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A Win for Unions and Gaming Industry 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. … Shuler Slams GOP Anti-Worker Trump/Vance … ‘shares our values,’ added AFSCME President Lee Saunders. Virtually every speaker advocated good old-fashioned precinct work. Shoe leather, door-knocking, phone-banking and one-on-one contacts—the tried and true campaign tactics labor does … “The entertainment industry has united in support of a bill to outlaw digital deepfakes and create the first-ever federal right to one’s voice and likeness. A bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, introduced a revised …
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Economists Have the Answer to Inequality: Working People Standing Together

… among the masses and an abundance of it for a few at the top. Its real-world effects are wage stagnation, less access to health care and secure retirements, and higher poverty. Throughout much of the 20th century, there was a powerful … CEOs and corporate special interests are spending big to stop working people from having the freedom to join unions. "Right to work" laws have proliferated in the past decade. Flawed trade policy shipped what were once good union jobs overseas. …
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What Working People Want to See in Trump's Infrastructure Plan

… need for the United States. Working people have long advocated for more federal investment in infrastructure, as a way to maintain high safety standards, to create jobs and to boost the economy. In order to achieve these goals, any infrastructure plan must contain certain key components. … AFL-CIO …
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Extending the Organizing Wave: 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. … Apprentice Tells Her Story at the Capitol : “North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) was looking for panelists for a March 8 presentation to members of Congress and their staff, and asked the Oregon Building Trades Council to find someone to take part. United … of the key issues the Chicago workers organized around was fairness in scheduling, as many employees aren't assigned to work enough hours to ensure consistency in their earnings. ‘At this store, there's a particular concern around scheduling …
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A New Day: 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 … Tomorrow is #SwingDay ! We'll be sharing videos from swings and theatre professionals throughout the day, so be sure to follow us and #EquityTeamSwing on IG and FB as well. Want to join the celebration? Download social media covers & a story … in low-wage industries. She and @MartyJWalsh will be a dynamic team at @USDOL . Excited to partner with them. Let’s get to work. #1u pic.twitter.com/uKnMhTFmze — AFSCME (@AFSCME) January 26, 2021 Air Line Pilots Association: Winter weather will hit …
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Solidarity with WGA: 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 … “We are riding with Fulop. The ATU is proud to be the first union to endorse Steve, and hopefully, others will follow right behind us. They should. It’s a no-brainer,” said ATU International President John Costa. pic.twitter.com/kXylAZJ8zk — … Professional Employees: DPE is #WGAStrong . AMPTP come to a fair deal that provides writers with a fair return on their work! pic.twitter.com/xH79bbXMjE — Department for Professional Employees (@DPEaflcio) May 10, 2023 Electrical Workers: #IBEW …
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Just Getting Started: 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 … is now to finally change the rules that are rigged in favor of big media and ensure that musicians get paid when their work is played on the radio. Among the supporters of the #AMFA is Ken Casey, frontman of the Dropkick Murphys. … Star manufacturing and #IBEW Local 2173 are shattering antiunion stereotypes every day. Check out this union success story right in the heart of the right-to-work South. https://t.co/4lHA4lwNUa — IBEW (@IBEW) January 5, 2022 Fire Fighters: …
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Ron Blackwell Left Behind a Strong Legacy on Behalf of Working People

… chief economist of the AFL-CIO and pioneer in the labor movement, passed away  on Sunday  night. … From his Alabama roots to his role as chief economist at the AFL-CIO, Ron was defined by his unshakable courage and conviction. Whether it was his choice to go to prison rather than go to war in Vietnam or charting new paths for our economy while serving on the board of the … that provides training and education for working people by working people—and that remain at the core of the AFL-CIO’s work. In addition to his work in economics, Ron was a recognized leader on issues of trade, globalization and corporate …
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AFSCME and Michigan Working Families Respond to Detroit Bankruptcy Filing

… for the city of Detroit based on recommendations from financial manager Kevyn Orr, making it the largest city in the U.S. to ever take that step. AFSCME members and other public sector workers were not consulted for input before the filing. AFSCME … Snyder and Kevyn Orr want Detroit’s public service workers to rely on their children for food and shelter, or have to work until they die. Metro Detroit AFL-CIO President Chris Michalakis and Michigan State AFL-CIO President Karla Swift … released the following statement: Every step of the way, the citizens of Detroit were told that they had to give up their right to democratic representation in order to avoid bankruptcy. Now that this filing has come anyway, it is clear that …