Over the past few months, President Donald Trump’s performance has been both unprecedented and unpresidential. He’s endangered those around him by trying to transform the pandemic into a culture war. He’s derided science, claiming facts are fiction and that his own beliefs should be considered canon

With just two weeks to go before Nov. 3, the upcoming elections were a key point of focus for the largest U.S. gathering of union tradeswomen convening Oct. 17 for their annual conference. “This year's conference is convening at a critical time,” said Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s

Everett Kelly is national president for AFGE. We should all be proud of the fact that our nation’s federal government is jam-packed with the world’s foremost experts in their fields — American patriots who swore an oath to uphold our Constitution and who come to work every day to serve our country

Half a century after Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, labor advocates say the agency in charge of enforcing the landmark law is failing to protect American workers during the coronavirus pandemic. "We lag behind the rest of the world when it comes to health and safety on the

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, affecting more than 7.4 million Americans, with more than 210,000 deaths in the United States, the national AFL-CIO released its annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report today. In New Jersey, 83 fatalities and 74,400 occupational illnesses and

“The AFL-CIO is joining this lawsuit to force the Trump administration to do what it should have done months ago — protect American workers by dramatically increasing the supply of the PPE they need to work safely during this pandemic,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a news release. “The