(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Acting Secretary Julie Su and the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) recently paid tribute to nine Labor Unions representing nearly three million Members, Retirees and their families that have fought for Workers’ Rights for more than 100 years and inducted them into the USDOL’s Century of Service Honor Roll of American Labor Organizations. 

The newest additions to the honor roll are: The American Train Dispatchers Association; The Fraternal Order of Police; The International Association of Fire Fighters; The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers; The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees; The National Federation of Federal Employees; The National Postal Mail Handlers Union; The Service Employees International Union (SEIU); and the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers. 

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su said: “For over (100) years, these Unions have made our communities strong by delivering the mail, keeping us safe, making sure our trains and planes are running, delivering Federal services, caring for our loved ones, building our homes, and then protecting them from fires and leading the charge for social, economic and racial justice.  The work done by these Unions doesn’t just write a chapter in the story of Labor.  It is the spine of the book in a story that continues to be written.”

After the induction, Acting Secretary Su led a panel discussion on the Labor Movement’s future and how to build on Worker equity to create a multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-generational movement that benefits all Workers.

The discussion highlighted commitments Unions have made at the national and local levels to foster a diverse workforce, including pledging to increase the percentage of Women in the Building Trades and establish committees for under-represented Workers to involve them in their local Union’s work. 

The panelists included the following Union Leaders: National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler; National AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond; Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President April Verrett; International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) General Vice President Liz McElroy; and United Brotherhood of Carpenters’ Sisters in the Brotherhood Director Sandra Rodriguez. 

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