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… Trade unions make a difference in the lives of women, and women make a difference in the work of trade unions. From Berlin to Bogotá, from Bangkok to Baghdad and from Boston to Brazzaville, women work every day, … work on major areas in which women’s rights must be defended and enhanced worldwide, including: Freedom of association—the right to organize; Education and training; Employment and equal pay; Social protection with particular focus on maternity …

… start how vital the union was for winning justice and fairness in the workplace.  She would later recall that she decided to become a steward with her AFGE local after she had trained several men at the VA who went on to become her supervisors, and she knew something was wrong with that picture. It wasn't long before she was recognized in … and a member of the AFL-CIO's Executive Council.  She was widely respected throughout the union movement for her hard work on several of the Executive Council's most important committees including Organizing, Civil and Human Rights, Community …

… In recognition of her extraordinary courage, strength and dedication to the cause of workers’ rights and justice in Colombia, and for her steadfast commitment to ending impunity for all those responsible for the violence committed against Colombian trade unionists and other human … like the hundreds of recent killings of union leaders, and that she was not going to allow her father’s cause and life’s work to be silenced . She made clear that her father and his life were her example, and that she was going to demand justice …

… For more than a dozen years, we have worked and struggled to create the environment and the political climate in which we could pass serious labor law reform to restore workers’ … for change. We also know that those who have always opposed workers’ rights, freedoms and advancement—the radical right wing and corrupt, corporate bullies—will fight us with everything they have and every advantage they can employ. They … onslaught. Commit to ramp up a nationwide grassroots campaign. In each priority state we commit to release staff to work together to meet our ambitious member mobilization goals, coordinate with allies and reach senators in their home …

… 1994, we have run up more than $5 trillion in cumulative current account deficits – meaning we will be paying out returns to foreigners on that debt for the foreseeable future. But one country stands out in the 2008 trade figures. Our bilateral … external pressure on the Chinese government to respect its international obligations is essential for Chinese workers, who work long hours for uncertain pay, often in unsafe conditions and without any political voice or the right to form independent unions. The United States also must stand up for Chinese workers in their efforts to fully exercise …

… instances are bargaining contracts. In New Jersey, Connecticut, Nevada and Indiana, these workers have waged heroic fights to win justice and a real say in their working conditions. Unfortunately, employer opposition stands in the way of achieving real justice. Casino owners have fired worker-activists, intimidated workers during elections and refused to bargain despite overwhelming union victory margins in certified National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections. If there … Workers Union. While the employers go through the motions at the bargaining table, they effectively deny workers their right to a contract by stonewalling on issue after issue. The AFL-CIO stands in solidarity with all workers in the gaming …

… of reregulating our financial markets, like the challenge of restoring workers’ rights in the workplace, is central to securing the economic future of our country and the world. In 2006, while the Bush administration was in the midst of … momentum in 2007 and 2008, and now a different day is upon us. The costs of the deregulation illusion have become clear to all but a handful of unrepentant ideologues, and the public cast its votes in November for candidates who promised to end the era of rampant financial speculation and deregulation. In October, when Congress authorized the $700 billion …

… young shop steward in San Luis Obispo Branch 52 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, filed a grievance to protect the rights of one of his branch members.  It turned out to be the beginning of a remarkable career in the modern union movement. It was not long before Young's union sisters and … Region 1 in San Francisco, they chose him to be regional administrative assistant and then national business agent.  His work in California was so widely respected that he was asked in 1990 to come to NALC headquarters in Washington, D.C., where …

… challenge of fixing this economic mess is enormous – and urgent.  Creating good jobs that cannot be outsourced is central to the solution.   Despite much-touted “green shoots,” the prognosis for the U.S. economy keeps getting worse.  The official … or unemployed in June -- more than 25 million workers.  Almost 30 percent of unemployed workers have been out of work more than six months, and more than 600,000 will exhaust their unemployment benefits by September if nothing is done. … crisis.  At this critical juncture, the consequences of the government failing to act on a sufficient scale and in the right way could be catastrophic.   The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was a bold and well-crafted program to …