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Are You Ready to 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. … Alaska State AFL-CIO: It’s time to get to work to elect pro-working family candidates at all levels of government. #AlaskaUnionStrong pic.twitter.com/XSC6J7K6KQ — … classified as employees? https://t.co/jKbSi9l6qX - “If you’re an employee, you’re not just an employee for one particular right,” said Mario Cilento, president of the NYS AFL-CIO. “You can’t be a little pregnant. Either you’re an employee or …
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We Are Angry: 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 … — Rhode Island AFL-CIO (@riaflcio) January 12, 2021 Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council: TAKE ACTION! As legislators get to work today at noon, working families are still under attack. Sen. @BrianKelsey 's push to enshrine TN's harmful Right to Work law in the state constitution is still underway. Ask your lawmaker to vote "NO" on SJR 0002! …
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Solidarity with Flight Attendants: 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 … #mepolitics — Maine AFL-CIO (@MEAFLCIO) February 9, 2024 Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO: Collective bargaining is a right for all workers! That includes faculty, part-time faculty, post-docs, and grad assistants at the University System of … — Massachusetts AFL-CIO (@massaflcio) February 12, 2024 Michigan State AFL-CIO: Anti-union "right to work" is officially no more! Today has been a decade in the making. President Ron Bieber sat down with WILX yesterday to talk …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 20: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Labor Movement Now and for the Future

… Submitted by the Civil and Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Women Workers and the Executive Council Referred to the Resolutions Committee THE LABOR MOVEMENT STANDS AT A CROSSROADS. Membership in unions is declining, but unions and collective worker power are needed more than ever to address record income inequality and unfair, arbitrary treatment on the job. Extreme politicians and their corporate … in our movement. These initiatives have had a real and positive effect in moving forward the federation’s programs and work to support diversity.  The 2009 convention also took the historic step of electing two women to AFL-CIO executive …
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UNITE HERE Women Reflect on International Assembly

… In October 2017, members of UNITE HERE Local 1 served as delegates to the 3rd International Trade Union Confederation World Women’s Conference/Women’s Organizing Assembly in San Jose, Costa Rica. … UNITE HERE Local 1 was invited to share about the "Hands Off Pants On" campaign and recent legislative victory in Chicago. Local 1’s delegation included … I know our "Hands Off Pants On" campaign will change the lives of women in hospitality for the better. And now our work is helping push something bigger — a global movement to make work safe and fair for all working women. I’m so proud to …
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Nabisco Worker Michael Smith Shares His Story: 'I Am Not a Number, a Statistic, I'm a Man'

… there nearly five years, and I am unemployed today because Mondelēz International/Nabisco sent my job and 600 others to Mexico where workers earn in one week what I made in several hours. My wife and I live in Tinley Park, and we have four … teach Sunday school. I believe in America and am proud to live in America. But the America that has given corporations the right to produce products overseas and return those products that were once produced by American workers to the communities … emotionally injured and tossed into a state of hopelessness as we try to pick up the pieces. As we seek to find new work, we encounter tens of thousands of others who are similarly situated, vying for an ever-shrinking job base that …
Speech

Trumka: Wisconsin Uprising Helped Spur Wave of Collective Action

… delivered the following remarks at the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Convention: Good morning, brothers and sisters. It is great to be back in Wisconsin. Thank you, Brother Phil (Neuenfeldt), for that introduction. You and Sister Stephanie (Bloomingdale) … not contain them. That’s what we did in Missouri. Last month, voters there went to the polls to decide the future of right to work. And with more than 67 percent of the vote, the Show Me State sent that horrible law into the ash heap of history. It …
Press Release

Worker Wins Update: From Podiatry to Peanuts, Workers Win Big in July

… WASHINGTON, DC – Workers across the country have stood up in the past month to fight for better wages and working conditions. Workers Put Their Foot Down and Organize : Last month, 650 podiatrists throughout New Jersey joined the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), adding to the approximately 4,600 podiatric medical professionals represented by OPEIU nationally.  Engine Manufacturing Workers … paid sick leave for workers. Since 2008, sixteen cities and four states have passed legislation ensuring workers the right to paid sick leave. Portland, ME Scores Raising Wages Victory : Last week, the Portland, ME City Council voted to …
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Top 14 Things You Should Know from the Death on the Job 2024 Report

… . This annual report serves as a national and state-by-state profile of worker safety and health, offering direction to policymakers and regulatory bodies as they strive to address the scourge of working people facing death, injury and illness at work.  … “Despite workers’ hard-won safety and health rights, this report shows the fight is far from over,” said AFL-CIO …
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NLRB Truth: 10 Reasons Why the National Labor Relations Board Matters

… A radical decision by Republican-appointed federal judges threatens to destabilize the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) if the Board loses a quorum in August. The D.C. Circuit Court of … families. The Senate could go a long way towards fixing the problem by confirming five nominations the president has made to the Board, but Republicans continue to obstruct the process in an effort to disable the NLRB and prevent it from … fired. The NLRB ruled that the firings and coercion were illegal, but the hotel has refused to rehire them. Dexter didn't work for six months and incurred a large medical debt when he lost his health insurance. 2. Michelle Baricko, Connecticut : …