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… history, the subject I taught in a community college for two dozen years, could hardly be louder or clearer when it comes to unions and to worker safety and health laws. We need them both. … In an ideal world, everybody would live by the Golden … in the United States. Not until the 1930s did a Democratic-majority New Deal Congress pass legislation giving workers the right to bargain collectively and requiring their employers to recognize unions. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, … labor was widespread in American industry. Adults were so poorly paid that boys and girls as young as 10 had to go to work to help their parents make ends meet.   Industrialists praised child labor as a godsend. They claimed work taught …

… It has been a year since Donald Trump took office. Despite promising to be a friend of workers, Trump has spent much of his first year making our workplaces less safe.  … AFL-CIO Director of … it until March 2, 2018. He also proposed weakening changes to the rule, including delaying mine inspections until after work has begun, instead of before work commences, and eliminating recording of hazardous conditions that are immediately … Republican Hill staffer, and William Emanuel, a management side labor attorney who has a long record of opposing workers' right to organize, to the National Labor Relations Board. Both have been confirmed, giving Republicans a majority on the …

… trip, I see images and situations that have stayed with me. Memories that are a constant reminder of how much remains to be done to lift up all working families who were affected by this disaster. Here are some of these moments: … Saturday, … roommates, most of them operating engineers, dressed in a heartbeat. They were energized and looking forward to getting to work. Less than 12 hours earlier, we arrived on a flight from Newark Airport provided by United. Buses took us to our new … have died from causes related to the hurricane. Unnecessary deaths, as the nurse told me back in October. She was right. Most of those deaths were preventable. And to add insult to injury, instead of pushing for policies that would provide …

… 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 X (formerly Twitter). … Alaska AFL-CIO: Suzane LaFrance, the first woman elected Mayor of Anchorage, has officially been sworn in. We are excited to work with her administration and ensure Anchorage's working families can thrive! pic.twitter.com/pdau5ueBRo — Alaska AFL-CIO …

… 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 … has one of the worst Unemployment Systems in the country, thanks to Rick Scott. With thousands of Floridians out of work,Governor DeSantis must act now to fix our broken system. Click here to sign the petition: Florida workers need relief! … Oregon AFL-CIO: New #podcast episode! How the spread of #Coronavirus is impacting working people, and what you can do, right now, to help frontline workers. https://t.co/4xWYxvrpzP — Oregon AFL-CIO (@OregonAFLCIO) April 5, 2020 Pennsylvania …