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Resolution 17: Building Power for Working People In the Global Economy

… supply chains, threatens the rights of workers, citizens and communities worldwide. Corporations use global supply chains to subcontract many of their key functions and further distance themselves from direct employment responsibilities. This strategy undermines workers’ ability to increase their collective power, because often their direct employer has little power within the supply chain. This model … Action Steps: Support research into new and expanding technologies and occupations that help unions meet the future of work with proactive plans that lead to collaboration on multicountry, comprehensive worker organizing campaigns at firms that …
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DACA Announcement Will Not Deter Working People's Fight for Justice

… unions responded with outrage and resolve. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said: … President Donald Trump’s move to terminate DACA and strip work authorization away from 800,000 productive members of our society is cruel and wrong. Ending DACA will increase the pool … has a long road ahead in achieving comprehensive immigration reform, the DREAM Act is a promising bipartisan step in the right direction. In light of the administration’s decision, LIUNA strongly urges Congress to immediately redouble efforts to …
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Working People in the States Reject Hate and Terror

… In the wake of the terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to the deaths of Heather Heyer and two Virginia state troopers, Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, … and will not stand for discrimination and hate in our communities. Yesterday's disgraceful display of beliefs from the alt-right was simply that–a disgrace to the citizens of the Commonwealth and all that we stand for. Virginia’s working families … in Charlottesville. White supremacy is a tool used by those who want to divide and conquer people who would otherwise work together to secure their freedom and their fair share, which is why the labor movement is committed to addressing racism …
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How We Should Rewrite the Rules of NAFTA for Working People

… their economies. Those rules give global corporations strong rights and privileges but don’t contain a single provision to ensure more jobs, better wages, clean air and water, affordable medicines, or any of the other benefits trade is supposed to bring. … By any measure important to working people, NAFTA was a failure . It didn’t raise wages. It didn’t help protect the environment or ensure that people …
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Ending Temporary Protected Status Would Hurt All Working People

… Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the administration’s decision to terminate TPS for working people from Nicaragua and leave Honduran TPS holders in limbo: The Temporary Protected Status program has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades because it provides broad benefits to our economy, as well as to people from countries suffering from disasters, violence and upheaval. For the labor movement, … and forcing them into the shadow economy will directly undermine our ability to raise wages and fight for equality at work. America’s unions will stand strong in defense of these hardworking men and women. We urge President Trump to extend …
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What to Do if You Are Targeted at Work for Violence, Harassment or Hate Speech

… and what you can do if you or someone you know is the target of one of these attacks in the workplace. Click on the links to learn more about your rights, what constitutes illegal activity and what you can do about it if you are targeted. Disability : The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to enable an otherwise qualified person with a disability to do his or her job. A reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment (or in the way things are usually done) to help an individual with a disability apply for a job or perform …
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LGBT History Month Pathway to Progress: The Founding of Pride At Work

… History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from … events where working people played a key role in the progress our country has made, including those who are making history right now. In honor of LGBT History Month, we will take a look at the founding of Pride At Work (P@W). … Prior to 1969, the labor movement mostly ignored issues that affected LGBTQ working people. The events at …
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Working People Respond to the Killing of George Floyd with Nationwide Protests

… In response to the killing of George Floyd and the protests across the country, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) said : My heart … and keep doing our part to bring a better day out of this hour of darkness and despair. Today and always, the important work of the AFL-CIO continues unabated. Here is what other organizations that represent working families said: … A. Philip … division, and rioting that came with it should never be a part of those protests. Terrence Floyd, George's brother, was right on the mark when he asked that the demonstrations for justice occur peacefully. To do anything else would be a …
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Racial Discrimination Has a Negative Impact on All Working People

… … It would be an understatement to say that the past few years of witnessing public displays of racial injustice against black and brown communities have … seen as a central priority of the labor movement—but it is our duty to protect workers from racial discrimination in our work places and in our society. One of the labor movement’s most important challenges is to understand how racial … Racial political appeals and promises to white workers often lead to the passage of harmful policies like "right to work" or corporate outsourcing, which pit workers against each other. If we work together to defeat racial inequity …
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Resolution 8: Working People Will Lead the Fight for A Global New Deal On Trade

… and globally—are failing working people. They are corporate-driven and have reduced the share of national income going to working families, as corporate and Wall Street interests capture an ever-greater share. 1 Beginning with the North … to lower wages and reduce the ability of America’s working class to join in unions and negotiate a fair return on their work. 2   For years, the AFL-CIO and its affiliates and allies in the environmental, human rights, faith, small business, … adoption of international labor standards, including but not limited to fair pay for North America’s working families, the right to join together in a union and negotiate with employers, and freedom from discrimination and exploitation of any kind; …