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Press Release

AFL-CIO Launches TV Ad Highlighting Worker Power

… Today, the AFL-CIO launched a new 60-second TV ad airing on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News to draw attention to the wave of collective action happening across the country and to show that anyone can join the momentum working people are generating. From a resounding defeat of “right to work” in Missouri to organizing victories in numerous industries nationwide, working people are standing up together. AFL-CIO …
Press Release

Trumka: July Wage Increases Proof That Raising Wages Agenda Advancing

… Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka praising the actions that have led to the minimum wage increasing in Maryland, Missouri, Chicago, Washington, DC , Portland, OR and one major corporation … pen; it happened because working people stood up, spoke out, and fought to earn a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work. While we have seen progress, there are still too many who have gone too long without fair or equal pay. Working people have continuously been on the right side of history when it comes to fighting for better pay and rights, and they will continue that struggle in the months …
Legislative Alert

Statement for the Record - SJC Farm to Table Hearing

… Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Farm to Table: Immigrant Workers Get the Job Done Wednesday, May 31, 2023 The AFL-CIO is a democratic federation of 60 affiliated unions representing more than 12.5 million workers across all sectors of our economy. Our members work in every state in the country and they come from every region of the world. We represent working people with all types … need until we regularize the status of those who have been forced to work in the shadow economy, often for decades. The right way to use immigration policy to lift wages and standards is by expanding rights and protections to as many workers as …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 8: One Nation, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All

… Translating the Dream Into Reality Restoring the Right to Vote Condemning and Punishing Hate Crimes Ending Racial Profiling Extending Civil Rights Protections to AllBanning … are not doing enough to prevent discrimination. Among women, roughly one-fourth say they have been sexually harassed at work, nearly half (48 percent) give employers low grades on providing equal pay and three-quarters (74 percent) say women’s …
Executive Council Statement

Innovation and Patent Reform

… America continues to lead the world in ingenuity, creativity and product innovation. The ability of our people to continually develop new … or more. We must be able to protect our innovations from both domestic and foreign infringement. Intellectual property right infringement by our trading partners isn’t limited to movies, music and other copyrighted products—it affects all … post-grant review and publication—we will be unable to support Senate passage of the patent reform bill and will work actively to protect the interests of U.S. workers whose jobs and income rely on a strong patent system. Patent reform …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing the Nomination of Thomas Farr

… Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510-6050 Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein: The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Mr. Farr’s many years of practice reveal … to workers and working families. In Farr’s early legal career, he served as staff attorney to the anti-union National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Mr. Farr has continued to promote that organization’s values throughout his legal career. He …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 26: Immigration

… (immigrant) community is increasingly diverse. Immigrants, like all workers, have wide-ranging skills and experiences, work hard, pay taxes and share similar dreams and aspirations—education for their children, owning a home, good jobs and safe … we believe our nation should embrace immigrants for the diversity and values they bring, rather than fear them as threats to values or jobs. We cannot fall victim to employers who often attempt to divide workers by race, ethnicity and immigration … that exploits workers for commercial gain; n Immigrant workers should have equal and full workplace rights, including the right to organize, full job portability and protections for whistleblowers; n Labor and business together should design …
Press Release

AFL-CIO: Don’t Let Howard Schultz’s Senate Testimony Mislead You

… Pensions (HELP) Committee testimony: Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s feeble attempt before the Senate HELP Committee to deny the atrocious union-busting his company is waging against its own workers was an affront to all working people. Starbucks has repeatedly violated the legally protected right of its workers to join a union. Schultz had the audacity to sit before U.S. Senators and tell legislators they should … violating the rights of workers. The solution is to fix our broken labor laws and pass legislation like the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would finally crack down on illegal union-busting and give workers a fair shot to join or …
Executive Council Statement

Statement in Support of TSA Workers' Fight to Win Union Representation

… Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), these federal security workers at our nation’s airports have remained dedicated to achieving their goal of union representation and collective bargaining, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.  They … following the Sept. 11, attacks.  Using legislative authority, the Bush-appointed TSA administrator denied TSA workers the right to collectively bargain, and a 2003 representation petition filed by AFGE was dismissed.  Legislative efforts to … rules governing vacation time and shift assignments, workplace transfers and other rules and procedures.  Having won the right to bargain collectively, TSA workers are now poised to elect their exclusive union representative.  Elections are …
Press Release

Clear Pathway to Citizenship Essential for a Just Economic Recovery

… and our affiliate union leaders from all sectors of the economy are making it clear: Congress has a historic opportunity to create good jobs and a clear pathway to citizenship for millions of working families, and we expect it to deliver.  … committed to transforming the lives of working people through bold, structural changes that remove all barriers to the right to organize, and we can’t do that without reforming our immigration system,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “A … of the many forces preventing working people from getting ahead.  “The pandemic has revealed the systemic undervaluing of work that is essential for our survival,” AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond said. “The majority of front-line work in …