Community Updates

Wellcentra and LaborForce Media Partner to Help Plan Sponsors Address Rising Prescription Drug Costs

By LaborForce Media / 07/29/2026

Click here: AP Press Release NEW YORK, N.Y., July 28, 2026 — LaborForce Media and Wellcentra today announced a strategic education and market-engagement partnership designed to help self-funded companies, unions, health and welfare funds, benefit administrators, consultants, and other plan sponsors better understand—and more effectively respond to—the rising cost of prescription medications. The collaboration combines…

Virta Health and LaborForce Media Join Forces to Improve the Health of Union Members

By LaborForce Media / 07/21/2026

LaborForce Media and Virta Health, the leader in reversing metabolic disease, today announced a partnership focused on expanding education and awareness around clinically guided solutions for union members living with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related chronic conditions.

National Parks and Recreation Month: Honoring the Spaces That Bring Us Together

By LaborForce Media / 07/04/2026

July is National Parks and Recreation Month, a time to celebrate America’s parks, public spaces, recreation programs, and the workers who keep them safe and open.

Union One and LaborForce Media Announce National Partnership to Advance Member Valued Programs for Labor Unions

By LaborForce Media / 07/04/2026

The partnership brings together Union One’s nearly two decades of experience designing and administering union-focused benefit programs with LaborForce Media’s national platform, labor relationships, and communications reach.

America on the Move: The Teamsters and the Fight Over Who Keeps the Country Running

By LaborForce Media / 06/14/2026

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was founded in 1903, when two organizations — the Team Drivers’ International Union and the Teamsters National Union — merged to create a stronger national union. Cornelius Shea was elected the first General President. The Teamsters’ own history notes that the early union struggled in a time when labor laws were weak or nonexistent, and companies could use harsh tactics against organizing workers.

Invisible No More: How SEIU Helped Essential Workers Claim Their Power

By LaborForce Media / 06/07/2026

LaborForce Media | History Series | June 8, 2026 For years, many of America’s most essential workers were treated like background noise. They cleaned office towers after everyone else went home. They cared for aging parents and people with disabilities inside private homes. They changed linens, moved patients, prepared food, secured buildings, answered public service…

AFSCME History: The Public Service Union That Made Government Workers a National Force

By LaborForce Media / 05/17/2026

The history of AFSCME shows how public service workers organized for civil service protections, dignity, safety, collective bargaining, and stronger communities.

American Federation of Teachers History: How the AFT Became a National Voice for Education, Healthcare, and Public Service

By LaborForce Media / 05/13/2026

The history of the American Federation of Teachers shows how educators, nurses, healthcare professionals, and public workers organized to shape schools, care, democracy, and public life.

The National Education Association: The Union That Fights for America’s Classrooms

By LaborForce Media / 05/08/2026

Public education is one of the biggest promises this country makes to its people: that every child, no matter their ZIP code, income, background, language, or family situation, deserves the chance to learn.

How the AFL-CIO Helped Turn Worker Frustration Into a National Movement

By LaborForce Media / 05/05/2026

When most people hear the words “labor union,” they picture one workplace, one contract, or one strike. But the AFL-CIO is different. It is not a single union. It is a federation, a national alliance of unions that chose to stand together because they believed workers would be stronger united than divided. Today, the AFL-CIO describes itself as a democratic federation of 65 national and international unions representing nearly 15 million working people.