From Solidarity to Shock Therapy: The AFL-CIO and the Fall of Soviet Communism
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the death of Mikhail Gorbachev this year have sparked renewed interest in the USSR’s 1991 disintegration, a moment.
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What the Labor Movement Lost With the Passing of Richard Trumka and Stanley Aronowitz
Remembering the legacies of two longtime advocates for the working-class. On August 5, 2021 labor advocates across the country lost a champion with the.
- by Leon Fink
- October 10, 2021
In Memoriam
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Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021)
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, died on August 5, 2021 at the age of 72 after a lifetime of service dedicated to America’s working.
- by Lane Windham
- August 29, 2021
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The New Democrats and the Old Dominion: A Legacy of the Hyper-Capitalist 1990s
The rise of Virginia to national political prominence has been a long time coming. Well before the centrist Tim Kaine was given the.
- by Michael Dennis
- September 15, 2016
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AWOC Audio Recordings Now Digitized
The Reuther Library is pleased to announce the digitization of over 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings related to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)..
- by The Walter P. Reuther Library
- August 15, 2016
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AFL-CIO Merger: In Commemoration of the AFL-CIO’s 60th Anniversary
Before 1955, the AFL (American Federation of Labor) and the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) were separate, competing organizations. The two organizations chose.
- by Jennifer Eidson
- March 2, 2016