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Executive Council Statement

Voter Suppression Is the Real Threat to Election Integrity

… The labor movement believes that ensuring and protecting the right of every citizen to vote is a bedrock principle of our democracy. That is why we are alarmed by the “Presidential Commission on Election … with roots in some of our nation’s ugliest periods of discrimination designed to deny citizens their constitutional right to vote, particularly people of color, young and first-time voters, and low-income Americans. In the name of “fraud …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 47: Justice for Santiago Rafael Cruz

… body was tied and left in the union office; and WHEREAS, FLOC represents Mexican migrant workers who travel from Mexico to North Carolina to work under a U.S. guest worker program. Santiago defended the human and labor rights of Mexican farm workers going to the …
Press Release

America Needs Trillions of Real Federal Investment Dollars in Our Infrastructure to Prosper in the 21st Century

… Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to President Donald Trump’s  infrastructure proposal announced today: According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, our country’s grade on infrastructure is a D-plus. The infrastructure we use … and Wall Street investors than on a new federal commitment, which leaves states and municipalities to pick up the tab. The right infrastructure plan will lift our communities and drive our economy forward for  generations to come. That’s why this …
Press Release

Nation’s Mayors Support the PRO Act

… from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the United States Conference of Mayors’ vote in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act: The nation’s mayors have called for passage of the PRO Act, and now it is time for the senators in Washington to listen. Today’s resolution sends a clear message to Congress—the PRO Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, …
Speech

Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond's Speech at the Orange County Labor Federation’s Annual MLK Breakfast

… Good morning, everyone. Thank you Brother Kenny [Williams] for that kind introduction, and I’d like to thank you and Gloria [Alverez] and the entire Orange County Labor Federation team for your commitment to the labor … care about good jobs and will stand up to corporate greed. These leaders don’t just magically appear. It takes hard work. It takes vision and dedication. It takes our greatest effort to elect leaders who will advocate for us and deliver the … all they do is vote on who is going to be Speaker of the House over and over…or worse. But that’s not all that’s at stake. Right now we have a president in Joe Biden who truly believes in the rights of workers. In American jobs. In civil rights and …
Blog

What You Need to Know About the Vote on Missouri's Prop. A Today

… While Missourians are headed to the polls today, working people are mobilizing across the Show-Me State in a massive final push to defeat Prop. A. … Both … have come out in opposition to Prop. A. From  The Kansas City Star 's editorial: A no vote on Tuesday would repeal the "right to work" law. A yes vote would make Missouri a "right to work" state, which would be a costly mistake.... Workplace policies …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 9: Rewriting the Rules: Making the Freedom to Join Together and Negotiate a Reality for All Workers

… Every day, millions of working people come together through their unions to strengthen their collective voice and bargain for better lives. Acting together, working people can win higher wages, … and the poisonous legal legacy of racism and sexism. We must rewrite the rules of our economy to guarantee all who work in America the freedom to bargain collectively with their employer, free from fear and intimidation. We resolve that the … and fight for changes to the National Labor Relations Act and other state and local laws that would: Protect more workers’ right to organize; Meaningfully penalize employers who violate the law; Provide a process for ensuring an agreement with …
Statement

Letter Expressing Concern about the November 2017 Honduras Elections

… 12.5 million working men and women of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) to express our profound concern about the November 26th election in Honduras. According to a wide range of sources, the electoral process has been thoroughly tainted by lack of transparency, delays and errors in vote-counting and subsequent violent repression of the population. For the Honduran government to have credibility in the coming four years, the current government must adopt substantive measures to demonstrate its …
Press Release

AFL-CIO President on LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement to commemorate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and the many contributions of queer workers to the labor movement:  “This June, we celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, and reaffirm our commitment to ensuring equity, … and unknown. From Bayard Rustin’s central role in the March on Washington to the ongoing advocacy of  Pride at Work , queer leaders have always been at the cutting edge of worker advancements. Still, queer people face ongoing …
Blog

Kentucky: Labor 'Batted' .647 in the Primary

… organized labor partnered with the [Fraternal Order of Police] (FOP) and [Kentucky Education Association] (KEA) to defeat Republican Majority Floor Leader Jonathan Shell with Republican teacher Travis Brenda." Brenda's surprise win made … of the most anti-labor lawmakers in Frankfort. In the 2017 session, he voted for the GOP's two big union-busting bills: "right to work" and prevailing wage repeal. In answering a state AFL-CIO candidate questionnaire, Brenda pledged to support efforts to …