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16 union-first candidates on November ballot chart a new path for Texas politics

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PETITION: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

Starbucks workers in 60-plus cities are on strike for a fair contract! Baristas at corporate stores are fighting for better pay, fair scheduling and respect on the job. We stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers.

No Contract, No Coffee

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29 Sep, 2017

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29 Sep, 2017

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Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

In a powerful illustration of the ability of grassroots activists to challenge corporate power, United Students Against Sweatshops, the nation’s leading student organization focused on issues of worker rights and economic justice, has just scored a crucial victory over the world’s biggest s

Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

27 Sep, 2017

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A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

Working people are tired of hearing how tax giveaways for Wall Street billionaires and corporations will supposedly trickle down to the rest of us.

A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

20 Sep, 2017

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20 Sep, 2017

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A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

Last week, the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on H.R. 3441, the so-called Save Local Business Act -- a bill that has almost nothing to do with saving small and local businesses.

A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

14 Sep, 2017

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14 Sep, 2017

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Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations

Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband, Juan Vivares, reported to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in lower Manhattan in March. Vivares, who fled Colombia and entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, had recently been given a deportation order.

Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations

12 Sep, 2017

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The Labor Movement Responds to Harvey

The Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, Coastal Bend CLC and Sabine Area CLC have all worked around-the-clock to deliver emergency food, water and supplies to union members. READ MORE

The Labor Movement Responds to Harvey

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16 union-first candidates on November ballot chart a new path for Texas politics

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PETITION: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations

The Labor Movement Responds to Harvey

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Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Mark Gallego - Sep 29

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AutoZone Workers Vote to Join UAW, First for Nationwide Chain - Sep 29

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Writers Guild of America East - Sep 28

We Are Empowered: The Working People Weekly List - Sep 28

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Hector Beltran - Sep 28

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Central Maine Medical Center Nurses (NNU) Vote Overwhelmingly to Form Union - Sep 28

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Manny Diaz - Sep 25

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Loft Cinema Workers Unanimously Ratify First CBA - Sep 25

Worker Wins: ‘A Meaningful Voice In the Decisions that Affect Them’ - Sep 24

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Susie Diaz - Sep 24

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16 union-first candidates on November ballot chart a new path for Texas politics

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PETITION: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations

The Labor Movement Responds to Harvey

AFL-CIO News Feed

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Mark Gallego - Sep 29

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: AutoZone Workers Vote to Join UAW, First for Nationwide Chain - Sep 29

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Writers Guild of America East - Sep 28

We Are Empowered: The Working People Weekly List - Sep 28

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Hector Beltran - Sep 28

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Central Maine Medical Center Nurses (NNU) Vote Overwhelmingly to Form Union - Sep 28

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Manny Diaz - Sep 25

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Loft Cinema Workers Unanimously Ratify First CBA - Sep 25

Worker Wins: ‘A Meaningful Voice In the Decisions that Affect Them’ - Sep 24

Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Susie Diaz - Sep 24