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Black History Month Profiles: E. Faye Butler

… 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. Faye Butler of Actors' Equity Association … Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, and as a current member of the touring committee, she is at the bargaining table right now negotiating for a new contract. …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: James Ikehara

… 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 James Ikehara of the Association … He currently lives on the Big Island of Hawaii and was one of many volunteers at a recent “Malama Mauna Kea” event to protect the resources of the sacred mountain. …
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Women's History Month Profiles: Sara Steffens

… making women's 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 Sara Steffens. … Sara Steffens knows firsthand why passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is so important. As a reporter at the Contra Costa (California) Times, Steffens successfully led …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Steven Moy

… 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 Steven Moy of the Electrical … a member of IBEW Local 3 in New York. He comes from a family of labor activists, including his young daughter who belongs to SAG-AFTRA. He began his career as a Local 3 apprentice in 1994. Since then, he's been active in the Asian American …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profile: Gary Kakalia

… 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 Gary Kakalia of the National … Linda, who is also involved in NALC as a branch officer, Kakalia is involved in a variety of activities that give back to the membership and the community, including the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. His favorite event was being dunked in a dunk …
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AFGE Member Leads with His Heart…and His Hair

… This post originally appeared at Medium . It isn’t hard to spot Francis Nichols in Orlando, Florida — or whom he supports for president. At 6'2", he describes himself as a well-polished "walking billboard" for AFGE and Hillary Clinton. When he took leave from his job in Washington last month to get involved in the upcoming election, he had Clinton’s campaign logo artfully shaved into the side of his head. The … for his absence during key votes and committee hearings. "People in Florida are upset that Marco Rubio doesn’t show up to work," Francis said. "If you don’t show up to work, you get fired. So why doesn’t he?" Along with voicing support for Murphy, …
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AFL-CIO Leads Solidarity Delegation to Brazil in Defense of Democracy

… President Tefere Gebre (UFCW) and AFL-CIO International Committee Co-chair Stuart Appelbaum (RWDSU/UFCW) led a delegation to Brazil to support Brazilian brothers and sisters dealing with the implementation of national "right to work" legislation, and to show their solidarity with former Brazilian President and union leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, …
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Shuler Discusses Strike Wave with Business Writers and Editors

… delivered the following remarks as prepared at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Future of Work Conference: Thank you, Dean (Murphy), for organizing this session, and Julia (Love), for that very kind introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to join you at this future of work conference. It’s a critically important topic and I’m looking forward to the conversation. … have raised new questions and challenges, what working people want remains fundamentally the same: Justice. Fairness. The right to organize, bargain and have our voices heard. So the title for today’s session is fitting. Workers are demanding more …
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Trumka Touts Compromise to Penn State Fayette Graduates

… Good morning, Class of 2017! It is wonderful to be here with you today. And it is an honor to be back where I first got started. Dr. Patrick, thank you so much for … degree. And Fayette made it possible. I attended classes here while working the midnight shift in the mines. I’d finish work about 8 a.m. and be on campus shortly thereafter. I drank a lot of coffee. Maybe you can relate. But even in my most … workers I represent nothing. I will never stop trying to reach agreement. I will never stop trying to compromise the right way for the right reasons. Unions do this every day. Teachers and coal miners and actors and football players sit …
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Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: National Association of Letter Carriers

… is the National Association of Letter Carriers. … Name of Union : National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Mission : To unite fraternally all city letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service for their mutual benefit; to obtain and … W. “Jim” Yates as director of life insurance. Number of Members : 291,000 active and retired letter carriers. Members Work As : City letter carriers. Industries Represented : The United States Postal Service. History : In 1794, the first … was founded, allowing women to participate in the union for the first time. In the early 1900s, postal workers won the right to organize and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Women were first allowed to work as temporary letter …