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Convention Resolution

Resolution 3: Good Jobs, Tough Times: A National Strategy for Economic Recovery and Sustained Growth [subsumes Resolution 41]

… Submitted by the Executive Council Referred to the Legislation and Policy Committee As we meet in the great industrial city of Pittsburgh in the fall of 2009, we … workers’ freedom to form unions, prevent erosion of important workplace rights  and protections, help workers balance work and family demands, and provide them with  meaningful education and training opportunities and a sound system of … others, we have a lot of work before us. First and foremost, we need to enact the Employee Free Choice Act—to restore the right of every worker to choose to join a union and bargain collectively for good wages and benefits (see Resolution 1: …
Speech

Trumka: Collective Bargaining Is an Exercise of Freedom

… was held virtually: Thank you, Brother Everett [Kelley]. I am grateful for your leadership and friendship. And I am proud to stand alongside every AFGE member. You are proud public servants—and proud union members—who have fought back against some … attacked your collective bargaining rights. His administration attacked your members’ due process. They attacked your very right to exist. But after each hit, you refused to be knocked down or knocked out. Because you understand that collective … are doing more than ever to serve our country. So we demand more from the people who run this country, including the right to freely and fairly form a union. Congress needs to make the PRO Act a priority, pass it and send it to President …
Speech

Pres. Shuler Delivers the 2024 State of the Unions Speech

… friend, my brother…one of the greatest labor leaders I know…our Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond?? Good MORNING, everyone! To our union family, friends, and everyone watching along: Welcome to Year Two of State Of The Unions! I’m Liz Shuler, … how workers are doing in this country. We showed you some numbers that might have surprised you—ones up on that screen right now. 71% of Americans support unions. And nine in 10 young people under the age of 30. Today is about the next chapter. … you what I hear from this young generation of workers coming up: I can’t believe there used to be a time when you could work one full-time job…and then put a down payment on a home. I don’t let myself even *think* about the future. And it’s …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Union Summer Celebrates 20 Years of Organizing, Heads to the South

… a California native and senior at California State University said that the primary reason why he’s participating is to learn valuable skills to effect change in his community. “There are a lot of challenges working people face—from questionable working conditions to … in a week-long intensive training before heading to their respective campaigns. For nine weeks Summeristas will work to organize state employees, food service employees, workers at auto manufacturing plants and teachers. Union Summer …
Press Release

President Trump’s Picture Not the America for Most Workers

… Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, which he attended last night: Last night, President Trump … by the actual policies he supports. While he’s rightly acknowledged problems in trade, America’s workers are still victim to corporate-designed deals, and last night he offered no solutions to make NAFTA benefit working people. While he recognizes … of outsourcing jobs, his tax bill actually encourages corporations to do it. While he promises to put America back to work building infrastructure, he actually wants to spend more on a border wall than investing in all of America’s …
Press Release

Union Membership Numbers Reflect Broken Labor Laws

… trends taking place across the country. These statistics highlight the urgent need for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. “In 2021, workers forcefully rejected low-wage, thankless jobs after a year of being called essential,” …
Legislative Alert

Letter Urging the Confirmation of Myrna Perez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

… Dear Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Grassley: The AFL-CIO urges swift confirmation of Myrna Perez to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Ms. Perez has stellar professional credentials, extensive litigation experience, and a demonstrated commitment to public service that makes her eminently qualified for this important judicial vacancy. Throughout her professional life, … of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Ms. Perez will bring decades of experience to the Second Circuit. In addition to her work as a litigator, she has taught at both Columbia University Law School and New York University School of Law. With her …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Culinary Union Members March in Solidarity with Las Vegas Hospitality Workers

… 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 … by the union since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 35% of the union’s 60,000 members are still not back at work 19 months later. The Culinary Union fully supports the gaming and tourism industries in Nevada and wants all hospitality … Biden; passing the first and only COVID-19 worker safety law; and passing legislation that gives hospitality workers the right to return to their jobs as the economy improves. The march shows that Culinary Union members are ready to get back to …
Blog

After Prop A Win, UFCW Local 655 Looks to the Future

… When working Missourians overwhelmingly defeated "right to work" in August, they landed a gut punch to corporate interests that reverberated across the country. … The New York Times …
Executive Council Statement

Welfare Reform and Union Representation

… Portland, OR The recently enacted federal welfare reform legislation poses several significant challenges to AFL-CIO affiliates whose members work in the administration, enforcement and delivery of services to welfare recipients and to AFL-CIO affiliates whose members will be working side-by-side with workfare recipients who are …