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Working People Wins to Celebrate in 2016

… … Let's be honest, 2016 was a heavy year for a lot of us. But as we start a new year, we've taken time to reflect on the pretty amazing things working people accomplished last year. Working people at Verizon who went on strike … including getting a raise and adding 1,300 new call center jobs on the East Coast . People in different jobs and fields of work all over the country ratified contracts and voted to join unions. Here are some highlights, including a Lipton factory , Columbia University graduate student workers , a …
Executive Council Statement

International Women's Day: "Decent Work, Decent Life For Women"

… when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay, voting rights and the end to child labor. Their courage and determination to stand up for women workers’ rights continue to inspire trade unionists 100 years later. Nonetheless, in virtually every country, women face multiple forms of discrimination in both policy and practice.  There are 1.2 billion women in work today – about 40 percent of total world employment – yet globally, women still: earn 12-60% less than men, even in …
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6 Ways We Could Improve NAFTA for Working People

… how trade deals created behind closed doors with corporate CEOs harm working people. Today we released a blueprint for how to rewrite NAFTA to benefit working families. This past election there was much-needed discussion on the impact of corporate trade deals on … real solutions that should garner bipartisan support if lawmakers are truly serious about realigning our trade policies to help workers. We need a different direction on trade. This movement has been largely driven by working people. As we …
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Working People Deliver Pro-Union Senate with Georgia Victories

… for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, America’s labor movement regrouped and remobilized to keep the momentum going in Georgia—so our elected officials will no longer profit from our pain, but fight for real COVID-19 relief and economic empowerment. It won’t be easy, but we now have a generational opportunity to work with a pro-union president, a pro-worker House of Representatives and a new Senate that will have the courage and …
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Supreme Court Nominee Raises Serious Concerns for Working Families

… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court: The nomination of a Supreme Court justice is of paramount importance to working families. The Court’s decisions have a profound impact on the wages and working conditions of working people. We are deeply troubled that President Trump, who ran his campaign on being a friend to working people, has chosen his nominee from among a group vetted and approved by organizations like the Heritage …
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Pride Month: 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. … Profiling Labor Leaders and Activists for Pride Month : "For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights." Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Seafarers to Reopen Hiring Halls Next …
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NLRB General Counsel Nominee Is Lifelong Protector of Working People

… President Richard Trumka on the nomination of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Special Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo to serve as National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel: There is no better person than Jennifer Abruzzo to help return the NLRB to its core mission of upholding and protecting workers’ rights to form unions and bargain collectively. Jennifer has …
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No More Bad Jobs: 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. … New Contract with King Soopers Is … King Soopers and City Market stores in other parts of the state will vote on the contract Wednesday through Monday. ‘The work that our members did by going out on strike and taking a stand against King Soopers’ unfair labor practices, it’s really … work continues today as we push for passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which will protect the right to vote for all eligible Americans’ as well as the Freedom To Vote Act, she adds. ‘Anti-worker politicians continue to …
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An Amazing Collaboration: 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. … 'An Amazing Collaboration': United Way … Airport alone since 2014. Honda and Intel this year announced big Ohio construction projects of their own. ‘The amount of work that is stacked up in the Miami Valley is out of control,’ said Tony Stephens, apprenticeship coordinator at Local 24. … paid sick leave or fair scheduling,’ AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in a statement. “It’s now up to Congress to do the right thing by passing paid sick days for rail workers.’” More Than 150 Agents Back Striking HarperCollins Workers : “More …
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An Insult to All Working People: 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 … and to ensure dignity and due process for workers, regardless of where we were born, who we are, or what industry we work in. #PassthePROAct pic.twitter.com/GMfkUkDAUV — Colorado AFL-CIO (@AFLCIOCO) April 8, 2021 Connecticut AFL-CIO: Outrageous voter suppression laws in Georgia will limit the right to vote and silence citizens. But here in CT, we've never even won the freedoms that Georgia voters are seeing …