The Union That Wired America: The IBEW Story
From dangerous early linework to today’s energy grid, data centers and electrical apprenticeships, the history of the IBEW is a story of skill, safety, training and worker solidarity.
Labor’s 9/11 Legacy: Preserving the Union Story of Rescue, Recovery and Rebuilding
LaborForce Media Launches Labor’s 9/11 Legacy, a New Podcast Preserving the Stories of the Workers and Leaders Who Helped New York Recover and Rebuild After September 11
Hosted by Arthur Aidala, the free weekly series features Gary LaBarbera, Sal Cassano, Ray Kelly, Peter King, Mike Bove and other voices connected to New York’s response, recovery and rebuilding
Mental Health Is Workplace Safety: How Unions Can Build Suicide-Safer Workplaces
Unions protect workers from physical hazards. Suicide-safer workplaces extend that commitment to mental and emotional well-being.
Labor Day 2026: Honoring the Workers Who Built America
Labor Day is much more than a day off.
It is a national tribute to the working people who built America, strengthened its communities, and fought for safer workplaces, fair wages, reasonable hours, and a voice on the job. It is also a celebration of today’s union members—the people who keep our country moving every day.
Stronger Together: Suicide Prevention Month
The labor movement was built on a powerful promise: together, we can face what no worker should have to face alone.
We can remember those we have lost with compassion. We can stand beside families carrying grief. We can honor people with lived experience. We can make room for honest conversations on jobsites, in union halls, and around kitchen tables.
Most importantly, we can remind one another that asking for help is an act of courage—and that hope can begin with one conversation.
In the trades, we watch each other’s backs. That commitment can save a life.
From Switchboards to Streaming: How CWA Kept Up With a Changing America
CWA began with telephone workers. Today, its members work across telecommunications, media, airlines, public service, higher education, healthcare, manufacturing, high tech, video games, and other industries. The union says it represents workers through roughly 1,200 chartered local unions across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
From Grocery Aisles to Meatpacking Lines: The UFCW Story
LaborForce Media | History of Unions Series | August 30, 2026 Walk into almost any grocery store in America and you will see the finished product. Fresh meat wrapped behind glass. Produce stacked in neat rows. Prescriptions waiting behind the pharmacy counter. Shelves filled with food and household goods. What you usually do not see…
Trade Scholarships, Training Grants, and Workforce Programs to Watch as the Data Center Boom Grows
This roundup highlights scholarships, training grants, workforce development programs, and application opportunities tied to the skilled trades, construction, apprenticeship, AI infrastructure, and data center-related workforce needs. Some programs are designed for individual workers or students. Others are grant opportunities for nonprofit training providers, apprenticeship programs, workforce boards, community colleges, or labor-aligned organizations.
Data Center Watch: What Happened This Week — August 30, 2026
This week’s data center news made one thing clear: the data center boom is no longer just a technology story. It is now a labor story, an energy story, a water story, a political story, and a community trust story.
Across the country, AI and cloud computing are driving a massive buildout of new data centers. But the public conversation is changing quickly. Communities are asking tougher questions about electricity use, water demand, local infrastructure, noise, land use, tax incentives, and whether these projects will create meaningful local jobs.
SMART Local 28 Family Picnic Brings Union Families Together for a Good Cause
The 2026 SMART Local 28 Family Picnic will be held Saturday, September 19, at Krucker’s Grove in Pomona, New York. With food, refreshments, activities and prizes planned throughout the day, the picnic will give members and their families an opportunity to step away from their busy schedules, enjoy the final days of summer and spend meaningful time together.