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Top 14 Things You Should Know from the Death on the Job 2024 Report

Today, ahead of Workers Memorial Day on April 28, the AFL-CIO released our 33rd annual report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect. This annual report serves as a national and state-by-state profile of worker safety and health, offering direction to policymakers and regulatory bodies as they strive to address the scourge of working people facing death, injury and illness at work.
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SOLIDARITY ALERT: Sesame Workshop writers

Writers at Sesame Workshop—the incredibly talented team that gives Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, and all our favorite Muppets the words that change our kids’ lives forever—are on the verge of a strike.
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Happy Easter

The AFL-CIO, representing more than 12.5 million working people in 60 national and international unions, extends our heartfelt greetings to our union members who are Christian, their families and the Christian community this Easter.
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A New Way to File Taxes

The average taxpayer spends a whopping $200-plus a year on tax prep services. I bet we can all think of better things we could do with that money instead.
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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.