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AFL-CIO President on the 2024 Election Results

… the 2024 election: Presidential administrations change, but the labor movement’s values do not. We stand for the freedom to organize and for the right to collectively bargain. We stand for solidarity—the kind that is built when working people stand together to take on the …
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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Today’s Fast Food Strikes

… and the courage of fast food workers who are striking today in over 150 cities. Every worker deserves fair wages and the right to form a union without retaliation because no one who works full time should struggle to support their family. That’s why the ‘Fight for Fifteen’ movement is growing bigger and protests are happening across …
Blog

Trump’s SEC Chairman Proposes to Disenfranchise Investors and Reduce Shareholder Democracy

… In a partisan 3-2 vote, the Trump administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to curtail the rights of investors to file proposals for a vote at company annual meetings. If adopted, these changes will hinder shareholder proposals by union … changes will undermine efforts to increase corporate responsibility for environmental, social and governance issues. "The right to petition corporate management by filing shareholder proposals is an integral part of shareholder democracy in the …
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Required Reading Before the Last Presidential Debate Between Hillary and Trump

… Tonight's last presidential debate is set to focus on several topics of importance to working families. Here's what you need to know about the candidates on those … who have lived and worked in America for years so they can unite with their families and stand up for their rights at work. Knows that the only ones benefiting from our broken immigration system are unscrupulous employers who profit from … . Immigrant workers at Trump facilities have been exploited and allege to have been assaulted for trying to exercise their right to come together in a union. Social Security, Medicare and Health Care Hillary Clinton Supports expanding Social …
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Our Unions and Allies

… governed federation of 60 unions, each with its own distinct membership and unique voice. Our members have come together to build and support the rights of working people. In pursuit of these goals, we also fight to vanquish social and economic … of life and are what make America great and always have. We build your homes and offices. We get you safely to and from work. We take care of the sick and injured and teach your children. We play the music in your favorite movies and score the … to reach our potential. Worker Center Partnerships : Many workers are not covered by U.S. labor law. Without the legal right to collective bargaining, they could fall through the cracks. The AFL-CIO and worker centers in the United States and …
Speech

Shuler to CLUW: This is Our Time

… remarks at the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 50th anniversary celebration: Good evening, CLUW ! What a joy it is to be here with you all tonight! I want to thank my IBEW sister Crystal Herrera for that warm introduction, Elise Bryant for … special place. Almost two centuries ago, about 300 women — and a few men, too, we’ll give them that! — came together, right here in nearby Seneca Falls, to do something radical. We’d had this revolution as a country, hadn’t we? Yet women had … should be able to say 'I feel safe and respected at my job.' That means an end to gender-based violence and harassment at work. That means an end to unsafe workplaces and job sites, period. That means no matter our identity, our orientation, our …
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AFL-CIO Holds Million-Member Tele-Town Hall

… The AFL-CIO today hosted a million-member tele-town hall, bringing together union members across the country to talk about the powerful and growing energy of the labor movement. Led by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the event also … already doing this. You know that workers gain power when they come together. We saw this in Missouri with the repeal of "right to work." We've seen it in the teacher strikes. We're seeing it in the burst of union membership. We see it in public opinion, …
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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on New EPA Power Plant Emission Rules

… Today the EPA took the historic step of proposing to regulate existing electrical generation power plants in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  The EPA’s proposal will … act, our economy could wind up at a cost disadvantage, shifting jobs and emissions overseas. Still, President Obama is right to lead on this issue, since other nations won’t act if the United States does not. Acting first can confer long-term … jobs in places that need them, to make sure that the promise of a decent retirement after decades of dangerous, difficult work is honored?  If nothing happens, we will create more places like McDowell County, West Virginia, where the economy and …
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Colombian Workers Launch General Strike

… movement convened the strike some seven weeks ago, this broad alliance of social justice organizations have come together to express their belief that the government of President Iv á n Duque is taking the country in the wrong direction: suggesting reforms that would reduce even further workers' access to decent work, labor rights and social security, increasing repression and violence against the most vulnerable Colombians and … United States, the AFL-CIO and some affiliates are sharing with Congress a joint letter of support for this strike and the right to strike and protest as fundamental to building and sustaining democracy.  Unfortunately, some elected leaders, …
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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

… with “peaceful protest.” But we must remember his sermon “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious”:  “If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, humiliated and segregated, I don’t want peace. So in a passive, … non-violent manner, we must revolt against this peace .” Dr. King’s words about skin color and character are often twisted to say we should not see or talk about race. But racial justice is not the absence of race . Dr. King spoke extensively about … Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader and a staunch trade unionist until the day he was assassinated. And we vow to remember his lessons truthfully as we continue his fight against racism and economic inequality …