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An Unequaled Voice for Workers: 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. … The Future of The Labor Movement After … I Knew : "It was quite a journey for Richard Trumka, who was born in the coal fields of Pennsylvania and made his way to the halls of power in our nation’s capital. The son of a  coal miner, Trumka grew up in Nemacolin, an isolated, rural … PRO Act, to rewrite years of laws that are hurting working people, not helping them,' Trumka said. The PRO (Protect the Right to Organize) Act, labor’s number one legislative priority, is the most pro-worker wide-ranging labor law reform bill …
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AFL-CIO Celebrates New House Democratic Leaders as Champions for Working People

… people. All three representatives have demonstrated records of unwavering support for working families and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. From their support for the PRO Act and public sector bargaining rights to their work on transformative legislation like the bipartisan infrastructure law, these lawmakers have worked tirelessly to advance …
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Make the PRO Act the Law of the Land: 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. … PRO Act Drive Revs Up as Faith Groups … in Bessemer illustrates the urgent need to improve our labor laws. That's why we're pushing to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act—the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression. It would … to get rich imagining a product or service people love. But there was once a time when Americans who actually did the work saw a part of the profits and had a voice in the workplace. Henry Ford famously believed that his company benefited from …
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Going Above and Beyond for 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 … July 14, 2020 Maine AFL-CIO: At our recent COPE Convention, the Maine AFL-CIO passed this resolution pledging to work for racial justice in the Maine Labor Movement. https://t.co/fRENUBBZCx #mepolitics #BlackLivesMatter — Maine AFL-CIO … — Oregon AFL-CIO (@OregonAFLCIO) July 14, 2020 Pennsylvania AFL-CIO: "We really get one chance to make it right. And that's over these next few weeks. Because we cannot run the risk of gambling with anyone's health," @jerrytjordan …
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Trumka: Working People Will Tell Donald Trump, 'You're Fired!'

… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka gave an inspiring speech to the Nevada State AFL-CIO's 60th Annual Constitutional Convention yesterday. Some key excerpts and reactions to the speech: … takes. We answer the call. We wake our country up every single day, and we tuck her into bed at night. We don’t mind hard work. We do it with pride. We won’t be faced down or pushed around, and we will NOT be denied.... If you want to know where … an appeal. He did everything except bargain a first contract. Sisters and brothers, if you actively block our fundamental right to speak up together for better wages and benefits, you will never, ever, ever get our support. Donald Trump is …
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Working People Respond to Passage of Historic Infrastructure Legislation

… Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the legislation now goes to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature. Working people across the country applauded the legislation as a … resilient transmission lines and more is centered around the creation of good union jobs.  Yet there is still more work to be done. The Build Back Better Act will knock down the barriers that have prevented so many workers, especially women … will be hit with real financial penalties for union-busting, making this the most significant advancement for the right to organize since passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935.  President Biden promised to be the most …
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Finding Ways to Help: 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. … Boston-Area Union Members Form Volunteer … Labor Council (GBLC) is coordinating union members’ volunteer efforts, working closely with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to focus on areas where there is the greatest need for help. The mission of the labor council’s volunteer brigades is to care … Baltimore. Like so many of America’s workers deemed essential, Jones still leaves her family nearly every day and goes to work—despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk to her own health and that of her family's, she's proud to be doing important …
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Worker Wins: We Deserve Safe Working Conditions

… including base-building raises for all employees, protections against layoffs, a fair grievance process and a commitment to crediting people on games they’ve worked on, including early QA testers, who are often the lowest-paid in the chain of … of International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 2110, voted to approve the two-year deal Tuesday evening after a unanimous endorsement from the bargaining committee. Wins include an … rights to performers when any digital replica is “recognizable” as them, provides foreign residuals when a voice actor’s work is digitally translated into another language and exhibited, and mandates that producers must negotiate with with the …
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Biden’s USTR Pick Shows Commitment to America’s Working Families

… Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Katherine Tai to lead the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR): The nomination of a worker-champion as U.S. trade representative is a resounding victory for our families and communities. Tai brings the needed expertise to develop a pro-worker trade agenda, including enforceable labor protections. For decades, administrations of both political … harmful trade policies that held down wages and didn’t provide for better working conditions by creating incentives to ship good-paying jobs overseas. Quite simply, the labor movement and other worker advocates have long been denied a seat …
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Resolution 8: Working People Will Lead the Fight for A Global New Deal On Trade

… and globally—are failing working people. They are corporate-driven and have reduced the share of national income going to working families, as corporate and Wall Street interests capture an ever-greater share. 1 Beginning with the North … to lower wages and reduce the ability of America’s working class to join in unions and negotiate a fair return on their work. 2   For years, the AFL-CIO and its affiliates and allies in the environmental, human rights, faith, small business, … adoption of international labor standards, including but not limited to fair pay for North America’s working families, the right to join together in a union and negotiate with employers, and freedom from discrimination and exploitation of any kind; …