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Find out more about the emergency safety standards issued by OSHA for health care workers.
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Learn more about Biden's plan to return federal employees to worksites.
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Learn more about Maui Kahalepuna and his family's fight for workers' compensation.
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Find out more about the VA Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Modernization Act.
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Hundreds of our UMWA siblings are currently engaged in an unfair labor practice strike against Warrior Met Coal in Alabama. A Strike Aid Fund has been established by UMWA to accept donations that will be used to help our union family in their time of need. AFGE stands in solidarity with these striking mine workers as they fight for dignity, fairness, and respect on the job.
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This Week in Labor History
June 17, 1936: Twelve trade unionists meet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to launch a drive to organize all steelworkers. This effort marked the birth of the United Steelworkers of America, then called the Steelworkers Organizing Committee. By the end of 1936, more than 125,000 joined the union rallying to the $5-a-day wage demand.
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