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  • Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IFPTE Launches Member Engagement and Mobilization Program June 9, 2022
  • Study: Labor, Retail and Service Workers Experienced 68% of Deaths in First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic June 8, 2022
  • Pride Month Profiles: Stacey Zimmerman June 8, 2022
  • Service + Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Calls on Authorities to Curb Rising Crime on Phoenix’s Public Transportation June 8, 2022
  • Keep Working Families Safe: In the States Roundup June 7, 2022
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IFPTE Launches Member Engagement and Mobilization Program

Kenneth Quinnell and Aaron Gallant
June 9, 2022

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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Study: Labor, Retail and Service Workers Experienced 68% of Deaths in First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic

Kenneth Quinnell
June 8, 2022

A new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly worse impact on adults in low socioeconomic positions (SEP) employed in labor, service and retail jobs. The study analyzed nearly 70,000 adults between the ages of 25 and 64, when they died from COVID-19.

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Pride Month Profiles: Stacey Zimmerman

Kenneth Quinnell
June 8, 2022
Stacey Zimmerman

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 Stacey Zimmerman of SEIU.

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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Calls on Authorities to Curb Rising Crime on Phoenix’s Public Transportation

Kenneth Quinnell and Aaron Gallant
June 8, 2022

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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Keep Working Families Safe: In the States Roundup

Kenneth Quinnell
June 7, 2022
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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