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Shuler to Metal Trades: We Need Worker Voice in Innovation Process

… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered the following remarks as prepared to the Metal Trades Department 71st Convention: Thank you so much, Jimmy, for your leadership and thank you to the Metal … starving our communities. Corporate greed has chipped away at workers rights. Technology is evolving and changing our work and the economy. And the only reason we’re getting through the worst ever public health crisis is because working people … fired when we stand together in unions. That means passing the PRO Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act right alongside it. And we are going to protect and expand our voting rights. We are going to put an end to wage theft, the …
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Bayard Rustin

… as the first executive director of the AFL-CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute, he worked closely with the labor movement to ensure African American workers' rightful place in the House of Labor. Born in West Chester, Pa., on March 17, 1912, … which he was arrested. Rustin attended Wilberforce University in Ohio, and Cheney State Teachers College. Rustin decided to dedicate himself to the cause of peace and civil rights. In 1937, he volunteered with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Reacts to Police Shooting of Jacob Blake

… labor movement joins with all those in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and across the country who are nonviolently demanding an end to systemic racial injustice after the shooting of Jacob Blake. Despite months of protest and the outpouring of heartfelt … Black people and the service of good officers must be called out. As Americans, we must recognize the difference between right and wrong, and we must always stand up for what is right. Statement from the AFL-CIO Task Force on Racial Justice: We … created the Task Force on Racial Justice and why we formed a subcommittee on policing. A main objective of this critical work is to bring tangible reform to break down the systemic racism and inequality that have plagued our nation for too long …
Press Release

Labor Movement Leads PRO Act Events in Backyards of All 100 Senators

… The AFL-CIO is leading a Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act Week of Action, part of the labor movement’s national campaign urging senators to pass this transformative bipartisan legislation. This week of action includes at least one event near every U.S. senator’s …
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On Track, But Not Done

… news, labor leaders noted that the pursuit of an agreement that works for workers was on track while cautioning that the work is far from over.  In a joint statement yesterday , AFL-CIOPresident Richard Trumka, United Steelworkers (USW) … an agreement that works for working people in all three countries, and we are not done yet. There is more work that needs to be done to deliver the needed, real solutions to NAFTA’s deeply ingrained flaws. Any new deal must raise wages, ensure … but its implementation, monitoring and enforcement. We remain committed to working with the administration to get NAFTA right. Our members’ jobs depend on it. But, as always, the devil is in the details. Read more about a NAFTA agreement that …
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We Love This Note to an Abusive Boss That’s Going Viral. But There’s One Thing Wrong with It

… We Love This Note to an Abusive Boss That’s Going Viral. But There’s One Thing Wrong with It originally appeared on Working America's Main Street blog . We don’t use the term “viral” lightly, but these guys earned it. This note written by Journeys’ workers to their boss “Jamie” was posted to Reddit on Saturday and has zipped across the Internet today. “Niki, Jess and TJ” can now … fellow human beings? But here’s the thing. You shouldn’t have to quit your job in order to address abusive treatment at work. We started FixMyJob.com to give workers the tools to make positive changes in their workplaces, changes that don’t …
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Wisconsin Troublemaker Frank Emspak Passes

… Frank Emspak (June 21, 1943–June 14, 2024) made countless contributions to the labor and civil rights movements, and the struggle for world peace . He followed in his father's footsteps. Julius … (UE) during the 1930s and 1940s. His mother, Stella Abrams, was a labor activist who become office manager and secretary to Julius, who was leading a dramatically rising UE. … In Tuckahoe, New York, Frank Emspak became a political activist in … Independent News Service (WIN). Starting in 2002, WIN broadcast on 70 radio stations and later on the internet. His work on “Labor Radio” was recognized with a mayoral proclamation on the 25th anniversary of the program. Read more. …
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Trumka to Alaska AFL-CIO Delegates: We're Taking Back Our Country

… Thank you, Brother Vince [Beltrami] , for that kind introduction. And thank you for inviting me to your convention. It’s good to be back in Alaska. Let me tell you something, Alaska is a beautiful place. I’ll be honest, I … thank you and congratulate you for being one of the few state federations of labor to successfully endorse, fight for and work with Democratic and Republican leaders. That’s political independence. I’m not saying things are perfect today, but your … your family a decent life and a strong future, it all comes back to a union contract. Yet politicians can rob us of the right to have or keep a union on the job. Politics matter. Anchorage politics matter. Fairbanks politics matter. You’re on …
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The AFL-CIO’s Response to Trump’s Presidency

… appeared at On Labor . Rather than slice and dice the electorate into different demographics and voting blocks, we have to understand what happened on Nov. 8 not as a vote for or against the two candidates. Rather, it was something much larger. … of working people all over the formerly industrialized world, brought on by globalization forcing them to compete for work in a labor market without borders. Candidate Trump was correct when he said , "I see a big parallel" between U.K. voters … they will threaten liberal democracy and slow or even reverse our halting progress toward equality. Both candidates were right that we need to rebuild our physical infrastructure to compete in the global economy, but we also need to rebuild the …
Executive Council Statement

The Rev. James Orange

… dogs. Those images, which were broadcast across the nation, showed the true face of racism and helped turn public opinion to support the civil rights movement. Over the years, Orange played an important role in civil rights actions ranging from Selma and Memphis to Chicago, as well as in King's last campaign, the Poor People's Movement.In 1977, Orange joined the AFL-CIO and became a … all marched with him for justice. For decades, he took part in nearly every major effort by southern working women and men to form unions and seek a voice in the workplace. Many years ago, a sheriff in Alabama told James Orange, "Sing one more …