A new report by the Berger-Marks Foundation offers a "top ten list" to help Unions attract and keep a new generation of workers, especially women members. "Stepping Up, Stepping Back: Women 'Talk Union' Across Generations" provides some very specific suggestions to help increase activism and leadership among young workers, especially women. The report is more»

WNYLaborToday.com has posted a new video in our Young Unionists Section, which focuses on the growing Baltimore, Maryland-based Young Trade Unionists group. According to information posted on its website, during late March the Young Trade Unionists organization was contacted by the International Union of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which was interested in more»

(WASHINGTON) - The White House has announced the launching of a new website - HealthCare.gov - a consumer-oriented information center that provides unprecedented transparency into the Health Care marketplace. Through HealthCare.gov, Americans will now have more control over their Health Care as informed and empowered consumers, Obama Administration more»

(WASHINGTON) - The best person to reach out to, communicate with and educate people about the Union Movement, is "a passionate, militant, committed Union Member... someone who looks like you," said a young Communications Workers of America (CWA) member during a question-and-answer session at the opening of the National AFL-CIO's Young Workers Summit that more»

Editor's Note: Buffalo-headquartered Painters District Council 4 Business Manager Daniel Boody and Organized Mark Stevens attended the National AFL-CIO's Next Up Young Workers Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, and WNYLaborToday.com will publish a story later this week on their trip, what they learned and what their Union will attempt to carry out in the more»

WNYLaborToday.com has received a copy of the National AFL-CIO's Young Unionist/If I Were In Charge video presentation and has now posted it on both our Young Unionist Section, as well as in Your Regional, On-Line Labor Newspaper's Labor Video News Archive Section, which is also accessible on our Front Page. The overall message is excellent and features a more»

(WASHINGTON) - Young Unionists who are slated to be the Next Up to lead the Labor Movement will gather and meet in Washington for the First-Ever National Young Workers Summit that will be hosted by the National AFL-CIO from June 10th to the 13th. The Next Up Summit is the culmination of a five-city listening tour and kicks off of a long-term outreach more»

Soon it will be your Labor Movement. So what are you going to do with it? Please join Young Union Members, Activists and AFL-CIO Union Leaders from across the United States for the first ever National Summit of and for Young Workers. Share your concerns, skills and ideas for shaping the role Young Workers are and will play in the Union Movement and the more»