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Press Release

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On New Rule Ensuring Wage Standards to Home Care Workers

… The rule issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor finally recognizes the value of the work done by millions of people who take care of our aging parents as well as our sisters, brothers and children with … labor is often physically and emotionally demanding, have the protection of our nation’s most basic labor standards – the right to be paid a minimum wage and receive more for working overtime.  Yet since 1975, the Labor Department has allowed an entire, …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 32: Open Consensus Codes and Standards

… Open Consensus Codes and Standards   WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO has worked long and hard to ensure the health and safety of organized workers across the United States and Canada, and WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO, through many and varied efforts, has developed numerous programs to help ensure that organized labor provides only the highest quality work, and WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO therefore has an inherent interest in the design and construction requirements of buildings, …
Blog

Bull Connor, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Labor Movement

… In the first week of May 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faced a painful dilemma as he sought to conclude the great Birmingham, Ala., campaign. The labor movement helped solve this dilemma and a great civil rights … others of his small but fascinating role in these events. It’s a story of how our labor movement has sometimes lived up to its role in the larger civil and human rights movement. … Weeks of massive civil rights protest marches had led Alabama … continued. The impasse was broken only when King and the attorney general, both under immense pressure, agreed to work together to raise the bail money. King called the famous black singer and activist Harry Belafonte, securing a pledge of …
Speech

Shuler: Iowa Labor Inspires the Nation

… Shuler delivered the following remarks at the Iowa AFL-CIO Convention:  Hello, Iowa labor. Thank you Charlie [Wishman] and to you Pete [Hird], and all the activists and leaders in the Iowa labor movement. I was hoping to be there in person with you … union.  So it’s a fitting tribute that our friends in Congress are going to rename it the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act.   Iowa labor, we’re going to build on the amazing work you did over the last few months when you engaged state legislators and showed up at Senator Ernst’s offices and Senator …
Speech

Trumka to Alabama AFL-CIO: United We Win, Divided We Fall

… delivered the following remarks at the Alabama AFL-CIO Convention: Good morning, brothers and sisters. It is an honor to be here with you today. Brother Rickey (Kornegay), thank you for that introduction. You and Brother Bren (Riley) are doing … tide! You’ve maintained nearly 10% union density—more than Virginia and Georgia combined—in the face of globalization and right to work, anti-worker politicians and corporate greed. Just look at what happened with Airbus. When the French giant decided to …
Press Release

Liz Shuler Elected AFL-CIO President at 2022 Convention Alongside Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond

… The AFL-CIO Convention delegates today elected Liz Shuler to serve as president of the federation of 57 unions and 12.5 million members. Shuler is the first woman to hold the office in the history of the labor federation. Delegates also elected Fred Redmond to serve as … to uplift and empower the labor movement.  Redmond has been a United Steelworkers (USW) member since 1973, when he went to work at Reynolds Metals Co. in Chicago. He became active in his local union almost immediately, serving as shop steward and …
Speech

Shuler Salutes 125 Years of Ironworkers' Breakthroughs

… AFL-CIO Acting President Liz Shuler delivered the following remarks to the Ironworkers Convention:  Thank you so much for the kind introduction, Eric [Dean].  And thank you to everyone for all … always looking forward.  As we look forward now. I see the best way we can honor Rich’s life is by continuing his life’s work.  We will carry Rich’s spirit with us as we press forward to pass the  Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act. That’s right, our friends in Congress are renaming the PRO Act after our beloved leader.  And Rich’s …
Speech

Trumka Hails Tai's Worker-Centered Trade Appoach

… I’m Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. On behalf of our 56 affiliated unions and 12.5 million members, I want to welcome you to the House of Labor.  And I want to thank Ambassador Katherine Tai. This is a historic first for working people. Ambassador … rights.  The labor movement knows that trade is a vital part of a modern global economy. But the global economy must work for working people.   Our choice is not whether trade and economic globalization are inherently “good” or “bad.” The …
Blog

Registered Nurses on the Move: Worker Wins

… organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. This edition begins with: … Michigan Medical Techs Vote 92% YES to Join Michigan Nurses Association : A group of medical professionals in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan voted on June 27 to … law. Colorado’s governor signed the bill giving agricultural employees the same rights as all other workers, including the right to unionize and be paid at least the state’s minimum wage. The signing took place after months of the Colorado AFL-CIO … a job,” Erni Poché told NPR . Poché is an associate campaigner at Change.org in New York City, where she says she has to work a second job to make ends meet. “I live in New York City. That [salary] doesn't go a long way.” Workers like her also …
Press Release

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Federal Texas Judge’s Injunction of Immigration Executive Action

… This temporary setback will not deter the AFL-CIO’s work on the ground to ensure that as many workers as possible are eventually able to gain protections and work authorization under the new deferred action programs. Around the country, we will continue …