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JetBlue In-Flight Crew Members Overwhelmingly Vote to Join TWU
In-flight crew members at JetBlue overwhelmingly voted to join the Transport Workers (TWU). With more than 86% of eligible employees participating in the vote, more than two-thirds voted in favor of joining TWU.
Tax and Budget Policy
12 Things We've Learned About the GOP Tax Bill
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans rushed to pass the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, leaving very little time for public scrutiny or debate. Here are a few things we have learned since the GOP tax bill passed.
By Our Hands: Oklahoma’s Biggest Teaching Moment
Oklahoma City sixth-grade teacher Cheryl Brouwer’s classroom has no math books. No math workbooks, either.
Southern Labor Leaders Unite Around a Common Strategy to Build Worker Power
“Collective action is alive and well here in the South,” said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler to more than 300 labor leaders gathered in New Orleans this week. Southern union leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia joined together to unite around a common strategy to build worker power in their states.
Immigration
Texas AFL-CIO Takes Next Step to Expand Union Participation in Citizenship Drives
In January, delegates to the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention unanimously approved a far-reaching resolution calling for the state federation and affiliates to conduct citizenship drives across the state, with the long-term intent of registering new voters and changing the political environment.