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National Native American Heritage Month Profiles: Charles Smith

… Throughout National Native American Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Native Americans have made to the labor movement and toward expanding the rights of working people. Today's profile features Charles Smith, cemetery … Rhode Island. His father, a veteran of three wars, is among those buried in the 125-acre cemetery. Smith leads the effort to erect the cemetery’s first monument to Native American veterans. …
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Black History Month Profiles: Keith Robinson

… making Black history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Keith Robinson. … Keith Robinson is a labor …
Executive Council Statement

Immigration Policy Is Economic Policy

… America’s unions have been at the forefront of the fight to create an economy that works for ALL working people. We have a unique expertise on how our immigration system affects the health of our economy and our labor market, and we know that enacting meaningful immigration reform is critical to our long-term efforts to lift labor standards and empower workers. Reasserting the AFL-CIO’s commitment to this work is essential not only to the future of the labor movement, but also to meet our duty to represent and support the …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 39: Reject Any Attempt to Privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority

… f er r e d t o   th e Resolutions C ommit t ee THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) provides top quality power and energy to consumers throughout the Tennessee Valley. Today TVA provides electricity and other services to more than 9 million people … plan was comprised of such landmark bills as the Wagner Act of 1935, which gave most private sector workers the right to organize; the Social Security Act of 1935 to help lift our nation’s seniors out of poverty; and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which created the 40-hour work week and minimum  wage requirements. Also part of the New Deal was passage of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA …
Speech

Trumka Points to Worker Resilience at ILA Convention

… at the 55th Quadrennial Convention of the International Longshoremen's Association:  Good morning, ILA! It is great to be here. Thank you, Brother Harold (Daggett), for that very kind introduction. I appreciate your friendship and your … on. Never forget that the American Dream itself was built through solidarity.  You’ve done the same thing with longshore work. Around the time I was playing football and thinking about where to go to college, Teddy Gleason was securing the future … Overtime. Workplace safety. The freedom to form a union. The forces of corporate greed are still trying to deny you the right to strike by moving longshoremen under the Railway Labor Act. Well, the last time I checked the ILA hasn’t gone on …
Speech

Shuler: Transport Workers Are Leading the Way

… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler's remarks as prepared to the Transportation Workers Union 24th International Convention: Thank you so much for that thoughtful introduction, Alex [Garcia]. Thank you to everyone putting in the work to make this convention possible.  John [Samuelsen], Jerome [Lafragola], Curtis [Tate], Mike [Mayes] and Alex, thank you … in Congress are going to rename the PRO Act in Rich’s honor. We are going to pass the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act. We’re going to keep moving and the memory of all those we’ve lost will be there, with every step …
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Chuck Jones Is Still Taking Trump to Task

… put out a TV commercial in which a union guy said Reagan was for working stiffs like him. Unions warned that the far-right-wing Reagan was notoriously anti-union. "A union member voting for Ronald Reagan would be like a chicken voting for … year in the White House, Reagan busted the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) union. He went on to be the most anti-union president since Republican Herbert Hoover. Reaganomics—warmed over 1920's Republican "trickle down" … Reagan. Last year, unions warned that Trump was anti-union. He even said on the campaign trail that he preferred "right to work" states to non-right to work states. Like Reagan, Trump claimed to be the blue-collar, lunch-bucket candidate. Like …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Sabrina Liu

… 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 Sabrina Liu of the United … Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) in 2019 after years of hard work. As an immigrant herself, she dedicates her time to helping other immigrant workers fight back against oppression and unfair and unsafe working conditions. In 2020, she …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Anita Roberts

… 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 Anita Roberts of the Office and … steward. “Industrial, Technical & Professional Employees Union (ITPEU)/OPEIU Local 4873 has given AAPI members a voice at work,” Roberts said. “Our union recently won a great contract with guaranteed pensions, raises, job security, health care and …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Celebrates Moment of Silence for Sanitation Workers and Honors Black Workers Month

… Today, as America celebrates the start of Black History Month, the AFL-CIO is reaffirming its commitment to fighting for black workers who make up such a vital part of our union movement. As part of Black History and Workers … by bad trade deals and an economic race to the bottom. Coordinated attacks against black workers—including repeated “right to work” legislation and the Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME Council 31—are among the most direct examples of special …