Tag: AFL-CIO
Bricklayers’ Boland: Democratic presidential hopefuls all back key building trades issues
By MARK GRUENBERG
PAI Staff Writer
New Orleans (PAI) — Every Democratic presidential hopeful has already told construction union leaders they support key building trades issues,...
AFL-CIO supports For the People Act to restore balance of power
The AFL-CIO supports the For the People Act, legislation that would expand voting rights and decrease the influence of big money in politics.
The legislation...
AFL-CIO’s Richard Womack to provide keynote address at CBTU MLK Awards...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Richard Womack, Jr., community and religious affairs advisor to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, and a key player in the fight to...
AFL-CIO releases new ad, ‘We are winning,’ highlighting workers’ recent victories
The AFL-CIO launched a television ad campaign this week highlighting the wave of collective action sweeping the country. From union organizing victories to the...
Eyes of the Labor Movement are on Missouri as workers fight...
Labor 2018 Campaign kicks off in St. Louis with rally and day of action to Vote NO on Prop A
By TIM ROWDEN
EDITOR
AFL-CIO President Richard...
Seizing on wave of collective action, AFL-CIO launches nationwide ad campaign...
Working people’s freedoms are under attack
Washington – In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is set to decide a case called Janus v. AFSCME...
AFL-CIO: Don’t let Wall Street profiteers scare you on ‘trade war’...
The steel and aluminum industries have been under attack by predatory trade practices. For too long, elected official have talked about the problem, but...
AFL-CIO issues privatization opposition statement
As the issue of privatization of Lambert International Airport taxies forward, the AFL-CIO has issued a strong statement opposing privatization in a more limited...
Unwrapping the Senate tax plan: Working people lose, the rich win....
A lump of coal for working families’
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
The GOP tax bill that passed the Senate by one vote recently isn’t the Christmas gift...
AFL-CIO President Trumka issues statement on presidential election
By RICHARD TRUMKA
AFL-CIO president
Donald Trump has been elected president. America is a democratic nation, and the voters have spoken.
The AFL-CIO accepts the outcome of...