Organized labor was built on the foundation of creating a pathway to the middle class for everyone, but skyrocketing student loan debt has become an insurmountable obstacle to achieving this goal. The Biden administration’s decision to continue to pause student debt has made a tremendous difference in the lives of so many borrowers, but these borrowers still live with the uncertainty of not knowing when they will need to drastically alter their finances in order to begin repaying their loans. Now is the time to cancel, not collect, student debt.
PEPPER PIKE, Ohio — More than 50 years after the Occupational Safety and Health Act began setting and enforcing workplace safety standards, labor organizations in Northeast Ohio and around the coun
Ohio will see a bifurcated primary election in 2022 thanks to the disfunction of Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission. In the meantime, we'll take a trip back to the start of the redistricting process and breakdown how we got here - Courtesy of Ballotpedia.
On Easter Sunday, the North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor, previously known as the Cleveland AFL-CIO, turned 64. The North Shore AFL-CIO is the organized voice of 80,000 working people in Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties.
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? What can the AFL-CIO do to rebuild the labor movement?
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OH - Workers at the Sherwin-Williams aerosol plant in Bedford Heights have entered their fifth week on the picket line. The workers are represented by United Steelworkers Local 14919, an affiliate of the North Shore AFL-CIO. While the workers have been on strike since February, they have been without a contract since November.
CLEVELAND, OH - The North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to Cleveland on Friday for a roundtable discussion with area labor leaders at the Laborers Local 310 Union Hall. Secretary Haaland traveled to Ohio to announce $4.7 million in funding for abandoned mine land reclamation and $256 million to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. The money comes from President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law, which is expected to bring $9.7 billion in infrastructure improvements to Ohio.
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