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Press Release

President Obama Must Address Worker and Human Rights in East Africa

… Statement by AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre on President Obama’s Visit to East Africa We call on President Obama to address ongoing worker and human rights conditions in Kenya, Ethiopia, and the East Africa region.  During his visit, he … to stand together to hold our leaders accountable to their commitments to an inclusive economic agenda that creates decent work and addresses the needs of workers and their families.  Support for democracy, good governance, and freedom of …
Speech

Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond's Speech at the 2024 MLK Human and Civil Rights Conference

… Good morning brothers and sisters. Thank you for spending your holiday weekend with us. And I want to echo Liz and thank Danielle and Clay and our Civil and Human Rights department, and our meetings and travel department, and everybody whose hard work is making this weekend happen. And that includes President Liz Shuler. Under her leadership, the AFL-CIO has committed … it’s going to take all of us to fully realize a world where all people are treated fairly and without discrimination, the right to vote and to participate fully in civic life, and the opportunity to live and work with dignity. When we’re working …
Press Release

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on GOP Efforts to Weaken Worker Rights

… Republicans against the NLRB’s common-sense modernization of its election rules is a direct attack on workers and their right to be heard in the workplace. Working men and women want an agenda from their Congressional leaders that raises wages and … Republican policies that roll back progress and silence workers while protecting their biggest donors. President Obama is right in his commitment to vetoing this harmful legislation, and Congressional Republicans should focus their efforts on …
Speech

Shuler: We Need Action to Protect Our Voting and Organizing Rights and with It, Our Democracy

… state lawmakers outside the House of Labor.  Watch the press conference here. Thank you, Representative Turner. Thank you to you and all of your colleagues for your courage and your determination. Hello, everyone. It’s an honor to bring the voices of the 12.5 million working people in the AFL-CIO, all across our country and our economy who are … most pro-union President and Vice President. A pro-worker majority in the U.S. House. And thanks to the relentless hard work of organizers in Georgia--two wins, which critics said were impossible--we also have a pro-worker majority in the U.S. …
Press Release

Supreme Court’s Decision Will Not Stop Workers from Exercising Our Right to Strike

… the employer another bite at the apple. The court recognized that for nearly a century, federal law has protected workers’ right to strike in order to improve workers’ wages, hours and working conditions. Unfortunately, the court then relied on unfounded allegations in the …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Texas AFL-CIO Fights for the Right to Vote Safely

… 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 … every day. Here’s today’s story. … Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, an anti-worker politician, is making a last-minute attempt to suppress votes ahead of unexpectedly competitive elections in the Lone Star State. With a month left to vote, Abbott … turn in their ballots early. Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy (TSEU/CWA) responded, calling it an attempt to suppress the right to vote: “All working families need to know about our power to change Texas at the polls is [yesterday’s] attempt by …
Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Illinois Labor Movement Wins Workers’ Rights Amendment

… 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 … every day. Here’s today’s story. … One of the most important ballot proposals in this election was in Illinois, where right-wing politicians have been trying to chip away at our right to organize. Voters, driven by a positive and effective campaign from Illinois’ union members, have responded in huge …
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Safer Workplaces

… Español English … The most effective way to convince your employer to provide the protections you need is to take action with a group of your co-workers.   … As … to reopen after closures due to the pandemic, union members around the country are leading the fight for a safe return to work by exposing unsafe conditions, creating standards that protect workers and using union bargaining power to negotiate … continues during this health and economic crisis. When you and your co-workers come together to form a union, you earn the right to negotiate with your employer over wages, benefits and working conditions, and without fear of retaliation. A union …
Blog

King and Meany Brought Civil Rights and Labor Together for a Legacy That Continues Today

… movements. He told an AFL-CIO gathering, "What we want for ourselves, we want for all humanity." Meany met with King to privately discuss how they could work together. King proposed that the AFL-CIO invest pension assets in housing, to help lessen economic inequality. The AFL-CIO then established the Investment Department in August 1960 to guide union …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 9: Working Politics for Working Families

… of Fire Fighters   “One of the strongest impulses in man is patriotism. It is the instinct that has ever inspired men to make great and heroic sacrifices—to give up interests, possessions, dear ones, and even life itself. Patriotism lifts men above expediency, safety and … working families. Our political principles must be from and for the union movement. Our political principles must work for working families. To be successful, we must be smart and we must be realistic. The labor movement must support its …