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Executive Council Statement

Crisis in Alabama: The Devastating Effects of State Anti-Immigrant Laws

… On Nov. 16, a delegation [i] of African American labor leaders traveled to Alabama on a fact-finding mission to investigate and document the impact of HB 56, America’s latest extreme anti-immigrant … children and families. Destroying the hope and dreams of children is not the American way.  Children are being denied the right of an education.  Public universities are prohibited from enrolling undocumented students.  Making it a crime to help a … system.  Tea Party Republicans have pre-filed a bill that would make it legal for private companies to hire prisoners to work on farms, in chicken processing plants and in manufacturing industries.  It is very disturbing that elected officials …
Legislative Alert

Letter to Representatives Opposing an Act That Would Deny Protections for Workers Employed on Indian Land

… Dear Representative: The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, H.R. 986, which would deny protection under the National Labor Relations Act … human rights that belong to every worker in every nation. Workers cannot be left without any legally enforceable right to form unions and bargain collectively in instances where they are working for a tribal enterprise which is simply a … These values are at the core of the ILO Constitution and the ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. The Director for the International Labour Standards Division wrote that in the absence of tribal ordinances offering …
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Expansion of H-2A or H-2B Visa Programs

… Dear Appropriations Committee Member: The AFL-CIO strongly urges you to oppose any appropriations amendments that would expand the abuse-riddled H-2A or H-2B visa programs. As our nation confronts multiple crises with no end in sight, it is unnecessary and inappropriate to expand programs that increase already considerable risks to the lives and livelihoods of working people. Unions have long pushed to restructure our system of work visas so they can be used only in cases of real and demonstrated need, and so that all those who work in affected …
Convention Resolution

Seizing the Moment for Growth, Strength and Solidarity: Organizing for Our Future

… the Organizing Committee THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT for the labor movement. Never in our lifetimes have we been this close to helping millions of working people gain the benefits of union membership, revitalizing our union movement and turning around a collapsed economy. We have worked for years to develop the political support necessary to knock down the roadblocks that bar workers from forming unions and … not at a scale large enough to build the kind of just economy that working families deserve and need. We must do more. Our work leading to this moment has positioned us to enact the most significant progressive labor law reform since the Wagner …
Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting the Nomination of Carolyn Lerner to U.S. Court of Claims

… Building Washington, D.C. 20510-6050 Dear Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Grassley: We write on behalf of the AFL-CIO to strongly urge a yes vote on the confirmation of Carolyn Lerner to serve on the U.S. Court of Claims. Ms. Lerner is the former Senate-confirmed head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel … a civil rights and employment law firm, Heller, Huron, Chertkof, Lerner, Simon & Salzman. At the firm, she did exemplary work defending the rights of federal employees and also served as the federal court-appointed Special Master in a sexual …
Press Release

AFL-CIO President on the Vice Presidential Debate

… champion who fights for working people in the real world.   But working people won’t be fooled. As senator, Vance refused to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act—the labor movement’s landmark bill to protect workers’ right to join a union—and introduced legislation that would let bosses create sham company unions to undermine actual worker …
Executive Council Statement

The American Red Cross

… Cross activities across the country, and played a major role in disaster relief. The AFL-CIO has strongly supported the right of employees of the American Red Cross and other charitable agencies to union representation. During the massive reorganization and centralization of the Red Cross's Blood Service in the last … for March. The American Red Cross should make certain that the Blood Service reorganization does not jeopardize the work duties of its unionized employees in Cleveland or any other area. Indeed, if the Cleveland dispute is not equitably …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 50: Opposition to the Dominican Republic–Central American Free Trade Agreement

… million Central Americans struggling in poverty and the millions of hardworking immigrants in this nation most vulnerable to layoffs and mistreatment. Flawed trade deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the proposed … CAFTA widen our trade deficit, subject domestic laws protecting our workers, consumers, public services and health to challenge by foreign corporations and do nothing to promote democracy, workers’ rights or the building of a middle class … and n Through the AFL-CIO political mobilization structure, including our state federations and central labor councils, work to hold elected officials and candidates from both political parties accountable for their position on flawed trade …
Executive Council Statement

Opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)

… million Central Americans struggling in poverty and the millions of hard-working immigrants in this nation most vulnerable to layoffs and mistreatment. Flawed trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the proposed CAFTA widen our trade deficit, subject domestic laws protecting our workers, consumers, public services and health to challenge by foreign corporations, and do nothing to promote democracy, workers’ rights, or the building of a middle class … q       Through the AFL-CIO political mobilization structure, including our state federations and central labor councils, work to hold elected officials and candidates from both political parties accountable for their position on flawed trade …
Executive Council Statement

Standing United Against Hatred and Bigotry

… Hollywood, Fla. While our society has made some progress in combating hatred and bigotry over the years, much more work remains to be done to make equality a reality for all Americans. Since the terrible events of September 11, 2001, a climate of fear … that we as a union movement must continue to vigorously challenge.  For example, contrary to the claims of some on the far right, women and people of color are still systematically discriminated against in housing, education, employment, access to …