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Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Legislation That Would Undermine Apprenticeships

… for using improperly or insufficiently trained workers on projects. We should encourage not discourage apprenticeships and training and skills development with taxpayer dollars, not discouraging it at the expense of quality work completion or at …
Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting Nomination of Jose Javier Rodriguez to the Department of Labor

… I write to express the AFL-CIO’s support for Jose Javier Rodriguez’ confirmation as Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training at the U.S. Department of Labor (ETA), and to call for his swift confirmation. Mr. Rodriguez is highly qualified for … and his prompt confirmation will ensure continuation of the important work of administering federal apprenticeship and training programs for workers seeking to improve their skills, and overseeing federal unemployment insurance benefits and … Rodriguez during his years in the state legislature and he has also worked closely with the national federation to support training and workers’ assistance programs. We ask for your support of this nominee because we believe he will serve workers …
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Organizing Institute Field Clinics

… Mentor Lead organizers need to balance the work between leading the campaign and leading and developing organizers. This training gives lead organizers the skills to train and mentor organizers and the tools to hold them accountable. Participants …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 10: Creating and Retaining Sustainable Good Green Jobs

… grid modernization, energy efficiency, weatherization and retrofits, we have fought for wage and employment standards and training resources. And recently the AFL-CIO created the Green Jobs Center at the Working for America Institute to expand our … sectors of the economy. For example, home weatherization is an industry characterized by low wages, no benefits, little training and lack of standards. Wage rates at many wind and solar manufacturing facilities are below national averages for … federally funded and  assisted construction projects adhere to  prevailing wage requirements and provide  apprenticeship training programs, employer- paid health care, employer-paid pensions, worker safety programs and local community outreach to …
Convention Resolution

Resolution 14: Women, Work and Families [amended]

… women and children and by prosecuting the traffickers. Women and girls should have equal access to vocational guidance and training, including on-the-job training in technical skills. Positive action programs and gender mainstreaming programs for women and men should be put into … leave for adoption of a child, to take parental leave without forfeiting any employment and related rights. Education and training. Inequalities in access to education and training and programs must be eliminated, as should curriculum content that …
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National Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Ernie Sandoval

… Sandoval. … Ernie Sandoval is a young member of the APWU who volunteered as a shop steward. Through his diligence and training, he eventually became his local's clerk craft director. When he isn't working as a postal clerk, filing grievances …
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13 Ways the Trump Budget Hurts Working People

… of the Medicare program. 6. Education It will devastate public schools, eliminate after-school programs and much-needed training for teachers, and make it harder for young people to go to college by cutting student loan funding by $143 billion … Health for Working People It will eliminate the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s worker safety and health training program, gut job safety research, wipe out investigations of chemical accident, and weaken OSHA’s ability to inspect workplaces, leading to more workers being injured and killed on the job. 9. Training for Working People It will deny training and employment services for nearly 7.7 million adults, displaced workers, …
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Trumka on Crooked Conversations Podcast: 'Collective Action Is on the Rise'

… people with their wages, with their health care, with their pension, with their school district, with their retirement? On Training Workers: Trumka: One of the best-kept secrets in the United States is that...the labor movement trains more people every year than anybody else other than the military. Kander: And often times, they’re training folks who just came out of the military as well. Trumka: We have a special program for that called Helmets to …
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AFL-CIO Analysis of President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 Budget

… “Working people in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin didn’t vote for a budget that slashes workforce training and fails to invest in our nation’s infrastructure. President Trump’s proposed budget attempts to balance the budget … in workers, communities, young people, protecting our environment and building democracy. There are major cuts in job training, education, health programs, the environment, the arts and foreign aid. Research programs in science and medicine … key highlights: Department of Labor: Overall cut $2.5 billion (-20.7%) The budget makes it harder for workers to get the training they need in order to advance in their industry and to compete globally. Major cuts: Job …
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Shuler to IUPAT: Using Technology Can Make Jobs Better, Safer, More Efficient

… also help build our labor movement. More dollars available for construction creates jobs and means more opportunities for training as new people come into our movement. Did you know the labor movement is the second largest provider of worker training in the U.S. behind the military? That’s our best-kept secret. But it shouldn’t be!  Not when the average young … The time is ripe for expanding this successful model into more industries, which is why this administration’s attacks on training and labor standards with these IRAPs MUST be defeated.  Our registered apprenticeship programs and training …