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Letter Supporting Legislation That Would Ban Asbestos

… Dear Representative: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to support the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act of 2019 (H.R. 1603) scheduled for a floor vote today. This legislation protects working people by banning imports and uses of asbestos, launching a “Right to Know” program, and requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the health risks of asbestos … firefighters, construction workers, teachers, utility workers, health care workers, transit workers, and all those who work and live in buildings where asbestos was installed, even if it was decades ago. As our nation’s infrastructure degrades …
Press Release

Worker Wins Update: From the Newsroom to the Nail Salon, Workers Earn Huge Wins

… WASHINGTON, DC – Workers across the country have stood up in the past month to fight for better wages and working conditions. Gawker Writers Vote to Form Union : Today, more than 100 employees of Gawker Media joined the Writers Guild of America. Writers cited wages and … join UNITE HERE! Local 23. The local of over 200 employees is currently fighting for improved health insurance, a 40-hour work week, and immigrant worker protections. California Phlebotomists Vote to Join Union : Last month, phlebotomists (blood …
Press Release

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to Join Labor Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Mark Pocan at State of the Union

… Looking forward to President Biden laying out an agenda that continues his record as the most pro-union president in history On March 7, … State of the Union address. Shuler, who represents 60 affiliate unions and 12.5 million union members, looks forward to Biden building on his record as the most pro-union president in history, with more plans and initiatives aimed at … working people’s livelihoods.  “Congressman Pocan is a champion for working people, and I’m honored he invited me to view the State of the Union with him,”  said Shuler .   “Too often in D.C., the State of the Union gets looked at through …
Blog

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Folafolaga Avei

… Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Folafolaga Avei of the … human rights committee. As a representative, Avei has been at the forefront of educating members about issues related to the Asian American Pacific Islander community. Through these efforts, he has rallied the community to demand an end to …
Blog

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Rena Zacarias Youngblood

… Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Rena Zacarias Youngblood of AFGE. …
Blog

Pride Month Profiles: Andres Morales

… For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ workers who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Andres Morales of the Association … with the AFA-CWA because the flight attendants at United lost a flying partner and the political climate was and continues to be hostile toward people of color. When he found a space to use his concerns and passion to uplift his colleagues, he …
Press Release

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Introduction of $12 an Hour Minimum Wage Bill

… Today’s introduction of new minimum wage legislation represents significant progress in the powerful, collective movement to raise wages. It’s inspiring to see the momentum generated by working people across the country influence some of the largest corporations and the most … people is the defining issue of our time and workers are capturing and expanding it. While we strongly encourage Congress to support this effort, we must remember that a minimum wage increase alone will not remedy decades of failed policies that …
Speech

Shuler: We Will Meet This Moment With a Modern Labor Movement

… breakfast 12 times, and enjoyed sparring with you each and every year. We miss him dearly.  I am humbled and honored to be the president of the AFL-CIO.  We are the largest organization of working women in the country. Other than the U.S. … A movement in every sector and every community, with women and people of color at the center, where every worker has the right to a good, sustainable, union job.   All of that depends on putting working people where we belong: at the center of … on protecting what we have is far more dangerous than taking risks. For example, technology is especially changing how we work. We don’t want it to replace or exploit us. We want technology to complement and support the human beings on the job. …
Blog

Trumka: True Patriotism in Missouri

… working Missourians in the fight against Prop. A. He recalled the charge that President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered to Americans in the midst of the Great Depression: “True patriotism urges us to build an even more substantial America where … labor movement is continuing to embody the spirit of collective action currently sweeping the country. Faced with a right-wing “right to work” law passed by the state legislature, working Missourians took the fight to workplaces and living rooms across the …
Executive Council Statement

Crackdown in China

… Miami, FL The recent crackdown of the fledgling pro-democracy movement is not merely a stumble on the long march to reform; it is an epochal event comparable to China's decision in 1979 to end the Democracy Wall campaign and jail its leaders. The founders of China's first opposition political party since 1949 …