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… The AFL-CIO is committed to a future in which workers and their unions shape the future of work, especially as the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates across the economy and public … by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and several of his Senate colleagues from both sides of the aisle is an important start to a legislative process. It sets out some initial bipartisan policy priorities like ensuring existing laws can be …

… its annual report on union membership today. The numbers reflect both the tremendously difficult barriers workers seeking to form a union continue to face and the unmatched resilience of working people in our desire to win bargaining power on the … union. A highly politicized National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is abandoning its mission to uphold and protect workers' right to form unions and bargain collectively, as employers are violating the law in more than 40% of all union election … Act (NLRA). The PRO Act protects working people when we form unions, protects the right to strike, rolls back “right to work,” includes first contract arbitration, and provides substantial relief for workers whose rights have been violated and …

… In response to the escalating humanitarian crisis for Haitians and other forced migrants, Fred Redmond, President of the Trade Union … due to extreme push factors such as political instability, natural disasters, lawlessness, violence, lack of decent work, and failure to protect fundamental human and labor rights.  In the face of escalating forced migration, governments in … racial justice, the rule of law and human and trade union rights, our unions will continue to push our governments to do right by the Haitian people and by all working people in the Americas. We will also continue to organize for mutual aid and …

… gold standard is a mirage,” said Drake. “We know from experience that the discretionary dispute settlement model does not work for vulnerable workers, and the highly touted ‘new’ labor provisions do not provide meaningful new protections for … with the TPP’s labor standard on Day One of the agreement,” said Feingold. “Vietnam will get a five-year free pass to deny freedom of association and there is no plan for Mexico at all. This problem would be compounded if countries such as … Cambodia join the TPP without first affording all of their workers fundamental worker rights and acceptable conditions of work.” Contact: Carolyn Bobb (202) 637-5018 …