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Convention Resolution

Resolution 8: Advancing the Labor Movement’s Program at the Grassroots Level Through Strong and Effective State and Local Organizations

… Submitted by the Executive Council Referred to the State and Local Bodies Committee THE LABOR MOVEMENT faces enormous challenges as we work to advance the concerns of working families in the policy arena and at the bargaining table, and to restore the freedom of …
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Vote! In the States Roundup

… It's time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state … 8, 2022 Arizona AFL-CIO: As Americans, we cherish our ability to influence the direction of our country through the right to vote. It’s a freedom that must never be compromised. The #polls are now open until 7 pm. Be sure to #vote to protect … Our kids are asking for a fair and equitable workplace when they grow up. Let's give them that gift by enshrining the right to collectively bargain and organize in our state constitution. When you head to the polls today, …
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An Open Letter to Donald Trump: You Lost My Vote When You Crossed My Picket Line

… crossed the IATSE picket line of "The Apprentice," where crew members of your reality TV show were speaking up together to get paid fairly for the work they did on your show. You crossed the picket line right past me and the many hardworking men and women of "The Apprentice" crew without looking any of us in the eye. I have …
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Women's History Month Profiles: Jessie Lopez de la Cruz

… and they were hit hard by the Great Depression.  While working in San Juan Capistrano in 1932, Jessie was asked to help translate during a strike of Mexican workers, as she had the best English of the workers, who were mostly Mexican. In 1938, she married another farmworker, Arnold de la Cruz, and they went on to have six children. She continued as a farmworker for decades before becoming inspired to start organizing workers. She wouldn't become an organizer until she was in her 40s . Her husband, Arnold, began working …
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Union Facts: The Value of Collective Voice

… The union difference is more money in your pockets to buy a home, start a family, pay down student loan debt and save for retirement. … Better Pay and Benefits Union members … people don’t have union rights, workers’ incomes are lower. … Secure Retirement Working people in a union are more likely to participate in an employer-provided guaranteed pension plan than working people without a union (54% compared to 8%). Productivity Unions help employers create a more stable, productive workforce—where workers have a say in improving …
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Union Women Step Up to the Plate to Elect Worker-Friendly Candidates

… On Sept. 13, more than 40,000 union women from across the country joined a telephone town hall to discuss what’s at stake this election cycle for working women and their families. The event was hosted by AFL-CIO … and Linda Hinton, Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 4 vice president. These leaders rallied their sisters to join the fight to elect worker-friendly candidates up and down the ballot who reflect the economic priorities of working women and families. …
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Oregon AFL-CIO Cements Deal to Make Portland Baseball Stadium Union-Friendly

… and allies negotiated a historical deal with the Portland Diamond Project that will mean a stadium being built in order to attract Major League Baseball to the city will be union-friendly. In signing the labor harmony agreement, the Portland Diamond Project has voluntarily … who will make baseball happen in Portland. When working people stand together in unions, we get a fair return on our hard work. Labor unions included in the agreement along with the Oregon AFL-CIO include: Oregon AFSCME Council 75; …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Matthew Kacsmaryk for U.S. District Court

… Senate Office Building Washington D.C. 20510-6050 Dear Chairman Graham and Ranking Member Feinstein: The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas when his nomination comes before the Senate … He opposed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s position that the protections of Title VII of the Civil Right Act apply to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In a challenge to Affordable Care Act …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Legislation that Would Changes to Health Care Harmful to Workers

… Dear Representative: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to oppose the CHOICE Arrangement Act (H.R. 3799). This package would make two substantial changes in health coverage policy – both harmful to workers. First, H.R. 3799 will loosen the definition of association health plans (AHPs), opening the door for more … of adequate reserves leave many of these plans, and their enrollees, at risk since stop-loss insurers often retain the right to drop the insurance if medical costs for the group begin to climb. This is not a stable form of coverage. By allowing …
Press Release

Union Membership Grows by 273,000 Despite Illegal Corporate Union-Busting

… membership grew by 273,000 in 2022 even as giant corporations such as Amazon and Starbucks ratcheted up illegal efforts to intimidate, harass and fire workers who are forming unions. The growth in union members was spurred in large part by workers of color.  While the report indicates a slight drop in union density from 2021 to 2022, the data don’t capture the surge in worker organizing across every sector, from teaching assistants to baristas to … broken labor laws that rig the system against workers.”  These statistics highlight the need for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which will hold union-busting companies and …