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Highlights from Day Two of the AFL-CIO 2017 Convention

Monday, Oct. 23 2017 highlights from the AFL-CIO Convention in St. Louis.
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Highlights from Day One of the AFL-CIO Convention

Today's highlights from the AFL-CIO convention in St. Louis.
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Highlights from the AFL-CIO 2017 Diversity Pre-Conference and the Global Labor Symposium

As part of its quadrennial convention, AFL-CIO is bringing together working families and activists to discuss diversity and inclusion as well as global labor issues.
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Partnership Brings Relief to Puerto Rico

As part of the response to the devastation in Puerto Rico, working people and United Airlines teamed up to fly more than 300 first responders and skilled volunteers to help with relief and rebuilding. The partnership was a response to an urgent request from Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz for highly skilled workers.
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5 Things You Need to Know About TPS or Temporary Protected Status

Anti-immigrant groups are pushing to end TPS status, stripping work authorization from immigrants and potentially sending them back into harm's way.
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What Working People Are Saying About the Janus Supreme Court Case

A case that is headed to the Supreme Court, Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, is an attack on the rights of working people. Working people are speaking out against it.