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Press Release

Worker Wins Update: Workers Organize to Create New Jobs, Secure Scheduling Reform

… WASHINGTON, DC – Workers across the country have stood up in the past month to fight for better wages and working conditions. The following are a sample of victories won by workers: Organizing and … by unions and community allies in staging approximately 1,600 protests against the corporation’s low wages and hostile work environments on Black Friday. This is the third year in a row that workers have staged Black Friday protests, with this … joined fast food workers in a nationwide strike across 190 cities. Workers spoke out for a $15 minimum wage and the right to organize for better working conditions and workplace fairness. Boston Bike Share Workers Vote to Unionize : …
Press Release

Citizenship Day 2014 Highlights Growing Partnership between NPNA and AFL-CIO

… marks another milestone in a campaign spearheaded by the AFL-CIO and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) to help eligible immigrant workers across the country become U.S. citizens . AFL-CIO locals will assist NPNA in putting on … active citizenship involves education, capacity building , and unique pilot projects that greatly expand capacity to mobilize workers around engaged citizenship. This “Full Citizenship” campaign is launched as Congress debates a path to … Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. “Full citizenship is about equality in our Democracy. We will work to assist immigrants to become citizens, and then to register and vote,” said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere …
Speech

Shuler to IBB: Unions Will Help Us Build a Better Future

… You’ve been not only a true leader for the Boilermakers, but a thought leader on our Executive Council at the AFL-CIO. Not to mention a true friend and brother—I appreciate you so much. Good morning, everyone. I’m so excited to be here with you this morning and to welcome you to Washington! Your legislative conference is happening just at the right time! And as you know, DC can be quite a circus—most of you coming from out of town are like “I’m so glad I don’t live … our outdated labor laws have tipped the scales in employers’ favor. Employers are getting away with violating workers’ right to organize and collectively bargain because the current law doesn’t hold employers accountable with penalties. Key …
Speech

Trumka at Catholic University: Labor Will Stand United and Strong in Defense of Immigrants

… Thank you for those kind words of introduction. I am honored to be taking part in Catholic University’s third Erroneous Autonomy Conference. This has been an invaluable experience … that they often don’t have safe places to sleep, enough food to eat or access to clean water. These concerns threaten us right here in America, right now. It’s the paradox of scarcity, and its solution is both increasingly difficult and … recognize that we are all bound together—and we will all ultimately rise or fall as one. Now I know from my faith and my work that solidarity is very, very powerful. This is a time for togetherness and unity, not the false promises of autonomy …
Blog

By Our Hands: I Got Fired for Wearing a Union Button

… boards at our office at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where I drove shuttle buses. I’d talk to drivers about our union. I wasn’t nervous, because I wasn’t doing anything wrong, but some of the managers would say, “You … made Darnell Lee into a so-called Blue Collar Millionaire while he walked all over federal law and our freedom. That’s not right. The National Labor Relations Board issued its ruling, but it’s only one small step forward. I’m not celebrating. This … by me. I won’t lie, though. Sometimes, it’s hard. But along with my union family, we’re not stopping until we make it right. And in the meantime, I’m rallying and meeting with NIH drivers and standing with working people at every opportunity. …
Blog

Victory in Pennsylvania Shows Path to Power Is Through the Labor Movement

… Donald Trump won in 2016 by 20%. Rep.-elect Lamb embraced working people and stood up for the issues that are important to us, and we helped propel him to victory. … AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said : Conor won this race because he proudly … shared our agenda and spoke out for our members. He didn’t just ask for our support—he earned it by opposing unnecessary “right to work” laws, backing protections for coal miners’ pensions and supporting commonsense trade enforcement. His victory proves …
Blog

Broken Promises, a Botched Response and a Better Way Forward

… union members in places like Wisconsin, Michigan and my home state of Pennsylvania defected from the Democratic Party to tip the election to Donald Trump. While neither the AFL-CIO nor I supported him, I understood why many union members did. … people for a louder voice. … As someone who represents 12.5 million workers and 56 unions, I had a responsibility to work with the new president. Before the inauguration, he invited me to Trump Tower. We spoke about the areas where we could … to a Gallup Poll, 65% of Americans support unions, a nearly 50-year high. Sixty million workers would vote to join a union right now if given the chance—and in a Biden administration, more would get that choice.  Here is the plain truth: For the …
Executive Council Statement

Combatting the Zika Virus and Improving Our Health Care Infrastructure

… United States, the virus has been reported in returning travelers, and locally transmitted cases have been referred to the Pan American Health Organization from Puerto Rico and 36 other countries or territories in the Americas. In light of the recent outbreaks, the number of travelers visiting or returning to the United States with the Zika virus is likely to increase. The Zika virus is transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti … in California, which created the only enforceable interim Ebola guidance in the United States. And in states like Oregon, work was done with public health agencies, the governor and other stakeholders to develop a plan and protocol for addressing …
Legislative Alert

Letter to Senators Urging Them to Support Amendments to National Defense Authorization Act

… Dear Senator: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to support the following amendments to H.R. 1735 (the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2016): 1. Support the Commissary Privatization Study (SA 1728) The … has imposed on the size of the civilian workforce. If both workforces are capped, then it is more difficult to shift work performed by downsized civilians to more expensive contractors. In an ideal world, neither workforce would be capped. …
Blog

The Hunger Games Are Real

… aware that the series tackles some pretty serious issues of poverty and economic inequality that hit way too close to home. If you're not, here's some background. "The Hunger Games" takes place in the fictional world of Panem, which is a … districts produce, whether it is coal, grain, machinery or clothing, is controlled by the Capitol. People are forbidden to hunt or grow their own food, thus relying on the Capitol's meager grain and oil rations. To punish the people of Panem for … various union members, leaders and working people representing each of the 13 districts of Panem. … Pictured from left to right: District 7: Carmen Berkley, director of Civil, Human and Women’s Rights, AFL-CIO District 2: Edward Wytkind, president …