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BREAKING: SCRANTON, PA – RWDSU WORKERS AT MOUNTAIN VIEW ON STRIKE

After Contract Talks Collapse Due to Management’s Refusal to Negotiate a Fair Contract, Striking Workers Demand They Return to the Negotiating Table Dozens of workers, local union members and officials, community members, and other activists are now on the picket line striking at Mountain View nursing home. Read More

Building Trades Unions Fight to Save Apprenticeships

The following is a selection from NABTU (North America’s Building Trades Unions). Go to nabtu.org for more information on how apprenticeships change lives. Today, Building Trades programs in the Registered Apprenticeship system train more men and women than anyone other than the U.S. Read More

While GM and Mack Trucks Return- UAW Local 1311 Still on Strike

Union Brothers and Sisters: While GM and Mack Trucks have successfully resolved their negotiations, the brothers and sisters of Langeloth Metallurgical remain on strike in Washington County. They’ve been out on the picket line since September 9th. Our Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, representing more than 700,000 union members across our Commonwealth, stands with these sisters and brothers fighting for their dignity on the job. The company is trying to gut seniority in the plant, jeopardize worker safety (in an already hazardous workplace), and break their union. Read More