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AFL-CIO Presents Resolution at Ralph Lauren Shareholders’ Meeting

… Ralph Lauren Shareholders’ meeting while inside, the AFL-CIO sponsored a shareholder resolution calling on Ralph Lauren to conduct a human rights risk assessment. The AFL-CIO resolution was seconded by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer. … Federation. Akter, who worked at the Tazreen Fashions factory that had a tragic fire in 2012, pushed for Ralph Lauren to explain why it has refused to join the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, which would help protect the safety of garment workers who …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Launches ‘Stand with Su’ Digital Ad Campaign, National Mobilization Effort to Support Julie Su for Secretary of Labor

… today unveiled a multifaceted “Stand with Su” campaign in support of acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s confirmation to lead the Department of Labor. The campaign includes a six-figure digital ad buy, as well as a nationwide worker … those on the margins who are routinely subject to exploitation and abuse. Her deep understanding of the future of work, the benefits and challenges of technological advancement in the workplace, and the essential role job training plays in … for rewarding careers. The AFL-CIO and our allies will fight tooth and nail to ensure Julie is confirmed because she’s the right person at the right time to move our nation’s workforce forward.” The AFL-CIO campaign will mobilize union members …
Press Release

AFL-CIO Launches Virginia Ad Campaign Boosting the PRO Act

… launched a major ad campaign in Virginia this week, airing statewide television and radio ads promoting the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The advertising campaign is aligned with a national week of action, from April 26 to May 1, mobilizing working people to demand Senate passage of the landmark worker rights bill. “We’re taking nothing for …
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Collective Bargaining

… bargaining is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family, and more. Collective bargaining is a way to solve workplace problems. It is also the best means for raising … In the United States, some three-quarters of private-sector workers and two-thirds of public employees have the right to collective bargaining. This right came to U.S. workers through a series of laws. The Railway Labor Act granted …
Press Release

AFL-CIO: Passage of Respect for Marriage Act Long Overdue

… federal law. At a time when we have witnessed the rolling back of previously established rights, this bill is critical to guaranteeing that same-sex and interracial couples will not live in fear that their marriages are under threat.  The bill ensures everyone will receive the economic benefits of a legally recognized marriage such as health care, work status and Social Security, no matter their sex, race, ethnicity or national origin. Everyone should have the right to love who they love with dignity and equal treatment under the law. As this legislation heads to President Biden’s …
Blog

In Honor of International Workers' Day, We Must Pass the PRO Act

… May 1 is International Workers' Day, a symbolic time to conclude our PRO Act National Week of Action. To mark the occasion, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) sends the … immediately pass the PRO Act and immigration reforms that will ensure  all workers can join together to demand rights at work. … To fix the systems that have failed working families, we must be united across borders. Together, we can rewrite the … committed to transforming the lives of working people through bold, structural changes that remove all barriers to the right to organize. In order to build worker power to lift standards in our workplaces, we must finally enact meaningful …
Executive Council Statement

On the Service of Tefere Gebre

… Ethiopia, Gebre escaped the horrors of war and a brutal military government at the age of 14 and walked across the desert to a refugee camp in Sudan, and then emigrated to Los Angeles as a political refugee. While attending college in California, Gebre worked his first union job as a night … the life-changing difference a collective bargaining agreement can make in people’s lives. He has devoted his life to advocating for the rights of workers ever since. Prior to his election, Gebre was the director of governmental relations …
Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting Nomination of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General

… Dear Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Grassley: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I urge swift confirmation of Vanita Gupta to be the next Associate Attorney General in the Department of Justice. With deep experience in a broad range of complex … as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Department of Justice. This position followed her work as an advocate for civil rights and racial justice at the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Ms. Gupta’s record leaves no doubt that she is a skilled problem-solver with the requisite background to bring a sorely needed fresh perspective to the Associate Attorney General’s oversight responsibilities. Her nomination …
Press Release

NAFTA Negotiations on Track but Not Done

… in pursuing an agreement that works for working people in all three countries, and we are not done yet. There is more work that needs to be done to deliver the needed, real solutions to NAFTA’s deeply ingrained flaws. Any new deal must raise wages, ensure … but its implementation, monitoring and enforcement. We remain committed to working with the administration to get NAFTA right. Our members’ jobs depend on it. But, as always, the devil is in the details. Richard Trumka , AFL-CIO President Leo …
Executive Council Statement

People's Movement In The Middle East And North Africa

… Labor (known by its French acronym UGTT) played a key role in coordinating and supporting mobilization across the country to help express the demands of the Tunisian citizenry for an end to authoritarian rule and a more just economic system. The … in the discussions about the future of their countries. Equitable and sustainable economic development, with decent work at its heart, is essential to meeting the aspirations of people in the region. Economic systems that expand … have stood in solidarity with America’s workers fighting for these same principles of justice and democracy for workers, right here in Wisconsin and throughout the United States. The U.S. government historically has not stood up for the workers …