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Convention Resolution

Resolution 15: Support the Federal Workforce

… cuts and executive actions undermining union rights and civil service protections, it is time for all members of Congress to recognize federal workers as a valued resource that makes America work. During the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of federal workers worked on the front lines without appropriate personal … the telework of their colleagues, kept the government running for more than two years. The federal workforce has continued to work for the public good under constant threats of contracting out their work, elimination of union rights and pay cuts. …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 6: Democratizing the Global Economy: Empowering Workers, Building Democracy, Achieving Shared Prosperity

… AFL-CIO Executive Council The Global Economy at Home and Abroad Global Solidarity Working Families’ Global Agenda: A Call to Action   AFTER SEVERAL DECADES of accelerated corporate-led globalization, the U.S. economy is seriously out of balance, … collective power, protecting the lives and rights of workers and trade unionists globally and making the global economy work for the many and not just the few. Vibrant democracies and widely shared prosperity require free and strong trade … the worst, least democratic and most repressive regimes at the expense of struggling democracies trying to do the right thing. Multinational corporations mouth the rhetoric of democracy and free trade but make repressive China the leading …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 33: Public-Sector Collective Bargaining

… Robert Wagner and championed by President Franklin Roosevelt, the Act was labor’s Magna Carta. The Act enabled workers to organize and form unions and assured every private-sector worker the right to collective bargaining. It also set the stage for a generation of union victories. The Act may have been weakened … throughout the nation. Collective bargaining is largely responsible for the reforms that have transformed how Americans work and how they are paid. But collective bargaining is not just about legal protections and working conditions: It is about …
Press Release

AFL-CIO PRESIDENT TRUMKA’S REMARKS ON USTR ANNOUNCEMENT

… Good afternoon. I’d like to thank Ambassador Mike Froman for inviting me to participate in today’s event. We welcome today’s historic decision by the … workers outside their union office. One was struck by a bullet and survived. The ongoing violence and lack of decent work have also contributed to the current crisis of unaccompanied minors arriving at our borders. We must recognize that a … must do better for workers, so that they can prosper from trade and not be forced to send their children far from home. Right now, government officials, industry spokespeople, and advocacy groups from Pacific nations, Europe, and the U.S. have …
Press Release

AFL-CIO, Colombia Unions Condemn Colombia’s Labor Action Plan 73 Colombian Trade Unionists Murdered since the Plan Went into Effect

… against Colombian trade unionists www.aflcio.org/Colombia-Labor-Action-Plan (Washington, DC, Monday, April 7, 2014) - To mark the three year anniversary of Colombia’s Labor Action Plan (LAP), the AFL-CIO together with the most important labor … in the Americas, issued today a declaration criticizing this agreement and the Colombian government for its failure to protect workers’ rights and their safety.  The declaration also asks both governments to make commitments to guarantee …   In addition to the joint declaration, the AFL-CIO released the report titled “Making the Colombia Labor Action Plan Work for Workers,” which documents the ongoing violence in Colombia against trade unionists. This report uses information …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Unveils First-Ever Policy Agenda on Digital Economy and Trade

… As the Biden administration continues to remake U.S. trade policy through the lens of producing good-paying jobs and empowering working people across America, the … “Corporations shouldn’t dictate the rules of the global digital economy with no regard for working people. Their drive to monetize data frequently violates crucial privacy rights and exploits workers. The power of technology can be harnessed to … ensure that digital technologies do not undermine workplace safety, exacerbate employment discrimination, or undermine the right to form unions.”  Click here to read the full paper. Contact: Danielle Noel, 202-637-5018 …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Proud to Partner with the Women’s March on Washington

… Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Women’s March on Washington: The AFL-CIO is proud to support the Women’s March on Washington. Thousands of our 12.5 million members—women and men alike—will come together this weekend to stand up for gender justice, equality and opportunity for all. The incoming Administration and Congress—both in words and actions—pose a serious threat to these core labor values. So we are mobilizing for an economy that works for all of us, including strong unions, equal pay …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 58: Federal Judicial Appointments: A Call for the Restoration of Balance on the Federal Bench

… Working families have many rights protected by federal law. These include the right to form unions free from employer intimidation and retaliatory discharges; to be free from discrimination because of race, … of appeals have overturned decisions of the National Labor Relations Board favorable to workers and protecting their right to organize. From 2001 to 2008, 33 different national unions or their affiliates won more than 100 cases before the …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Commits to Mobilizing Millions of Women in 2016

… half of the U.S. electorate, and we vote at higher rates than men. From now until November, the AFL-CIO will be talking to women voters about the issues that impact them the most. We will have conversations with our friends and family on the doors, on the phone, at work and in our communities to ensure that the women’s agenda remains at the forefront. Today the AFL-CIO Executive Council … The labor movement will continue to fight for equal pay, family friendly policies, high-quality education and the right to negotiate better working conditions. It is time that our nation’s policies reflect our values and lift up working …
Executive Council Statement

Colombia

… human rights, and economic justice in a nation afflicted by internal violence and external economic pressures. According to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), more than 90 Colombian trade unionists were murdered in … union leaders who have denounced both guerrilla and government violence and played key roles in efforts by civil society to achieve an effective and lasting peace. The violence continued in 1999, culminating in the assassination on December 13 of … unionists has drawn international condemnation, the government's program of privatization and economic deregulation to create "flexible" labor markets, as required by the IMF, has also undermined freedom of association and taken a severe …