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Fighting for a Fair and Just Contract: 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 … Lender. https://t.co/nXrO69XJC7 pic.twitter.com/xZ9j76bthh — OPCMIA International (@opcmiaintl) August 26, 2024 Pride At Work: Being LGBTQIA+ can be an obstacle as a voter who lives in a state that has voter identification laws. Join @prideatwork … August 27, 2024 Theatrical Stage Employees: On #WomensEqualityDay , we honor the fearless women who fought for the right to vote, paving the way for equality.  This November, let's exercise our right to vote, ensuring that the hard-won …
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Increased Grassroots Momentum Behind 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. … Workers Are Voting to Join Unions at … devastated the hospitality industry and nearly all UNITE HERE workers lost their jobs, President Mills put members to work and created one of the country’s most powerful and effective get-out-the-vote operations, unleashing victories up and … freedom to organize a union on the job. The NLRB exists to resolve labor disputes and ensure workers can exercise our right to join a union, free from intimidation and retaliation. The board obtained an injunction in federal district court to …
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Working People Reach Out on National Labor 2016 Day of Action

… of Labor, led by Executive Secretary Harriet Applegate (Communications Workers of America), hit the doors this weekend to educate Ohioans on union issues and to rally support for union-endorsed candidates former Gov. Ted Strickland and Clinton. The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, led by … led by President Mike Williams (Electrical Workers), and AFT President Randi Weingarten made phone calls and canvassed to educate voters on union issues and candidates. The North Carolina State AFL-CIO, led by President James Andrews (Office …
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Safety in the Skies: 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 … all 28 Equity Liaison Areas convened last July in Minneapolis, MN for a two-day conference w/ staff & members of Council to focus on ways to grow leadership capacity & advance the goals of Equity 2020. Read more in the Member Portal- … pic.twitter.com/jF0Qg3C6df — AFGE (@AFGENational) January 23, 2020 AFSCME: Public service workers in Puerto Rico work 24/7 to make their communities better. They never quit on their neighbors or fellow residents or on each other, which is …
Press Release

AFL-CIO: President Biden Delivers for Working People, Most Pro-Union President of Our Lifetime

… including making historic investments in good jobs, rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, bringing manufacturing home to the United States, supporting educators and other public service workers, and strengthening the right to organize.  The future of our country hangs in the balance—and like President Biden, we know there is much more to do. Over …
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Pass the American Rescue Plan: 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 … engaged in this week. … Actors' Equity: Actors' Equity has announced terms for the use of archive recordings and remote work, effective through December 31, 2021. Learn more in the member portal - https://t.co/MUB60Meckj … (@ActorsEquity) February 24, 2021 AFGE: Our statement on @POTUS revocation of Trump memo that gave DoD Secretary authority to eliminate collective bargaining rights for DoD workers⬇️ #1u pic.twitter.com/wqHo5DGaQl — AFGE (@AFGENational) February …
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The Future of America's Labor Movement: 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 President Liz Shuler on the … Movement : “Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO. She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down. Today, On Point: A Conversation with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.” NLRB Lawyer Seeks to Toss Out Company Meetings on Unions : “The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board will ask the board to rule …
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ITC Report Shows TPP Is Disastrous for Working Families

… report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP):   This ITC report is so damaging that any reasonable observer would have to wonder why the Administration or Congress would spend even one more day trying to turn this disastrous proposal into a reality. Even though it's based on unrealistic assumptions, the report could not even … the purported benefits of the TPP are. A mere .15% of GDP growth over 15 years is laughably small—especially in comparison to what we’re being asked to give up in exchange for locking in a bonanza of rights and privileges for global …
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OSHA Faced with Diminishing Resources in Their Efforts to Keep Working People Alive

… Richard Nixon, showing that OSHA regulations and enforcement, worker and union activism, and employer efforts reduce work-related injuries and illnesses. The creation of OSHA promised working people the right to provide for their families and return home alive, in one piece and not burdened with lifelong illness. But is that promise …
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Trumka: The American Rescue Plan Is Relief for Working People, Not Wall Street

… the following opening remarks as prepared: Good evening. I’m Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. And I want to thank you for tuning in. We’re one year into this pandemic. And we’re still driving the buses and running the trains. … and lifting the loads. We’re teaching the classes and caring for the sick. We build America and defend it. We do America’s work. We’ve held America together. Even as we’ve gotten sick on the job and lost our jobs. Even as we’ve lost loved … Agenda. The hallmark of that is the PRO Act. The PRO Act is bipartisan legislation that will finally—finally—allow workers to form a union freely and fairly. President Joe Biden asked Congress to send it to his desk. The House passed it with …