The Label Letter is the official newsletter of the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO. It is published bimonthly and includes the Do Buy and official AFL-CIO Boycott Lists. Subscriptions are available to members only. With the exception of copyrighted material, permission to reprint is hereby granted, but credit to the source is appreciated.
Branded Steaks, Anti-Union Website, and Illegal Firings Lead to NLRB Issuing First Cemex Order
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its first Cemex order, named for the landmark case it ruled on last year, requiring Station Casinos to bargain with the Culinary Workers Union. In its ruling, the NLRB found that the company had repeatedly violated...
UMMC Residents and Fellows Vote Union Yes
In June, more than 600 residents and fellow physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore voted to join the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). According to the Baltimore Sun, the results represent the first unionization of residents...
Walk in My Shoes: My Union Vacation
Submitted by: Thomas Hefner, Greensboro, NC My wife and I took a trip to Washington DC over Memorial Day for her birthday. I wrote the following a few days after our return. I am sure I left something out but I tried to think of all the unions that touched our lives....
Workers are Winning with Biden Administration’s PoliciesFar Right’s Project 2025 Policy Agenda Threatens To Undo Progress
The Center for American Progress (CAP), an independent, nonpartisan policy institute, reports workers are “winning a greater percentage of NLRB-overseen union elections than at any point in the past 15 years as Biden administration appointees help protect workers’...
What’s at Stake in November? Your Union Rights and Maybe Even Your LivelihoodsWhy Union Members Should Reject Donald Trump in November
As the United States approaches another critical election, the decision facing union members is clearer than ever: Donald Trump’s presidency was a relentless assault on workers’ rights, economic security, and the values that unions uphold. Here’s why union members...
