Tester to Introduce Legislation to Protect Injured First Responders’ Pensions
In the upcoming Congress, Senator Jon Tester will be introducing bipartisan legislation to protect the pensions of hard working first responders who have been injured […]
Montana Department of Labor & Industry Awarded Funding to Assist Dislocated Weyerhaeuser Workers
HELENA, Mont.-The Montana Department of Labor & Industry Workforce Services Division has been awarded a $225,000 National Dislocated Worker Grant from the US Department of […]
Spread the Word About Republicans’ Plan to Gut Medicare
House Speaker Paul Ryan and other extreme Republicans in Congress are pushing to cut Medicare benefits for millions of people. Share this image now with […]
Working Families Condemn Puzder Labor Appointment
This article originally appeared on AFL-CIO Now Working family advocates have strongly condemned President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Carl’s Jr. CEO Andy Puzder as secretary […]
Working People Unite: ‘I’m with Chuck’
This article originally appeared on AFL-CIO Now In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1999 President Chuck Jones, AFL-CIO […]
Why Trump’s Cabinet poses a unique threat to the working class
The following piece originally appeared in The Week. A union staff member told veteran labor reporter Harold Meyerson late last month that Donald Trump’s victory was […]
Zinke Meets with Trump [UPDATED, again]
UPDATE 2:51 PM Dec. 13, 2017: From Politico: President-elect Donald Trump has offered the Interior secretary position to Montana’s freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke, an ex-Navy […]
Montana AFL-CIO Condemns Elements of Senator Daines’ Letter
RELEASE: Montana AFL-CIO Condemns Elements of Senator Daines’ Letter “Elements of Senator Daines’ recent letter to President-elect Trump are beyond disturbing.” (HELENA, MONTANA) – As […]
What’s Next for Obama’s Overtime Rule?
This piece originally appeared on Bloomberg News. By Chris Opfer,Tyrone Richardson and Ben Penn Nov. 23 — A judge’s unexpected decision to put the Labor […]
If blue-collar workers want better jobs, they need unions, not Trump
The following piece originally appeared here. Even though the majority of American workers would like to join a union, America’s anemic labor laws scare them […]