Tag: AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO, Bldg. Trades unions hail passage of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...
By Mark Gruenberg
PAI Staff Writer
Washington (PAI) — Leaders of the AFL-CIO, North America’s Building Trades Unions and other unions, hailed congressional passage of the...
Shuler elected president of AFL-CIO
Redmond tapped as secretary-treasurer, with executive vice president Gebre rounding out historic leadership team
Washington – The AFL-CIO Executive Council has elected Liz Shuler, a...
YOUR LETTERS: Let’s all get vaccinated
Get vaccinated for yourself, your friends and your family. Add your name saying you got vaccinated, and we’ll send you a sticker. Union-made, obviously!
COVID-19...
AFL-CIO urges union members to get vaccinated – then brag about...
The AFL-CIO is urging union members to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and show their health-conscious union pride with a sticker announcing their vaccination status.
“COVID-19...
AFL-CIO’s Gebre: Senate filibuster hurts workers, refugees, people of color
Washington (PAI) — Declaring the Senate filibuster hurts workers, refugees and people of color, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre stepped up Labor’s campaign...
275 workers a day die in the United States
Despite years of progress, AFL-CIO’s Death on the Job report shows we still have a long way to go
In the decades since the Occupational...
AFL-CIO launches major ad campaign urging passage of the PRO Act
‘It shouldn’t be this hard just to get by’
The AFL-CIO launched a seven-figure television, radio and digital ad campaign last week promoting the Protecting...
Labor reacts to Biden’s American Jobs Plan
President Joe Biden’s announcement of his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan brings us one step closer to repairing, rebuilding and restoring our country, says...
AFL-CIO calls on Congress to prioritize passage of the PRO Act
A generational opportunity and cornerstone of the AFL-CIO’s Workers First Agenda
Jefferson City –The PRO Act motivated union members this past election cycle to mobilize...
AFL-CIO President Emeritus John J. Sweeney dies at 86
By PAI and
the LABOR TRIBUNE
Washington — John J. Sweeney, who, as AFL-CIO President from 1995-2009 helped push Organized Labor’s focus out of congressional suites...