Save the date!

The UALE conference next year will be held in Seattle, Washington, from April 4 - April 7, 2018 at the Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference Center.

The Call for Proposals will be coming out soon, and when it does a new conference page will be created on this

March, 2017

Former UALE President Elissa McBride was elected by acclamation to be the new Secretary Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at their International Executive Board meeting this month. You can see AFSCME's press release here .

Elissa joined AFSCME as the Director of

WASHINGTON , DC– At a time when labor organizing, immigration, racial justice, prison reform, and the right for decent health care and working conditions are on the line, the Berger-Marks Foundation proudly announces the recipients of its 2017 awards. The Berger-Marks Foundation is an institutional member of UALE and a major supprter

Since the overthrow of President Dilma Rouseff last August, Brazil's social movements have come under increasing attack from the new rightwing government of Michel Temer. In one particularly egregious case, police and military forces invaded the education center of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), the Movement of