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Big Tech Organizing: The Working People Weekly List

… Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. … Big Tech Unionizing : "Workers at Google … every field. That’s why the labor movement is working to organize Big Tech and fighting for a fair and equitable future of work, in every sector. The AFL-CIO is even starting a technology institute, to leverage innovation for the labor movement, … President Joe Biden’s 'Building Back Better' agenda on his website and read through it. The word 'union,' the phrase 'right to organize' and especially the word 'worker' run through it like a constant thread. No wonder AFL-CIO President …
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This Is a Crisis Point: The Working People Weekly List

… Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. … ‘This Is a Crisis Point’: Job Training … beautiful humanity and to lead the way out of these dark, dark days. True, our plate is full, but we come to L.A. ready to work.’ Melvin, who is also secretary-treasurer of the New York AFL-CIO, said the run-up to the midterm elections would be … control of Congress and statehouses across the country. The January 6 insurrection showed the world that the Radical Right has decided to take down democracy in order to hold onto power by any means necessary.’” OSHA Inspects Less Than …
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Working People Set High Bar for NAFTA Renegotiation

… lowered wages for working people across North America. As renegotiations begin today, there is an incredible opportunity to replace this fundamentally flawed trade deal with new rules that work for working families . But how we do it matters. The administration can choose to use this opportunity to benefit … the rules to favor corporations and CEOs. We are setting the bar high. We will only accept a deal that is renegotiated the right way. That means having a transparent process in which working families have a seat at the table, and ensuring that our …
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Sideline the Filibuster: What Working People Are Doing This Week

… Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the … — Actors' Equity (@ActorsEquity) January 11, 2022 AFGE: After years of bad-faith negotiations and being subject to work under illegal labor policies, we're finally headed back to the negotiating table with the VA in February. Learn more … — AFSCME (@AFSCME) January 17, 2022 Alliance for Retired Americans: Senate Democrats have the power to protect our right to vote. But the filibuster is stopping them. Call your Senator now by following this link: https://t.co/7qNAC9b2td …
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No Amount of Negotiations Make TPP a Good Deal for Working People

… Memo To: Interested Journalists Covering TPP From: Labor Leaders from U.S., Canada and Mexico Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 … they can seek taxpayer compensation for laws and rules that might affect their expected profits—an extraordinary legal right that is not only intended to promote the offshoring of jobs, but is a right explicitly denied to those seeking to … and livelihoods of North America’s working families first.  The TPP must: Promote a solution to the deficit in decent work  (according to the ILO, including freedom of association and other fundamental worker rights, social security, job …
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AFL-CIO Reveals NAFTA Recommendations to Benefit Working People

… American Free Trade Agreement into a trade agreement that empowers working people. The recommendations include changes to labor and procurement rules, as well as improved consumer protections and new rules to prevent currency misalignment and tax dodging. The improvements are meant to ensure working people receive a fair return on their work and new rules aren’t written to benefit wealthy corporations and CEOs. “It is time for the Trump administration to rewrite NAFTA the right way,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. If President Donald Trump follows our recommendations—if he renegotiates …
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Marching Forward: The Working People Weekly List

… Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. … Marching Forward: An Exclusive Interview … produce higher-quality products and boost profits. All this with a vision in mind: To lead/march unions forward into new work sectors, new directions and new bottom-up decision-making in politics, union leadership and organizing.” As … Aug. 20.” Atlanta’s Overlooked Labor Union History May Show the Future of Changing Times : “Labor organizing is tough in a right-to-work state where unions have long been presented as ‘scary,’ said Charlie Fleming, director of the Georgia AFL-CIO, …
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Labor Is Having a Moment: The Working People Weekly List

… Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s the latest edition of the Working People Weekly List. … Black Labor Leaders Say United Front … ability for the working class to fight for ‘worker’s rights, voting rights, civil rights, healthcare, water rights, the right to live and have a good-paying union job.’” Biden's Dealmaker: How Julie Su Helped Broker a Union Contract in Hostile … spend millions of dollars on outside consultants who specialize in breaking up union campaigns. Because much of that work is cloaked in secrecy, progressive groups are urging the Biden administration to crack down and make it more …
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Collective Action of Working People Reject Andrew Puzder

… Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Andrew Puzder withdrawing as the Labor Secretary nominee: The withdrawal of Andrew Puzder’s nomination is great news for … benefits are strong and unions are growing. It’s a reminder of the collective power of working people and a clear message to President Trump that it’s time to change course completely, not double down. Working people rejected Puzder because he … Secretary who will hold employers accountable for paying a fair wage and providing a safe workplace while ensuring our right to a voice on the job. President Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail about supporting working people. …
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Working People Oppose Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

… for lives that have been lost.   We join the global labor movement and our allies in calling for an immediate end to President Vladimir Putin’s military aggression, and we support extensive economic sanctions imposed by the United States … in Ukraine and the region.  Ukrainian unions have struggled for decades to guarantee the internationally recognized right to organize and bargain collectively. They have been at the forefront of campaigns to protect working people from precarious or “informal” work; fight climate change while preserving jobs and livelihoods; and end gender-based violence and harassment and employment …