Are You Ready to Vote?

The Nebraska State AFL-CIO held its Committee on Political Education (COPE) convention June 25, 2022 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The Nebraska State AFL-CIO is a state-wide labor organization representing 23,000 members comprised of 115 local unions and statewi

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?

It was deeply disappointing that just days after our nation paid homage to the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.