AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people. We are the democratic, voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions that represent 12.5 million working men and women.
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Newswire article Monday, May 18, 2020 AFL-CIO Sues OSHA for Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers This morning, the AFL-CIO filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals to compel the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an emergency temporary standard (ETS) protecting U.S. workers against the coronavirus. The petition demonstrates that thousands... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, February 07, 2020 PRO Act Passage, a Giant Step Toward Leveling Playing Field for Working People AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the House passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 2474): I applaud the U.S. House for passing the PRO Act. Make no mistake, this is the most significant step Congress has taken to strengthen labor laws in the United States in 85 years and... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 27, 2018 NAFTA Negotiations on Track But Not Done Joint statement from five labor leaders on the latest North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) news: NAFTA has had a devastating impact on workers for more than 25 years. We are aggressively engaged in pursuing an agreement that works for working people in all three countries, and we are not... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Moment of Truth for NAFTA Renegotiations: Labor, Consumer, Farm Representatives Discuss Pivotal Fifth Round of NAFTA Talks WHAT: Press call with civil society representatives addressing the critical juncture in North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations. Speakers include Celeste Drake, trade policy specialist with the AFL-CIO; Bill Bullard, chief executive officer, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 02, 2017 100 Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Giant Tax Loophole for Offshoring and Tax Avoidance Today, 100 organizations sent a letter urging members of Congress to reject a proposal that would allow U.S. multinational corporations to pay little to nothing on their offshore profits. President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress included this proposal for a “territorial tax system” in the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 05, 2017 DACA Announcement Will Not Deter Our Fight for Justice AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement on today’s announcement that the Trump administration will terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program: President Donald Trump’s move to terminate DACA and strip work authorization away from 800,000 productive members of... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Extending Essential Protections Will Benefit All Working People AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the DACA program: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs provide work authorization to more than 1 million people, preventing workplace... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, May 26, 2016 AFL-CIO Challenges Navient Corporation to Disclose Its Lobbying Spending Today the AFL-CIO demanded that student loan debt servicer Navient disclose its corporate spending on lobbying activity. The labor federation delivered a proposal during Navient’s annual shareholder meeting calling on the company to disclose all of its lobbying efforts and expenditures. Navient,... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Overtime Protections to Raise Wages for Millions of Workers Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to new overtime rules unveiled by the Department of Labor: New overtime protections mark a major victory for working people that will improve the lives of millions of families across America. The new rule more than doubles the salary... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, May 17, 2016 CEOs Paid 335 Times Average Rank-and-File Worker; Outsourcing Results in Even Higher Inequality CEO pay for major U.S. companies continues to soar as income inequality and outsourcing of good-paying American jobs increases. Outsourcing has become a hot presidential election topic with candidates calling out corporations who say they need to save money by sending jobs overseas. Meanwhile,... Read more |