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Shuler: Minnesota Labor Is Committed to Racial and Economic Justice

… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered the following remarks by video to the Minnesota AFL-CIO Convention: Hello Minnesota—I am honored to be with you—even by video.   Thank you for your … country.  So we need to put the age-old tactic of division behind us. A century ago, we let racism divide us. That's how right to work laws were created. Racism hurts all of us. Not just workers of color. And immigrants pushed into the shadow economy; …
Speech

Trumka at MLK Lunch: Racial Equality is a Labor Issue

… Sisters and brothers, I have the special honor of presenting the At the River I Stand Award  to two very deserving individuals, but before I get into that, I want to make a few points about our labor movement and the … in America. The struggle for racial equality and just immigration has always been—at its core— a labor issue. Slavery was work policy. Immigration impacts our workplaces. Housing discrimination, mass incarceration, public education, health care … past year, we have seen their genuine dedication. None of us has all the answers, but these leaders know how to ask the right questions, and they’ve both helped make our labor movement a more just and diverse place. Marc Perrone is a man of …
Executive Council Statement

Barbara Easterling

… of America at the union’s convention this June. Among the many “firsts” that Barbara achieved was becoming the first woman to serve as AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer in 1995. She was also the first woman to win election to the secretary-treasurer post within CWA. Barbara was steeped in trade union principles early on, growing up in Akron, Ohio, in a family of union coal miners and rubber workers. After going to work as a telephone operator at Ohio Bell Telephone Co., she immediately joined CWA Local 4302 serving as a steward, …
Legislative Alert

Letter to Representatives to Support Reforming the Music Licensing Laws to Ensure Musicians, Artists and Performers Are Paid Fairly

… Dear Representative:  I am writing to remind you of the AFL-CIO’s strong opposition to the Local Radio Freedom Act (S. Con. Res. 4). We urge you not to … airplay of all of their music on all radio platforms.  The broadcasters will argue that any effort to create a performance right would hurt small radio stations and local broadcasters. In fact, the Fair Play Fair Pay Act would cap royalties at $500 … preserving local radio broadcasters, its real purpose conflicts with the principle of a "fair day's wage for a fair day's work.” The Local Radio Freedom Act benefits large corporate radio chains while harming individual artists and musicians. If …
Legislative Alert

Letter to Senators to Support Reforming the Music Licensing Laws to Ensure Musicians, Artists and Performers Are Paid Fairly

… Dear Senator:  I am writing to remind you of the AFL-CIO’s strong opposition to the Local Radio Freedom Act (S. Con. Res. 4). We urge you not to … airplay of all of their music on all radio platforms.  The broadcasters will argue that any effort to create a performance right would hurt small radio stations and local broadcasters. In fact, the Fair Play Fair Pay Act would cap royalties at $500 … preserving local radio broadcasters, its real purpose conflicts with the principle of a "fair day's wage for a fair day's work.” The Local Radio Freedom Act benefits large corporate radio chains while harming individual artists and musicians. If …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: CWA Members Rally to End the Filibuster, Pass the PRO Act

… 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 … days later, at the Arizona Democratic Party’s state convention, members passed resolutions calling for Sinema and Kelly to work to end the filibuster and support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. CWA Local 7050 member …
Executive Council Statement

On the Retirement of Michael J. Sullivan

… Indianapolis, Michael Sullivan completed his apprenticeship as a sheet metal worker. Since then he has dedicated himself to the men and women of his union and to all working families. As general president of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association since 1999, Sullivan has … basic values of working men and women.   Throughout his leadership of SMWIA, Sullivan has focused on growth and expanding work and training opportunities for the working men and women he serves, building fruitful relationships with employers and …
Press Release

NLRB Nominees’ Records Raise Serious Concerns

… Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on nominees to the National Labor Relations Board who will testify before the Senate HELP Committee on Thursday, July 13, 2017: President … two nominees for the National Labor Relations Board whose track records raise serious concerns about their commitment to the rights and protections guaranteed by our labor laws and enforced by the NLRB. Marvin Kaplan has never practiced labor … working people. A fair and functioning NLRB can protect the freedom of working people to negotiate a fair return on our work so we can provide for our families. A partisan, ideologically driven NLRB can further empower corporations and CEOs to …
Blog

Union Veterans Council Leader Attig to Help Gov.-Elect Pritzker Serve Illinois Veterans

… team, the Serving Illinois' Heroes Committee. Attig will help make sure that Pritzker and his administration are ready to serve veterans right out of the gate. … Attig said: What this committee is is really a working group, a very diverse group of veterans, … younger generation of veterans, but our veterans that are retiring, the Vietnam veterans that are entering retirement age right now that we still need to make sure that we take care of. Read more about Attig's role and learn about the Union …
Blog

50 Years After His Assassination, Here is a JFK Quote on Unions

… organized labor--those who would cripple collective bargaining or prevent organization of the unorganized--do a disservice to the cause of democracy. Fifty years or so ago the American Labor Movement was little more than a group of dreamers, and look at it now. From coast to coast, in factories, stores, warehouse and business establishments of all kinds, industrial democracy is at work. Employees, represented by free and democratic trade unions of their own choosing, participate actively in determining …