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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: ‘Another Massive Giveaway to Billionaires and Big Corporations’: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Slams House Budget Passed in the Dead of Night

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the budget reconciliation bill passed overnight in the House of Representatives:



“House Republican leaders passed this shameful bill in the middle of the night for one reason: They didn’t want the American people to see the deep and harmful cuts they’re imposing in the light of day. This budget gave Congress a choice: stand with the working people, seniors and kids, or deliver another massive giveaway to billionaires and big corporations. Every single member of Congress who voted for this bill chose to write the richest 10% a fat check on the backs of working-class families already struggling to pay their bills.
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Worker Wins: As American as Apple Pie

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: Washington State Governor Signs Striking Worker UI Benefits Bill into Law

Washington State Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Monday that will extend unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to striking workers.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: VFX Workers Ratify First Three Contracts with Major U.S. Studios

Visual effects (VFX) workers for Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and movie franchise Avatar voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first contracts as Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) members.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AFL-CIO, Labor Unions File Amicus Brief in Humanitarian Parole Supreme Court Case

On Friday, the AFL-CIO and a coalition of unions representing workers in the manufacturing, hospitality, construction, food processing and service industries filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to deny the Trump administration’s attempt to end humanitarian parole and rescind work authorization for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Norse Atlantic Airways Flight Attendants Ratify New Contract

U.S.-based Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) members who work for Norse Atlantic Airways voted overwhelmingly in support of ratifying a new contract.