Nov 26, 2025
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, how we communicate, and how we live — but who’s making sure workers aren’t left behind?
In the latest episode of Solidarity Works, we sit down with Ed Wytkind, Interim Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Technology Institute, to talk about the federation’s new...
Oct 29, 2025
In 1909, a 23-year-old immigrant named Clara Lemlich stood up in New York’s Cooper Union and said, “I have no more patience for talk—I move that we go on a general strike.”
The next morning, 20,000 garment workers—mostly young immigrant women—walked off the job.
Their courage changed labor history forever.
Sep 25, 2025
In the latest episode of Solidarity Works, we expose the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to public education and research funding—from K-12 schools to university labs. Educators, union leaders, and graduate researchers reveal how these attacks threaten working families, marginalized students, and the future of...
Aug 27, 2025
Long before World War II officially kicked off in 1939, trade unionists were already sounding the alarm. They saw fascism for what it was—racism, anti-Semitism, militarism, authoritarianism.
Union workers and leaders resisted—they distributed leaflets, hid their Jewish neighbors and co-workers, sabotaged Nazi...
Aug 1, 2025
As ICE raids ramp up and communities across the nation are gripped by fear, we're looking back to a powerful legacy of worker resistance in the latest episode of Solidarity Works.
The Legacy of Delano tells the story of how Filipino and Latino farmworkers united in 1965 to ignite a labor movement that changed...