Officers’ Perspectives

This piece was written by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder As 2018 draws to a close, so does another electoral season. It was literally a year ago, when we introduced our first draft of the most comprehensive union member-to-member (M2M) program in a decade. Read More

Unions have a rich history of advocacy for greater education and training for workers and their families. Notably, Building Trades unions have a rich history with apprenticeship programs that ensure a union share of the construction market and set the bar for high-quality workforce training and development.  Read More

Labor Day has marked the victories of unions and America’s working people for the last 136 years.  It’s a day of remembrance for the fight for workers’ rights, the very concept of the 8-hour work day, the weekend, the elimination of child labor in favor of universal education, and the injustice of unsafe, lethal working conditions.  Read More