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Tuesday, September 9 was a Special Election Day to fill the vacancy on the Tampa City Council, following the sudden death of Councilwoman Gwen Henderson. A stunning thirteen candidates had qualified for the race.

The West Central Florida Labor Council, AFL-CIO (WCFLC) and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1464 (ATU Local 1464) are proud to announce their joint endorsement of Thomas Scott in the September 9 special election for Tampa City Council, District 5. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the backbone of support for our nation’s brave heroes, providing essential health care, benefits and services that veterans have earned through their service.

But the VA is under attack.  

In the past 100 days, President Trump, Elon Musk and their unaccountable DOGE have fired or targeted for firing at least 121,000 federal workers. They’ve been ripping up u

Last night, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.

February is Black History Month. And while we celebrate Black labor leaders and union members, both past and present, who have advanced real change, we won’t ignore the moment we find ourselves in right now.