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Press Release

AFL-CIO: Speaker Mike Johnson Does Not Stand with Workers

… has been elected the new speaker of the House of Representatives, Republicans in the House are talking about a return to “the business of legislating.” Workers across the country have a simple question: Legislating for whom ? If Speaker … corporations and attacking the health, safety and well-being of America’s working people. On the issues that matter most to working people, Johnson has voted consistently with the most extreme elements of the Republican Party—and been a driving … Social Security and the Affordable Care Act. He has voted against infrastructure packages to put Americans back to work, and opposed legislation that raises wages and helps workers join a union, and rejected bills time and again that would …
Blog

Stop Asian American and Pacific Islander Hate: In the States Roundup

… It's time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state … supports collective bargaining over safety law. Let's be sure they vote NO on SB341 so Arkansas's Employees keep their right to collectively bargain. #arkleg #arpx #arleg #1u #ARWorkers #ARSafety pic.twitter.com/GhgxP3BRK5 — Arkansas AFL-CIO … federal provision.” pic.twitter.com/99VNrtY5vn — Kentucky AFL-CIO (@aflcioky) March 16, 2021 Maine AFL-CIO: "Right to work" (for less) laws are about weakening the collective power of working class people to line the pockets of greedy CEOs & …
Speech

Trumka Rallies Michigan AFL-CIO COPE Delegates

… Thank you, Brother Ron [Bieber]. It’s wonderful to be here with you in Michigan. This is union country. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the 2018 election. I’m … about workers. I don’t think that’s too much to ask! I know how difficult it’s been here in Michigan. The auto crisis. Right to work. Flint. Privatization. And the surprise election of Donald Trump. But you’ve stood strong. You’ve done the labor …
Speech

Labor’s Future: Bargaining for All

… President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks at the National Press Club:  Good afternoon. It is an honor to be here on behalf of the 55 unions and 12.5 million members of the AFL-CIO to talk about how to win progress for America’s … For anyone unfamiliar, this is not a celebration. It’s a reminder that for a woman to earn as much as a man, she has to work a full year, plus an extra 100 days, all the way to April 4. For women of color, it’s even longer. The pay gap between … more fairly. Now it would seem that the Bill of Rights—with its freedoms of speech and assembly—affords every worker the right to bargain with their employer. But that is not how the system works in practice. The law today only requires employers …
Speech

Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond's Speech at the Connecticut AFL-CIO Convention

… Good morning, everyone! It’s great to be with you all in this great union state. It’s an honor to join you for this year’s convention. I would like to recognize … movement across the state…thank you for your dedication…for your solidarity. I know it hasn’t been easy. We’ve had our work cut out for us these past few years. But the Connecticut labor movement is resilient. You’re tough and you’re not afraid … the lives of workers who now have a good, union job. Workers at cannabis shops…at museums…at universities…like the ones right here in New Haven…they’re finding out the difference a union makes. The Yale graduate students union…this has been a …
Press Release

AFL-CIO: Extremist Efforts to Erode Democracy Are a Wake-Up Call for America

… Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on President Biden’s call to action for strengthening democracy to heighten “the soul of the nation”:  Tonight, President Biden issued a wake-up call to America. The ongoing extremist threats to erode democracy and voting rights are a grave danger to all the gains working …
Press Release

AFL-CIO President Applauds New Regulations Ensuring Fair Wages for Clean Energy Jobs

… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement on a new rule from the Biden administration to ensure that workers on projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) receive fair wages, in compliance with the … win for working people, made possible with the culmination of decades of advocacy by the labor movement and years of work by the Biden–Harris administration. Today, we fulfill one of the key promises of the Inflation Reduction Act: that we … in line with those they’ve won through hard-fought contract negotiations. The regulations will encourage developers to do right by the workers they hire, support the increase of apprenticeships, and build the clean energy workforce.  Union members …
Speech

Trumka at AFGE VA Rally: 'We hold the power.'

… Brothers and sisters, I’m Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. It is great to be here today. As I begin, I want to recognize the outstanding leadership of Senator Bernie Sanders. Bernie is a friend, … veterans in this country. We need solutions, not scapegoats.   Here is the part that makes me really mad. The corporate right-wing has deliberately created this crisis so their rich friends can profit off a scheme to privatize the VA and destroy … For our veterans. For our nation. For each other. We hold the power! Thank you. God bless you, and God bless the work you do! …
Blog

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.: In the States Roundup

… It's time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state … (@MNAFLCIO) January 12, 2024 Missouri AFL-CIO: We are in the "best run of wage increases won by labor since the period right after the end of World War II."  Working people are fighting together and we are winning together! … Nevada State AFL-CIO // Pass the #PROAct (@NVAFLCIO) January 16, 2024 New Hampshire AFL-CIO: THIS: “The roots of “Right-to-Work” are steeped in racism from the Jim Crow era. HB-1377 is not about worker freedom and it belongs nowhere near New …
Executive Council Statement

HIV/AIDS

… Twenty years into the HIV/AIDS pandemic, new infection rates across the globe are soaring, but the resources being brought to bear pale in comparison to the need. Here in the United States, the growing infection rates within communities of color … of Human Rights. Whether governments and international organizations actually have an obligation to enforce this right is hotly disputed. On March 30, 2001, the Bush Administration stressed in its response to the UN’s draft declaration on … adoption of the recently ratified International Labor Organization’s “Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work.”  We recognize that this unprecedented public health disaster must be met by a multi-sectoral approach with the …