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  • Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Maritime Union Members in South Florida Raise Funds for Cancer Research June 10, 2021
  • Working Families Need Your Help: In the States Roundup June 9, 2021
  • Pride Month Profiles: Michael Golojuch Jr. June 9, 2021
  • Service + Solidarity Spotlight: New Mexico Federation of Labor Elects a Worker Champion to Congressional District 1 June 9, 2021
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Maritime Union Members in South Florida Raise Funds for Cancer Research

Kenneth Quinnell
June 10, 2021
Florida Shoot for a Cure

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.

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Working Families Need Your Help: In the States Roundup

Kenneth Quinnell
June 9, 2021
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 Twitter.

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Pride Month Profiles: Michael Golojuch Jr.

Kenneth Quinnell
June 9, 2021
Michael Golojuch, Jr.

For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Michael Golojuch Jr.

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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: New Mexico Federation of Labor Elects a Worker Champion to Congressional District 1

Kenneth Quinnell
June 9, 2021

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.

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Mexican Worker Tells Vice President: ‘There Is Still No Justice’

Ben Davis
June 8, 2021

 

Imelda Jimenez

In a meeting today with Vice President Kamala Harris, Imelda Jímenez, a worker from the Teksid Hierro plant in Ciudad Frontera, Mexico, which makes engine cylinder blocks for the North American market, described the workers’ seven-year battle to form an independent union in the factory where the top wage is $2.50 per hour.

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