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Worker Wins: We Wanted a Fair Wage

… a contract that protects staff and improves working conditions. Workers began this process nearly two years ago, hoping to strengthen the DPNM and ensure more sustained future victories. The collective bargaining agreement contains multiple … collective bargaining agreement that took into account many different aspects of their mission and political day-to-day work,” said Local Lodge 794 President Directing Business Representative Ashley Long. “DPNM employees have been working hard … highlights are an updated attendance policy that increases the grace period for being late, provisions protecting the right to call additional labor-management meetings during the year, work schedule transparency, upward mobility …
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Trumka to the Alaska AFL-CIO Convention: We Can Defeat the Apostles of Delay, Division and Disenfranchisement

… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the following remarks to the Alaska AFL-CIO Convention: Brother Vince Beltrami, thank you for that warm welcome. Your leadership is building a … page of The Juneau Empire! You don’t need me to tell you there is a lot on the line in Alaska.  Too many people are out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic through no fault of their own. The working people of the Marine Highway are … racial justice for our members, our friends and our communities. As Americans, we must recognize the difference between right and wrong, and we must always stand up for what is right. The COVID-19 moment—with all of its challenges and …
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Trumka: Unions Front and Center in Big Sky Country

… and center in Big Sky Country. Your movement is strong and growing, and that’s because your values are in exactly the right place. I want to welcome and thank each and every one of you here at the Montana AFL-CIO Convention. It’s good to have so many allies and … you to know we will stand with and fight for the leaders who stand with and fight for us. America’s labor movement doesn’t work for any political party or any candidate. We are led by a vision that grows from our values, and what we need to live a …
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The Union 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 federations on Twitter. … Alabama AFL-CIO: Alabama Organized Labor Awards Foundation (AOLAF) held it's … 2022 Alaska AFL-CIO: Union member and endorsed East Anchorage State House candidate @TedForAlaska joined us this morning to help kick off our Labor Walk. #1u #GetOutTheLaborVote pic.twitter.com/WYrTYdvqSm — Alaska AFL-CIO (@AKAFLCIO) August 20, …
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Maintaining Overtime Pay Protection For American Workers

… under assault by the Bush Administration and its allies in Congress. Earlier this year, the Bush Administration attempted to enact “comp time” legislation (H.R. 1119) that would have encouraged longer work hours and more unpredictable work schedules by making overtime less expensive for employers. Now the administration is proposing radical and unprecedented changes to the regulations governing overtime eligibility. As a result, more than eight million workers could lose their overtime …
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Trumka: Collective Bargaining Boosts Worker Productivity

… Good morning everyone. Thank you, Karen (Nussbaum) for that introduction. And thank you to Working America for organizing today’s forum. It is great to be here for this important conversation. I want to recognize … when organized labor was huddled, almost as a hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice.” Anyone know who said that? It was President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican and … model of a race to the bottom. Corporate-­backed politicians have tried to defund, dismantle and destroy unions. Right to work is now the law of the land in a majority of all states. This didn’t happen accidentally. Our economy is a set of rules. …
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Thousands Rally in D.C. to #StopTheShutdown

… As the government shutdown became the longest in U.S. history, thousands of working people took to the streets of Washington, D.C., to send a clear message to the president and Congress to stop the shutdown and let federal government employees get to work. Thousands more rallied at other locations around the country. … Facing a politically motivated crisis, federal workers … January 10, 2019   #Teamsters are standing with federal workers and other trade union allies at a rally in Washington, DC right now to demand an end to the government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of our union brothers and sisters are locked out …
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Anything Is Possible: 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 … AFL-CIO: Danielle is an @AFFI1935 member in Naperville.  An advocate for firefighter mental health + wellbeing, her work on the resiliency committee includes creating better access to mental health/wellbeing resources, crisis intervention + … — NYS AFL-CIO // #UnionStrong (@NYSAFLCIO) March 5, 2024 North Carolina State AFL-CIO: “People died for my right to be able to vote. It came late to women. It came even later to black women, and I’m going to protect what they fought …
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National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Dora Cervantes

… Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have contributed to our movement. Today's profile covers Dora Cervantes. … In nearly 30 years in the labor movement , Cervantes has … organizer, shop steward, recording secretary and then vice president. After a decade of dedicated service, she was chosen to serve as an apprentice organizer for Air Transport District 142 and then became a general chairperson for the district the …
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3 Key Things Wrong with Nikki Haley’s Job Record

… South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley gave the Republican Party's response to Barack Obama's State of the Union Speech last night. The rebuttal is often used as a way to introduce rising stars on the political scene to a national audience, so clearly, Republican Party leaders think Haley has a bright future. The problem is that her past …