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Take a Stand for What We Deserve: 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 … In December of 1939, Butterfly McQueen became the first Black lifetime member of Equity. This rare membership is assigned to members for extraordinary volunteerism and involvement in our union. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/eAZcVXhNT6 — … 10, 2021 Boilermakers: Stronger unions mean: higher wages ✔️ safer working conditions ✔️ dignity for all people who work ✔️ Passing the PRO Act will be the first step in getting there. Find our toolkit w/ graphics, info, sample messages and …
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Resolution 15: AFL-CIO Prioritizing Organizing and Growth of Affiliate Unions-All In the Service of Helping Working People Organize

… WHEREAS, the most important work the federation can do is support working people and their unions when they stand up for themselves to organize their workplaces; and   WHEREAS, by organizing unions, working people improve not only their own pay, benefits and working conditions, but also contribute to the greater societal good through improving participation in civil society, standing up against injustices and providing a …
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Fighting Back Against Union Busting: 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 … the United States. "For musicians concerned about protecting their rights against exploitation both intellectually and at work, ensuring the security of our pay, benefits, and retirement, Harris is the clear choice,” says… — AFM (@The_AFM) July … July 24, 2024 United Food and Commercial Workers: Financial security during your retirement is not a luxury - it is a right. At UFCW we fight for fair retirement benefits, including pensions and healthcare, ensuring that our members can retire …
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Mourn the Dead and Fight for the Living: 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 … — AFA-CWA (@afa_cwa) April 26, 2022 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers: Unionizing is hard, worthy work. It has a way of bringing us together even when we ultimately “lose.” Listen to this 35-minute recap with Hershey BCTGM … April 27, 2022 Working America: #EveryoneWantsToKnow How #WarriorMetCoal executives were able to receive massive bonuses right before the #UMWA strike, but refused to compensate miners for their work? pic.twitter.com/zV0rSIekeH — Working America …
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President Biden Reaffirms Commitment to Working People During State of the Union Address

… In his address to the nation on Tuesday, President Biden reiterated his commitment to improving the lives of working people across the … has access to good-paying, family sustaining jobs. The plan includes: Calling on Congress to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to update our nation’s outdated labor laws and make it easier for workers in both the private and … our families. Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act to end pay discrimination and ensure that women are paid equally for their work.   Invest in Infrastructure Projects : The president outlined goals for 2022 under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, …
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes: 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 … homes, toppled trees, and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people in communities where ATU members live and work. #1u #Labour pic.twitter.com/8tkpsCLt5Q — ATU, Transit Union (@ATUComm) September 26, 2022 American Federation of … their hiring to get a workforce that was capable of meeting the service requirements and service demand that we're seeing right now." 👇 pic.twitter.com/DvpBgdRty4 — Transportation Trades Department (@TTDAFLCIO) September 26, 2022 UAW: “We …
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Pass the Freedom to Vote Act Now! 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 … without accumulating student related debt? A career in the trades beginning with a registered apprenticeship puts you right on the path to the middle-class debt free! Find out more here https://t.co/CIRF8Cr8RC — Insulators Union 🦎 … firefighters) get "presumptive eligibility" for workers' comp. But nurses suffer some of the highest rates of injury at work of any profession. Why are we left without this benefit? #CarePenalty #NurseTwitter pic.twitter.com/lHgh7s0RgX — …
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In Janus Case, Working People Continue Fight Championed by Martin Luther King Jr.

… at a time when many employers rejected that very notion. King and the working people of Memphis fought for the freedom to join together in unions and to be treated with dignity and respect on the job. … Now, corporate lobbyists and the special interests that fund them are … That’s why I am deeply concerned that this Supreme Court case threatens the ability of the skilled and dedicated people I work with to have a say about their future." Stephen Mittons, child protection investigator in Illinois, AFSCME Council 31 : …
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Greensboro City Council Passes Paid Parental Leave Policy To Help Greensboro’s Working Families

… Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO—came together at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to successfully advance a measure establishing a new paid parental leave policy for city workers. The Paid Parental Leave ordinance, passed by a vote of 9 to 0, offers up to six weeks of paid parental leave to men, women and same-sex couples employed by the City of Greensboro for … Leave Act, which only provides for up to 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave for eligible recipients. “This ordinance is the right thing to do to help narrow the gender pay gap for Greensboro’s dedicated employees and improve the vitality and economy …
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The Unfinished Story of Women at Work: 9to5 Yesterday, Today the PRO Act

… If you’ve never had to make coffee for your boss, it’s thanks to women who organized in the  1970s. And while the electric typewriter is no more, … battles like organizing Big Tech, building care infrastructure and winning  labor reform by passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act — so women can form and join unions now without fear. … A new documentary , " 9to5: The Story of … on the job.  The effort that defined a movement, for women, by women, lives on in the language we use even today at work. Through the 2020 organizing efforts, we have the newest term added to our vocabulary: Madam Vice President. And by …