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It's Time to Scrap the Cap: 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.
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Pride Month Profiles: Chelsey Engel

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 Chelsey Engel of the United Steelworkers (USW).
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: NYC Utility Workers Secure Tentative Agreement, Averting Strike

Utility Workers (UWUA) Local 1-2 reached a tentative agreement (TA) Sunday with energy company Con Edison, averting a potential strike during a record-breaking heat wave.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: WGAE Members at iHeart Podcast Network Ratify First Union Contract

Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members at iHeart Podcast Network ratified their first collective bargaining agreement, covering the 100-member bargaining unit. The three-year contract was overwhelmingly ratified. Details of the contract include: a minimum starting salary of $63,000 for unit members in New York or Los Angeles and $58,000 for members in other locations, annual minimum salary increases of 3% in the first year of the contract, and 2% in the second and third year of the contract, time-and-a-half for work assigned on a holiday, severance of up to 16 weeks, improved bereavement paid time off, the right to bargain over any implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, overtime protections and comp time for those who don’t receive overtime, greater transparency on show metrics and spending, and other gains.
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Getting Out the Union Strong Vote: 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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Pride Month Profiles: Jamie Martinez

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 Jamie Martinez of the United Steelworkers (USW).