Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PROVIDENCE – After two decades on the front lines of organized labor in Rhode Island, Patrick Crowley has won election as the new ...

The 2024 presidential election showed neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are "really working for the working class in a way [they] should be," said Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch ...

Three building-trade unions representing more than 10,000 laborers, heavy equipment operators, plumbers and pipefitters have left the Connecticut AFL-CIO after a failed effort to oust Ed Hawthorne as ...

Prominent union leaders of the AFL-CIO and United Auto Workers are publicly condemning President Donald Trump's supporters for storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka ...

WASHINGTON – The president of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney, warned dissident unions considering the idea of leaving the federation that their exit could injure the labor movement and play into the hands ...

Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed naming a bridge near the State House after retired AFL-CIO President George Nee. The bill was introduced by top Democrats in both the House and Senate at the ...

The former DNC vice chair urged lawmakers to ban the sale, purchase, and possession of such weapons, while R.I. AFL-CIO leaders pressed for outlawing only the sale and purchase of them PROVIDENCE — ...

WASHINGTON – The head of the country’s largest federation of labor unions offered qualified praise Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s trade policies but questioned the administration’s approach to ...

HELENA — Montana's labor movement must become more aggressive and technologically savvier to fight politically for the rights of workers and the middle class, the state AFL-CIO's new leader said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Service Employees International Union is returning to the AFL-CIO after 20 years, betting that a united labor movement will do more to help workers overcome legal challenges to ...