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2025 Workers Memorial Day

On April 28th, the AFL-CIO and its member unions observe Workers Memorial Day to remember workers who have died or been injured on the job and to rene...

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April 10 Livestream - UAW - Our Economy, Our Country, Our Future

President Fain's remarks from April 10 Livestream - Our Economy, Our Country, Our Union

Our mission, no matter which industry, which company, which President is in the White House, is to take our power back and raise the standard for the...

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Letter to the Membership, President Frantz

Click here for a letter to the membership by President Ben Frantz.  ...

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Video Contest: Four $5000 cash prizes for videos about the future you want!

Care about jobs and the future of your community? Angry about sweatshops and the exploitation of children? Resolute that looking for the union label is as important today as it was 40 years ago? Think our country does best when we invest in ourselves?

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: We are Not Staying Still!

The labor movement isn’t content to merely survive in an era when anti-union lawmakers control both chambers of Congress – we’re moving forward, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told delegates at the 2018 UAW Community Action Program (CAP) Conference in Washington, D.C.

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NAACP President Derrick Johnson tells delegates "Stay laser-focused so the right does not divide progressive allies"

First, NAACP President Derrick Johnson explained that there definitely is a connection between civil rights and labor. As a matter of fact, they are natural allies. And two, just as with other progressive coalitions and allies, we must stay sharply focused on the next five years to turn the tide on the attacks from the right.

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Rep. Jayapal: We have to value all immigrants

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who represents most of Seattle and adjoining areas, came to America from India all on her own at 16 years old to attend college at Georgetown University because her parents wanted her to have a good education and opportunities. The first Indian-American in the U.S. House of Representatives, says the term “chain migration” is a derogatory term used to scapegoat immigrants.

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Sen. Debbie Stabenow: “Corporate investors get millions. American workers get Twinkies.”

Republicans talk a good game. In fact, Sen. Debbie Stabenow said that she thought President Trump might have borrowed her speeches on the campaign trail in 2016 as he wooed workers who wanted something different out of Washington.

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