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  • Thanking Heroes for National Nurses Week: What Working People Are Doing This Week May 8, 2020
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: An EVS Technician’s COVID-19 Story May 7, 2020
  • If Trump Wants Meat Plants Open, He Should Protect Their Workers May 7, 2020
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Thanking Heroes for National Nurses Week: What Working People Are Doing This Week

Kenneth Quinnell
May 8, 2020
What Working People Are Doing This Week
AFL-CIO

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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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: An EVS Technician’s COVID-19 Story

APALA Staff
May 7, 2020

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Let’s uplift Asian American and Pacific Islander workers this month⁠—those who are on the front lines of  COVID-19 and those who are on the front lines of our families and communities.

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If Trump Wants Meat Plants Open, He Should Protect Their Workers

Richard Trumka
May 7, 2020

The United States now has more than a million reported coronavirus cases, by far the most of any country in the world. The health of our nation, physically and economically, depends on the safety of our workers.

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Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly: Saluting Front-Line Workers, Remote Learning and More

Chris Garlock and Kenneth Quinnell
May 6, 2020
Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly
Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly

The latest episode of the Labor Radio–Podcast Weekly features a daily salute to front-line workers in the Electchester community of New York, Chicago Teachers tackling remote learning and Richard Trevellick's fight for the eight-hour workday.

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A Message to Workers: The Working People Weekly List

Kenneth Quinnell
May 5, 2020
Working People Weekly List
AFL-CIO

Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List.

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