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… 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 E.J. Jenkins. … United Steelworkers … the USW's Next Generation program for young members and has since been active in civil rights, election and organizing work, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute. He won the Jefferson Award in 2018 for starting Black Labor Week, a program …

… 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 Frances Hsieh of the … Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE). … Frances Hsieh oversees and coordinates legislative advocacy work in San Francisco, the East Bay and South Bay. She helped start her local's API Caucus, and advocates on behalf of Asian …

… 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 Leimomi Martin of AFSCME. … …

… 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 Derrick McDonald II of the Office and … “We’re still fighting the same fight Dr. King was fighting,” he said. “For equal pay, equal protection under the law, a right to be heard and a seat at the table.” …

… 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 … story. … This week, the Biden administration’s nominee for secretary of labor, Julie Su (pictured, top row, third from right),  advanced out of the Senate Committee  on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The nomination will next be … Su is a champion for working people who will take on the toughest fights we have on issues like wage theft, the future of work, worker exploitation and so much more. She must be confirmed. Check out our  toolkit  and show your support today by  …

… 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  Zenei Triunfo-Cortez. … Zenei … Committee (the state affiliate of NNU). She is an inspiring advocate  for Asian Americans in the labor movement.  Her work has long inspired nurses of Filipina descent, which has been especially critical during the pandemic, when COVID-19 has …

… 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 Marlan Maralit of the American …

… families. Current Leadership of Union : Lee Saunders was elected AFSCME president in 2012, the first African American to hold that position, after previously serving as secretary-treasurer and in many other roles with AFSCME since 1978. He … McBride serves as secretary-treasurer, and AFSCME has 35 international vice presidents serving different regions Members Work As : Nurses, corrections officers, child care providers, EMTs, sanitation workers, early childhood educators, home care … history ruled in favor of anti-worker forces, overturning decades of precedent to make the entire public sector so-called right to work. Many pundits predicted this would be a death blow. But because of the work put in by AFSCME, together with …