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Executive Council Statement

2018 George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award

… In recognition of its inspiring efforts to organize, uplift and empower immigrant workers and their families from all over the world, the AFL-CIO is proud to present the 2018 George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to the National TPS Alliance. Over the past year and a … if we do not find a solution to the Temporary Protected Status crisis soon, hardworking people will start to lose their work permits in the first week of the new year. Leading the charge to push back against these punitive policy changes are the …
Executive Council Statement

Working Families Must Be Together, and Free

… In our founding documents, the unions of the AFL-CIO dedicated ourselves to improve the lives of working families and to “fulfill the yearning of the human spirit for liberty, justice and community.” These ideals compel our labor movement to … country is an affront to labor's values and a clear threat to the freedoms we all hold dear. Family is the reason we go to work every day. America’s unions categorically reject policies that tear families apart. Yet what we see in our country today …
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Are We in a Trade War?

… TV pundits keep repeating that we’re in a “ trade war .” What does that even mean? … For starters, if you want to learn more about tariffs and trade, we will hold an informational call on Thursday to discuss newly imposed tariffs, … at the expense of ordinary working people.   The attack on workers has been waged on many fronts, from so-called “ right to work ” laws that deny our freedom, to   regressive tax laws   such as the recent Republican tax bill giving big tax breaks to …
Executive Council Statement

Tariffs and Trade Are a Means, Not an End

… But the plain fact is that administration after administration and Congress after Congress have clung stubbornly to trade rules that create profits at the expense of good jobs, when the two should go hand in hand.  Working people continue … that the newly elected Mexican Congress will enact a law to fully implement the 2017 Constitutional labor reforms and work with independent labor unions toward a new North American trade deal that will lift up workers across the continent. But … words, we’re doing trade wrong. For decades, the AFL-CIO has urged elected officials and trade negotiators to get trade right by putting working families first, not the corporations that are fleeing our shores.  We hope that this administration …