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Yellen Is the Right Choice for All Working Families

… Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to today’s nomination: President-elect Joe Biden has made history by nominating former Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen to be the first female treasury secretary, moving away from decades of bipartisan Wall Street groupthink. As Federal Reserve … color long ignored by economic policymakers. During this prolonged pandemic that is crushing working families from coast to coast, working people welcome this proven public servant who will bring a track record of smart, pro-worker policy to the …
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To Protect the Rights of Working People: What Working People Are Doing This Week

… Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the … — AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) April 18, 2022 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers: Unionizing is hard, worthy work. It has a way of bringing us together even when we ultimately “lose.” Listen to this 35-minute recap with Hershey BCTGM … Members Dan Toth met with Phoenix, AZ Branch 576 and Auxiliary 377 at their meeting in January. Pictured here (left to right): Barbara Lewis, Dan Toth, Rosemary White, Jana Maron, NALC Auxiliary Vice President Cynthia Martinez …
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'Right to Work' Designed to Keep Black Workers Poor

… past discriminatory practices in organized labor’s history as reason for implementing our state’s currently pending "right to work" law, along with other anti-worker measures such as ending prevailing wage and minimum wage requirements. … To claim …
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Working People Have the Power to Restore Reproductive Rights

… This past week marked one year since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn 50 years of precedent in Roe v. Wade. … This ruling continues to reverberate throughout our communities and have … and chaos, and it has become more evident that the quality of health care we receive depends on where we live and work and our economic standing. Each day, we read horrifying stories of women who are denied lifesaving care, doctors facing … statehouses across the country, working people are speaking out in favor of legislation that would protect and expand the right to bodily autonomy and the confidential relationship between providers and patients. We are also demanding that …
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Michigan Repeals Right to Work

… 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 … to pay union-level wages, strengthening the state’s anti-discrimination law by adding LGBTQ+ protections, and a repeal of “right to work.” “After decades of anti-worker attacks, Michigan has restored the balance of power for working people by passing laws …
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Defending Workers' Rights: The Working People Weekly List

… Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. … Every week, we bring you a roundup of the … Election : “The president of the AFL-CIO is here in Detroit, on a side street, really, Cavalry Street, off of Ford Street, right at the foot of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Liz Shuler—she’s talking to Teamsters, operating engineers, 13 … will cost an estimated $700 million to remove.” More Black and Latina Women Are Leading Unions—And Transforming How They Work : “Momentum for Black and Latina women rising into labor union leadership has picked up in the last five years. But the …
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The Right to Vote Safely: The Working People Weekly List

… Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. … National Hispanic Heritage Month … under the union’s contract will not experience a loss of health care coverage because of any reduction in their 2020 work hours caused by COVID-19." A Big Organizing Win in the South: Worker Wins : "Our latest roundup of worker wins begins … numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life." Texas AFL-CIO Fights for the Right to Vote Safely : "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, an anti-worker politician, is making a last-minute attempt to suppress votes …
Press Release

Supreme Court Denies Working People Their Basic Legal Rights

… v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. case: Today, five justices on the Supreme Court decided that it is acceptable for working people to have our legal rights taken away by corporations in order to keep our jobs. This decision forcing workers to sign away the right to file class-action suits against such illegal employment practices as wage theft, sexual harassment and … people. We call upon Congress to immediately enact legislation making clear that no worker can be forced to give up their right to effectively challenge illegal conduct in the workplace in order to keep their job. Contact: Josh Goldstein (202) …
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Biden/Harris Duo Right Team for Working People

… wages and advanced criminal justice reform. As a U.S. senator, she has achieved a perfect AFL-CIO lifetime score, working to create a fairer process for forming a union and protecting our health care and retirement security. We look forward to electing her America’s next vice president. Contact: Carolyn Bobb (202) 637-5018 …
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AFL-CIO 2017 Convention: Working People Need a Bill of Rights

… been rigged against us for so long… when we keep working harder for less... when corporations and politicians continue to chip away at our health care and retirement… when forming a union feels like climbing a mountain... it can be hard to know the next right step.  I think it’s time to get back to basics.  The policy agenda and political accountability measures passed this … richest country in the world at its richest point in history. And so we demand rights that ensure we are able, through our work, to lead better lives. Let me know turn it over to Liz Shuler.  Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: Thank you, …