Pierce County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
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Share the joy of the holidays with a less fortunate Union family by contributing to our 2025 Holiday Assistance fund. Every dollar you donate goes straight to helping families in need.
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Share the joy of the holidays with a less fortunate Union family by contributing to our 2025 Holiday Assistance fund. Every dollar you donate goes straight to helping families in need.
We polled our readers regarding their biggest concerns about their job and future. Retirement and making ends meet tied as the largest concerns. #VoiceOfTheWorker #BetterInAUnion
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We polled our readers regarding their biggest concerns about their job and future. Retirement and making ends meet tied as the largest concerns. #VoiceOfTheWorker #BetterInAUnion
❓Did you make your plan to vote by Nov. 4th? With the construction on South Tacoma Way, it's actually easier for us to drive by the 35th Street dropboxes lately 😅
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
❓Did you make your plan to vote by Nov. 4th? With the construction on South Tacoma Way, it's actually easier for us to drive by the 35th Street dropboxes lately 😅
The federal government is shut down because the Trump administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Federal workers aren’t your pawns. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first!
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The federal government is shut down because the Trump administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Federal workers aren’t your pawns. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first!
🎙️✊ Happy National Podcast Day! The Labor Radio Podcast Network brings together radio shows & podcasts from around the world that lift up workers’ struggles, victories, and demands for justice. Plug in & turn it up! www.laborradionetwork.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🎙️✊ Happy National Podcast Day! The Labor Radio Podcast Network brings together radio shows & podcasts from around the world that lift up workers’ struggles, victories, and demands for justice. Plug in & turn it up! www.laborradionetwork.org
If Congress refuses to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, 22 million people who rely on them to afford coverage will face a 75% spike. Please make a call to tell your senators and representative to stop the health care price spike NOW! Call 855-493-4407.
September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If Congress refuses to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, 22 million people who rely on them to afford coverage will face a 75% spike. Please make a call to tell your senators and representative to stop the health care price spike NOW! Call 855-493-4407.
In Sept.1953, Tacoma’s AFL business reps gathered on the steps of the Labor Temple at 1355 Market Street. Meeting each Wednesday for lunch, the group worked to share information, strengthen solidarity, and advance the common interests of union workers.
September 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In Sept.1953, Tacoma’s AFL business reps gathered on the steps of the Labor Temple at 1355 Market Street. Meeting each Wednesday for lunch, the group worked to share information, strengthen solidarity, and advance the common interests of union workers.
Join us for a community-building Labor Day at Fort Steilacoom Park. Picnic, guest speakers, and live music! Sept 1 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Celebrating worker wins + Building people power!
August 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Join us for a community-building Labor Day at Fort Steilacoom Park. Picnic, guest speakers, and live music! Sept 1 from 11 AM to 3 PM. Celebrating worker wins + Building people power!
#TBT to July 1947 at the Tacoma-Pierce County Blood Bank 🏥 where 18 loggers were donating to their AFL local 2587 Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union blood pool. The blood bank was a critical need for the community that LABOR founded in 1946. Tacoma is a union town! 💯✊🏻
July 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#TBT to July 1947 at the Tacoma-Pierce County Blood Bank 🏥 where 18 loggers were donating to their AFL local 2587 Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union blood pool. The blood bank was a critical need for the community that LABOR founded in 1946. Tacoma is a union town! 💯✊🏻
A new AFL-CIO report shows that 179 million people with health insurance through work will pay up to $485 per person more in health care costs each year as a result of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts in the budget reconciliation bill. aflcio.org/about/advoca...
June 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A new AFL-CIO report shows that 179 million people with health insurance through work will pay up to $485 per person more in health care costs each year as a result of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts in the budget reconciliation bill. aflcio.org/about/advoca...
Rally for Max tomorrow June 20 at NWDC 9:00 AM!
June 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Rally for Max tomorrow June 20 at NWDC 9:00 AM!
📣 Join us THIS SATURDAY at People’s Park for a nonviolent, family-friendly action, rooted in direct action and community power. Hear from your community leaders. Engage with community orgs. Bring your signs, your voice, and your friends. Let’s show what real democracy looks like. 🗳️❤️
June 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
📣 Join us THIS SATURDAY at People’s Park for a nonviolent, family-friendly action, rooted in direct action and community power. Hear from your community leaders. Engage with community orgs. Bring your signs, your voice, and your friends. Let’s show what real democracy looks like. 🗳️❤️
During last week's meeting, we took some special time to recognize Vance Lelli for his years of dedication to the Pierce County labor community and beyond. Thank you and congratulations to President Emeritus Vance, recipient of the Rose Solidarity award!
May 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
During last week's meeting, we took some special time to recognize Vance Lelli for his years of dedication to the Pierce County labor community and beyond. Thank you and congratulations to President Emeritus Vance, recipient of the Rose Solidarity award!
We signed a purchase agreement with Tacoma Public Schools following a $5 million allocation from the WA capital budget to fund the purchase of an elementary school in Tacoma's Eastside to transform into a childcare and workforce development center! Full story at unionhall.aflcio.org/pcclc/news/p...
May 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We signed a purchase agreement with Tacoma Public Schools following a $5 million allocation from the WA capital budget to fund the purchase of an elementary school in Tacoma's Eastside to transform into a childcare and workforce development center! Full story at unionhall.aflcio.org/pcclc/news/p...
The Plumbers and Fitters Local Union No. 82. Ladies Auxiliary hosted their very first "Silver Tea" in honor of Mother's Day. May 15, 1948. 📷 Tacoma Public Library
May 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Plumbers and Fitters Local Union No. 82. Ladies Auxiliary hosted their very first "Silver Tea" in honor of Mother's Day. May 15, 1948. 📷 Tacoma Public Library
May Day Strong march on May 3rd in Olympia!
May 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
May Day Strong march on May 3rd in Olympia!
Happy Public Service Recognition Week!
May 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Happy Public Service Recognition Week!
This May Day, working people are standing together, unified in our commitment to a better future for all workers. We won’t allow billionaires to divide us—especially when it’s based on where we’re from. Our solidarity is our strength!
May 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This May Day, working people are standing together, unified in our commitment to a better future for all workers. We won’t allow billionaires to divide us—especially when it’s based on where we’re from. Our solidarity is our strength!
Today we celebrate the power of apprenticeships, where skills are shared, careers are built, and solidarity is forged.
Apprenticeship programs don’t just train workers — they create lifelong skills and future leaders.
#NationalApprenticeshipDay #BetterInAUnion
Apprenticeship programs don’t just train workers — they create lifelong skills and future leaders.
#NationalApprenticeshipDay #BetterInAUnion
April 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today we celebrate the power of apprenticeships, where skills are shared, careers are built, and solidarity is forged.
Apprenticeship programs don’t just train workers — they create lifelong skills and future leaders.
#NationalApprenticeshipDay #BetterInAUnion
Apprenticeship programs don’t just train workers — they create lifelong skills and future leaders.
#NationalApprenticeshipDay #BetterInAUnion
PCCLC President Alice and delegate and brother Rick Hertzog at today’s Worker’s Memorial gathering in Lakewood, remembering those who have given their lives in our trades. 🕯️ Today we mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living. ✊🏻#WorkersMemorialDay
April 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
PCCLC President Alice and delegate and brother Rick Hertzog at today’s Worker’s Memorial gathering in Lakewood, remembering those who have given their lives in our trades. 🕯️ Today we mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living. ✊🏻#WorkersMemorialDay
IAM Members are holding an info picket in Parkland. Throughout the organizing / bargaining process, Multicare has racked up 12 ULPs - including bargaining in bad faith, withholding raises, interrogating employees, and more. Let's show them they're not alone! May 5 @ Multicare Emergency in Parkland
April 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
IAM Members are holding an info picket in Parkland. Throughout the organizing / bargaining process, Multicare has racked up 12 ULPs - including bargaining in bad faith, withholding raises, interrogating employees, and more. Let's show them they're not alone! May 5 @ Multicare Emergency in Parkland
🕯️ This Workers Memorial Day, we remember the 1,250 Latino workers who died on the job in 2023. 🚨 67% of Latino workers who died in 2023 were immigrants facing dangerous jobs, unsafe conditions, exploitation, and retaliation for speaking up.
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🕯️ This Workers Memorial Day, we remember the 1,250 Latino workers who died on the job in 2023. 🚨 67% of Latino workers who died in 2023 were immigrants facing dangerous jobs, unsafe conditions, exploitation, and retaliation for speaking up.
Today the @aflcio.org released the new edition of the annual “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” report on workplace mortality. This year’s report finds that 5,283 workers died on the job in 2023 and an estimated 135,304 workers died from occupational diseases.
#WorkersMemorialDay
#WorkersMemorialDay
April 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today the @aflcio.org released the new edition of the annual “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” report on workplace mortality. This year’s report finds that 5,283 workers died on the job in 2023 and an estimated 135,304 workers died from occupational diseases.
#WorkersMemorialDay
#WorkersMemorialDay