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Statement

Letter from the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council Opposing NAFTA 2.0 Without Pro-Worker Changes

… satisfactorily addressed and our core recommendations are incorporated into the final text of the agreement.  Acceding to demands from corporate interests to rush a vote will result in an agreement that once again fails U.S. workers, and will waste this rare opportunity to fix … rebalance trade with Mexico and remake supply chains. The situation of workers can only be improved when they have the right to join together freely for collective action.  The House should not bring NAFTA 2.0 to the floor before it is …
Executive Council Statement

The Values that Unite Us as a People and a Movement

… D.C. We are a movement built upon values—and a movement that fights for what we value.  Some of our values are intrinsic to the American condition, as natural to us as breathing.  Democracy.  Liberty.  Faith.  Patriotism.  Blessed as we are to … us. We also fight for the values that shape economic security and opportunity for America’s working families.  We value work and respect for workers.  We believe that our nation, blessed with such rich material and human resources, can and must … particularly for low-income families and the broad middle class, congress and the president should take the time to get it right and avoid drastic and irreversible changes to the benefit structure. Questions about how to finance Social Security …
Executive Council Statement

The Media Reform Campaign

… (FCC) over media deregulation generated an unprecedented national backlash against efforts by the agency's GOP majority to allow media monopolies to grow even larger. Nearly two million public comments-an agency record-were filed opposing the … this pitched battle, a nationwide grassroots movement has emerged, determined to protect the public's First Amendment's right of access to what the Supreme Court has described as "an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will … and local labor councils to support community efforts to hold local media accountable. We also look forward to continued work with our bi-partisan allies in Congress, particularly with the members of the newly formed Media Reform Caucus, on …
Speech

Redmond Celebrates Black Men in Unions

… AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond delivered the following remarks as prepared to the Celebrating Black Men in Unions Conference: Thank you for that warm welcome. Good morning. I’m Fred Redmond, … But law enforcement officers are workers. And they, as workers, have rights to collectively bargain, to have a voice at work, whistleblower protections, as all workers should. But the problem is law enforcement is a broken profession. And the … for racial justice in the workplace and throughout our communities. At the aluminum mill in Chicago where I worked right out of high school and became shop steward and then as grievance chair. At the local where I became active in the fight …
Statement

AFL-CIO’s ‘‘Comments in Response to Executive Order Regarding Trade Agreements Violations and Abuses’’

… The AFL-CIO is pleased to provide comments regarding the harm caused by trade agreement abuses and violations. As detailed in our submission of May … in existing and future trade deals—as well as by negotiating more effective labor provisions. When workers lack the right to speak up about workplace conditions and bargain collectively to improve their lives and livelihoods, it keeps wages, … unions often sign contracts without any participation or input from workers for the sole purpose of interfering with the right to form effective, worker-directed unions. The cumulative effect of these bogus unions is to lower wages and working …
Executive Council Statement

On the Passing of John Sweeney

… faith, and not a day passed by when he didn’t put the needs of working people first. Sweeney was one of four children born to Irish immigrants in a working-class Bronx neighborhood shortly after the Great Depression. His parents, James and Agnes Sweeney, worked as a bus driver and a domestic worker, respectively. Sweeney often spoke about his father’s loyalty to his union, the Transport Workers Union (TWU), with a sense of what it did for his family. Solid meals. A week of vacation. … electing pro-worker champions and fighting for union-friendly policies at all levels of government. Sweeney inspired hard work and loyalty by working harder and longer than anybody and never giving up on people or goals. He kept the optimism and …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Nebraska AFL-CIO Rallies with Meatpacking Workers in Lincoln

… Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight … for COVID-19 protections and is opposing any state legislation. Martin talked about how passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is vitally important in guaranteeing workers the right to negotiate for better working conditions without fear or intimidation by our employers. Some 50 people showed up in …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Trade Unions in the Americas Demand Humane Responses for Forced Migrants from Haiti

… Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. … In response to the escalating humanitarian crisis for Haitians and other forced migrants, Fred Redmond, secretary-treasurer of the … racial justice, the rule of law, and human and trade union rights, our unions will continue to push our governments to do right by the Haitian people and by all working people in the Americas. We will also continue to organize for mutual aid and …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Pro Baseball Players Lock Arms with AFL-CIO

… Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight … announced that it is joining the wider labor movement as the 58th affiliate of the AFL-CIO. “We have an opportunity to advance player rights and worker rights in a way that we have not seen in generations,” said MLBPA Executive Director Tony …
Executive Council Statement

In Support of In-State Tuition for Undocumented Youth, Active Service Members and Veterans

… strong support for the DREAM Act—a piece of federal legislation that would provide hard-working immigrant students a path to legal status.  We noted then that the bill is about children who have grown up in the United States, attended local … members and veterans to qualify for in-state college tuition.  Not surprisingly, these laws have become a target of right-wing extremists connected to groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—the very same organizations … children who were brought to the United States by their parents through no fault of their own, and who are making the right choices in order to lead productive lives.  These young people live in our communities, attend our schools and pray in …