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Working People Rally on May Day for Workplace Rights and Solidarity

… #workingclass - Share if you agree #MayDay pic.twitter.com/JNmv6QEZYM — LIUNA (@LIUNA) May 1, 2017   Today, let's commit to work together to lift up working families around the world. #USWWorks #MayDay2017 pic.twitter.com/VHqQ0CKS6e — United Steelworkers …
Executive Council Statement

2017 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award

… A vibrant labor movement is essential to democracy. In a global political climate marked by closing space for civil society, growing corporate power and an erosion … the first direct vote in KCTU history, promising to organize a general strike against austerity economics and precarious work. Under his leadership, union activists have been at the forefront of the fight for social justice in South Korea. … labor movement, United Nations officials and numerous human rights groups in calling for President Han’s release. When right-wing governments and their corporate allies threaten basic labor rights and democratic norms, workers must organize and …
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Imprisoned KCTU President Han Honored with Human Rights Award, Global Labor Movement Calls for His Release

… South Korea’s years of military rule in the 1980s, Han helped organize a union in his auto manufacturing plant. He went on to lead that union in an occupation of the auto plant with 1,700 other workers, demanding an end to layoff and severance concessions. Kim continued: "Together, we need to continue the struggle. We look forward to deepening our solidarity and strategic partnership with the AFL-CIO and all its affiliates." In honoring the powerful work of Han, the KCTU, Dennis Williams, president of the UAW, reminded the audience that: "Repression of workers and unions …
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AFL-CIO Honors Korean Labor Leader Han with Human Rights Award, Call for His Release From Prison

… in 1980s South Korea, Han, a former student activist, helped organize a union in his auto manufacturing plant. He went on to lead that union in an occupation of the auto plant with 1,700 other workers, demanding an end to layoff and severance … first direct vote in KCTU history, promising to organize a general strike to protest austerity economics and precarious work. Under his leadership, workers have mobilized against anti-worker labor legislation and government corruption in a … and perseverance of Korean workers and activists. Worker activism is the bulwark against closing civil society space and right-wing, corporate threats to basic labor rights and democratic norms. Han and the Korean labor movement serve as an …
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Trumka on Technological Change and the Future of Work

… Good afternoon everyone. Let me start by thanking you, Mr. Secretary General, and the OECD at large, for this opportunity to meet and to exchange views. The Liaison Committee Meeting is an important moment for us, the TUAC and the constituencies … to the conclusion of our meeting today. For today’s conversation, we want to address the twin challenges of the Future of Work and the Future of the Firm. The Future of Work is rightfully a central focus of the OECD today, with the on-going review … after opportunity to ensure a minimum level of policy coherence between trade rule and labor standards and to balance the right of investors with the rights of the ordinary people. Time has run out. Let me close by talking about democracy. Next …
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New U.N Report: Working People's Freedom to Stand Together Is Under Attack

… from asserting their most basic human and workplace freedoms. … Maina Kiai, former U.N. special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, led a mission to the United States in 2016 and documented the obstacles … freedom of people to join together in union and ability to exploit working people.   In addition, 28 states have enacted “right to work” laws, which are deliberately crafted to take away people’s freedom to join together and negotiate. By weakening …
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What Working People in Their Unions Are Doing to End Gender-Based Violence on the Job

… April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time to educate our communities about the prevalence of sexual assault and ways to prevent it. The labor movement is committed to ending sexual assault, and other forms of gender-based violence, especially … in the workplace. … Gender-based violence in the workplace refers to sexual violence in all of its forms that occurs at work, or on the way to and from work, including sexual harassment, stalking behaviors, assault and rape, trafficking, …
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Working People are Tackling High Drug Costs Through State-Level Reforms

… Despite all of the talk in Washington, D.C., about health care, Congress and Donald Trump have done nothing to deal with the No. 1 health care problem facing working people. Surging health care prices—especially prescription drug … workers' health plans and public health programs. … Consider this: the average annual cost of a brand-name drug grew to $5,807 in 2015, more than three times what it was in 2006 ($1,788), according to AARP’s most recent analysis of widely used brand-name prescription drugs. There also have been instances of immense …
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Working Families All Over the U.S. Mobilize Against the Senate Republican Health Care Bill

… While the Senate Republican leaders announced they were going to postpone their vote on their version of a health care bill that actually takes away care from 22 million people , working people from across the country took to the streets to express their opposition to this cruel piece of legislation. We still need to hold strong and beat back … of access to affordable, quality care for Nevada working families." … NV labor, community, seniors: Healthcare is a human right! @SenDeanHeller must #ProtectOurCare , vote no on Senate #healthcarebill pic.twitter.com/lxPQxGhDx8 — AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) …
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Más allá de las fronteras la gente trabajadora unida es más fuerte (On May Day, Working People Across Borders Are United to Build Power)

… Throughout North America and globally, May 1 is a day to remember and respect workers’ rights as human rights. As working people take to the streets in communities around the world, a quieter but equally important movement of workers on both sides of the … supporting labor rights and fighting corruption—and we’re doing it together. Our agenda is simple. We oppose efforts to divide and disempower working people, and we oppose border walls and xenophobia anywhere and everywhere. We want trade …