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Legislative Alert

Letter to Senators in Support of Legislation to Strengthen Penalties for Corporations That Retaliate Against Working People Who Join Together in a Union

… Dear Senator: The National Labor Relations Act was enacted in 1935 to protect working people who join together with their co-workers to advocate for better working conditions, such as better pay, health care and pensions, fair scheduling, sick days, and … Growing Economy Act (S. 2042), introduced by Senator Patty Murray, would strengthen the remedies available under the NLRA to deter employers from retaliating against workers who join together to advocate for improvements at their workplaces. We …
Legislative Alert

Letter to Senators in Support of Legislation to Strengthen Penalties for Corporations That Retaliate Against Working People Who Join Together in a Union

… Dear Representative: The National Labor Relations Act was enacted in 1935 to protect working people who join together with their co-workers to advocate for better working conditions, such as better pay, health care and pensions, fair scheduling, sick days, and … A Growing Economy Act (H.R. 3514), introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott, would strengthen the remedies available under the NLRA to deter employers from retaliating against workers who join together to advocate for improvements at their workplaces. We …
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Working People Call for Increased Funding for National Labor Relations Board

… AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and the presidents of more than 40 unions call upon Congress to increase funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) so the agency can fulfill its mandated task: supporting and protecting workers' right to organize. … NLRB funding has remained stagnant since 2014, despite the board's vast and growing mandate: A robust NLRB is …
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Working Families All Over the U.S. Mobilize Against the Senate Republican Health Care Bill

… While the Senate Republican leaders announced they were going to postpone their vote on their version of a health care bill that actually takes away care from 22 million people , working people from across the country took to the streets to express their opposition to this cruel piece of legislation. We still need to hold strong and beat back … of access to affordable, quality care for Nevada working families." … NV labor, community, seniors: Healthcare is a human right! @SenDeanHeller must #ProtectOurCare , vote no on Senate #healthcarebill pic.twitter.com/lxPQxGhDx8 — AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) …
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Working People Need to Know If We Can Trust Donald Trump’s NLRB Nominees to Protect Our Freedoms

… President Donald Trump chose two nominees for the National Labor Relations Board whose commitment to the freedom of working people to come together and negotiate is seriously in doubt. These two men, Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel, have records of …  filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that employers should be allowed to require employees to waive their right to file class-action lawsuits or any other method of joining with others in seeking relief for rights violations. …
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Trump Administration Should Rescind Proposal That Allows Bosses to Pocket Working People's Tips

… As we previously reported , President Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced a new proposed regulation to allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped workers. This would result in an estimated $5.8 billion in lost wages for workers … earned. … And most of that would come from women’s pockets. Nearly 70% of tipped workers are women, and a majority of them work in the restaurant industry, which suffers from some of the highest rates of sexual harassment in the entire labor …
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Demand Economic, Social and Racial Justice: 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 … — AFT (@AFTunion) July 9, 2020 American Postal Workers Union: The APWU and the USPS have agreed to the work year list for the term of the 2018-2021 National Agreement. https://t.co/6jnGLSCvdi — APWU National (@APWUnational) July … concerned about the impact of #COVID19 at in-person polling places. Don’t let the virus stop you from exercising your right to vote. #Labor2020 #1u pic.twitter.com/QvRpiS7Z1A — OPEIU (@OPEIU) July 8, 2020 Painters and Allied Trades: Good …
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The Road to the White House Runs Through America’s Union Halls: 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. … Project 2025 Provides a GOP Blueprint for … strike for almost a week. Unless a deal is reached with Fred Meyer management, the grocery store workers won’t return to work until 8 a.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 3. UFCW says employees are striking over Fred Meyer’s violation of labor laws amid … collective bargaining agreement was announced) on such an historic accomplishment. ‘By ending the draft, they’ve won the right to shape their own futures—a victory for all workers,’ Shuler wrote on Twitter. ‘This is the power of unity! …
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Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility: 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 … — MaritimeTrades (@Maritime_Trades) March 18, 2022 Metal Trades Department: Voting is essential and protecting the right to vote without fear of being discriminated against should always be a priority. #VotingRightsAct … — NDLON (@NDLON) March 25, 2022 National Domestic Workers Alliance: It’s time to recognize domestic work for what it is: the work that makes all other work possible. — Domestic Workers (@domesticworkers) March 29, 2022 …
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Native American Heritage Month Pathway to Progress: Ojibwe Women Transform Working Life in Minneapolis

… History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from … events where working people played a key role in the progress our country has made, including those who are making history right now. In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we will take a look at a group of Ojibwe women who helped transform the world of work in Minneapolis-St. Paul throughout much of the 20th century. … In the early 1960s, activism among Native American …