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Transforming Heartbreak into Hope
The AFL-CIO's latest roundup of worker wins begins with New York taxi drivers fighting to save lives and includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining...
AFL-CIO Launches We Are Winning Campaign
The AFL-CIO today launched a television ad campaign highlighting the wave of collective action sweeping the country. From union organizing victories to the defeat of...
Union Members Call For End to Zero Tolerance Immigration Policy
On Wednesday, August 15th, thousands of union members from across the Labor Movement joined together in Philadelphia to mount the largest protest of its kind against Trump's policy of family...
Could the AFL-CIO Endorse Trump?
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says that the AFL-CIO could endorse Trump in 2020. More from Fox News below.
Where all the Labor Monuments Are
Across the nation, there are great monuments to the labor union legacy, and some may even be closer than you realize. Add these sites to your travel itinerary to put a union twist...
AFL-CIO Launches Nationwide Ad Campaign
The AFL-CIO today announced a major, national print and digital ad campaign calling on workers to join together in the face of continued corporate assaults on the freedom to join together in union.
AFL-CIO Highlights the Need for Infrastructure Investment
This week is Infrastructure Week, an annual event where an increasingly powerful coalition led by local, state and federal leaders, as well as both businesses and labor unions,...
The Future of Work in the Digital Age
In Washington, D.C., yesterday, leaders and advocates for working people came together to discuss the future of work. The occasion was the first meeting of the AFL-CIO Commission on...
We Need Equal Pay Data
An effort that would require big companies to reveal salary data by gender and race to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was blocked by the Trump administration. This is...
AFL-CIO's Trumka: 93,000 Jobs Outsourced in Trump's First Year
On Tuesday Trump touted his tax plan during his first State of the Union address. In it, he claimed that thanks to his policies jobs were coming back to the United States, but like most things that...