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September 2, 2020
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AFL-CIO Launches New Web Tool to Help Workers Win Safety Protections at Work

As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the country, working people are looking for ways to join together to form a union in our workplaces and negotiate for strong health and safety protections. The AFL-CIO is launching a new “Am I Safe at Work?” web tool to raise awareness of what a safe workplace should be, and how a union can help achieve those goals.
August 17, 2020
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The Strength and Solidarity of Our Membership: Worker Wins

Our latest roundup of worker wins begins with a series of wins in Maine and includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
August 5, 2020
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Teachers, School and Your Children

Candace Pinn is a kindergarten teacher in New Rochelle, New York, and a member of the New Rochelle Federation of United School Employees. Whether schools open or not is one of the biggest questions right now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about what might happen and how teachers are feeling during these dangerous times.
July 23, 2020
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On the Passing of the Rev. C.T. Vivian and the Hon. John Lewis

Over the weekend, the civil rights community suffered the loss of two giants in the movement—the Rev. C.T. Vivian (95) and Rep. John Lewis (80). As the nation grapples with protests and demands for racial equality, we remember their unwavering commitment to social, racial and economic justice. Both friends to labor and colleagues of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., their lives were the embodiment of “good trouble, necessary trouble.”
June 24, 2020
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Needing Journalists Now More Than Ever

Michael Hutton is a sports reporter for the Post-Tribune in Gary, Indiana, and a member of The NewsGuild-CWA (TNG-CWA) Local 34071. For Hutton and his co-workers, everything is now a COVID-19 story
May 28, 2020
Blog

Save the News: Meet Andy Nguyen

NewsGuild-CWA member Andy N. didn’t think he was going to lose his job when he received the email for the “all staff” meeting. But that is exactly what happened. Dozens of journalists got laid off, including him, because of the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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