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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan

… Rico have suffered and made enormous sacrifices.  The same cannot be said for Wall Street. Puerto Rico must be allowed to restructure its debt to Wall Street, meet its obligations to its retired public servants, and preserve and create good … the Earned Income Tax Credit and Medicaid. The AFL-CIO opposed the PROMESA bill because it fundamentally infringed on the right of the people of Puerto Rico to democratic self governance and failed to put the interest of working families first.  … starts to turn away from the catastrophic austerity policies that have led to Puerto Rico’s current crisis, there is more work needed in this direction. For example, we must completely turn away from attacks on Puerto Rico's labor laws that will …
Executive Council Statement

On the Service of Paul Rinaldi

… the service of Paul Rinaldi, retired president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). Determined to lead by example, Rinaldi embraced the role of facility representative at the Washington–Dulles Air Traffic Control Tower … four terms until his retirement from the position in 2021. When he took office, NATCA members were suffering under imposed work and pay rules. But, within a couple of years, Federal Labor Relations Authority Chairman Ernest DuBester said the … legislation and in NATCA’s groundbreaking 2016 collective bargaining agreement with the FAA, he secured the union’s right to have a seat at the table to take part in the decisions being made to modernize technologies and procedures that …
Blog

Pride Month Profiles: Ash Tomaszewski

… 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 Ash Tomaszewski of the United Autoworkers (UAW). … Ash Tomaszewski is a queer, nonbinary law student and union organizer, dedicated to labor policy reform and contributing to individual workers' rights. …
Blog

Now That Government Is Funded, Here Is What Workers Want to See

… of Americans mobilized and called for an economy that works for all of us. From state houses and governors mansions to Capitol Hill, we elected advocates who committed themselves to advancing that cause. That election was defined by a … reclaim what is rightfully ours. … In electing more than 900 union members to office, we secured a great opportunity to right the structural wrongs of our economy. Our mission was not simply to rack up victories on election night last November. … yet aspiring union members continue to face countless obstacles. The power of working people must be unleashed. Whether we work for private companies or public employers, in an office or a mine or a factory, all of us have the right to freely …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Rules Suspension to Pass “the Foreign Election Interference Act.”

… (AFL-CIO), representing 60 affiliate unions and 12.5 million working people across our economy, write urging you to vote NO on suspending the rules to pass H.R. 8314, “the Foreign Election Interference Act.” In the rush to fight foreign … receives a dues payment from a foreign national, those dues will trigger an eight-year-long restriction on the union’s right to give to federal political action committees. Because the bill only applies to not-for-profit organizations, … employer could hire one foreign national into the bargaining unit. That foreign national could be fully authorized to work in this country. Once the employer places that foreign national into the bargaining unit, the union is obligated to …
Executive Council Statement

The Department of Homeland Security

… the President in the fight against terrorism, as do the thousands of federal employees who have been and remain committed to putting their country first in performing important functions related to homeland security; and WHEREAS, the President has … power are covered by collective bargaining agreements that require them to acquire and retain security clearances for work related to national security; and WHEREAS, OMB Director Mitch Daniels and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge have … Council supports S. 2452, and condemns the Bush Administration's efforts to strip 170,000 federal employees of the right to union representation through collective bargaining; THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the AFL-CIO salutes the …
Blog

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Profiles: Monica Thammarath

… Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Our next profile is Monica Thammarath. … Monica Thammarath was born and … pursuing a master's in public administration at American University. While in college, Thammarath began organizing to provide services that help students gain access to affordable and high-quality education. After graduation, she began …
Speech

Gebre 2013 AFL-CIO Convention Acceptance

… Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your confidence in me. And I want to thank Joe Hansen, MaryBe McMillan and Doug Moore for your moving nominations. Let me express a deeply felt gratitude and … for having faith in me and inviting me to help lead this movement I love. A movement, without any doubt moving in the right direction. A labor movement positioned to speak, fight and win for all workers. I also want to recognize my family, … To say life as a teen in LA, without having a parent, or any relative, was not easy would be an understatement. I had to work a full-time job in a liquor store, getting paid cash under the table, studying to be the best student I could be and …
Speech

Trumka to South Carolina AFL-CIO Convention: The PRO Act Is a Game-Changer

… Brothers and sisters, good evening. It is an honor to join South Carolina’s 65th annual convention. My only regret is I am not able to join you in person. To shake your hands. … From one proud grandfather to another, I hope you get more time with your grandchildren. And never forget: your life’s work will let your grandchildren grow up in a state—and a country—where workers have more dignity. God bless you, Brother … inequality skyrocketed.  The inequality of wealth and wages. The inequality of opportunity. And the inequality of power.  Right now, the rich and corporations are way too powerful. And working people are way too weak. If you need a textbook …
Executive Council Statement

William Bywater

… Salaried and Machine Workers, has resigned from this Executive Council; andWHEREAS, William Bywater has devoted his life to thededicated and faithful service of the members of his union and of the labor movement for more than five decades; … conference board leading all of the union_s negotiations with the corporation; andWHEREAS, William Bywater was elected to numerous offices within his union, becoming national secretary-treasurer of IUE in 1980 and national president in 1982. He … to working families has been distinguished by his heartfelt beliefs in the rights and dignity of all workers, in the right of every worker to organize a union and bargain for fair and decent treatment; andWHEREAS, he has been an outspoken and …