Executive Council Statement
Organizing and Mobilizing for Growth
… Collective bargaining is more critical than ever in order for workers to earn our fair share of the wealth we create, to strengthen our middle class and to move our economy away from the trap of low wages and high consumer debt. Yet, over the last several decades, workers have effectively been stripped of our right to form unions to bargain for a better life. Protections in existing laws have been slashed and coverage has been … effect dramatic change – to restore and extend protections to workers who have been denied these rights. Through the hard work of our affiliates, their members, and our partners at every level and with support from the Obama Administration and our …