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Speech

Trumka to Boilermakers: More Than 10,000 Working People Formed and Joined Unions Last Week

… words of welcome, and for your leadership of this great union. As a Penn State fan, this is the only time I’m happy to be in a room full of Boilermakers. As I begin, I want to congratulate you on your 50th legislative conference! Go ahead, … registering, keep marching, keep fighting and keep winning, because we want a new day and a new economy where people can work hard and get ahead! And we’ll do it! With the Boilermakers leading the way! Our unionism… the passionate stand we take … We are the best organized voice for working people in America. Yet the truth is we’ve been on defense for too long. Right to work. Janus. The attacks on federal employees. You name it. It is time to go on offense. Let’s drop our shield and …
Press Release

Working People Demand Donald Trump Obey the Law and Negotiate with Trump Hotel Las Vegas Workers

… 2015. “I am in awe of the brave women and men at Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, many of them immigrants like me, who stand up to corporate bullying every day,” said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre. “Enough is enough! It’s time for Trump to obey the law and negotiate with his Las Vegas hotel workers.” The diverse group of speakers today included Rep. Chris Van … election, the AFL-CIO used Snapchat geofilters for the first time at today’s rally. The four geofilters covered the area right around the hotel. Using Snapchat is a way for the AFL-CIO to reach a broader audience. You can view the four geofilters …
Blog

When Workers Organize and Fight It Pays Off: 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. … Georgia Republicans Pass Bill Punishing … issued new guidance aimed at helping federal agencies reinstitute forums for management and federal employee unions to work collaboratively to solve problems and, for the first time, measure how the initiative affects employee engagement and … now has an opportunity to once again lead the nation, but without these past failures. ‘This time, we’re going to get it right,’ Crowley continued. ‘It’s going to be worker-led and committed to healing the environment.’ Crowley was joined by …
Blog

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Profiles: Jung Sai Garment Work Strikers

… Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans and Pacific Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Our next profile is about the Jung Sai Garment Work Strikers. … In the … had the upper hand in any labor disputes. If a contractor paid its workers higher wages, the manufacturers would just go to other contractors who paid lower wages. The system also allowed the manufacturers to avoid any blame for the sweatshop …
Blog

CEO Pay Gains Far Outpace Rising Wages: 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. … America’s Safety Net for Workers Hurt by … of them have been there 25-plus years,’ said Mr. Ogg, who is the president of the local United Steelworkers union. ‘You work in the same place that long, that’s all you know.’” Museum Movements: 2,000 Protest in Philly; Baltimore Votes to … Calling Trumka’s advocacy for workers ‘fierce,’ Biden said that his friend of 30 years constantly tried ‘to do what was right for working people’ by fighting for fair wages and protecting their pensions.” …
Press Release

Shuler Urges Congress to Pass Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and Deliver for Working Families, the Climate, and our Future

… Congress understands we urgently need economic solutions that offer real help for working families. Taking these steps to lower health care costs and address our broken tax code that has allowed the extremely wealthy and the biggest corporations to avoid paying their fair share will deliver fundamental economic change in our nation.  The energy provisions will leverage … into law.  At the same time, we need to keep working to deliver further relief that working people need: a bolstered right to organize and help accessing critical supports like child care and affordable housing. This bill represents an …
Blog

11 Reasons Why Mitch McConnell is One of the Worst Candidates for Working Families in the 2014 Elections

… It's an election year and we are quickly approaching the time when working families will have the opportunity to go to the polls and vote against a whole host of extreme candidates who support policies that limit rights, make it even harder to afford a middle-class life and pad the pockets of their corporate buddies. One of the "Worst Candidates for Working …
Blog

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: 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 … pic.twitter.com/7Io2Z4bLpY — Insulators Union 🦎 (@InsulatorsUnion) May 2, 2024 Jobs With Justice: We all deserve the right to know what's expected from us at work. Amazon workers worldwide are organizing and refusing to be treated like robots! Thank you @SenMarkey for standing with …
Legislative Alert

Letter to House Appropriations Committee Opposing an Appropriations Bill That Underfunds Programs That Serve Millions of Working People

… Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to express our strong opposition to the 2016 Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) … fund these vital programs. Congress should support policies that will help our economy grow, will raise wages, and will work for all people—not just the affluent. Accomplishing this task would have required passing a budget that eliminated the … by a vote of approval of the employees of the affected worksite.” The amendment would strip most workers of their legal right under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to have “a representative authorized by employees . . . accompany the …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 20: Call for a National JOBS Now! Initiative—An Agenda to Put Americans Back to Work [amended]

… Policy Committee “We need jobs, dignified employment at decent pay; the kind of employment that lets a man—or a woman—say to his community, to her family, to his country,  and most important, to herself, ‘I helped build this country. I am a participant in its great … to pressure local, state and federal governments to devise policies to put the unemployed and underemployed back to work; and BE IT FuRTHER RESOLVED, that the JOBS Now! initiative consists of the following components: A Works Progress …