Mississippi Central Labor Council

02/23/2026

History made in Chattanooga 💥🎆🎉

02/23/2026

Public schools are the heart of our communities. They’re powered by dedicated educators and strengthened by the support and investment our students deserve.

Join us, alongside Learning First Alliance, in celebrating Public Schools Week 2026 and the transformative work happening in public schools across the country.

02/23/2026

02/23/2026

Let’s support this effort Labor unions

02/22/2026

March 4 is a nationwide day of action to Protect Our Kids, Our Families and Our Communities. AFT members are standing up for opportunity, freedom, safety and affordability, and pushing back against fear in schools, hospitals and neighborhoods.

Find or host an event: go.aft.org/ProtectOurCommunities

02/22/2026

There’s always a place for you on Solidarity Street.

02/21/2026

Our vision is simple: workers should earn a FAIR wage, have SAFE working conditions and a VOICE on the job and in society ✊

02/21/2026

02/21/2026

Union membership rose to 10 percent in 2025, despite the Trump administration's efforts to weaken organized labor's power.

02/21/2026

The Social Security Administration is struggling in the wake of DOGE cutting 15 percent of the Social Security workforce.   This week the Washington Post reported that the agency is unable to handle the number of customer service phone calls to its 1-800 number and is temporarily pulling about....

02/21/2026

There are moments in history that still echo. Selma is one of them.

For too many Black young people, civil rights history is taught as something distant — a finished chapter instead of an ongoing fight. But when students stand on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, history becomes real. They see where young people not much older than them were beaten simply for demanding the right to vote. They feel the weight of that courage and the cost of that progress.

In that moment, dates and names transform into lived truth. The struggle for voting rights no longer feels like the past, especially as we face modern efforts to weaken and roll back those protections today.

Experiences like Selma don’t just educate; they shape political identity. Research shows that young people who participate in civic commemorations are more likely to vote, organize, and advocate as adults. When Black youth see that their voices have always been essential to change, their confidence grows.

They begin to understand that leadership isn’t something they have to wait for — it’s something they can claim.

This is how we turn history into purpose. This is how we prepare the next generation to defend and expand our democracy.

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02/21/2026