Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

November 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM

This Veterans Day, lend a hand

  John, The Union Veterans Council isn’t taking the day off on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. It’s treating the day as an opportunity to reach out to the homeless veterans community in the …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

November 6, 2019 at 4:21 PM

What if there were more union members in public office?

  John, Have you ever said to yourself, “If only there were more union members in public office”? Well, so have we. That’s why, two years ago, the AFL-CIO launched our Union Member …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

November 5, 2019 at 6:17 PM

Same work, lower pay?

  John, Right now, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) members at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA’s) Cinder Bed Road facility are on strike. These contract worke…

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  Representative Mark Pocan · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 5:14 PM

From the Painters union to the halls of Congress

  John, Every day, I go to work thinking about how to make our government work better for working families. So as an advocate for working people, a co-chair of the Congressional Pro…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

October 16, 2019 at 1:10 PM

Keep up the pressure

  John, The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act just passed a major milestone and was voted out of committee. Now, it’s poised for a vote on the floor of the U.S. House—but t…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 5:35 PM

Support the USPS Fairness Act!

John, For years, the U.S. Postal Service has been burdened by an unfair congressional mandate, costing it billions every year and threatening the service we rely on. Finally, there’s a solution. It’s the USPS Fairness Act, or H.R. 2382, and it would eliminate the unfair bu…

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  Ideas at Work · [email protected]

September 25, 2019 at 3:29 PM

Join us today: Tune in!

John, Need lunch plans today? We’ll be livestreaming our discussion with law professor and author Ian Haney López on his latest book, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America. Tune in to our livestream of the discussion at 12:30 p.m. ET toda…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 24, 2019 at 2:39 PM

Do you know what today is?

John, Today is National Voter Registration Day! If you haven’t already done so, register to vote right now. On average, it takes less than two minutes. Unions are all about community, solidarity and having a say in decisions that affect your everyday life—and that’s exa…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 20, 2019 at 1:51 PM

He excelled in the face of injustice—then they fired him

John, One day in June, Martin Hopkins went to work like any other day. He worked at a Verizon Wireless store in Lancaster, Ohio, where he was the only employee of color. For years, he faced racist comments from customers and mistreatment from managers, but he stuck it out.…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 17, 2019 at 1:17 PM

The real Eugene Scalia

John, When Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigned, we hoped the Trump administration would look for a replacement who respects working people and fights for our interests. Unfortunately, we got Eugene Scalia instead. From threatening to decimate workers’ retirement savings …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 3:53 PM

Everyone deserves safety at work

John, It’s no secret that across the country, in offices and on factory floors, working people face harassment on the job. A new bill introduced in the House, called BE HEARD in the Workplace Act, would be the first comprehensive federal legislation to fix our broken laws …

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  Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 2, 2019 at 2:06 PM

Want power? Join a union.

John, When working people come together, the sky is the limit. Unions enable workers to negotiate for higher pay, better hours, more affordable health care—and power. This Labor Day, we’re celebrating union solidarity and letting everyone around us know: Want power? Join …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 2:09 PM

What are you up to this weekend?

John, Labor Day is right around the corner—a holiday for celebration and solidarity. All across the country, cities, unions and locals are hosting events to honor working people and the labor movement. Are you attending one, John? Find a Labor Day parade, picnic or event n…

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  Melissa Cropper, Ohio AFL-CIO · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 7:39 PM

Stand up against the new NAFTA

John, When AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka held a trade town hall in Ohio in June to discuss the new NAFTA, I knew I had to go. As secretary-treasurer for the Ohio AFL-CIO, I’m ready to speak out against the new NAFTA at any opportunity. It’s a bad deal for workers in Ohi…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

August 6, 2019 at 3:16 PM

Will you help us honor a labor hero?

John, Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the early death of a labor hero: UAW President Walter Reuther. Reuther helped to form the labor movement as a force for not only workers’ rights, but women’s rights, civil rights, environmentalism and social justice, too. In h…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

August 1, 2019 at 1:29 PM

Here’s who won the debates.

John, Coming out of the second Democratic debate in Detroit, one thing is clear: working people won these debates. All too often, politicians treat labor issues as a passing talking point. But the past two nights, workers were a constant theme on the debate stage: candida…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 30, 2019 at 1:09 PM

Save our apprenticeships!

John, We need your help. The Department of Labor just released a proposal that could decimate training and labor standards in registered apprenticeship programs across the country, and we only have a few weeks to stop it. Tell the Department of Labor: Hands off our appren…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 22, 2019 at 7:58 PM

Tomorrow: Show your solidarity

John, Tomorrow, thousands of airline catering workers are standing up to say: One job should be enough. While airlines rake in billions in profit year after year, airline catering workers struggle to make ends meet. Join Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler alongside lawmakers …

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  Heather Slavkin Corzo, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 20, 2019 at 2:27 AM

Add your name and tell Congress to oppose the Choice Act

John, Wall Street’s Washington cronies are trying to out-do themselves with their latest legislative proposal. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) has introduced a bill that would eviscerate critical financial regulations designed to restore balance to our rigged financial syste…

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  Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 18, 2019 at 10:21 PM

We’re stronger together

Friend, Thanks for signing up to take action with the AFL-CIO. When we stand together and make our voices heard, there is no force in America that’s stronger—and we think the first step to taking action is taking a step back and listening to you. We want to make sure…

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