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Labor 2020

What We’re Doing

November 7, 2020
Blog

AFL-CIO Looks Forward to Working with President-Elect Joe Biden

Democracy is prevailing. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory in this free and fair election is a win for America’s labor movement. Everywhere in every way, working people are heroically and resiliently fighting back against this pandemic, its economic fall out, chronic income inequality and systemic racism.
November 2, 2020
Blog

Broken Promises, a Botched Response and a Better Way Forward

Four years ago, enough union members in places like Wisconsin, Michigan and my home state of Pennsylvania defected from the Democratic Party to tip the election to Donald Trump. While neither the AFL-CIO nor I supported him, I understood why many union members did. Trump branded himself as an outsider. He did not sound like a politician. While crass and offensive, he spoke to the desire of working people for a louder voice.
September 11, 2020

Vote. Your Life Depends On It

September 7, 2020
Media Hit

Kamala Harris and Liz Shuler: Unions can help America build back better after COVID-19 (Detroit News)

September 7, 2020
Media Hit

Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put Power Back in Workers' Hands (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 4, 2020
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Trumka on the Labor Movement Assisting Workers and Trump's Failed Promises (C-SPAN)

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