul, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2025 Earlier today, StateCollege.com reported on the difficulty faced by State College Borough receiving qualified, responsible bidders under the terms of the new responsible contractor ordinance, which went into effect over the Spring. Seven Mountains AFL-CIO was

STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ATTACKING FEDERAL UNION RIGHTS

29 Mar, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2025 Media Contact: [email protected] STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ATTACKING FEDERAL UNION RIGHTS “On Thursday, March 27, Donald Trump declared war on the American working class. We stand in solidarity with federal service workers facing the largest

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Know Your Voting Rights

Important elections are coming this fall. In addition to electing the next president of the United States, we will be voting for members of Congress, and state and local leaders.

15, Sep, 2016

What It Means To Be an American

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material.

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

02, Sep, 2016

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.

24, Aug, 2016

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

Anniversaries can be celebratory or somber. Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it is the kind of anniversary in which we hail the success of the act, while also acknowledging the deficiencies in our democracy that make the full act necessary.

23, Aug, 2016