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Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Reacts to USMCA Agreement

(HARRISBURG) For years bad trade deals have shattered lives of working men and women. The North American Free Trade Agreement destroyed good, family-sustaining jobs across Pennsylvania and the country. Workers and unions have spent decades pushing toward fair-trade deals, and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) moves us one step closer. Read More

57 Years Later: Tragedy at Robena

On this day in Labor History, 37 Greene County coal miners lost there lives when an explosion at the Robena Mine occurred 650 feet below ground. This became the worst mine disaster in Greene County since the Mather Mine explosion of 1928, in which 195 miners were killed. Read More

Buy Union-Made This Holiday Season

It’s not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America. Below is a wide range of gift possibilities, from clothes to games to sports equipment and more, made by members of UNITE HERE, Boilermakers (IBB), Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM), Machinists (IAM), United Steelworkers (USW), Teamsters (IBT), UAW, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/UFCW (RWDSU/UFCW) and United Farm Workers (UFW). Read More