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Trumka at MIT: The Future Is What We Make of It

… at the MIT School of Management:  Professor (Tom) Kochan, thank you so much for that introduction. You’d probably be happy to know that I quote your worker voice study in almost every speech I deliver. So let me just get it out of the way now. … if given the chance. It is a pleasure to be with all of you. I just had a meeting with President Reif about the future of work. This is the issue dominating every room I’m in these days. I imagine it’s a pretty big topic of conversation across … and productivity growth can provide solutions. But not if we sit and wait for someone else to do it.   The path forward is right in front of us: If the United States invests the trillions of dollars needed to rebuild our infrastructure, we can put …
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Trumka: Advance Immigration Agenda for All Workers

… Politics Conference:  Thank you, Brother Jim [Boland], for your kind words of introduction. Brothers and sisters, welcome to the House of Labor for this important conference. It’s wonderful to be gathered here together. Today, we have a simple … to hear more detail from our panel of experts in a minute, but let me lay something out plain: when DREAMers won the legal right to live and work here, pay and benefits shot up. That’s not just good for them. It’s good for everyone who works alongside them. You see, …
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Shuler to LIUNA: We Are Rebuilding North America

… at the LIUNA 120th Anniversary Convention in Las Vegas: Thank you, Brian [Donohue]. Good morning, everyone! Bonjour to our Canadian members out there.  It’s great to see everybody bright and early today. What an honor to celebrate LIUNA’s … the wins you and our movement have racked up. I always know that you were smart, but you and Armand got the timing exactly right—you’re moving on at the pinnacle of your careers. You’ve set the union up for many more decades of growth and success … As I said upfront …change is all around us…and not just the change here at LIUNA. Technology is changing the way we work at lightning speed. And our labor movement needs to change with it. One quick story: Just a few months ago we were out …
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Wrongfully Detained Korean Union Leader Han Sang-gyun Wins Release

… union protests. President Han represents the best of the labor movement—an advocate armed with unwavering dedication to the fight for economic justice, even in the face of personal persecution. Across the globe, working people salute his … detainment highlights the enormous fights that lie ahead for working people, and the release of Han reflects our capacity to ultimately win. In 2017, AFL-CIO awarded Han with the George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award for his activism on … organize a union at the auto manufacturing plant where he worked. In 2008, he was elected chair of his union. His efforts to fight layoffs at his company led to a 77-day occupation of the plant for which Han was sent to prison for three years. …
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President Liz Shuler Honors the Service and Dedication of Our Nation’s Veterans

… Veterans Day, I join the entire country in thanking and recognizing America's servicemembers and their families. … Coast to coast, from the mountains to the plains to small towns and major cities, our own labor family includes more than 1 million … To help make ends meet, he started working at age 12, sandblasting tombstones. He signed up to join the Marine Corps right out of high school, and was deployed straight to Vietnam. When he returned, he faced the question most veterans do: now … a bold, dynamic and inclusive movement, our Union Veterans Council is taking it to the next level to shape the future of work and expand workplace democracy. Today, the council will launch a far-reaching campaign to engage, educate and mobilize …
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Shuler to NABTU: Unions Bring Hope and Better Lives

… introduction! Thank you for your friendship over the years; your brotherhood. For the incredible vision you’ve brought to the trades agenda. I want to thank you and Brandon Bishop, the general board of presidents and every single one of the … of hope. People see us literally building our country and they say to themselves: Something better is possible. If I work hard, if I get the opportunity, if I stand together with my fellow workers my life can change, too. I can show up to … investments are there, the public is on our side, and people are fed up with the way things have been going. And they’re right to be, aren’t they? Does it make sense to anyone in this room that the average CEO is making 272 times what the average …
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Colorado AFL-CIO Fights to End the Exploitation of Farmworkers

… 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 … Chávez. However, Colorado does not give farmworkers basic rights under the law. The Colorado AFL-CIO has been fighting to pass S.B. 21087 to make Colorado’s laws reflect our values such as dignity and respect on the job. “In 1929, Colorado State Federation …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes

… 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 profiles are Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes. … Texas , in 1952. His father was a Filipino immigrant who had served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The family moved to Seattle in 1960, where Silme attended high school and college. Meanwhile, Gene Viernes was born in Yakima, Washington, in …
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AFL-CIO Executive Council Takes on the Retirement Crisis, Flint, the Zika Virus and Other Important Issues

… week, the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a variety of policy statements on important issues, from the retirement crisis to investing in infrastructure, from the Zika virus to Supreme Court nominations. Here is a brief look at the policy … throughout the country. Combating the Zika Virus and Improving Our Health Care Infrastructure : The AFL-CIO is prepared to work with our affiliates to immediately develop and disseminate educational resources that outline the facts, detail the … that regards public services as costly and unnecessary, as though a clean, healthy and safe community isn't the essential right of every citizen. The Policy Choices We Make Now Will Help Determine the Future of Work : We must harness technology to …
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Shuler: Collective Action is Alive and Well in the South

… remarks at the Southern District Strategy Session: Thank you, Dr. (Louis) Reine, for that kind introduction. And thanks to UA Local 60 for hosting us today. Good morning, everybody. It’s great to see all the union power in this room! I want to … and strategy to win back power for workers. Over the next several hours, we’ll look at ways to neutralize Janus and right to work by organizing internally. We’ll dive into our Path to Power program with Charlie Wowkanech of the New Jersey AFL-CIO …