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Executive Council Statement

Jobs with Justice Coalition

… Washington, DCWorkers have a fundamental right to job security, a decent standard of living and the right to organize on the job. Employers' attacks on these basic workers' … Jobs with Justice and encourages national and international unions, state federations and central labor councils to work cooperatively with the coalitions in their communities.The AFL-CIO Organizing Department and Field Mobilization …
Legislative Alert

Letter Urging Senators to Hold the Line in Immigration Debate

… Dear Senator: As you begin the debate over immigration this week, we urge you to hold the line on workplace rights and focus narrowly on addressing the immediate crisis facing DACA and TPS holders and their families. All working people will be hurt if we allow more than a million hardworking men and women to be stripped of their rights on the job, so Congress must take steps to provide permanent protections to these deserving … to nationwide E-verify mandates, attacks on community trust policies or erosion of due process protections. Reject captive work – At a time when working people still struggle to make ends meet and our current immigrant workforce lives in daily fear …
Press Release

AFL-CIO and Broad Coalition File Amicus Briefs in Janus v. AFSCME

… academics and civil rights organizations filing amicus briefs in Janus v. AFSCME, defending working people’s right to effectively organize and negotiate.   “Working people have always had to fight for the freedom to work and retire in dignity. Corporate CEOs and special interests have spent millions in their attempts to strip that away,” …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 3: Engaging Our Members to Build Strong Unions

… When working people decide to stand together in a union, we win better wages, better health care for our families and better retirement protections. The … understands that attacks against unions—including the Janus case at the Supreme Court, as well as proposals to impose “right to work,” prohibit payroll deduction, require annual union recertification, eliminate the prevailing wage and strip away …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 8: Global Organizing

… in the Global Economy and the Executive Council WE ARE PART OF THE global labor movement and have an important role to play in it to improve workers’ rights, and working conditions and terms of employment for all. Working with our sisters … brothers in unions—and those who want to be in unions—we have much to learn and some things to teach. We cannot limit our work or our dreams to the nation’s borders. Corporate-driven globalization continues to threaten the rights of workers … Europe, Japan, Korea, Brazil and other countries often come to the United States with the practice of respect for workers’ right to organize and collectively bargain. Unfortunately, once in the United States they often adopt the worst practices …
Executive Council Statement

On The Retirement of Robbie Sparks

… and in the community. As an original member, and later president, of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus, Sparks sought to ensure that all workers could fully participate in their union.  Her work provided education, training and understanding that would open a path for women and people of color in union leadership … family, Sparks grew up under the oppressive Jim Crow laws of the segregated South and from childhood was determined to help create a more egalitarian society. Sparks, who began working at an early age at a poultry processing plant where she …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Bill That Would Scapegoat Immigrants and Undermine the Nation's Economic Future

… the Securing America’s Future Act (H.R. 4760) introduced by Representative Goodlatte. On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge you to oppose this misguided bill, as it is little more than a transparent attempt to make immigrant workers scapegoats for our … Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Not only does this bill offend core labor values of equal treatment and dignity for all work, it also directly undermines efforts to raise wages in our country. The larger strategy of H.R. 4760 promoters is clear: … as a nation of immigrants and instead creates a revolving door for hiring exploitable and disposable workers with no right even to change jobs, let alone to settle here and achieve the American dream. Further, the enforcement provisions in …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 16: Building a Political Movement That Meets the Moment

… and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.” For decades, we’ve endured attacks on our right to organize and bargain, from the state house to the Supreme Court. We’ve suffered under an economic and political system … allies try to divide and disenfranchise us, and defend the traitors who attacked our nation on Jan. 6, 2021. Our electoral work must advance our agenda and defend our democracy, protect our hard-earned gains and push us to new heights, and give …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 31: Resolution Supporting a Road Map to Citizenship for Aspiring Americans

… r e d t o   th e Resolutions C ommit t ee WHEREAS, Every day, more than 11 million immigrant aspiring citizens contribute to our communities, our economy, and our country—yet are denied a voice in the workplace and essential rights in our … and equal protections; WHEREAS, The union movement recognizes that the way we treat new immigrants reflects our commitment to democracy and the values that define us; WHEREAS, Working people are strongest when working together and the union … Immigration Reform”; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, The South Central Federation  of Labor and the AFL-CIO will continue to work with allies to promote comprehensive immigration reform based on the principles outlined in this resolution and will …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 7: The Time is Now for Fixing America's Broken Labor Laws

… All across America, working people are rediscovering the value of unions. From nurses to video game developers to graduate teaching assistants, workers are organizing in record numbers. Public support for unions … ages of 18 and 34. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has shed new light on the importance of workers having a voice at work. Belonging to a union can literally be a matter of life and death at countless workplaces in America where workers are … Today, 716 billionaires have more wealth than the entire bottom half of the population—or 165 million people. Although the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining is a fundamental right guaranteed by the National Labor Relations …