08/07/2025 - 3:00pm
Working People Condemn Union-Busting at Veterans Affairs
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announcement it was terminating the union contracts of hundreds of thousands of VA workers, including members of AFL-CIO affiliated unions:
Every American who cares about the fundamental freedoms of working people should be outraged by this attack on workers’ ability to speak out and stand up at the VA. This union-busting decision is an ambush on the people who care for our country’s veterans and their right to stand together in a union, and will without a doubt harm the lifesaving services veterans desperately need. It’s clear this is explicit retaliation against VA workers whose unions are standing up to the administration’s illegal actions in court and in the streets.
The Trump administration may think they can rip up our contracts and silence anyone who pushes back against their unlawful and anti-worker actions, but we aren’t going anywhere. The labor movement will continue to fight this all-out assault on workers with everything we have—and we’re calling on Americans across this country to join us.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) also responded:
“Secretary Collins’ decision to rip up the negotiated union contract for majority of its workforce is another clear example of retaliation against AFGE members for speaking out against the illegal, anti-worker, and anti-veteran policies of this administration,” stated AFGE National President Everett Kelley.
The letter notified AFGE that except for police officers, firefighters and security guards, “VA no longer recognizes AFGE as the exclusive representative of any other VA bargaining unit employee,” including nurses, doctors, benefits specialists, housekeepers, electricians, painters, food service workers, lawyers, dentists, pharmacists, crisis responders, mental health specialists, cemetery workers, janitors, and more.
“The real reason Collins wants AFGE out of the VA is because we have successfully fought against disastrous, anti-veteran recommendations from the Asset Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission which would have shut down several rural VA hospitals and clinics, opposed the Trump administration’s plan dismantle veteran health care through the cutting of 83,000 jobs, and consistently educated the American people about how private, for-profit veteran healthcare is more expensive and results in worse outcomes for veterans,” Kelley added. “We don’t apologize for protecting veteran healthcare and will continue to fight for our members and the veterans they care for.”
Additionally, Collins’ decision is inconsistent with Office of Personnel Management guidance which instructs agencies “not to terminate any CBAs until the conclusion of litigation,” and is contrary to recent administration representations in court that union contracts were not being terminated.
AFGE is assessing our options to challenge Secretary Collins’ decision and restore our members’ union rights.
The National Federation of Federal Employees’ (NFFE-IAM) also responded:
On Wednesday, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins informed employee unions that he is “implementing” Executive Order 14251, which effectively guts collective bargaining rights at the VA. Collins falsely claims the VA is not a medical and healthcare provider, but rather a national security agency, and therefore exempt from federal labor law under a so-called “national security” exception.
In doing so, Secretary Collins notified the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and the other unions representing VA employees that the Department no longer recognizes the labor organizations representing the vast majority of its workforce - including nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, crisis responders, mental health specialists, benefits specialists, housekeepers, electricians, food service workers, cemetery staff, janitors, and many others.
“The Trump administration’s claim that this move helps veterans is preposterous,” said Randy Erwin, NFFE National President. “VA healthcare professionals rely on their union membership to safely report mismanagement, expose cover-ups, and push back against political interference and corrupt private contracting. Eliminating unions eliminates those safeguards, which is exactly why they’re doing it. This is going to be a disaster for veterans’ care.”
“The Administration’s accusation that unions stand in the way of accountability is dead wrong. What we oppose is the replacement of trained VA personnel with private contractors who lack expertise in veteran care, answer to lower standards, cost more to taxpayers, and siphon billions in profits from a system meant to serve veterans. This administration and its privatization allies see veterans not as heroes, but as price tags.
“President Trump and Secretary Collins made it clear: Veterans’ lives are expendable if it means cutting staffing costs or silencing the workforce. VA employees – many of them veterans themselves - are the doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, and support staff that make up the most effective and compassionate veteran healthcare system in the world. We won’t let that be destroyed.
“Federal law protects collective bargaining rights, and that law applies to everyone, including the president and his administration. We will continue to fight this illegal action in the courts, in Congress, and in every forum necessary until the law is upheld, union rights are restored, and veteran care is protected once again. “Trump thinks he can get rid of unions with the stroke of a pen, but he can’t. We aren’t going anywhere.”
National Nurses United (NNU) also responded:
President Trump continues waging class warfare against working people of America.
Today’s announcement to terminate our union contract, along with the contracts of our union siblings, including American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (AFGE); National Association of Government Employees (NAGE); National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE); National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU); and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is an attack on those who dedicate their lives in the service of others.
This is just the latest salvo in the battle to break the spirit of working people in this country. But we will not be broken. We will continue to fight for and assert our constitutionally guaranteed collective bargaining rights and to speak freely against policies that hurt veterans and the public. That is our duty as nurses, and we will continue to be fierce advocates for our patients. This is in spite of Trump’s administration unprecedented, outrageous, and irresponsible attacks.
NNU recognizes this effort to erase our collective bargaining agreements is a blatant attempt to bust our unions and to silence the nurses and workers who are standing on the frontlines to protect our country’s fundamental institutions.
We know this administration is hellbent on silencing nurses and other VA workers to steamroll the destruction of the VA. This administration is marching toward the privatization of veteran care so they can move billions of taxpayer money out of the VA system, which is proven to provide excellent veteran-centric care, and into the coffers of private health care corporations run by billionaires.
This president has made it clear he has no respect for the Constitution, but we believe strongly that our right to join together to collectively bargain is constitutionally protected. It cannot be swept away through an overreach of an executive order based on spurious claims.
We will continue to pursue legal action with our fellow unions in the case filed on April 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenging President Trump’s March 27 executive order. His executive order removed collective bargaining rights of nearly a million federal workers. The unions argue the executive order was an unconstitutional retaliation against the unions for engaging in activity protected by the First Amendment.
Nurses never abandon our patients, and we will continue to fight for the funding and safe staffing levels that our patients deserve. As union nurses, we understand that collective bargaining rights are fundamental to carrying out our critical role as patient advocates. It is because of VA nurses' ability to speak up about patient safety through our union that our nation's veterans receive the highest level of care.
Studies have shown unionized hospitals have better outcomes than non-unionized hospitals because nurses and other staff are able to speak up about their concerns and hold management accountable. Veterans deserve nurses who are free to advocate for their care without fear of retaliation, discipline, or losing their jobs.
Kenneth Quinnell
Thu, 08/07/2025 - 10:20
08/06/2025 - 8:00pm
Alleviate the Heat While Working: What Working People Are Doing This Week
Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here's a look at the broad range of activities we're engaged in this week.
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American Postal Workers Union:
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
Boilermakers:
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Department for Professional Employees:
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08/06/2025 - 1:30pm
AFL-CIO Tour Bus Stops in Navajo Nation for Union Fair
![[From left to right] Fred Yamashita, Justin Tsosie, Dr. Buu Nygren and Ervin Jackson in front of the tour bus.](https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/bus.jpg)
The AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour made an appearance Monday at a labor union fair organized by the Nal-NiSHii Federation of Labor in Window Rock, Arizona. This was the first event of its kind organized by the Nal-NiSHii for the Navajo community.
Unions from around Arizona and New Mexico gathered in the capital of the Navajo Nation—which is the largest Indigenous reservation in the United States—to set up tables and talk about the benefits of union membership. The Nal-NiSHii Federation is the only AFL-CIO federated body that represents Indigenous families in the Navajo Nation. Union organizers said they had long hoped for an event like this to bring together local workers and unions interested in working on the reservation. The fair was held in front of the Window Rock Tribal Park and Veterans Memorial. Speakers included Nal-NiSHii Federation of Labor President Ervin Jackson, Arizona AFL-CIO Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Yamashita, Mine Workers (UMWA) International Representative Justin Tsosie and Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren.
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 08/05/2025 - 12:33
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08/06/2025 - 1:30pm
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Unions Reach Labor Agreement with Washington Commanders Over RFK Stadium Construction
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
A coalition of Washington, D.C., unions have reached an agreement with the Washington Commanders to create hundreds of union-protected jobs tied to the NFL team’s proposed stadium project.
The 190-acre RFK Stadium first opened in 1961 as a multi-purpose venue and hosted multiple professional sports teams, concerts and other events over the course of several decades. The stadium has been largely out of use since 2017, but now that ownership has been transferred over to the District of Columbia, there have been efforts to revitalize the space to bring the Commanders’ home field back to the nation’s capital.
Hours before the D.C. Council prepared to vote on whether to move the redevelopment proposal along, the Metropolitan Washington Council, the Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades Council, 32BJ SEIU and UNITE HERE Local 25 announced that they had reached an exciting labor agreement with the team to ensure that the work created by this project are good-paying union jobs with quality benefits.
“After several months of negotiations, our labor organizations have reached and signed agreements with the Commanders ownership team, ensuring that the stadium and adjacent hotels create quality construction and post-construction jobs for District residents,” said the coalition in a joint statement. “We now have a truly transformative development project that will bring the Commanders back home to the District of Columbia and ensure that those who will build and who will work at these properties have decent wages, health insurance, and a pension.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Wed, 08/06/2025 - 09:42
08/05/2025 - 12:30pm
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Challenge Manufacturing Workers Secure Tentative Agreement
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
UAW members who work for Challenge Manufacturing—a parts supplier for General Motors and Stellantis vehicles—in Michigan secured a tentative agreement last week after weeks of stalled bargaining.
These workers play a vital role in the production of major vehicle models, including the Ram 1500, Jeep Grand Cherokee, GMC Hummer EV and Corvette. Despite their major contributions to Challenge Manufacturing’s success, the 400-person bargaining unit has been working under an expired contract since June and has dealt with bad-faith bargaining from management. But UAW members preserved and won a tentative agreement that includes powerful victories like wage increases up to $3 an hour, improvements to job security and greater union protections.
“Four weeks ago, the company called their offer ‘last, best, and final.’ It wasn’t good enough—and we fought back,” said James Gonzales, president of UAW Local 653, in a press release. “We stayed united, rejected their proposal, and organized non-stop to hold them accountable. That pressure stopped them in their tracks. Now, we have a tentative agreement with 80% higher wage increases than what was on the table a month ago. Because we stood together in solidarity, we have a much stronger contract to bring to our members.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 08/05/2025 - 09:53
08/05/2025 - 12:30pm
Show Your Support for Striking Boeing Workers!
Some 3,200 IAM Union members at Boeing just went on strike, and they need your help.
Will you support their fight for a fair contract? Sign their solidarity pledge.
IAM members at Boeing in Missouri and Illinois assemble and maintain our nation’s advanced aircraft and cutting-edge missile and defense technologies. Their work is central to supporting the national security of the United States and our allies around the world.
These workers just voted on Sunday to reject a proposed new contract—and to demand one that reflects their expertise, skills and vital role in keeping our nation safe.
Boeing’s response? The company has already announced plans to hire nonunion “replacement workers.”
IAM members’ expertise is unmatched, and their highly skilled labor can’t be replaced. Boeing needs to negotiate fairly and give these workers what they deserve: a contract that acknowledges the value of their work.
Will you sign the pledge to show Boeing you support these workers and their fight for a fair contract?
Last year, America’s labor movement stood strong with more than 33,000 IAM members at Boeing facilities in Washington state, Oregon and California as they went on strike for a contract that set a new standard for aerospace industry workers. We’ll be there for our IAM family in Missouri and Illinois as well for as long as it takes.
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 08/05/2025 - 10:16
08/04/2025 - 6:30pm
AFL-CIO Tour Bus Joins AFSCME in Iowa to Hold Lawmakers Accountable
The “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour made its way to Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday. State Attorney General candidate Nate Willems, local small business owners and Medicaid recipients joined AFSCME members and union leaders for a press conference to hold Sen. Joni Ernst and Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks accountable for their votes to pass the federal budget bill.
This devastating legislation will raise costs on Iowa’s working families and threaten their public services. More than 86,000 people in the state could lose health care because of the bill’s cuts to Medicaid, while hospitals, nursing homes and clinics are already moving to cut services and staff. A total of 259,300 Iowans are at risk of losing food assistance. All working families will face rising costs for health care, groceries and energy due to funding cuts in the budget bill.
“In rural communities, people are already losing services at hospitals and clinics,” AFSCME Council 61 President Todd Copley said. “Families are now facing higher health care bills, higher grocery prices, and higher energy costs because of cuts coming from the so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ And at the same time, the ultra-wealthy walk away with more tax breaks than they ever needed in the first place. That is not responsible governing. That is betrayal. And we will hold the politicians who voted for this disaster accountable.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:43
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08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Masters, Mates & Pilots
This is the next post in our series that will take a deeper look at each of our affiliates. The series will run weekly until we've covered all 63 of our affiliates. Next up is the Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P).
Name of Union: International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
Mission: To protect the rights and working conditions of members of the seagoing maritime community.
Current Leadership of Union: Don Josberger is the international president of Masters, Mates & Pilots. He was elected president in 2024, after serving as international secretary-treasurer for five years and Offshore Atlantic vice president for six years. From 1999 to 2013, he sailed as captain and chief mate on Sea-Land, CSX and Horizon Lines vessels. He graduated from the State University of New York Maritime College in Fort Schuyler in 1989.
J. Lars Turner serves as international secretary-treasurer. MM&P has eight vice presidents: Tim Ferrie (Pilots), Jeremy Hope (Offshore Gulf Ports & Government Contracts), Thomas Larkin (Offshore Atlantic Ports), Ed Lulko (United Inland - Great Lakes & Gulf Region), Dave Narby (Federal Employees), Keith Poissant (Atlantic Maritime), Daniel Twohig (United Inland - Pacific Maritime Region) and Melany Velleca (Offshore Pacific Ports).
Number of Members: 5,500
Members Work As: U.S. Coast Guard-licensed masters and mates on U.S.-flag commercial vessels on international voyages, on the inland waterways and on civilian-crewed ships in the government fleet; masters, mates and other marine personnel on tugboats, ferries, dredges and harbor tour vessels throughout the United States, including in San Francisco Bay, in New York Harbor and state ferry systems in Alaska and Washington state.
Industries Represented: The U.S. maritime industry
History: On June 28, 1880, a boiler exploded on the side paddle-wheeler Seawanhaka in New York Harbor. Captain Charles P. Smith maneuvered the ship to shallow waters so passengers could escape safely. While his heroism would later be recognized, local politicians initially sought to make him the scapegoat for the fire. Other pilots and captains were so outraged, they formed a committee that would become the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots.
Current Campaigns/Community Efforts: MM&P publishes the Wheelhouse Weekly electronic newsletter and the Master, Mate & Pilot magazine. MM&P has a Women's Caucus, a Disaster Relief Fund, training through The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), a mental health committee, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and the MM&P Federal Credit Union.
Learn More: Website, Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram
Kenneth Quinnell
Mon, 08/04/2025 - 13:20
08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Meow Wolf Workers in Houston Announce Organizing Effort to Join CWA
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Workers at Meow Wolf, an immersive tourist attraction, announced on Monday that they are organizing to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7055.
Meow Wolf’s Radio Tave in Houston is a surreal radio station–themed art experience. Staff who are organizing to join Meow Wolf Workers Collective (MWWC-CWA) work across a number of departments, including guest services, tech, art and scenic, facilities, events, food and beverage service, and security. Their counterparts at four other Meow Wolf locations have already won union recognition.
“We are so excited and proud to be joining our fellow employees at the other Meow Wolf locations in forming a union. Me and my fellow organizing committee members have been working hard to get to this point, and it’s been a labor of love over the past few months,” said organizing committee member and bartender at Meow Wolf Houston’s Radio Tave Marleigh Flowers in a CWA press release. “We want to have a seat at the table when decisions that impact our day-to-day lives are being made and to be able to voice the concerns and issues that are important to us.”
“The workers at Meow Wolf’s Radio Tave location in Houston are carrying forward a momentum that has already brought change to Meow Wolf workplaces across the country,” said CWA District 7 Vice President Susie McAllister. “By standing together, they’re ensuring that the company lives up to its founding values and that the people who bring its art to life are treated with the fairness, dignity, and respect they deserve.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Mon, 08/04/2025 - 09:12
08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Support Public Broadcasting: The Working People Weekly List
Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List.
News Guild President Schleuss Pitches for Public Broadcasting: “News Guild President Jon Schleuss, whose members have come under fire and threats from anti-worker and anti-media President Donald Trump, is making a strong pitch for the public to support, with voluntarily donated dollars, the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio. Trump’s ‘recessions’ law, which the GOP congressional majority gleefully passed, yanks $1.1 billion combined that lawmakers previously appropriated for them. Stations have scrambled to post online pleas to readers and listeners to fill the funding gap. Schleuss isn’t shy about why he’s asking: The U.S., and especially in major media ‘deserts,’ such as those left when big chains and ‘vulture capitalists’ deprive readers and listeners of local papers and programming, need independent voices speaking truth to power now more than ever.”
UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Major Parts Supplier Following Weeks of Stalled Talks: “The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday announced they’d reached a tentative deal with Challenge Manufacturing, which supplies critical parts for popular GM and Stellantis vehicles. According to the union, the agreement follows weeks of stalled talks and mounting frustrations and delivers significant wage increases, stronger job security and greater union protections. ‘Four weeks ago, the company called their offer “last, best, and final.” It wasn’t good enough—and we fought back,’ James Gonzales, president of UAW Local 653 in Pontiac said in a statement. ‘We stayed united, rejected their proposal, and organized non-stop to hold them accountable. That pressure stopped them in their tracks. Now, we have a tentative agreement with 80% higher wage increases than what was on the table a month ago. Because we stood together in solidarity, we have a much stronger contract to bring to our members.’”
New Bill Aims to Protect American Call Center Jobs and Consumers from AI: “The Communications Workers of America (CWA) endorsed the proposed bill. ‘This much-needed legislation protects U.S. call center jobs and addresses the growing threats posed by artificial intelligence and offshoring,’ (CWA) Director of Government Affairs Dan Mauer said in a statement. ‘Historically, companies have offshored customer service jobs to avoid paying good union wages and benefits. Now companies are using AI to de-skill and speed up work and displace jobs, which undermines worker rights and degrades service quality for consumers.’”
Houston Workers at Popular Immersive Art Exhibit Unionize: “More than 70 employees at Houston’s immersive art and entertainment installation Meow Wolf have announced their intention to form a union. Employees at the Houston branch of the immersive art venue have announced they are forming a union with the Communications Workers of America Local 7055, the Meow Wolf Workers Collective, alongside hundreds of other Meow Wolf employees. Bartenders, guest services, tech, art and scenic, facilities, events, servers, cooks, and security employees will all represent the Houston branch.”
AFL-CIO Enters Legal Battle Over Federal Worker Union Pacts: “The nation’s largest coalition of labor unions is suing the Trump administration over the president’s efforts to strip more than one million federal workers of their collective bargaining rights. The AFL-CIO filed its complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday, accusing President Donald Trump of violating the constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act.”
Union Leaders Sound the Alarm on NASA Staffing, Proposed Budget Cuts: “The gathering was organized by the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers and the American Federation of Government Employees. IFPTE’s president says roughly 4,000 NASA employees, about a quarter of the agency’s workforce, have left since President Donald Trump took office in January, amid downsizing efforts and a voluntary resignation program encouraging workers to exit. ‘They want even more of these brilliant minds to leave. The most disturbing thing of this is at some point this becomes irreversible. It becomes irreversible. Why would anyone want to go work at NASA anymore, given the way that these workers are being treated by this administration?’ said Matthew Biggs, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers president.”
Union Pacific and Norfolk Seek 1st Transcontinental Railroad Through a Massive Merger: “The nation’s largest rail union, SMART-TD, quickly opposed the merger over concerns of jeopardizing progress that Norfolk Southern has made in safety and labor relations since its disastrous 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The union said that Union Pacific’s record is troubling on safety and treatment of workers. The smaller Transport Workers Union echoed those concerns, saying the deal would deliver ‘billions for Wall Street while workers get shafted.’ Several other major rail unions said they are also concerned but want to meet with management first before weighing in on the deal.”
Workers Over Billionaires: High Energy AFL-CIO Bus Tour Rallies Unions on Atlanta Stop: “‘We all are living on the edge as working people, and more acutely than ever right now,’ the headliner, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, told the crowd. ‘Working people are working longer and harder—and getting less in return.’ Shuler and the other union leaders took aim at billionaires like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who, she said, ‘have rigged the game.’”
At AFL-CIO Bus Tour, Kentucky BlueOval SK Workers Say They’ll Vote on Unionizing: “Blue Oval SK battery park workers say they’ve received federal approval to hold a vote on whether to form a union after a super-majority of workers asked the National Labor Relations Board for a vote earlier this year on joining the United Auto Workers, which represents Ford employees across the U.S. ‘We’ve been fighting this whole time, and we’re not going to stop,’ said production operator and union organizer Amber Levay. ‘The NLRB has finally gotten back to us. They did their best to push and push and push for as long of a way as they could get. But we finally got our election. We have finally heard back; next time you see me, we will be in negotiations.’”
SAG-AFTRA National Board Overwhelmingly Approves Network Television Code Deal with Producers: “During its one-day video conference plenary on Saturday, the SAG-AFTRA National Board announced that it has overwhelmingly voted to approve the tentative agreement the union, which represents professional actors, reached earlier this month with the major broadcast networks and other producers for the 2025 Network Television Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting (Network Television Code).”
National Teacher Union President on Trump’s Efforts to Defund Public Education: “Members of the American Federation of Teachers are meeting in Washington, D.C., Friday. The union’s annual conference comes as the Trump administration has frozen more than $5 billion of funding for K-to-12 schools and vowed to close the Department of Education. We speak to AFT President Randi Weingarten about the challenges facing school teachers.”
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol Made 6,666 Times More Than the Median Employee at His Coffee Chain Last Year: “It’s a good time to be a CEO. A new study by the AFL-CIO found the average corporate leader saw their compensation increase by $1.24 million last year. On average, the federation of unions says, CEOs at the nation’s largest companies made 285 times what the average worker did. A year ago, that ratio was 268:1. ‘The median employee would have had to start working in 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024,’ the organization wrote in its 2025 Executive Paywatch study.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Mon, 08/04/2025 - 02:11
