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Press Release

Shuler Elected AFL-CIO President

… Leadership Team The AFL-CIO Executive Council today elected Liz Shuler, a visionary leader and longtime trade unionist, to serve as president of the federation of 56 unions and 12.5 million members. Shuler is the first woman to hold the office … lead societal transformations—to leverage our power to bring women and people of color from the margins to the center—at work, in our unions and in our economy, and to be the center of gravity for incubating new ideas that will unleash … a new chapter that brings the promise of union membership to workers across this country,” Redmond said. “This is the right team at the right time to help bring about the economic and social justice America is hungry for.” “Our country is at a …
Press Release

AFL-CIO, SEIU, SNITIS And Public Citizen Announce Filing of First USMCA ‘Rapid Response Mechanism’ Labor Case to Fight for Mexican Workers Denied Independent Union Representation

… Mexico’s labor reforms and USMCA’s Rapid Response Mechanism can deliver for Mexican workers denied their fundamental right to organize and bargain for better wages and working conditions. For two years, workers at Tridonex have been harassed and … intimidation and threats. Her fight for the rights of the workers at Tridonex is our fight as well, and we will work with our allies in Congress and the Biden administration to insist that Mexico fully implements its obligations under …
Press Release

Global Labor Organizations Strategize to Counter Rise of Right-Wing Populism

…  – In the first convening of its kind, global labor leaders from Europe, the U.S. and Canada met today in Washington, D.C. to discuss the international rise of right-wing populist movements and share best practices for engaging working people against the threat of an anti-worker Right … Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a democratic, voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions that work every day to improve the lives of 12.5 million working people. For more information, visit  www.AFLCIO.org .   Working …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Legislation That Would Weaken Protections for Agricultural Workers

… Building, Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Goodlatte and Rankin Member Conyers: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to oppose the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017, which would create a new H-2C program that would expand not just the number of visas employers could access, but also the categories of work eligible. By removing the seasonal requirement for the program and broadening the definition to include food processing and manufacturing jobs, this expansion promises to make previously full time, family-sustaining …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Applauds White House Task Force’s Report Findings

… . This unprecedented report recognizes the critical role that unions play in creating a fairer economy. By taking steps to give more workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, the administration is once again demonstrating that it is committed to using its … unions.  Now, Congress must do its part. In order to fully empower workers, it is time to pass both the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which will ensure that every worker who wants to join …
Press Release

Ban the Box is a Crucial Step Towards Ensuring All People Have Access to Good Jobs

… In response to President Obama’s announcement supporting Ban the Box and other measures that simplify the job hunt for the formerly … are finding their path to success blocked by a system that is rigged against them. Measures such as Ban the Box are the right approach to ease the job hunt for working people with prior convictions. President Obama is taking important steps to help all people get back to work and become contributing members of their local communities. The AFL-CIO remains committed to pursuing criminal justice …
Speech

Shuler: Democracy Puts Power Behind Our Voices

… Yamashita for building up the House of Labor here in Arizona.  If you don’t know what a union is, it’s the official way to stand together with your co-workers to have more power to improve your workplace. What does that have to do with democracy … paid family and medical leave.  Care is critical infrastructure just like roads and bridges, we depend on care to go to work.  And care jobs should be good, union jobs with decent wages because one job should be enough.  But Arizona legislators … workplace and democracy at the ballot box.  We’re calling on both of Arizona’s senators, who we helped elect, to do the right thing. Sideline the filibuster. Pass the For the People Act, the Richard Trumka PRO Act.  That’s how through this storm …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 12: America and the World Need a New Approach to Trade and Globalization

… and offshored, but they have suppressed American workers’ wages and their standard of living. Global enterprises seeking to suppress wages, pollute our air and water and violate our fundamental labor rights must no longer be the architects of trade policy. Instead, trade policies must empower workers to organize and act collectively to ensure their work is safe, secure and fairly paid; that they have adequate access to education, recreation and decent housing; and that … promote it by offering foreign businesses greater procedural and substantive rights than domestic investors, including the right to bypass state and federal courts, are unjustifiable and destructive. Investor-to-state dispute settlement procedures …
Speech

Gebre: We Must Be Steadfast in our Solidarity to Fully Realize Dr. King’s Dream

… In my 27 years in the labor movement, Dr. King’s vision has inspired and propelled me forward. His words meant so much to me as a young political refugee and immigrant in a new country. As I look back on my first union job, I remember feeling … the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, efforts are underway across the country to strip communities of color of our right to vote. Immigrants continue to work in the shadows with no clear path to citizenship. And millions of people nationwide are working for poverty wages, in …
Legislative Alert

Letter to Senators Opposing the Supreme Court Nomination of Neil Gorsuch

… Dear Senator: The next Justice confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court will play a critical role in shaping and enforcing the laws that protect working people. A thorough … Inc., v. Sibelius,  723F.3d 1114 (10th Cir. 2013), in which Judge Gorsuch ruled that for-profit corporations have the right to religious freedom, and can invoke these rights to deprive their female employees health insurance coverage for … the imposition of sanctions on employers or when seemingly grudgingly upholding an agency finding. This disregard for the work of administrative agencies and longstanding Supreme Court precedent in our view places Judge Gorsuch well outside the …