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Working People Celebrate the Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

… After Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to be the next associate justice of the Supreme Court, working people celebrated the historic appointment. Here's what they … Justice Jackson’s record on labor is superb. Time and again her rulings from the bench have recognized the inherent right of workers to unionize, which makes our jobs safer and more equitable. By now, we’ve all seen the photo of Justice … a cause for celebration, as yet another barrier has been overcome in the fight for equality. Judge Jackson’s previous work as a public defender and an advocate for reforming our criminal sentencing laws, along with her prior judicial rulings, …
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Time for Equal Pay: 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 … via @FacebookWatch — APRI National (DC) (@APRI_National) March 24, 2021 Actors' Equity: As theatrical work begins where it is safe to do so, Equity has been working to create guidelines that support safe and healthy theatre … what it's like to be a worker in our country who wants to form a union. This is why we must pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. pic.twitter.com/AqVRWmxPFe — IUPAT (@GoIUPAT) March 22, 2021 Plasterers and Cement Masons: “Likely …
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A More Compassionate America: 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. … AFL-CIO Support for AMFA : “‘We applaud the AFL-CIO for standing by artists and music creators and lending the strength of its 12.5 million members to the fight for passage of the American Music Fairness Act,’ said Congressman Joe Crowley, Chairman of the musicFIRST … prices are high, but he says he’s working to ‘Block Putin’s gas hike.’ Although, he didn’t say how.” Labor’s 2022 Election Work to Be Driven from the Bottom Up : “Organized labor’s political campaign this year will be driven from the bottom up, …
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Worker Wins: Fighting for Better Wages and Working Conditions

… released with the multinational aerospace company. Members—who are on-site for fueling, takeoffs and landings, and to respond to any medical emergencies—are expected to vote on the TA Thursday afternoon. This fight for a fair contract has … Illinois would join seven other states in enacting legislation banning captive audience meetings. The bill also creates a right of action for individual workers to sue employers if they are punished for refusing to attend these meetings. “Captive … voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 152 last week. Workers at the assisted living facility, who work as certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs), connected with Local 152 last year after …
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New AFL-CIO Senior Staff Team to Meet the Moment for Working People

… A new senior staff team will work together to ensure any worker who wants a union in their workplace can have one, and to build an economy and a democracy that works for all of us.   Today, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler announced key senior …
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Trumka: President Trump Has Used Office to Hurt Working People

… A week from today, President Trump will give his first state of the union address. In my experience, the best way to measure our country’s success is by talking directly to working people. Workers will tell you if we are winning or losing. … And it also means we hold every elected leader accountable to our agenda and our values. President Trump said a lot of the right things as a candidate. But his actions haven’t followed suit. There’s been no effort to label China as a currency … his office to actively hurt working people. He has joined with corporations and their political allies to undermine the right of workers to bargain collectively. He has taken money out of our pockets and made our workplaces less safe. He has …
Executive Council Statement

Working People Need Real Trade Reform, Not Just Rhetoric

… have been initiated on existing trade policies, from assessing the national security impact of steel and aluminum imports to considering reform of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. Updating our nation’s trade deals is vital, but only if the focus is on how to increase and improve the quality of jobs. Much work lies ahead, and the direction and effectiveness of President Trump’s efforts still is unknown. No task is more pressing … of unsafe and unfair cross-border transportation services Protection for intellectual property while ensuring the right to affordable medicines Prohibition on global corporations from using NAFTA to capture public services for profit …
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Strikes Fuel Pay Increases: 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. … Low-Wage Workers Have Seen Historically … one troubling type of injury is on the rise: violent attacks that cause injuries so severe that the victim misses a day of work. And the increase has come almost entirely in attacks against women. That’s a deadly serious finding, and one we did not … to Work Collaboratively with Unions : “Democrats in Congress have reintroduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill that would create new protections for workers seeking to unionize. Last week, witnesses …
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Texas AFL-CIO: Immigrant Working People Will Suffer Under S.B. 4, but So Will State as a Whole

… and broadcast over Facebook Live, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed S.B. 4, the harshest bill in the nation that aims to punish so-called sanctuary cities. Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick issued the following statement in response: … S.B. … bill will harm all working people. Immigrants do some of the hardest jobs in our state and are net contributors not just to our economy, but to our future. S.B. 4 will not only make it easier for unscrupulous employers to deny important workplace rights to …
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#ReliefNow: 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 … activities we're engaged in this week. … Actors' Equity: ICYMI - @TheActorsFund can provide emergency financial assistance to help performing arts and entertainment professionals impacted by the California Wildfires or Hurricane Laura. To apply, … the country are making sure that workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic are the first to get recalled back to work. https://t.co/NTVZMAY4V2 — UNITE HERE #TakeBack2020 (@unitehere) October 21, 2020 United Food and Commercial Workers: …