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Legislative Alert

Letter Asking Senators to Support Recognition of Workers Memorial Day

… Dear Senator: I am writing today to ask that you join in support of Senator Baldwin’s upcoming resolution in recognition of Workers Memorial Day (attached). This resolution, to be introduced on April 28, will once again honor Workers Memorial Day to remember workers killed or injured on the job and … should come together to strengthen workers’ rights and protections to ensure everyone can come home safely at the end of a work shift—and without chronic illnesses from toxic exposures at work. Please email [email protected] to sign …
Speech

Shuler: The State of America's Unions Is Strong

… Members virtual event: Thank you, Erika [Dinkel-Smith] for that kind introduction, and for your dedication and service to America’s working people. Hello union family! As you know, the AFL-CIO is the federation of 57 unions representing more … of our economy. It’s great to be here today with Secretary [Marty] Walsh who has been such an incredible partner as we work to support and improve the lives of America’s working families.  Working people have been through so much these past few … majority of Americans want to form a union, they shouldn’t be stopped.”  And President Biden means what he says, and he’s right: the way to fix decades of rising inequality and stagnant wages is by investing in our country and our people through …
Blog

Watch the Livestream of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's National Press Club Speech Today

… trade and infrastructure job-creation opportunities in the United States. He also will discuss potential threats to workers' rights and the labor movement's strategy to create a unifying agenda for working families, and the importance of ensuring that all workers—union and nonunion—have the right to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions. Watch the livestream starting at 1 p.m. today. Trumka …
Blog

Women Take to the Streets One Year Later, Still Committed to Fighting Trump Agenda

… On the one-year anniversary of the Women's March, activists again took to the streets to demand equality and justice for all.  Here are some of the key tweets from events around the country: … The Women’s March was an incredible day for working women to make their voices heard. March on! #1YearSinceWomensMarch pic.twitter.com/YF6r70HLfW — AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) January 18, 2018 …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Lawrence VanDyke's Nomination for U.S. Appeals Court

… Dear Senator: The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the nomination of Lawrence VanDyke to fill a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Our opposition to Mr. VanDyke, who currently … of Labor rule that would have entitled 4.2 million more workers to become eligible for overtime pay whenever they work more than 40 hours in a week. Indeed, his Senate Judiciary questionnaire lists this work as among his “most significant …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Leadership Unanimously Reaffirms Commitment to Re-Electing President Biden and Vice President Harris

… The AFL-CIO Executive Council released the following statement on President Biden’s visit to its meeting today: The AFL-CIO Executive Council today unanimously voted to reaffirm its commitment to re-electing … Harris because they’ve never wavered in their commitment to working people, including the vigorous support of workers’ right to organize. That’s just as true today as when we endorsed the ticket more than a year ago.  The labor movement … as Joe Biden does, that solidarity is how we win. The message from today’s meeting couldn’t have been clearer: Right now, it’s time to come together around a vision of a country where everyone has a fair shot with a living wage, …
Blog

'Politicians Didn’t Create the Labor Movement, and...Won’t Destroy the Labor Movement'

… legislation was unstoppable. They bundled up against biting cold and came anyway. “At the end of the day, you still have to show up,” said DeLane Adams, AFL-CIO Southern region communications coordinator. “It’s important for politicians to see the faces of people who are going to be affected by what they do.” By “what they do,” he meant pass a “right to work law,” repeal the prevailing wage and endorse a measure making it harder for some unions to collect dues by payroll …
Executive Council Statement

Employee Free Choice Act

… For more than a dozen years, we have worked and struggled to create the environment and the political climate in which we could pass serious labor law reform to restore workers’ … for change. We also know that those who have always opposed workers’ rights, freedoms and advancement—the radical right wing and corrupt, corporate bullies—will fight us with everything they have and every advantage they can employ. They … onslaught. Commit to ramp up a nationwide grassroots campaign. In each priority state we commit to release staff to work together to meet our ambitious member mobilization goals, coordinate with allies and reach senators in their home …
Executive Council Statement

Vice President Moe Biller

… Moe Biller has served the members of the American Postal Workers Union with his innovative and vigorous dedication to the best interests of his members and their families.  At the same time, he has been a strong and eloquent advocate of … equal rights and human dignity for working people around the world. Born on New York’s Lower East Side, Biller went to work at the post office in New York in 1937 where he quickly became active in union activities and held a succession of …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 20: Mississippi Department of Labor

… Mississippi Department of Labor   WHEREAS, the State of Mississippi through its elected leaders for many years has chosen to promote and maintain legislation such as right to work for less; work at will of the employer; retaliatory discharge for workers’ compensation filing (Kelly v. Mississippi …