Solidarity

Couch-surfing: a revolutionary movement

January 30, 2015 By Camila Valenzuela

Looking at it through a wide-angled lens, we've been staying at people's houses for hundreds of years; saving money, meeting people, really immersing ourselves in the culture.

Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle

January 13, 2015 By Tula Connell

In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.

AFL-CIO urges Obama to promote human rights on both sides of the border

January 7, 2015 By Mike Hall

Trumka called on Obama to prioritize protecting human rights, addressing public corruption and impunity, reducing growing inequality and building shared prosperity.

Police unions and the challenge of solidarity

January 7, 2015 By Roger Toussaint

There is no justification for attacks on individual police officers who have little or nothing to do with the policies that have created the dehumanizing of the lives of black people.

Unions and allies converge on D.C. to raise wages

January 6, 2015 By John Wojcik

The nation is about to see the roll-out of a dramatic effort more diverse than any wage campaign in American history.