Labor Union History
Gordon Gulley, IUOE and Connie Gulley, IBEW
Learn More About Labor Union History and Labor Day
Unions have had a big impact on our society and how we work and live. Find out more about the importance of unions and the history of Labor Day, including information from the AFL-CIO:
- What is a union?
- How do unions work?
- Benefits of union membership
- The history of labor unions & fight for fairness at work
- Labor unions today
- Labor Day history
- Union membership information
- How to join a union
- 36 reasons why you should thank a union
- Support your fellow workers in the USA
Shop Union Made & Made in America
Buy union-made products for your picnics and back-to-school needs. You'll get quality goods and support fellow workers and their jobs during tough times.
Use your Union Plus discounts on these union-made products and save 5% to 25% on things like Goodyear tires, text books, AT&T wireless, work clothes and more.
Looking for specific union-made products? Want to add some to the AFL-CIO list? You can do it online, then tell others.
Join Working America
Not a union member but still support working Americans? Join an organization that fights for working families every day.
Working America is more than three million members across the country who join forces to fight for good jobs, health care, retirement security and the issues that matter most to all of us.



On 05/24/12 Dustin said:
I just signed up for AT&T, through upromise and got $40 towards college. Once my phone is activated, I'll sign up for the Union Plus discount and get 15% off service. I intentionally switched phone carriers so that I could support a good, unionized company. Thanks Union Plus! Sorry, Joe, I don't know what you're talking about.
On 08/25/11 Amy said:
AT&T has a long history of good relations with unions and has more full-time bargained jobs than any other private company in America. Signing up for AT&T means you would be directly supporting the 40,000 fellow union brothers and sisters who work at AT&T which I think is great way to show solidarity this Labor Day.
On 08/23/11 Joe said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought AT&T was a major Tea Part contributor! Should we be asking our brothers and sisters to spend their discounts on companies looking to destroy the working class? Just thinking out loud...