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Executive Council Statement

Equitable, Democratic, Sustainable Development

… were not being heard, and that they had been shut out of crucial decision-making processes. They feared that the attempt to open up the WTO to include trade and core workers' rights would be used to close markets indiscriminately. Their dissatisfaction was a key … protecting workers' rights is only one element in a broad development agenda. The AFL-CIO is committed to intensifying our work with our union brothers and sisters from around the globe, our own government, and our civil society partners to support …
Executive Council Statement

Caribbean Basin Trade Security Act

… Washington, DC The Caribbean Basin Trade Security Act is intended to provide tariff and market access equivalent to NAFTA for products from the Caribbean region. In its current form, however, it would harm working people in the United … version does not meet those objectives. In five respects, it falls short of what is needed. First, this Act would bring to an end the petitioning process in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), which has helped to give Caribbean Basin …
Executive Council Statement

Andrea Brooks

… start how vital the union was for winning justice and fairness in the workplace.  She would later recall that she decided to become a steward with her AFGE local after she had trained several men at the VA who went on to become her supervisors, and she knew something was wrong with that picture. It wasn't long before she was recognized in … and a member of the AFL-CIO's Executive Council.  She was widely respected throughout the union movement for her hard work on several of the Executive Council's most important committees including Organizing, Civil and Human Rights, Community …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 43: Resolution on Permitting Remittances and Lifting Travel Restrictions to Cuba

… and with the Cuban people in their struggle for labor, human and democratic rights; and WHEREAS, the AFL-CIO will continue to work with its allies in the global labor movement to realize the goals just mentioned, including efforts toward achieving increased international attention and action against …
Legislative Alert

Senate Letter Supporting Legislation That Will Provide Immigrants a Pathway to Citizenship

… Dear Senator, On behalf of the 60 affiliates of the AFL-CIO who represent 12.5 million working people, I urge you to support both the Dream Act (S. 365) and the SECURE Act (S. 1727) of 2023. These bills will offer a long-overdue path to … help to feed, educate, serve, build, and care for our country. Yet despite decades of contributions, including frontline work during a global pandemic, their status remains temporary and in legal limbo. S. 365 and S. 1727 will offer working … to create. Extending permanent protections to Dreamers and TPS holders will uplift workers’ rights and help protect our right to organize and fight together for a more just and inclusive economy and society. As unions prepare to respond to …
Legislative Alert

House Letter Supporting Legislation That Will Provide Immigrants a Pathway to Citizenship

… Dear Representative, On behalf of the 60 affiliates of the AFL-CIO who represent 12.5 million working people, I urge you to support the American Dream and Promise Act of 2023, which will offer a long-overdue path to citizenship for vital members … help to feed, educate, serve, build, and care for our country. Yet despite decades of contributions, including frontline work during a global pandemic, their status remains temporary and in legal limbo. This bill will offer working families the … to create. Extending permanent protections to Dreamers and TPS holders will uplift workers’ rights and help protect our right to organize and fight together for a more just and inclusive economy and society. As unions prepare to respond to …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing NLRB Nominations of Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel

… Dear Senators: Working people depend on the National Labor Relations Board to protect their right to organize with their co-workers and advocate for improvements at work through collective bargaining with their employers. These rights – established by the National Labor Relations Act of …
Executive Council Statement

Support for the Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the March on Washington

… and denied education and are economically depressed, the fight of white workers for a decent life will fail.” In order to change the social and economic paradigm all Americans were called on to join the movement to demand the passage of … that would guarantee to all: Decent housing; Access to all public accommodations; Adequate and integrated education; The right to vote; To prevent compromise or filibuster against such legislation; To demand a federal massive works and training program to put all unemployed workers, black and white, back to work; and To demand a national minimum wage, to include all workers, of not less than $2 an hour. Today, 50 years since the …
Executive Council Statement

The Fight to Protect Workplace Democracy

… for less pay, fewer benefits and diminished buying power.  Now the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board is poised to issue a series of decisions that could narrow even further the one road to economic security that a shrinking number of … Policy Institute.  Unlike “employees,” “supervisors” have no federal labor law protections; they not only lose the right to have a union contract, but can be fired or disciplined for any union activity.  Any skilled or experienced worker who sometimes directs or assigns the work of less skilled and experienced workers is vulnerable to a broadened definition of “supervisor” in these cases.  …
Press Release

Donald Trump’s Catastrophic and Devastating Anti-Labor Track Record

… workers. Former President Trump spent four years in office weakening unions and working people while pushing tax giveaways to the wealthiest among us. He stacked the courts with judges who want to roll back our rights on the job. He made us less safe at work. He gave big corporations free rein to lower wages and make it harder for workers to stand together in a union.  Trump’s … and the contrast between the presidential candidates on those issues. And given the  historic popularity  unions have right now, unions are more credible than any other group or even the candidates themselves as these conversations ramp up. As …