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Pride Month Profiles: Brittani Murray

… For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Brittani Murray of the United Steelworkers …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Maggie Tsai

… Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Maggie Tsai of the Office and … Tsai on the importance of unions: "It is not just about bread-and-butter issues like wages…it goes beyond that. It goes to the progressive values we hold and incorporate into our workplace." …
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Pride Month Profiles: Rich Ognibene

… For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Rich Ognibene of the American Federation …
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Pride Month Profiles: Sierra Kriston

… For Pride Month this year, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ union members who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today's profile is Sierra Kriston of the Bricklayers … bricklayer in 2018. Kriston is currently a field representative for BAC Local 23. "I am passionate about helping to encourage and support diversity and inclusion," Kriston said. …
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Trumka to Postal Workers Convention: Your Reach is Universal

… Thank you, Brother Mark [Dimondstein] . It’s great to be with the Postal Workers! Thank you for inviting me to your convention. The American Postal Workers is a powerful union. … and talking to friends, neighbors and anyone else who will listen, and you’ve changed the national conversation about the work you do. After Election Day, that activism will help change federal law to finally end the manufactured crisis at the … Everyone who wants to join or form a union should be able to do so, free from interference. And employers who violate that right should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We want justice for our families and communities. That means …
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Trumka Hails Power of Stewards at Air Line Pilots Association Training Conference

… Air Line Pilots Association Leadership Training Conference:  Thank you, Brother Tim [Canoll]! Thank you for inviting me to this important gathering of a great, great union. It’s good to be with you two years in a row, and I want to thank you especially for your work on the relief effort in Puerto Rico. That was incredible, amazing, but hardly surprising, to be honest, because worker … since day one, and the door is still open. Let me give you an example. I know President Trump took a small step in the right direction…but a good step nevertheless...by reaching an “Understandings Agreement” with Qatar on aviation. We need more …
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Programs

… working people in all stages of their career. We provide opportunities for union members, as well as future members to gain valuable skills to become leaders in their unions, advocate for workers’ rights and become forces of good for their communities. ¡Adelante! … Young Worker Program program is made up of young people in unions, progressive allies, students and community groups who work to advance social and economic justice and ensure that all people have the opportunity to secure a better future. …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 38: Resolution That Reynolds American Inc. Establish a Process with FLOC That Guarantees Freedom of Association and Worker Representation for Tobacco Farm Workers in the Tobacco Supply Chain

… and human rights protections; WHEREAS, many tobacco farm workers are recruited by criminal syndicates in Mexico, forced to pay thousands in extortionist fees and work without legal documentation, making them particularly vulnerable to exploitation; WHEREAS, RAI does not directly employ the tobacco farm workers, but RAI effectively controls pricing  and …
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The PRO Act: Pathway to Power for Workers

… the co-founder of the Walt Disney Co., called out the family business’ current CEO last month for making what’s supposed to be the happiest place on earth pretty darn miserable for its workers. … All of the company profits shouldn’t be going into … bargaining—that is, the power of concerted action. The United States recognized this in the 1930s and gave Americans the right to organize labor unions under the National Labor Relations Act (NRLA). The increase in unionization encouraged by the … the collective bargaining agreement. This would beat back one of the major assaults on labor rights—so-called “right to work” laws—by allowing unions to function fully for their members. The bill proposes a system to ensure that workers who …