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Help Promote White House SAVE Plan to Lower Student Debt

The White House is encouraging colleges and universities, employers and other private sector partners, government agencies, labor unions, community leaders, and other organizations to share information with students and graduates, employees, members, and others on the Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan, the most affordable student loan repayment plan in history.
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Ramadan Mubarak

The AFL-CIO, which represents 12.5 million working people in 60 affiliated national and international unions, sends greetings to our Muslim union members, their families and the Muslim community as Muslims begin their holy month of Ramadan.
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Women’s History Month: A Reading List

This Women's History Month, we at the AFL-CIO want to recognize that Women's history is not a separate history; it’s not a single month. Women's history is also America’s history, and it’s America’s labor history, too. Women workers have always been a crucial part of the fight for justice in the labor movement. And Women's history is not just the past—it’s also the present. That’s why we’ll be celebrating a new generation of women labor leaders and activists as well, featuring workers from across the country. Our Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department has put together a list of recommended reading for the month—and we’re making it easy for you to support women authors and to buy union-made. We’ve sourced each book and linked to some union bookstore choices where you can order it online.
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Black History Month: A Reading List

This Black History Month, we at the AFL-CIO want to recognize that Black history is not a separate history; it’s not a single month. Black history is also America’s history, and it’s America’s labor history, too.
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AFL-CIO: Reproductive Rights Are Worker Rights

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement on the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:

Equal access to contraception and reproductive health care, regardless of where someone works or lives, is essential to workers’ fundamental freedoms and economic security. The 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision is a solemn reminder that reproductive health care rights are also worker rights.
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INVITATION: Jan. 12–14, MLK Civil and Human Rights Conference

There’s simply nothing better than coming together with union members to strengthen the bond between the labor and civil rights movements. That’s why we’re thrilled to invite you to our Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference. We’ll be honoring Dr. King’s vision on the importance of collective action—at the voting booth, in the community and in the workplace.