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September 21, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Tell the Senate: HEROES, Not Hypocrisy

  John,   America has lost one of the greatest jurists in our nation’s history—a consistent, unshakable champion of civil and women’s rights and the freedom to form a union.   But we also are mourning 200,000 …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

September 3, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Watch Live: Worker panels now through Labor Day

John,   Every year we celebrate the hard work and dedication of America’s workers on Labor Day. And this year, more than ever, we celebrate the sacrifices working people are making to provide for our families a…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

August 8, 2020 at 2:09 PM

We can’t allow them to leave us behind.

John,   After a month and a half of the HEROES Act sitting untouched in Mitch McConnell’s lap, the Senate majority leader has finally proposed his own woefully inadequate proposal.   The pitiful proposal barely addresses our national chil…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 29, 2020 at 4:56 PM

Reject the McConnell proposal and pass the HEROES Act

? John,   After months of sitting on his hands, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has finally released a proposal for COVID-19 relief. The package is called the HEALS Act, but unfortunately this poorly na…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 2:12 PM

Tell the Senate: Get to Work and Pass the HEROES Act

John,   It’s hard to believe. Coronavirus cases and unemployment numbers are climbing, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent the Senate home without debating the HEROES Act, the next coronavirus economic relief package.   The House p…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

July 8, 2020 at 6:09 PM

Join us this evening for the Young, Woke and Ready Town Hall

  Dear John,   Please join the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) and the AFL-CIO for a Facebook Live event at 6 p.m. ET: the Young, Woke and Ready Town Hall: Checking the Pulse of the Streets. We will hear f…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

June 30, 2020 at 5:28 PM

Help stamp out hunger in your community

  John,   The need for food relief has never been greater and neither is our determination to help. Throughout this COVID-19 pandemic, the labor movement has stepped up to help union members and struggling fa…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

June 23, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Join Us Thursday for All of Us: Out + Essential

  John,   In this moment, when a global pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout are disproportionately impacting LGBTQ people and people of color, we are reminded that the labor movement, the LGBTQ equal…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

June 15, 2020 at 3:24 PM

Join us Wednesday

The Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice is on Wednesday. Will we see you there? John, The Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice is on Wednesday, June 17. Will we see you there? We have two staging locations convenient to the Washington, D.C., metr…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

June 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Today: Join the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists for a live town hall on racial and economic injustice

  John,   There are many urgent and necessary conversations happening in the black community, the labor community and the progressive community around the death of George Floyd and the impact of COVID-19. We …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

June 9, 2020 at 3:44 PM

Tell your state officials: We need online voter registration!

John,   We’re just months away from one of the most anticipated elections of our generation—but nationwide, potential new voters are having trouble getting registered.   To protect public health during the COVID-19 crisis, many voter reg…

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  Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

June 1, 2020 at 4:39 PM

We will never stop fighting for racial and economic justice

  John,   My heart is heavy at the events of the past few days. I watched the video of George Floyd pleading for his life under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. No person of conscience can hear Floyd…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 29, 2020 at 3:06 PM

Hospitality and food service members need our help

  John,   UNITE HERE members desperately need our help. The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting these hospitality and food service members especially hard.   Will you stand in solidarity with them by donating to the…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 26, 2020 at 10:01 PM

Tune in Thursday for a Facebook Live conversation with essential workers

John, No one knows better than union members that as the pandemic rages on, the hardest hit people in America have been workers—those on the front lines every day, making sure our country is still running, who are at great risk and often without adequate protection. RSVP h…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 15, 2020 at 5:36 PM

Tell Congress: Support H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act

  John,   H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, includes an emergency workplace infectious disease standard; gives aid for state and local governments, public schools, t…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 15, 2020 at 1:53 PM

Today: Facebook Live at noon ET on fighting for all workers during COVID-19

  John,   America’s workers are on the front lines dealing with an unprecedented economic uncertainty and a public health crisis during the pandemic.   And unions are fighting for America’s working people.  …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 13, 2020 at 4:11 PM

Save the Date: Fighting for all workers during the crisis

  John,   COVID-19 and the economic fallout from the pandemic has hit working people in this country hard.   Join us on Facebook Live to hear about how we’re fighting for all workers.   Current unemployment …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 7, 2020 at 2:05 PM

Fwd: New virtual concert series to help musicians

John, We wanted to make sure you saw this request from the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). Please contribute to the Musicians’ Relief Fund if you can! And thanks for all you do. In Solidarity, Team AFL-CIO From: Ray Chew Subject: Virtual Fundraiser Date: May 6, …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

May 4, 2020 at 4:43 PM

Send a Letter: Tell Congress We Need Working People’s Priorities in CARES 2 Relief Package

  John,   Working people are risking our lives across the country, keeping our communities healthy, fed and safe, and we desperately need our country’s support and protection. Too many have inadequate persona…

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  Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

April 28, 2020 at 5:46 PM

Join me in honoring workers today

  John,   Workers Memorial Day is personal for us. Too many of us know someone who sacrificed everything on the job. My father and grandfather both died from black lung disease. They spent their careers worki…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

April 25, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Resources for parents with school-age children

  John,   We hear you: This is a tough time for parents and families who have school-age kids. With schools closed, some for the remainder of the year, families are learning how to support students’ distance …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

April 23, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Tell Congress: Protect front-line workers from COVID-19 exposure

  John,   The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping throughout the United States. Every day, workers on the front lines are being exposed to the coronavirus in their workplaces. Hundreds of thousands of health care w…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

April 21, 2020 at 9:54 PM

Tell Congress: During this pandemic, support our public postal service

  John,   As most Americans shelter in place, postal workers are delivering people’s prescriptions, keeping small companies in business and connecting families. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has always been …

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  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]

April 16, 2020 at 3:05 PM

[Sign the Petition] Tell state and federal elected leaders to follow Michigan’s lead and stop water shut-offs now!

  SIGN THE PETITIONThe federal government and state and local governments must follow Michigan’s lead and stop water shut-offs during the pandemic. John,   Shutting off water access during a pan…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

April 9, 2020 at 7:28 PM

We are your resource

  John,   We’re here for you and all of our families. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of millions of working people and our families, and the labor movement has been wo…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

April 3, 2020 at 6:40 PM

Fwd: Our lives are on the line

  John,   We just received this email from Lavita Payton, a registered nurse and Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1104 member, and thought you should read it.   Payton tells us why she is petitio…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 31, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Tell the NLRB: Resume elections as soon as possible!

  John,   In this time of crisis, workers need union representation more than ever. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), rather than come to their aid, has instead suspended all representation elections…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 23, 2020 at 3:40 PM

Tell your senator: Working people need help NOW

John, This is a crisis. Working people don't have time to wait while Republican leaders in the Senate put corporations first and working people last. Tell the U.S. Senate to pass the Labor Plan to get working people the relief we need now. Call your senator and…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 3:05 PM

WATCH TODAY: Trumka on Facebook Live

  John,   Join us today on Facebook at 12:30 p.m. ET as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) addresses issues and answers questions about what unions and working people are doing in response to the coronav…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 4:03 PM

The Senate needs to act

  John,   The labor movement is working nonstop to protect the health and safety of all working people, including workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. And we are doing everything we can to red…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 7:33 PM

Tell Congress: Include displaced entertainment workers in COVID-19 relief package

  John,   As social distancing measures are enacted and events and projects are canceled across all sectors of the entertainment industry, the COVID-19 pandemic has become so dire for entertainment workers th…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 13, 2020 at 9:24 PM

Watch now: Trumka on labor's response to the COVID-19 outbreak

  John, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) has been on national television this week, discussing the labor movement’s leadership during the COVI…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 10, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Tell The Young Turks to recognize its production and editorial crew's union!

  John,   The Young Turks (TYT) company has refused card-check recognition, forced employees to attend a heated anti-union captive audience meeting, held workers’ bonuses and raises hostage, and even fired a …

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  Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

March 6, 2020 at 3:52 PM

John, I need you to call. Now.

  John,   In just a moment, I am going to ask you to call your representative. But first, I want to tell you what’s going on. We are doing everything we can to protect front-line workers around the country fr…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

February 3, 2020 at 3:28 PM

Tell your representative to stand up for workers!

  John,   Right now, Congress has a critical opportunity to strengthen workers’ rights.   Lawmakers, in 2019, introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. 2474, which would give millions o…

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January 27, 2020 at 7:56 PM

IATSE Golf Channel petition

  John,   When you tune in to the Golf Channel, what do you see? Expert coverage of the world’s finest golf pros.   But you might not know that camera operators and technicia…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

January 13, 2020 at 4:51 PM

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Take Action Now!   Tell the Trump administration:   “I oppose the proposed rule change that will result in hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries losing their earned Social Security benefits.” …

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  Colleen Baublitz · [email protected]

January 10, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Take action: Oppose the NLRB’s attack on grad workers’ rights

  John, Please leave a comment opposing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) attack on academic student worker rights ahead of the Jan. 15 deadline.   I study atmospheric c…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

January 3, 2020 at 3:31 PM

Sign now: U.S. mail is not for sale!

  John, We wanted to make sure you saw our alert last week—the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is at risk of privatization. We can’t let that happen. Sign the petition now. We need your …

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  Richard Trumka | AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 26, 2019 at 7:45 PM

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John, This holiday season, I want to take a moment to express my utmost gratitude for all the working people who make our country go. The service members who protect our freedom at home and abroad. The public service workers who keep our streets clean and safe. The firefi…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 23, 2019 at 4:25 PM

Don't Forget to Register!

  John,   Don't forget to register for the 2020 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference! The conference is selling out quickly and you won't want to miss it this year, so make sure …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 23, 2019 at 3:10 PM

The biggest year for collective action yet

    Visit us at aflcio.org | Twitter | Facebook Text WORK to AFLCIO (235246) to join our text action team. (Message and data rates may apply.) Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change yo…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 12, 2019 at 7:13 PM

Still have some holiday shopping to do?

  John,   If you’re still on the lookout for some holiday gifts for the union members and labor allies in your life, we have good news for you! The Labor Heritage Foundation is hosting a pop-up Dec. 17 in our…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 12, 2019 at 6:47 PM

Register now: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference!

  John,   We are excited to announce that registration for the 2020 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference is officially open.    Click here to register for the MLK Conference: Giv…

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  Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 10, 2019 at 8:13 PM

A vastly better deal

  John,   After many rounds of negotiations, and tireless support from allies like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal, Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sens. Sherrod Brown and …

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 8:45 PM

Sixty-four years of fighting for workers!

  John, On this day in 1955, the AFL and CIO gathered at our first joint convention. Sixty-four years later, the AFL-CIO has so much to be proud of. Under the leadership of five pre…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 3:07 PM

U.S. mail is not for sale!

  John, Did you know that the U.S. Postal Service is the most popular federal agency? USPS provides critical services to the American public, but now it’s at risk. If we don’t all a…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

November 18, 2019 at 9:21 PM

Stand with musicians!

  John, Members of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) are fighting to secure a fair contract with major Hollywood film and TV companies, led by the Walt Disney Co. As Disney…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 3:44 PM

Will we see you next week?

  John, The gender pay gap is an ongoing crisis across the country. Women still face a substantial and discriminatory wage gap—and for Latinas, this disparity is even worse. Latinas…

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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]

November 12, 2019 at 4:12 PM

Time for millionaires to pay their fair share

  John, It’s no secret we have an economy that doesn’t work for everyone. Without a fair tax system, working people will be left behind—it’s time that millionaires pay their fair sh…

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