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September 17, 2019
Blog

U.S. Labor Movement Supports Mexico's Working People

At a meeting held in Chicago Saturday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) assured Mexican-American political, labor, community and religious leaders that the U.S. labor movement will work to ensure that any new trade agreement raises the standards of living for all working people across North America.
August 6, 2019
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Global Champion for Working People, Barbara Shailor, Passes Away

Working people across the world lost an important champion last week when Barbara Shailor passed. Shailor spent her life dedicated to helping improve the lives of working people, particularly women, both in the U.S. and around the world.
July 18, 2019
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Repression Continues in Kazakhstan as Union Leader Faces Seven Years in Prison

The AFL-CIO strongly condemns the ongoing persecution of independent trade union leaders in Kazakhstan and the sentencing this week of Erlan Baltabai, leader of the Fuel and Energy Workers’ Union, affiliated with the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KNPRK). Baltabai was sentenced to seven years in prison and banned from exercising his right to engage in public life in what appears to be spurious criminal proceedings in retaliation for his trade union activism and support of other KNPRK leaders targeted by the government.
June 27, 2019
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12 Facts You Need to Know from the 2019 AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch Report

The AFL-CIO today released its annual Executive Paywatch report. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler discussed the federation’s findings during a call with reporters, highlighting the continuing pay inequity between workers and CEOs, discussing the impact of the Trump administration’s tax law on executive compensation and pointing out some of the worst offenders among major corporations.
June 20, 2019
Blog

AFL-CIO Trade Tour: Demand Better in New NAFTA

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) hosted a series of town hall meetings in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan this week, where he talked with working people about NAFTA and what working families need from a new deal.
April 22, 2019
Blog

Powerful Victory

A tentative agreement between the 31,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in New England and management at Stop & Shop supermarkets has been reached, effectively ending the historic strike that captured the country’s attention.
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