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NEA Partnerships

… ways for the 3 million members of the National Education Association (NEA) and the 12.5 million members of AFL-CIO unions to work together to strengthen and unify the union movement and meet the needs of working families. The AFL-CIO/NEA Labor Solidarity …
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Why Domestic Workers Like Nicanora Montenegro Should Be Considered Essential Workers

… also the most at risk of COVID-19.  … This pandemic has illustrated just how essential the often invisible and undervalued work that caregivers, like Montenegro, provide. Without them, front-line workers who are parents or have other family responsibilities wouldn’t be able to go to work, and older adults, people with disabilities and people with chronic illnesses would not be able to shelter in place.  …
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Rally to Save the News Held in Chicago

… During the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protests in response to the killing of George Floyd, working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors … They spoke about the need for free and fair access to information, and how it is especially critical for working people right now because of the pandemic, the economic crisis and the protests against racial injustice. “The public’s right to information is at stake more than ever because of the risks journalists face,” Don Villar (NABET-CWA), …
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: South Florida AFL-CIO: Labor Activists Gather to Unveil Miami Mural

… 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 … story. … South Florida advocacy, civil rights and labor groups, including the South Florida AFL-CIO, gathered on March 18 to unveil “Rise,” a mural created to call attention to a long list of bills in the Florida Legislature that are anti-worker … Mitchell. “We are reverting to an era of Jim Crow laws where the people, particularly people of color, will be denied the right to vote, a living wage, an education or seek other opportunities. It is the sole duty of our elected representatives to …
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2009 Adopted Resolutions

… Immigration Reform Resolution 12:  A Strong Public Sector Resolution 13:  Union Veterans Council Resolution 14:  Women, Work and Families Resolution 15:  The American Labor Studies Center Resolution 16:  End the Silence on Labor Rights in Iraq … Should Give People with Disabilities a Voice and a Face Resolution 20:  Call for a National JOBS Now! Initiative—An Agenda to Put Americans Back to Work Resolution 21:  Labor Unity Resolution 24:  Seafarers' Identity Document Resolution 25: … to Cuba​​​​​​​ Resolution 46: Opposing Nationwide Do Not Mail Registry​​​​​​​ Resolution 48: Public Education: A Civil Right, A Shared Responsibility​​​​​​​ Resolution 52: Bring All the Troops and Contractors Home! Resolution 53: Statement in …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Andrew Brasher's Nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals

… Washington DC 20510-6050 Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to oppose the nomination of Alabama Middle District Court Judge Andrew Brasher to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. We have both substantive and procedural bases for … for the notoriously ideological office of the Alabama Solicitor General, where he led or actively supported efforts to undermine the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), defend unconstitutional racial gerrymandering of …
Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting Julia A. Su's Nomination as Deputy Secretary of Labor

… 20510 Dear Chairman Murray and Ranking Member Burr: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge swift confirmation of Julie A. Su to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. Ms. Su is a stellar nominee who has devoted her career to advancing labor rights, workplace protections, and employment opportunities for all. Ms. Su most recently served as … the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, where she collaborated with business, labor, and community leaders to implement emergency workplace safety standards to save lives during the Covid-19 pandemic and to design a Covid-19 …
Press Release

New Report Shows Action on Economic Threats from China Needed Immediately

… Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the 2021 Annual Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: Today’s China Commission report offers another clear … analysis and recommendations deserve attention by all policymakers. The bipartisan, balanced report draws attention to Wall Street’s ongoing efforts to fuel China’s quest for capital to support its policies and the blind pursuit of profits … security interests, Wall Street firms continued to invest in those companies. While it may be legal, it simply is not right. The commission offers recommendations to limit investments in those firms and to protect the retirement security of …
Executive Council Statement

Bankruptcy Is Not the Answer for the People of Detroit

… Last week, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder authorized the Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) for Detroit, Kevyn Orr, to race to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy so he would beat a state judge ruling that this action violated the Michigan … and which is pushing to severely cut the retirement security of the retired coal miners after a lifetime of backbreaking work in their mines. Every step of the way, the citizens of Detroit were told they had to give up their right to democratic representation by giving power to an emergency financial manager in order to avoid bankruptcy. Now that …
Executive Council Statement

Time for a High-Wage Economic Strategy

… of the stagnation of wages and incomes that has crippled the American middle class for more than a generation.  If we want to fix what is wrong with our economy, we must organize workers and raise wages.  We have no choice but to abandon the … the experience of working people in this country and in other countries around the world that only when workers have the right to effectively organize and collectively bargain, in a manner that creates economy-wide impact, do societies enjoy … economic strategy requires a fundamental rethinking of macroeconomic policy.  Specifically, we must put American back to work and make full employment the lodestar of all of our policymaking; forge a new model for engagement with the global …