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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Chad Yokoyama

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Chad Yokoyama of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART).
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Condé Nast Union Overwhelmingly Ratifies First Contract

After over a year and a half of negotiations, Condé Nast workers ratified their first labor contract, voting 97% to approve the three-year deal. The agreement averted a strike from the workers, members of The NewsGuild-CWA, ahead of the Met Gala. The contract boosts wages by $3.6 million, converts company permalancers into full-time staff members, provides two additional weeks of paid parental leave to union members, institutes just cause when management fires or disciplines a worker, ensures compensatory time when union members work over 40 hours in one week, includes both biological and chosen family in the bargaining unit’s bereavement policy and includes some hybrid work protections.
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Thank a Teacher: 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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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Yan Yan Teague

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Yan Yan Teague of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA).
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: CLUW Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Last week, the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) celebrated five decades of building power and community for women throughout the labor movement at its 50th Anniversary Gala and Education Conference in Niagara Falls, New York.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Kevin Boone

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Kevin Boone of the United Steelworkers (USW).