here weren’t many strikes in recent decades in which working people scored big victories, but the 1989 Pittston strike was one.

The U.S. tech sector is the next frontier for labor organizing, and its workers are starting to understand the collective power unions have, President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler said on Friday at the Reuters Next Conference.

When Liz Shuler rides on an airplane, she often has an experience that will be familiar to most travelers: Her seat mate asks, "What do you do?"

NYT: How did you get your start in the labor movement?

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)*

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)*

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)*