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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Hundreds Rally Outside VA in Wisconsin to Stop DOGE Cuts

Union members and community allies rallied outside the Zablocki Veterans’ Administration (VA) Medical Center in Milwaukee on Friday to protest President Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to our critical federal workforce.
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AFT and AFL-CIO Respond to Department of Education Reduction in Force Announcement

Labor leaders and education advocates American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler condemned the U.S. Department of Education’s reduction in force announcement.
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Women's History Month Profiles: Anna Rose Sullivan

For Women's History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently active making women's history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Anna Rose Sullivan of AFSCME.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers in Utah Ratify State’s First Cannabis Industry Union Contract

Workers at WholesomeCo in West Bountiful, Utah, ratified a union contract, becoming the first cannabis industry workers in Utah to do so. The workers are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 99. The agreement provides guaranteed wage increases over three years, company-provided medical insurance coverage, dental and vision coverage, paid bereavement, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, paid meal breaks, and a ratification bonus. The contract covers delivery fulfillment agents, demand inventory agents, inventory compliance agents, pharmacy fulfillment agents, pharmacy agents, and retail display agents at the West Bountiful facility.
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Worker Wins: Taking Back Their Power

Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
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Get Organized: What Working People Are Doing This Week

Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here's a look at the broad range of activities we're engaged in this week.