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Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Fire Fighters

… for our members through collective bargaining; to maintain their health and safety; to provide them with education, training and resources to do their job; and to be politically active in campaigns and legislation in order to make a … across the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Member trainings include the Affiliate Leadership Training Summit , Communications Training Academy ,   Fire Ground Survival ,   FIRE OPS 101 ,   HazMat , the Partnership Education Program, Peer Fitness …
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Letter to Senators in Support of a Bill to Improve Our Nation's Workforce Development System

… conclusion an 11-year effort to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Providing greater access to training, education and employment services remains a top priority of the AFL-CIO and its affiliates. To improve the nation’s workforce development system we must focus on providing sufficient skill training to participants, rather than directing individuals into low-wage, low skill jobs that have little prospect of career … in the past. We therefore urge you to oppose both the Flake and Lee amendments. The success of our nation’s employment and training system is a key factor in whether jobless workers can obtain gainful employment and high skill jobs. We urge you to …
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: SMART-TD Announces Tentative Deal for Conductors with Amtrak

… economic highlights of the contract include substantial wage increases that are retroactive to July 2022, greater new hire training per diem, more conductor certification pay and improved training pay. SMART-TD also secured major wins relating to worker health and work-life balance, such as more paid parental …
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Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Laborers

… works predominantly to help construction craft laborers improve their lives through collective bargaining, organizing, training programs, safer job sites and the enforcement of workers’ rights. Current Leadership of Union :   Terry O’Sullivan … director of the Construction, Maintenance and Service Trades Department; and administrator of the West Virginia Laborers’ Training Center. O’Sullivan is a San Francisco native. Armand E. Sabitoni serves as general secretary-treasurer and as New … vital organizing tools. In the ensuing decades, the union expanded it's focus on member benefits, political organizing and training. Many locals began to offer additional services, from health clinics to drug and alcohol rehabilitation …
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Citizenship Day 2014 Highlights Growing Partnership between NPNA and AFL-CIO

… the undocumented, and as immigrant rights groups prepare for the coming voter mobilization season. NPNA has developed a training curriculum and “tool box” that is being presented to AFL-CIO affiliate unions and Central Labor Councils on how to incorporate naturalization into their civic engagement programs. This training is happening online and in-person, from urban centers in New Jersey to trainings with UFCW packinghouse workers in … Executive Director. “Our partnership with AFL-CIO aims to inspire workers to naturalize and open doors to them around job training, financial literacy, and voter registration.” Although 8.8 million people are currently eligible to naturalize, only …
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Credential Engine to Bridge Gap Between Skilled Workers and Companies That Need Them

… Getting people into available, good-paying jobs remains a challenge. It is more confusing than ever to understand what training, education, and experience in the form of apprenticeships, certificates, college degrees, or licenses are valued in … which is expected to grow 18% by 2026, adding about 2.3 million jobs in the process, to easily lay out the education and training credentials required to train, recruit, and hire staff. People searching for jobs or educational programs can visit …
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Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Plasterers and Cement Masons

… craft unions in the trade. Once the union became active, it endorsed the eight-hour workday and instituted apprentice training and regulation. In 1887, the union became international by allowing Canadian workers to join. In 1951, Operative … to their country into the industry. Plasterer and Cement Mason magazine provides news and information. The OPCMIA provides training to help working people expand their skills and pursue their goals. OPCMIA Gear offers branded merchandise for …
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Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Roofers and Waterproofers

… friends in the union, ensure members have the protection of a contract and dignity on the job and to provide members with training, brotherhood, sisterhood and friendship and an opportunity to make a difference. Current Leadership of Union :   … adopted the current name, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers. The union continues to focus on training, safety and cooperation in an effort to provide the safest and best-trained roofers and waterproofers in the … Conduct , Women in Roofing , Political Action , Community Outreach , Apprenticeships , Safety and Health , Education and Training   and   Help Wanted . Learn More:  Website ,  Facebook ,  Twitter ,  Instagram , Youtube . …
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Shuler: SMART is a Real Leader on Technology

… 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 those IRAPs MUST be defeated.  Our registered apprenticeship programs and facilities—like …
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Black History Month Profiles: Belle Allen

… for working people across the country. Today's profile is Belle Allen of the Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). … As the training director for the newly formed IATSE Local 480 Training Center, a 10,000-square-foot facility located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Belle Allen is a proud and active …