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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Ohio AFL-CIO Mobilizing in Support of Workers First Agenda

… 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 … we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. … The Ohio AFL-CIO has begun immediately mobilizing to make sure the Workers First Agenda is at the forefront of the first 100 days of the Biden administration as the state … COVID relief that supports workers, investment in our communities through massive investment in infrastructure, and the right to organize through the immediate passage of the PRO Act. By the time these forums are finished, Brown’s office will …
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Maine Med Nurses Overwhelmingly Defeat Union-Busting Attempt

… 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 … Maine Med nurses say they are excited to affirm their union support and get back to the bargaining table. “The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a right-wing, out-of-state organization that goes around trying to get workers to decertify …
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Partners Host Vaccine Clinic in Harrisburg

… 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 … (AFSCME) said every shot matters because it gets our community one step closer to immunity. “It’s so important right now with the state opening up, getting back to work. We want everybody to be safe, vaccinated and healthy,” Bloomingdale said. The AFL-CIO plans to keep organizing vaccine …
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: AFL-CIO and Others Announce Filing of First USMCA ‘Rapid Response Mechanism’ Labor Case

… 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 … Mexico’s labor reforms and USMCA’s Rapid Response Mechanism can deliver for Mexican workers denied their fundamental right to organize and bargain for better wages and working conditions. “USMCA requires Mexico to end the reign of protection unions …
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Economy Gains 304,000 Jobs in January; Unemployment Rises to 4%

… The U.S. economy gained 304,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate rose to 4%,  according to figures released this morning  by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage growth of 3.2% is positive … 4.7% in wage growth, while in manufacturing wages only rose 2.4%. The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee made the right decision to hold back on further rate increases. … In response to the January job numbers, AFL-CIO Chief Economist … 1, 2019   #JobsReport in the broadest measure of unemployment (U-6 including part-time workers who wanted full-time work) jumped up to 8.1%.  Suggesting some private contract workers got reduced hours instead of being totally laid off during …
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Reinforcing Values and Solidarity Highlight AFL-CIO Executive Council Meeting

… which centered on fighting for economic relief for working people as we navigate the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to voting unanimously to review archaic Senate rules and delay the AFL-CIO Convention, the council also passed statements mourning the passing of … passed the council: Senate Rules Cannot Be Used to Block a Workers First Agenda : The AFL-CIO calls on the Senate to work with the president and the House to enact a Workers First Agenda—investment, democracy, freedom and dignity in the …
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'All I Could Think About Was My Friend Was Gone'

… of her teenage friends had their hearts set on a game of Chinese checkers. But "Little Martin" balked. … They needed four to play, explained the Louisville-born Thomas. At age 85, she’s still on the job as vice president for women and fair … the glory of the coming of the Lord." Thomas admonished the crowd: "We’ve got to get to the mountaintop. We have got to work together. We’ve got to get rid of '45' and some of those folks up on that hill in Washington, D.C." She added, "They’re … November 2018, and we’re going to make sure they do." Continued Thomas: "The future of working people hangs in the balance right now. As a woman, I have seen all we have worked for inside and outside the workplace. Women are more equal on the …
Executive Council Statement

Condemning Goodyear for Abandoning America's Workers, Retirees and Communities

… bargaining agreement with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 2003, in which they made significant sacrifices to bring the company back from the brink of bankruptcy; and, WHEREAS these sacrifices included closure of the Huntsville, Alabama, plant; wage and benefit reductions; massive changes to improve productivity and efficiency; as well as increased retiree contributions to health care benefits; and, WHEREAS these sacrifices have restored Goodyear’s profitability to $228 million after taxes …
Executive Council Statement

Principles on Asbestos Compensation

… their insurance companies and the federal government knew asbestos was a deadly poison, millions of workers were exposed to asbestos. As a result, hundreds of thousands of workers have or will develop serious disease, which in many cases is fatal. For decades, the victims of asbestos poisoning have sought compensation for the terrible wrongs done to them and their families. With the help of their unions, many asbestos victims have received compensation through the legal … to the courts. There should not be incentives for victims with early stages of asbestos-related diseases to give up their right to compensation should their conditions worsen. · All those who have been exposed to asbestos should have access to …
Executive Council Statement

Justice for the Charleston 5

… it has faced its most profound challenge in the Old South.  Over the last decade, leaders of the "New South" have tried to put a more mainstream face of fairness on the social and political institutions of the region.  But an egregious miscarriage of justice in South Carolina threatens to turn back the clock on progress on workers' rights and racial justice in the South and across the nation. Five dockworkers … For nearly a year-and-a-half, they have been confined to house arrest from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., allowed only to go to work or attend union meetings.  The impact of the house arrest has been devastating, not only for the dockworkers, but for …