Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

27 Jul, 2020

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27 Jul, 2020

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Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a piece of legislation that would provide much-needed solutions to our current economic and public safety crisis. Unfortunately, its path forward has been uncertain.

Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

10 Jul, 2020

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10 Jul, 2020

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The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

More than three years after taking office, the administration has never filled the job running the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with enforcing workplace safety laws.

The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

08 Jul, 2020

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08 Jul, 2020

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America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

08 Jul, 2020

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08 Jul, 2020

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You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

08 Jul, 2020

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08 Jul, 2020

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Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

Daniel DiSalvo asks: “Will Unions Let Schools Reopen?” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April.

Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

06 Jul, 2020

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06 Jul, 2020

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The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms.

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

30 Jun, 2020

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30 Jun, 2020

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Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

24 Jun, 2020

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24 Jun, 2020

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What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

22 Jun, 2020

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Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Thousands of working people across the country joined together on June 17 in a national day of action. We called for the Senate to pass the HEROES Act and for Congress to take actions to address structural racism. The HEROES Act is grounded in America’s Five Economic Essentials that are desperately needed to keep working people safe and financially secure. This day of action was just the beginning. Today and every day that follows, working people will mobilize like never before to make the HEROES Act the law of the land and rid our institutions of systemic racism.

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Trumka: Our crises demand bold action now

17 Jun, 2020

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17 Jun, 2020

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Trumka: Our crises demand bold action now

America is suffering under the crushing weight of three crises, which are a public health pandemic, an economic free fall, and structural racism. They are knotted together in that untangling one depends on how we untangle the others.

Trumka: Our crises demand bold action now