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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: WNBA Players Are Latest Group of Athletes to Affiliate with AFL‑CIO

… 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 … stories every day. Here’s today’s story. … Today, we welcome the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) to the AFL-CIO. The labor movement’s commitment to gender and racial diversity isn’t simply rhetoric. We’re a movement about action. The WNBPA’s affiliation is a historic …
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2024 California Labor Federation Convention

… Hello brothers, sisters, siblings! California Labor! I’m so happy to be here with you in San Diego…I just left Milwaukee, speaking out about the lies of the Trump record on workers. And it’s … sticking together on full display when our IATSE family fought hard at the bargaining table—and are casting their ballots right now to ratify their contract. 50,000 strong, defining the future of work on their terms. That wouldn’t happen without the incredible solidarity of this movement. And this amazing leadership …
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Seasonal Jobs Should Be Safe, Good Jobs

… In response to the introduction of the Seasonal Worker Solidarity Act, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement: … jobs should be safe, good jobs, where everyone is treated fairly. The pandemic has exposed the systemic undervaluing of work now understood to be essential and increased recognition of the need for enforceable worker protections. Our current abusive model of …
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The Legendary Career and Spiritual Calling of John Sweeney

… calling, a divine act of solidarity in a world plagued by distance and division. The son of Irish immigrants, he used work as a way to directly apply his values, consistently exhibiting grit over flash and pursuing progress instead of posturing. He built … and in the halls of power. Throughout his storied life, John used the lessons he learned as a ground-level union leader to uphold dignity for all working people and expand human rights worldwide. I was proud to join his insurgent ticket in 1995, …
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AFL-CIO Calls for Sweeping Reforms of H-2B Visa Program

… Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the recent announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that it plans to increase the number of available H-2B visas:  Seasonal workers are on the front lines, and these jobs should be good, … at unacceptable risk. Rather than expanding an exploitative model, we renew our call for the administration and Congress to prioritize humanitarian pathways and implement extensive H-2B reforms that lift labor standards, hold employers … shortage of good jobs is a crisis that gets far too little attention. Workers are no longer willing to risk their lives to work for meager wages without child care support, paid leave or basic safety protections, and they are taking collective …
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AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: NLRB Ruling Affirms Freedom to Join a Union for Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team

… (NLRB’s) ruling recognizing the Dartmouth men’s basketball team as employees: Yesterday’s NLRB decision affirming the right of Dartmouth men’s basketball team to join a union is game-changing. College athletes put their heart and soul into excelling for their schools, working long, … of unions because they know “it’s better in a union.” We applaud the worker-athletes at Dartmouth for doing the hard work to organize, and we support them in having a union election soon in the wake of this important ruling. We demand …
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AFL-CIO President on Anniversary of Dobbs Decision

… :  In overturning  Roe v. Wade , the Trump majority on the U.S. Supreme Court defied nearly 50 years of settled law to rob workers of the freedom to make our own health care decisions.  Dobbs  unleashed a shockwave of hardship for workers and our families, some of whom had to miss work and travel out of state just to see a doctor. Access to reproductive health care is critical to women’s economic …
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Redmond: Diversity Is the Cornerstone to Democracy

… AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond delivered the following remarks as prepared, virtually, to the National Black Law Students Association: Thank you, for that warm introduction Nick [Hall].  Hello, everyone, I’m Fred … law students who are going to change the legal community. Now look, you’re already on your way to doing that. Because right now, when a Black person walks into a courtroom, what is the chance the judge or the defense attorney or the … to limit our power and limit our voice.    Voter suppression laws.    Gerrymandering and redistricting laws.    Right to work laws.    Laws intended to discriminate…to criminalize based on the color of our skin or where we live or who we choose …
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2022 Adopted Resolutions

… The following resolutions were passed by the delegates at the 2022 AFL-CIO Convention. Resolution 1: Building Worker Power to increase the Pace and Scale of Organizing Resolution 2: Innovation to Strengthen State, Area and Local Central Bodies … Stronger Families Resolution 5: Climate Change, Energy and Union Jobs Resolution 6: Safe Jobs–Every Worker's Fundamental Right Resolution 7: The Time is Now for Fixing America's Broken Labor Laws Resolution 8: Promote Gender Equity Resolution 9: … 17: Solidarity With Ukraine Resolution 18: Support the Jones Act Resolution 29: Fight for the Shorter Workweek and Work Life with No Loss of Pay Resolution 31: Preserving Middle-Class Jobs: Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Resolution 35: …
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I Drove the President's Motorcade in New Mexico

… business manager of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 611 and president of the Central New Mexico Labor Council. I was asked to be part of President Joe Biden’s motorcade during his most recent visit to Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was a great honor to drive in the motorcade of the current president of the United States. … President Biden is a strong supporter of unions …