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Pride Month Profiles: Jenny Reeves

For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Jenny Reeves of the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
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Pride Month Profiles: Andrew Tallett

For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Andrew Tallett of AFSCME.
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Worker Wins: Fighting for Better Wages and Working Conditions

Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Workers at Las Vegas Cannapunch Vote to Join UFCW Local 711

Cannapunch cannabis workers in Las Vegas voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 711. The 32-person unit is the first cannabis processor in the state of Nevada to vote to join UFCW.
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Remember and Honor: In the States Roundup

It's time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state federations on X (formerly Twitter).
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Academy Foundation Workers Ratify First Union Contract

More than a year and a half after winning voluntary recognition, workers at the Academy Foundation—the nonprofit arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that is dedicated to protecting film history—ratified their first collective bargaining agreement.