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New Report: A Year of the Raising Wages Agenda

Marking nearly one year since the first-ever Raising Wages Summit, the AFL-CIO today released a new report detailing the successes, struggles and path ahead to raise wages for working people.
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Change the Rules, Be the Power: Highlights of the Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference

This past weekend, more than 1,000 participants attended the 2016 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, the largest edition of the conference yet. This year's...
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Working People (and the Facts) Stand Up to Right to Work Push in West Virginia

That didn't take long. As the West Virginia Legislature opened Wednesday, the first bill out of the gates was "right to work" legislation that does nothing more than attack the...
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3 Key Things Wrong with Nikki Haley’s Job Record

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley gave the Republican Party's response to Barack Obama's State of the Union Speech last night. The rebuttal is often used as a way to introduce...
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International Food Workers Show Solidarity with Chicago Nabisco Workers

The International Union of Food Workers (IUF) and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) have affirmed their solidarity with employees of Mondelēz International, the maker of Nabisco...
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Obama Administration’s Crackdown on Immigrants Ignores Due Process and Creates Communities Filled with Fear

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s large-scale deportations.