JOHN PATRICK: LABOR MOVEMENT WILL FIGHT RACISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, OTHER FORMS OF HATRED AT EVERY TURN

The Texas AFL-CIO joins a mourning nation in condemning the senseless deaths of a young activist and two law officers in Charlottesville.

JOHN PATRICK: LABOR MOVEMENT WILL FIGHT RACISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, OTHER FORMS OF HATRED AT EVERY TURN

John Patrick to Retire as President of the Texas AFL-CIO

  Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick announced today he plans to retire as President of the Texas AFL-CIO at the end of September.

  Patrick cited chronic back problems as contributing to his decision to leave office a little more than halfway through his four-year elected term.

John Patrick to Retire as President of the Texas AFL-CIO

JOHN PATRICK: DEATHS OF EIGHT IN OVERHEATED TRUCK HIGHLIGHT NEED TO KEEP UP HUMAN TRAFFICKING FIGHT, SEEK COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

 In the wake of the tragic deaths of 10 immigrants whose bodies were discovered over the weekend in an overheated truck in San Antonio, Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick issued the following statement:

JOHN PATRICK: DEATHS OF EIGHT IN OVERHEATED TRUCK HIGHLIGHT NEED TO KEEP UP HUMAN TRAFFICKING FIGHT, SEEK COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

REMARKS BY JOHN PATRICK PRESIDENT, TEXAS AFL-CIO -58TH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

Brothers and Sisters, welcome to the 58th Texas AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention.

  I’m going to focus my remarks today on the session of the Texas Legislature that ended just a few weeks ago and on the special legislative session that is coming.

REMARKS BY JOHN PATRICK PRESIDENT, TEXAS AFL-CIO -58TH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION